Press release here: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20121030006384/en/Disney-Acquire-Lucasfilm-Ltd.
― C-3PO Sharkey (Phil D.), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 20:06 (eleven years ago) link
"It's now time for me to pass Star Wars on to a new generation of filmmakers."
please happen
― pun lovin criminal (polyphonic), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 20:07 (eleven years ago) link
and he was just swearing no more SW movies, by him or anyone else, when Red Tails was released 9 friggin months ago
― Victory Goon (some dude), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 20:08 (eleven years ago) link
don't see how McG's Star Wars can miss really
― chow mein kampf (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 20:09 (eleven years ago) link
They should use that press release as the opening crawl for Star Wars Episode VII: Don't Bother.
― ILX until I die (snoball), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 20:10 (eleven years ago) link
Hope Peter Jackson really delves into the Gungan conflict
― pun lovin criminal (polyphonic), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 20:11 (eleven years ago) link
maybe he can finally convince d. lynch to take a crack
― charlie the luna (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 20:11 (eleven years ago) link
NOTHING REGARDING UTILITY DATA WTF
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 20:13 (eleven years ago) link
Star Wars 7 shd just be 2 and a half hours of footage of costumed dorks queueing for the last shitshow
― chow mein kampf (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 20:13 (eleven years ago) link
They should try and get Tom Six, and make Episode VII: Gungan Centipede.
― ILX until I die (snoball), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 20:14 (eleven years ago) link
He was probably saying that to get Disney to up their price.
― Sug ban (Nicole), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 20:15 (eleven years ago) link
― chow mein kampf (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, October 30, 2012 4:13 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this happened, it was called Fanboys
― Victory Goon (some dude), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 20:17 (eleven years ago) link
can't make it any worse. go for it, disney. knock yourselves out.
― how's life, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 20:22 (eleven years ago) link
i assumed this was fake news, but, it isn't
― turds (Hungry4Ass), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 20:23 (eleven years ago) link
I just can't even imagine for a moment what they'd pursue as storylines for Episodes 7-9. Not even the Expanded Universe stuff would be in play here, because that all includes the original cast.
― C-3PO Sharkey (Phil D.), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 20:27 (eleven years ago) link
OTOH Joss Whedon is the golden boy for Disney/Marvel, maybe they'll let him play with it.
― C-3PO Sharkey (Phil D.), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 20:28 (eleven years ago) link
okay, but what about the movie?
― Gandalf’s Gobble Melt (DJP), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 20:28 (eleven years ago) link
So now Disney owns Pixar, Marvel and Lucasfilm!?!
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 20:29 (eleven years ago) link
pssh, they didn't say 7-9, they said feature films
maybe more animation at first?
― d-_-b (mh), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 20:29 (eleven years ago) link
Pixar revitalized Disney
Pixar started as a Lucasfilm offshoot that was sold
Marvel published Star Wars comics in the late 70s
o_O
― d-_-b (mh), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 20:32 (eleven years ago) link
Outside guess: they turn it over to the Clone Wars TV series folks to run with.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 20:32 (eleven years ago) link
Dude it's right in the subhead: STAR WARS: EPISODE 7 feature film targeted for release in 2015.
― C-3PO Sharkey (Phil D.), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 20:33 (eleven years ago) link
I will say that Clone Wars supervising producer Dave Filoni LOVES the SW universe and knows it better than pretty much anyone. Maybe he will be the guy, who knows?
― C-3PO Sharkey (Phil D.), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 20:34 (eleven years ago) link
meh
― d-_-b (mh), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 20:42 (eleven years ago) link
Thrawn Trilogy plz
― pun lovin criminal (polyphonic), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 20:42 (eleven years ago) link
I hope we finally get to find out what Palpatine was like when he was a little boy
― pun lovin criminal (polyphonic), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 20:50 (eleven years ago) link
Related note -- this also means Disney gets Indiana Jones.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 20:51 (eleven years ago) link
I hope they bring back Mr. Toad's Wild Ride, call it Indiana Jones: Wild Ride, and just paint all the walls to be Indiana Jones scenes and make Mr. Toad's car into a mining cart
― d-_-b (mh), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 20:52 (eleven years ago) link
Well there's already the Indiana Jones ride, so.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 20:53 (eleven years ago) link
So, what, Raggett? With thoughts like that we'll never see the return of cheap old-style rides like Mr. Toad
― d-_-b (mh), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 20:54 (eleven years ago) link
Hahaha but the kids these days with their lasers and their hula hoops and
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 20:55 (eleven years ago) link
― how's life, Tuesday, October 30, 2012 3:22 PM (33 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― goole, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 20:57 (eleven years ago) link
who should get do this and who will?
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 20:57 (eleven years ago) link
somebody good, morons
― goole, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 20:59 (eleven years ago) link
I nominate goole
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 20:59 (eleven years ago) link
It'll be Jar Jar's Magic Ride and we'll all weep.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 20:59 (eleven years ago) link
Jar Jar's Song of the Gungans
Mr. Watto's on shoulder
― d-_-b (mh), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 21:01 (eleven years ago) link
Issa True!
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 21:01 (eleven years ago) link
This is a good thing. #1: reduces george lucas's ability to do any more damage, #2: odds of proper DVD release of ORIGINAL THEATRICAL STAR WARS go up immensely, #3: horrible anonymous disney sequels actually DILUTE impact of the prequels, substantially eroding their seeming claim to be an integral piece of the saga...they instead get lumped together with the other postmillenial Shitty Star Warses. And maybe the design work for the new spaceships and robots and monsters won't suck so bad.
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 21:10 (eleven years ago) link
I can't hide the fact that part of me is kind of excited about this. I could see a possible way of this possibly ending up leading to a good Star Wars movie. This part of my brain left over from when I was 12 is really not good at having rational expectations.
― silverfish, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 21:10 (eleven years ago) link
If this interferes with John Carter 2 I am gonna rage
― pun lovin criminal (polyphonic), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 21:11 (eleven years ago) link
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcq5nuGrpW1qza3e8o1_500.jpg
― pun lovin criminal (polyphonic), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 21:16 (eleven years ago) link
they... closed Mr Toad's Wild Ride?????
― Gandalf’s Gobble Melt (DJP), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 21:16 (eleven years ago) link
Actually I was wondering about that, I thought it was open last time I checked!
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 21:17 (eleven years ago) link
I was thinking they did, maybe just in Disney World? I might be wrong completely.
― d-_-b (mh), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 21:18 (eleven years ago) link
It was open at Disneyland when I went in April. It is closed at Magic Kingdom.
It's funny, I'm only realizing now that the Indiana Jones ride at Disneyland really is just like Mr. Toad on insane-o steroids.
― Moodles, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 21:19 (eleven years ago) link
http://disneyland.disney.go.com/disneyland/mr-toads-wild-ride/
boom
― Gandalf’s Gobble Melt (DJP), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 21:21 (eleven years ago) link
on the positive side, lucas can buy some new shirts
― 炒面kampf (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 21:21 (eleven years ago) link
A friend has posited this could mean Ewoks running around the theme parks now. Perhaps if they let people kick them...
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 21:22 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.laughingplace.com/files/ToadEvening/toadportrait.jpg http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTA0Mjc0NzExNzBeQTJeQWpwZ15BbWU3MDEzMzQ3MDI@._V1._SX214_CR0,0,214,314_.jpg
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 21:30 (eleven years ago) link