# 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:** 9
**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 3, 2012, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354/161 "2012-11-03T07:12:58Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > As opposed to episode IV, which had Luke & Biggs flying slowly away from the Death Star as it exploded. Luke and _Wedge_, you mean. Biggs didn’t survive. ---
**Author:** ![Sealemon88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Sealemon88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sealemon88)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2012, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354/162 "2012-11-03T17:30:10Z")
> [@shy\_guy](#): > > John Carter of Mars had a lot of what I’d like to see in a modern Star Wars movie. At any rate, I don’t see how Disney can do any worse than the prequels. > > To date, Disney hasn’t screwed up the Muppets or the Marvel properties, so I’m not that worried about massive changes to the brand. Not to mention that Disney has a long history of releasing movies that are not necessarily aimed at aimed at kids: [List of Touchstone Pictures films - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Touchstone_Pictures_films) I can’t see as anything but a win for SW fans, as the prequels were mediocre to terrible, and his endless re-re-re-re-releases of the original trilogy were just ridiculous. I’m looking forward to a new Star Wars movie for the first time since I walked out of the theater after seeing Phantom Menace. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Me](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d2c977/32.png) [@Mr.Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Me)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2012, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354/163 "2012-11-04T02:09:21Z")
> [@Corcaigh](#): > > There were two releases of the DVDs, one with the special editions and one with the original untouched versions and the special editions. > > I have them. Actually I have Star Wars on all formats, pan and scan VHS, widescreen VHS, two different DVD versions [as above] and the blu-rays. > > My gawd I’m a nerd!!! You forgot the Laserdiscs. [A New Hope](http://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/11011/8763-85/Star-Wars:-A-New-Hope-(1977)) [The Empire Strikes Back](http://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/11013/8764-85/Star-Wars:-The-Empire-Strikes-Back-(1980)) [Return of the Jedi](http://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/11014/8765-85/Star-Wars:-Return-of-the-Jedi-(1983)) Mine still play perfectly, although I’m currently down to one working LD player. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Student\_Driver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@Student\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Student_Driver)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2012, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354/164 "2012-11-04T03:31:32Z")
> [@Mr.Me](#): > > You forgot the Laserdiscs. [A New Hope](http://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/11011/8763-85/Star-Wars:-A-New-Hope-(1977)) [The Empire Strikes Back](http://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/11013/8764-85/Star-Wars:-The-Empire-Strikes-Back-(1980)) [Return of the Jedi](http://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/11014/8765-85/Star-Wars:-Return-of-the-Jedi-(1983)) > Mine still play perfectly, although I’m currently down to one working LD player. :eek: I have the original trilogy four times over on laserdisc; [the](http://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/00897/1130-84/Star-Wars:-A-New-Hope-%281977%29) [original](http://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/11012/1425-80/Star-Wars:-The-Empire-Strikes-Back-%281980%29) [releases](http://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/11015/1478-80/Star-Wars:-Return-of-the-Jedi-%281983%29) in P&S, the individual “faces” releases you linked to, the [Definitive Collection](http://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/05091/0693-84/Star-Wars-Trilogy:-Definitive-Collection) (without the mastering error), and the [special edition boxset](http://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/07972/4102985/Star-Wars-Trilogy:-Special-Edition-%281997%29). I also have the trilogy on [C](http://www.lddb.com/ced/01668/1130-90/Star-Wars:-A-New-Hope-%281977%29)[E](http://www.lddb.com/ced/00543/1425-90/Star-Wars:-The-Empire-Strikes-Back-%281980%29)[D](http://www.lddb.com/ced/01450/1478-90/Star-Wars:-Return-of-the-Jedi-%281983%29) and Beta. No VHD, amazingly. Odd thing is that I only bought one of the above on purpose (SE boxset), the rest were picked up when buying lots/collections to get other movies. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2012, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354/165 "2012-11-05T06:07:22Z")
I figured it out. See Michael Bay does most of his stuff for Disney. He was pushed for the Marvel deal. But then found out that it wasn’t enough to get his dream project. No, they had to spend 4 billion dollars so that Michael Bay can finally reboot (darker and grittier) Howard the Duck. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2012, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354/166 "2012-11-05T14:00:42Z")
[Least I Could Do](http://www.leasticoulddo.com/) (11/5) weighs in. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2012, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354/167 "2012-11-05T15:57:58Z")
Does this mean that Leia and/or Amadala are now the newest additions to the _Disney Princess™_ line of products? I expect all non-human characters will get really oval eyes with big-assed pupils. Can’t wait for those straight-to-DVD releases. _Star Wars: Ewok Adventures in Gungan_ is the one I’m looking forward to! “It’s the Star Wars, after all! It’s the Star Wars, after all! It’s the Star Wars, after all, it’s the Star, Star Wars!” Wonder if they’ll start to hold back on releasing the DVD’s/Blu-Rays, like they do with their classic cartoons. Release _Fantasia_ one year, wait 7, re-release _Fantasia_, wait 7-years, etc… Anyway… I’m not so sanguine about this development. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354/168 "2012-11-06T23:27:35Z")
