Whitechapel - Disney Eats a Lucasfilm 2013-05-23T12:12:33-07:00 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/ Lussumo Vanilla & Feed Publisher Disney Eats a Lucasfilm http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=342946#Comment_342946 2012-10-30T13:26:57-07:00 2013-05-23T12:12:32-07:00 Magnulus http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6716 So! Disney bought Lucasfilm! This is pretty big news, and I don't think anyone saw this coming. My thoughts, which I just posted on Facebook: I think it's a GOOD thing, considering how terrible ...
I think it's a GOOD thing, considering how terrible Star Wars has been as a brand of late. Angry Birds? Telecomms? Electronics shops? Screw that. I never saw Mickey Mouse advertising O2. Nor Jack Skelington peddling wares from Argos. Imagine THIS: New Star Wars films (which ARE happening) that aren't run by Lucas and his Yes Men.]]> Disney Eats a Lucasfilm http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=342947#Comment_342947 2012-10-30T13:30:30-07:00 2013-05-23T12:12:32-07:00 dorkmuffin http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6719 I posted this in response to Tap's post in the news thread, but I'll repost here: Because AUGH.
Because AUGH.]]> Disney Eats a Lucasfilm http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=342948#Comment_342948 2012-10-30T13:42:22-07:00 2013-05-23T12:12:32-07:00 Finagle http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5254 Good. Lucasfilm has been a moribund caretaker of a legacy property for ages now. Maybe in somebody else's hands it will get a spark of fresh life. Disney Eats a Lucasfilm http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=342949#Comment_342949 2012-10-30T13:46:12-07:00 2013-05-23T12:12:32-07:00 Argos http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7792 Nor Jack Skelington peddling wares from Argos You don't know that... :P Nor Jack Skelington peddling wares from Argos

You don't know that... :P]]> Disney Eats a Lucasfilm http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=342951#Comment_342951 2012-10-30T13:49:19-07:00 2013-05-23T12:12:32-07:00 KeeperofManyNames http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3394 A friend of mine pointed out to me that this is the same Disney who now runs both Pixar and Marvel. Really ponder over what it means for the company responsible for the Marvel film 'verse to be ...
This... could actually turn out to be the best thing to happen to Star Wars in years.]]> Disney Eats a Lucasfilm http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=342952#Comment_342952 2012-10-30T13:53:52-07:00 2013-05-23T12:12:32-07:00 Finagle http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5254 Coming in 2016: X-MEN VS. THE EMPIRE Disney Eats a Lucasfilm http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=342953#Comment_342953 2012-10-30T14:05:05-07:00 2013-05-23T12:12:32-07:00 Magnulus http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6716 Sorry, didn't notice the post in the news thread! Oh well, warrants a thread of its own, really. Argos: Hahah! Different Argos. The electronics chain in the UK. :) I love the fact that George ...
Argos: Hahah! Different Argos. The electronics chain in the UK. :)

I love the fact that George Lucas will now take a back seat. I wonder what had to happen to wrest control out of his hands, considering that he - an editor more than a director or writer - decided to control absolutely everything in the prequels.

Imagine this: Joss Whedon directing Star Wars Ep 7? Peter Jackson? Christopher Nolan? Duncan Jones?!]]> Disney Eats a Lucasfilm http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=342956#Comment_342956 2012-10-30T14:37:17-07:00 2013-05-23T12:12:32-07:00 Alan Tyson http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1299 (Brad Bird?) The thing that gets me is that one of the most successful independent film studios just got eaten by the biggest media conglomerate in the world. That kinda saddens me.
The thing that gets me is that one of the most successful independent film studios just got eaten by the biggest media conglomerate in the world. That kinda saddens me.]]> Disney Eats a Lucasfilm http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=342957#Comment_342957 2012-10-30T14:39:54-07:00 2013-05-23T12:12:32-07:00 dorkmuffin http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6719 BUT WHY DO WE NEED ANOTHER STAR WARS MOVIE. Disney Eats a Lucasfilm http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=342958#Comment_342958 2012-10-30T14:47:31-07:00 2013-05-23T12:12:32-07:00 vandalhandle http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4586 @dorkmuffin, we don't but Disney will have to play with their new toys very publicly so we're gonna get 3 more at least. Disney Eats a Lucasfilm http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=342959#Comment_342959 2012-10-30T14:55:50-07:00 2012-10-30T14:56:35-07:00 D.J. http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3196 Chances of Han Solo being a Guardian of the Galaxy have dramatically increased. Disney Eats a Lucasfilm http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=342960#Comment_342960 2012-10-30T15:03:17-07:00 2013-05-23T12:12:32-07:00 taphead http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2284 Oh, nerds.
]]> Disney Eats a Lucasfilm http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=342962#Comment_342962 2012-10-30T15:09:48-07:00 2012-10-30T15:10:26-07:00 Finagle http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5254 "Why do we need another Star Wars movie?" Well, I'm not against that. It is a big universe, with lots of stories to tell. I'm just against the artificial stitching together of ... "Why do we need another Star Wars movie?"

