# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Kozmik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354/61 "2012-10-31T00:02:09Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Will they stop Robot Chicken and Family Guy parody them? You must have missed the Star Wars Convention that was held in Orlando, Florida this past August. There was kind of a big [announcement](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Detours) made. I was there. šŸ†’ ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354/62 "2012-10-31T00:04:49Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > My wait is over. Now they can make the Jar-Jar origin trilogy. I want to see Jar Jar Meets Godzilla. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354/63 "2012-10-31T00:07:29Z")
> [@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 doesnā€™t usually play nice with others and that concerns me a lot more than seeing Mickey in an X-wing for episode VII. > [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > Of course theyā€™ll be shut down. > > Disney is a bunch of ā€¦I canā€™t say outside the Pit. They canā€™t ā€œshut downā€ parody. Itā€™s protected as fair use. See _[Campbell v. Acuff-Rose](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campbell_v._Acuff-Rose_Music,_Inc.)_. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354/64 "2012-10-31T00:10:56Z")
I just want more Monkey Island games. Will this allow them to get that stuff going as well if they like? Do they own LucarArts and all the Lucas companies now, too? ---
**Author:** ![Corcaigh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Corcaigh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corcaigh)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354/65 "2012-10-31T00:13:59Z")
> [@Taomist](#): > > And Iā€™m excited for more Star Wars because, as everyone who was around for the first incarnation of this series probably remembers, there were supposed to be 9 in the series. Iā€™ve been waiting for the other three for a long time. As have I, dear lord has it really been over 30 years? > [@silenus](#): > > Han shoots [del]first[/del] No one else got off a shot originally šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354/66 "2012-10-31T00:17:07Z")
Iā€™m confused - didnā€™t Lucas say we had always been at war with Eastasia ā€¦ uh, I mean ā€¦ didnā€™t he say he never planned for nine films, only six??? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354/67 "2012-10-31T00:19:04Z")
Oh, and he seriously looks and sounds old. Really old. He looks terrible in that video with Kathleen Kennedy. I think heā€™s gained 40 lbs in the last few years. He needs to get in shape. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354/68 "2012-10-31T00:28:28Z")
When Disney acquired Marvel, I read that the idea was to improve the number of characters popular with boys, as the traditional Disney characters (such as the princesses) were more popular with the girls. So I think this too was meant to get characters that boys like. And Disney will continue to license the Star Wars properties for merchandise. The Avengers cost about $220 million and grossed $1.5 billion. Perhaps Disney netted $400-500 million from that, or about ten percent of the $4 billion that Disney spent to acquire Marvel. So buying well-known properties like this can be really profitable in the right hands. ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354/69 "2012-10-31T00:29:51Z")
> [@Lantern](#): > > I am pretty excited. There are several directors who could probably make Star Wars films which make a lot of money and are pretty good, perhaps the best ever. Joss Whedon and JJ Abrams come to mind. There is a reasonable chance Disney is smart enough to give the Stars Wars films to these directors. I think good things will come out of this. > [@bouv](#): > > Joss Whedon as director? Or Brad Bird? Whedon was my first thought too. I donā€™t know Abramā€™s work well enough to really comment. Iā€™d be happy to see Peter Jackson do it, although heā€™s got his own things going on. And honestly, I think Spielberg would do well if he can be talked out of cutesy Jar Jar characters for the kids. ---
**Author:** ![shy\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@shy\_guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shy_guy)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354/70 "2012-10-31T00:31:48Z")
John Carter of Mars had a lot of what Iā€™d like to see in a modern Star Wars movie. At any rate, I donā€™t see how Disney can do any worse than the prequels. To date, Disney hasnā€™t screwed up the Muppets or the Marvel properties, so Iā€™m not that worried about massive changes to the brand. I do assume that a 7th movie will mean tossing the rather extensive Expanded Universe material (not all of which is bad, and virtually all of it is better than the prequels) into the trash bin. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354/71 "2012-10-31T00:32:22Z")