Looks like [all of the main 3 are on board](http://www.unleashthefanboy.com/movies/harrison-ford-want-back-in-for-star-wars-episode-7/32960), so VII is almost certainly going to involve an old-aged Leia, Solo, and Skywalker somehow. ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354/169 "2012-11-07T02:09:04Z")
> [@Jragon](#): > > Looks like [all of the main 3 are on board](http://www.unleashthefanboy.com/movies/harrison-ford-want-back-in-for-star-wars-episode-7/32960), so VII is almost certainly going to involve an old-aged Leia, Solo, and Skywalker somehow. Too bad in 2012 Hamill looks like Palpatine and Fisher looks like Yoda. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354/170 "2012-11-11T18:33:58Z")
[Michael Arndt](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-20288810) will write Ep. 7. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354/171 "2012-11-11T18:55:22Z")
[Screen writer confirmed](http://insidemovies.ew.com/2012/11/09/report-screenwriter-michael-arndt-in-line-to-write-star-wars-episode-vii/?hpt=hp_t3) Michael Arndt. ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354/172 "2012-11-11T23:06:30Z")
> [@drastic\_quench](#): > > Too bad in 2012 Hamill looks like Palpatine and Fisher looks like Yoda. [Carrie Fisher actually looked pretty good this summer at the Comedy Central Roast of Roseanne.](http://www.afterellen.com/sites/www.afterellen.com/files/2012/08/Roseanne_Carrie.jpg) She’s regained some weight after having slimmed down a bit, but certainly not enough that I’d say she looks bad. She looks better than she has at other times in the last 20 years. And the still images don’t do her justice, she _carries_ herself well. 56 could look better by Hollywood standards, especially considering her genes, but if she were just my friend’s 56 year old boozy mom I’d think she was pretty cute. ---
**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:** [November 12, 2012, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354/173 "2012-11-12T03:30:10Z")
A friend of mine thinks that visual effects have been working their way up to having full CGI humans, with ILM employing such tricks as used in _Benjamin Button_, _Captain America_, _Pirates of the Caribbean_, and _Tron: Legacy_, or the de-aging experiment used in _X-Men 3_, to make Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, and maybe Harrison Ford look as good as they need to be for the new _Star Wars_ movies. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2012, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354/174 "2012-11-12T04:14:42Z")
Okay, so Kathleen Kennedy and George Lucas are going to produce 7, 8 & 9 I guess. How much influence will that give them? ---
**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:** [November 12, 2012, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354/175 "2012-11-12T04:44:44Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > Okay, so Kathleen Kennedy and George Lucas are going to produce 7, 8 & 9 I guess. How much influence will that give them? I wish Lucas could be kept away completely. ---
**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:** [November 12, 2012, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354/176 "2012-11-12T05:09:15Z")
The problem with the Prequels was that George Lucas wrote and directed them entirely himself. He tried to get people to fill in both those roles, some of them names of particular bigness, and they all chickened out telling George he should do it himself, which I’m sure they regret now. Lucas also approved the scripts for the _Indiana Jones_ films. I’m not certain if this buyout includes them, anyway; I have read conflicting reports. This time Lucas is not directing or writing, and though he has approved the storyline I don’t know if he actually came up with it himself, and his role is apparently only going to be the font of knowledge on his characters and his Universe that they will tap into (though having said that, there are people who deal exclusively with canon, as **MovieMogul** mentions [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=15647826&postcount=32), so why not just use them?) I hope he learned his lesson and lets others take over the bulk of it, without his finger persistently contaminating the New Jedi Order. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354/177 "2012-11-20T15:53:26Z")
I’ve been going through some old _Mad_ magazines and found a _Return of the Jedi_ parody. In one panel, Lando says, “The Emperor thinks that this little band of rebels attempting to destroy his Death Star is nothing more than a ‘Mickey Mouse Operation’! Well, he’s WRONG, isn’t he, gang?!” Sitting beside him is Mickey Mouse. I believe this is called “Mad ESP.” ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354/178 "2012-11-20T16:29:57Z")
> [@Taomist](#): > > [Screen writer confirmed](http://insidemovies.ew.com/2012/11/09/report-screenwriter-michael-arndt-in-line-to-write-star-wars-episode-vii/?hpt=hp_t3) > > Michael Arndt. Bleah. Not many screenwriting credits. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354/179 "2012-11-20T16:32:56Z")
So how soon can I go to Disney World and get a drink in the Mos Eisley Cantina, with some college kids dressed in alien uniforms playing in the band? And can I get my picture taken with the communications major in the Jar Jar Binks costume? I can hardly wait. ---
**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:** [November 21, 2012, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354/180 "2012-11-21T03:14:54Z")
> [@control-z](#): > > Bleah. Not many screenwriting credits. [Well, now they have Lawrence Kasdan back to write his first Star Wars movie since Empire Strikes Back.](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/star-wars-lawrence-kasdan-simon-393459) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-acquire-lucasfilm-for-4-05b-and-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015/639354.md?page=10)