# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354/121 "2012-10-31T16:50:45Z")
Just found this. > **[Star Wars 7 Plot Will Be "an Original Story," Says Lucasfilm Source](https://www.eonline.com/news/358685/star-wars-7-plot-will-be-an-original-story-says-lucasfilm-source)** > > Here's what to expect from Disney project It says that Lucas said it will not be the Thrawn trilogy. It’s an original story. > [@](#): > > As for the name Thrawn, well, that refers to a grand admiral with imperial sympathies who takes over as the leader of the vanquished enemy faction. > > So is that the basis for Episode 7 or not? I’ve heard directly from LucasFilm and other sources close to the picture, and they say: Definitely not. > > “It’s an original story,” a LucasFilm source tells me. > In other words, forget the Star Wars novels. Forget the graphic novels. Forget everything you think you know about what happens to Luke Skywalker. According to my sources, Episode 7 will literally be nothing you’ve ever seen or read before from the Star Wars universe. Also the live action is still alive and as of last year was still a go and a Seth Green cartoon called Detours, about the underworld of thugs and bounties, is still alive and might end up on Disney XD. ---
**Author:** ![Lantern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d26b3c/32.png) [@Lantern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lantern)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354/122 "2012-10-31T16:58:42Z")
> [@Pushkin](#): > > I’d give Whedon a :dubious: but Abrams made the Trek reboot a lot more like a Star Wars movie, maybe he could do what George didn’t. Yeah I remember Abrams mentioning that on the DVD commentary and I thought his Trek film was excellent easily on par with any of the Star Wars films. As for Whedon, Firefly has much of the rough charm of the original trilogy and Han Solo in particular could walk into the series. I have mentioned a few times that one of my dream films would be Whedon doing a Star Wars film about the early years of Han, perhaps with Lando. I never thought I would actually see it but now it’s pretty damn possible. Whedon has a mega-hit with Disney and Disney now has the Star Wars rights. And I agree that Disney needs to think beyond 6-9. This is a potential gold mine that could last decades. There are lots of possible stories in the Star Wars universe and there is a whole stable of talented directors who can consistently deliver high quality blockbusters : Jackson, Nolan, Whedon, Singer, Abrams etc. All Disney needs to do is not screw up and they will have a franchise which lasts as long as Bond and is much more profitable. ---
**Author:** ![Katriona](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/katriona/32/113_2.png) [@Katriona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katriona)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354/123 "2012-10-31T17:01:59Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Will it be animated? A Pixar’d Jar-Jar Binks? The mind boggles. ---
**Author:** ![Gedd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gedd/32/4938_2.png) [@Gedd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gedd)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354/124 "2012-10-31T17:22:52Z")
> [@Katriona](#): > > A Pixar’d Jar-Jar Binks? The mind boggles. Mine barfs. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354/125 "2012-10-31T18:31:14Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > Plus, we might finally see that Howard the Duck sequel we’ve all been crying out for. Howard’s not owned by Lucasfilm but by Marvel. So Disney’s already had him for a while now. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354/126 "2012-10-31T18:39:28Z")
I would love a Howard the Duck movie. I never read the comics so I don’t know if there’s a good story they could pull from but I’d definitely go see it. ---
**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 31, 2012, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354/127 "2012-10-31T18:53:33Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > I would love a Howard the Duck movie. I never read the comics so I don’t know if there’s a good story they could pull from but I’d definitely go see it. [Not sure if you’re serious or not.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_the_Duck_%28film%29) ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354/128 "2012-10-31T19:27:01Z")
Yeah, I wasn’t very clear. I meant a new one. I only know of him from the '86 movie and although kinda cheesy I really liked the idea and concept. I was thinking a new movie where they have space adventures and aren’t just doing rock shows. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354/129 "2012-10-31T21:16:04Z")
> [@Katriona](#): > > A Pixar’d Jar-Jar Binks? Thats-a be fallin’ wit’ muy-muy stylo! ---
**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, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354/130 "2012-10-31T23:39:14Z")
Just because you can doesn’t mean you should. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354/131 "2012-11-01T03:13:43Z")
Personally, I’m amazed the price was so low. Just from the movies themselves, they’ll probably make back their investment in a decade or so… But when you toss in all of the merchandising, probably more like the 2-3 it takes for just the first movie. Plus whatever value they can get out of ILM and the other technical companies. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2012, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354/132 "2012-11-01T05:47:44Z")
Think about this? Instead of hearing the 20th Century Fox intro, you have to listen to “When You Wish Upon a Star” right before the opening theme. Blech. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354/133 "2012-11-01T06:03:38Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Personally, I’m amazed the price was so low. Just from the movies themselves, they’ll probably make back their investment in a decade or so… But when you toss in all of the merchandising, probably more like the 2-3 it takes for just the first movie. Plus whatever value they can get out of ILM and the other technical companies. Phantom Menace grossed about a billion, and it must’ve been the most hyped movie in history. I can’t imagine Episode VII will top that by a factor of four, even counting merc and advertizing tie-ins and the like. Chances are pretty good for Disney to eventually turn a profit on the deal, but it’ll take several movies, and at least a few of them will have to be good. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354/134 "2012-11-01T06:38:21Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Think about this? Instead of hearing the 20th Century Fox intro, you have to listen to “When You Wish Upon a Star” right before the opening theme. Blech. I don’t recall hearing that before any of the Marvel movies. Possibly Pixar. Disney does sometimes do their usual production logo, but if it’s not a straight-up Disney movie it’s usually just the animation done quickly without the sound. I’ve always thought it was pretty restrained and dignified whenever they did that. But yes, if they do take away the 20th Century Fox intro, it’ll be sad. It segues so well into John Williams. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2012, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354/135 "2012-11-01T19:01:38Z")
Yeah, I can’t imagine SW without the 20th Century Fox intro. Goddamn, I’m really becoming a fan snob. I guess it’s just the little things that make some movies, you know? Without them, it’s just not…right. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354/136 "2012-11-01T19:40:46Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > Chances are pretty good for Disney to eventually turn a profit on the deal, but it’ll take several movies, and at least a few of them will have to be good. Releasing the original trilogy untouched on Blu-ray will make them back their billions within a year. If this isn’t already in the works, I think the Disney shareholders should sack the board for dereliction of duty. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354/137 "2012-11-01T19:53:44Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Think about this? Instead of hearing the 20th Century Fox intro, you have to listen to “When You Wish Upon a Star” right before the opening theme. Blech. OK, I admit. That smarts more than it should. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354/138 "2012-11-01T20:02:19Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > Releasing the original trilogy untouched on Blu-ray will make them back their billions within a year. If this isn’t already in the works, I think the Disney shareholders should sack the board for dereliction of duty. I would love to have a nice hi-def copy of the original trilogy, but I wouldn’t go so far as to say “untouched” - _Star Wars_ is practically unwatchable now as a direct transfer from the original film, because of the high visibility of the blue-screen “patches” behind the ships in all the motion controlled camera shots. If you wanted to keep them out of the transfer without any jiggery-pokery, you’d end up with something so low-contrast that it looked terrible. I would hope that they will at least “restore” the film to eliminate these. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354/139 "2012-11-01T20:46:36Z")
The blue-screen patches became a lot _more_ visible in the Special Editions, not less as one would expect. Going from the original should be fine. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354/140 "2012-11-01T20:52:02Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > Releasing the original trilogy untouched on Blu-ray will make them back their billions within a year. Pop-quiz: what do you think the entire US annual market for blue-ray disks is? 2 billion. Even if that grows quickly, no ones going to make four billion a year off the sale of three blue-ray movies for a very long time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354.md?page=8)