Garry Marshall might be available, if heā€™s not making a third Princess Diaries movie. ---
**Author:** ![Kozmik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354/72 "2012-10-31T00:36:01Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > So buying well-known properties like this can be really profitable in the right hands. And these hands are in white gloves. šŸ†’ > [@shy\_guy](#): > > To date, Disney hasnā€™t screwed up the Muppets or the Marvel properties, so Iā€™m not that worried about massive changes to the brand. Excellent analysis. Also remember that Disney did well with Pirates of the Carribean. > [@Ethilrist](#): > > Garry Marshall might be available, if heā€™s not making a third Princess Diaries movie. Princess Diaries is Disney so I donā€™t think that will necessarily be a problem. ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354/73 "2012-10-31T00:42:39Z")
I really wish that part of the deal is to destroy the prequels and completely retell them: just Darth/Anakin & Obi Wan and a whole host of new characters. And no damn brats running around either. ---
**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 31, 2012, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354/74 "2012-10-31T00:43:11Z")
> [@shy\_guy](#): > > I do assume that a 7th movie will mean tossing the rather extensive Expanded Universe material (not all of which is bad, and virtually all of it is better than the prequels) into the trash bin. Maybe not. There is enough material out there that Disney could go all sorts of directions. Theyā€™re screwed with the just-post-Jedi stuff unless they totally recast the main parts, but _Red Squadron_ could easily be done. If they recast (the best idea), of course, all bets are off. I want Thrawn! ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354/75 "2012-10-31T00:56:59Z")
> [@shy\_guy](#): > > John Carter of Mars had a lot of what Iā€™d like to see in a modern Star Wars movie. At any rate, I donā€™t see how Disney can do any worse than the prequels. > > To date, Disney hasnā€™t screwed up the Muppets or the Marvel properties, so Iā€™m not that worried about massive changes to the brand. Yes, but Disney also produced the John Carter movie, which was a massive failure. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354/76 "2012-10-31T00:58:22Z")
Thrawn would be awesome! > [@drewtwo99](#): > > I think Cracked had a good article about how awful all the post episode 6 stuff has been (novels and comics I guess). > > I donā€™t know if the movies will follow all of this other stuff, if itā€™s even canon or not. > > Iā€™m hopeful but Disney has been spotty at best in many ways in recent years with their movies. Not all of it is. Kevin J. Andersonā€™s stuff was absolute shit, and Barbara Hamblyā€™s books sucked, but most of itā€™s great. Especially the Thrawn trilogy, the X-Wing books, the New Jedi Order and most of that. I hope theyā€™ll follow the EU stuff. I THINK it was hinted that they wonā€™t ignore most of it. Maybe theyā€™ll do a lot beyond that, or pre-prequels? ---
**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 31, 2012, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354/77 "2012-10-31T01:01:04Z")
I think the Thrawn trilogy was awful. It was basically just a fanboy rehash of the original trilogy. I think they should move away from a direct followup, set it years ahead and have an entirely new original story with entirely new characters, no direct crossover. Except possibly the droids. Maybe. ---
**Author:** ![Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/43a26b/32.png) [@Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pine_Fresh_Scent)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354/78 "2012-10-31T01:34:36Z")
Hooray! I canā€™t wait for more of that sweet, sweet trade federation dialog. Maybe thereā€™ll be a thirty minute Galactic Senate filibuster montage. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354/79 "2012-10-31T01:37:22Z")
Will any original cast members do reprises? And if so as small cameos or as significant figures? I seem to recall that before Lucas said he planned on six all along, he had said (at the time of the original three) on a trilogy of trilogies, one prequel and one sequel. At the time I had pictured it being set thirty or so years in the future and using original cast members having aged into playing themselves older. Well? ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354/80 "2012-10-31T01:39:22Z")
> [@Jman](#): > > The hope is, though, that Disney doesnā€™t try to make it a kidā€™s film. When was Star Wars ever **not** a kidā€™s film? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354.md?page=5)