# Disney to acquire Lucasfilm for $4.05B \[And new Star Wars movie in 2015\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 30, 2012, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354 "2012-10-30T20:14:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354/41 "2012-10-30T22:18:36Z")
I think Cracked had a good article about how awful all the post episode 6 stuff has been (novels and comics I guess). I don’t know if the movies will follow all of this other stuff, if it’s even canon or not. I’m hopeful but Disney has been spotty at best in many ways in recent years with their movies. ---
**Author:** ![sco3tt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@sco3tt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sco3tt)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354/42 "2012-10-30T22:22:14Z")
> [@Declan](#): > > All that was really missing was the princess doing a solo song on a wind swept plain [Would you settle for the princess doing a solo song at the base of a tree?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=VXcb7VPw59s#t=102s) ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354/43 "2012-10-30T22:29:06Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > So what does everyone think VII will be or should be about. Well, it looks like a [sequel trilogy](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_sequel_trilogy) has been vaguely in the works for a while. I imagine that the ideas that Lucas has been kicking around for a while will coalesce into something set in the early New Republic. Of course, the Old Republic era (setting of several successful video games) could probably be mined for movies as well. The Sith of that time don’t bother with that “only two” rule, and there’s that big war with the Mandalorians that would lend itself well to the action-packing of stories. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354/44 "2012-10-30T22:32:38Z")
> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > He says his goal all along was for Star Wars to outlive him and he wanted to pass the torch during his lifetime. We’ll see how that goes. Star Wars is doomed. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354/45 "2012-10-30T22:33:52Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > I am more concerned with the Disney Legal Machine vs. Fan efforts. > > Will we see them try to shut down the 501st Legion and other fan orgs? Will they go after people who make their own SW related costumes? Will they stop Robot Chicken and Family Guy parody them? The mouse doesn’t usually play nice with others and that concerns me a lot more than seeing Mickey in an X-wing for episode VII. Of course they’ll be shut down. Disney is a bunch of …I can’t say outside the Pit. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354/46 "2012-10-30T22:34:48Z")
I am cautiously pessimistic. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354/47 "2012-10-30T22:35:38Z")
I was just reading about this on [the Beeb](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20146942). Regarding Star Wars: > [@](#): > > In a statement announcing the purchase, Disney said it planned to release a new Star Wars film, episode seven, in 2015. > > That will be followed by episodes eight and nine and then one new movie every two or three years, the company said. So we can look forward to lots of SW. I hadn’t realized Disney was acquiring so much! ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354/48 "2012-10-30T22:38:05Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > I am more concerned with the Disney Legal Machine vs. Fan efforts. > > Will we see them try to shut down the 501st Legion and other fan orgs? Will they go after people who make their own SW related costumes? Will they stop Robot Chicken and Family Guy parody them? The mouse doesn’t usually play nice with others and that concerns me a lot more than seeing Mickey in an X-wing for episode VII. Did Disney crack down on Marvel-based fan material, after they acquired the property? ---
**Author:** ![Declan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354/49 "2012-10-30T22:41:36Z")
> [@sco3tt](#): > > [Would you settle for the princess doing a solo song at the base of a tree?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=VXcb7VPw59s#t=102s) Damm, I thought that christmas special was retconned out of existence and never happened. This is all youtubes fault Declan ---
**Author:** ![Declan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354/50 "2012-10-30T22:43:22Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > I was just reading about this on [the Beeb](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20146942). Regarding Star Wars: So we can look forward to lots of SW. > > I hadn’t realized Disney was acquiring so much! The starwars universe is probably a gold mine for them, if they are spending 4 bil on getting the franchise and are putting out three new movies, what do they expect to reap as a reward. My guess is that its in the trillions. Declan ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354/51 "2012-10-30T22:47:25Z")
I wonder where this puts the planned live-action TV series. I am going to guess that this new trilogy may be based on those scripts; apparently 100 had been outlined or written or something (reports vary on the details) and they were centered around the criminal underworld - smugglers and bounty hunters and Hutts etc. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354/52 "2012-10-30T22:53:40Z")
> [@Enderw24](#): > > No. That’s not a joke. > > [Disney Buys Lucasfilm, "Star Wars" Franchise for $4 Billion [UPDATED]](http://www.cartoonbrew.com/disney/disney-buys-lucasfilm-star-wars-franchise-for-4-billion-72580.html) I don’t think we need two threads on this, so I merged this into the existing thread. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354/53 "2012-10-30T22:59:35Z")
On the up-side, Disney is mercenary enough to realize the cash cow that the Original Original trilogy is and will finally release it on Blu-Ray. No modifications, no added effects, Han shoots first, everything. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354/54 "2012-10-30T23:01:46Z")
Speaking of that, Lucas can never modify any SW movie ever again! Or Indiana Jones. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354/55 "2012-10-30T23:02:00Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > My wait is over. Now they can make the Jar-Jar origin trilogy. The Rise of Darth Binky. “Meesa think you no liking me bantha poodoo!”(cue Force Choke) ---
**Author:** ![gatorslap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gatorslap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gatorslap)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354/56 "2012-10-30T23:10:30Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > On the up-side, Disney is mercenary enough to realize the cash cow that the Original Original trilogy is and will finally release it on Blu-Ray. No modifications, no added effects, Han shoots first, everything. Let’s hope they don’t put it in the Disney Vault. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354/57 "2012-10-30T23:25:49Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > On the up-side, Disney is mercenary enough to realize the cash cow that the Original Original trilogy is and will finally release it on Blu-Ray. No modifications, no added effects, Han shoots first, everything. I’m willing to bet that down in the fine print of the purchase contract is words to the effect thta this will not happen. ---
**Author:** ![Gukumatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/74df32/32.png) [@Gukumatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gukumatz)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354/58 "2012-10-30T23:42:56Z")
Whedon is regrettably busy with the new Marvel-based ABC series and writing/directing the Avengers 2 until 2015. Other choices? Brad Bird is a likely one. He already did write/direct Ratatouille and the Incredibles for Pixar, as well as staffed in the senior creative crew for Toy Story 3. So he’s a known quantity to work with for both Disney and Pixar, has experience in the animation industry vital to working with Industrial Light & Magic and credit with the geeks. It doesn’t hurt that he also branched out with Mission Impossible, which grossed a neat $700 million and proved that he could do live acting as well. Another hint is that his plate is clean on IMDB after he’s done with a project known as 1906 that’s in pre-production and may turn out to be vaporware. ---
**Author:** ![Carmady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f04885/32.png) [@Carmady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carmady)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354/59 "2012-10-30T23:51:13Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > On the up-side, Disney is mercenary enough to realize the cash cow that the Original Original trilogy is and will finally release it on Blu-Ray. No modifications, no added effects, Han shoots first, everything. If Lucas hasn’t destroyed all copies of sufficient quality for this to happen. Which knowing him, he probably has. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354/60 "2012-10-30T23:56:58Z")
> [@simster](#): > > I’m willing to bet that down in the fine print of the purchase contract is words to the effect thta this will not happen. Well, in the words of my co-worker who really hates Disney: “How much extra did they pay for a contract without all the strings Lucas wanted?” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354.md?page=4)