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Disney Buys Lucasfilm
Oct. 31st, 2012 01:24 amhttp://www.yourhighwayinthesky.com/2012/10/disney-buys-lucasfilm-new-star-wars-movies-in-2015/
I know, I know. You think he sold out or they're greedy or a number of different things that we all heard back in 2009 when Disney bought Marvel.
I think most of us have been pleased at how Disney has treated Marvel and unlike Marvel, Lucasfilm is hugely successful without any doubts as to its future. Heck, ILM alone is probably worth one of those billions they spent for it.
George Lucas is getting old and, like Jim Henson before him, has a good working relationship with Disney. The whole company already had a good working relationship with Disney, including lots of contracts and licensing that Disney will no longer have to pay except for licenses and fees involving actor likenesses...I've always wondered whether that was what stopped us from having Obi-Wan and Han Solo at Star Wars Weekends.
Basically, keep Dave Filoni and I'm a happy camper. Create a night on ABC where I can watch the Star Wars sitcom that Seth Green keeps talking about followed by the SHIELD show and I'm the happiest girl in the whole freaking world.
There is one thing I'm a bit sad about...
It's been implied that this is probably the next to last season of Star Wars: The Clone Wars on Cartoon Network and this seems to confirm it. Disney doesn't like other people playing with its toys, like Iron Man: Armored Adventures, Wolverine and the X-Men and the Super Hero Squad Show, all of which only lasted a season or two because they were on a different network when Disney bought Marvel.
I know everyone says the next movie will be Episode VII but it's a HUGE universe so I'm not expecting the old gang to be back and I'm okay with that. Actually, I think I'm more excited about the possibilities for Indiana Jones, Willow and Labyrinth which are all Lucasfilm properties also.
I know, I know. You think he sold out or they're greedy or a number of different things that we all heard back in 2009 when Disney bought Marvel.
I think most of us have been pleased at how Disney has treated Marvel and unlike Marvel, Lucasfilm is hugely successful without any doubts as to its future. Heck, ILM alone is probably worth one of those billions they spent for it.
George Lucas is getting old and, like Jim Henson before him, has a good working relationship with Disney. The whole company already had a good working relationship with Disney, including lots of contracts and licensing that Disney will no longer have to pay except for licenses and fees involving actor likenesses...I've always wondered whether that was what stopped us from having Obi-Wan and Han Solo at Star Wars Weekends.
Basically, keep Dave Filoni and I'm a happy camper. Create a night on ABC where I can watch the Star Wars sitcom that Seth Green keeps talking about followed by the SHIELD show and I'm the happiest girl in the whole freaking world.
There is one thing I'm a bit sad about...
It's been implied that this is probably the next to last season of Star Wars: The Clone Wars on Cartoon Network and this seems to confirm it. Disney doesn't like other people playing with its toys, like Iron Man: Armored Adventures, Wolverine and the X-Men and the Super Hero Squad Show, all of which only lasted a season or two because they were on a different network when Disney bought Marvel.
I know everyone says the next movie will be Episode VII but it's a HUGE universe so I'm not expecting the old gang to be back and I'm okay with that. Actually, I think I'm more excited about the possibilities for Indiana Jones, Willow and Labyrinth which are all Lucasfilm properties also.