Well, I'm not against that. It is a big universe, with lots of stories to tell. I'm just against the artificial stitching together of backstories and retconning that tends to go on in the dotage of a sci-fi author's life. See: Asimov, Heinlein. Universe builders tend to want to see their universes all tied together into some neat ball.

If Disney were to take the Star Wars *mythos*, and make movies just based on that? No problem. If they buy into Lucas' compulsive need to stitch together all possible loose threads, so that we *must* get Skywalkers or Jar Jar Binks or Yoda in every movie? Not so much.]]> Disney Eats a Lucasfilm http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=342965#Comment_342965 2012-10-30T15:26:21-07:00 2013-05-23T12:12:32-07:00 Magnulus http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6716 Yeah, we don't NEED another Star Wars movie, but if it's GOING to happen, I'd rather it happen at Disney than with Lucas writing/ directing again. I remember reading the comics in the late eighties, ...
Alan Tyson: YES! Brad Bird!! I do get your point about the indie eaten by the corporation, though.]]> Disney Eats a Lucasfilm http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=342968#Comment_342968 2012-10-30T15:37:13-07:00 2013-05-23T12:12:32-07:00 Alan Tyson http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1299 I can't take any credit for the Brad Bird idea - Twitter's been batting that back and forth like a cat with a ball, and it was the one part about this news that made me grin and say "heh. That ... Disney Eats a Lucasfilm http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=342969#Comment_342969 2012-10-30T15:42:56-07:00 2013-05-23T12:12:32-07:00 TF http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1307 The thing that gets me is that one of the most successful independent film studios just got eaten by the biggest media conglomerate in the world. That kinda saddens me. This. Business wise I ... The thing that gets me is that one of the most successful independent film studios just got eaten by the biggest media conglomerate in the world. That kinda saddens me.

This.

Business wise I see how it works (is Howard the Duck now official Marvel Movie-verse?) and is probably good for all concerned - including the fans, but...

I'm sadby the direction mainstream movies have taken into geek franchise after geek franchise and it seems, according to this article in the New York Times the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences dislike it too...]]> Disney Eats a Lucasfilm http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=342973#Comment_342973 2012-10-30T16:03:44-07:00 2012-10-30T16:14:33-07:00 oldhat http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=75 PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE MORE DOS GAMES. ...seriously though, I'm not sure I like this trend in acquiring set worlds and franchises instead of making new ones, but I guess easy money. As for ...




...seriously though, I'm not sure I like this trend in acquiring set worlds and franchises instead of making new ones, but I guess easy money. As for the Star Wars movies, I probably won't watch 'em as everything after the prequels has felt too much like fanfiction with a budget to me.]]> Disney Eats a Lucasfilm http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=342977#Comment_342977 2012-10-30T16:49:14-07:00 2013-05-23T12:12:32-07:00 Seantaclaus http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6498 Coming in 2016: X-MEN VS. THE EMPIRE Not in movie form, not unless Disney manages to break FOX's arms to get the movie rights back. So at least you don't have to worry about that one immediately. In ... Coming in 2016: X-MEN VS. THE EMPIRE
Not in movie form, not unless Disney manages to break FOX's arms to get the movie rights back. So at least you don't have to worry about that one immediately. In movie form. ;)]]> Disney Eats a Lucasfilm http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=342978#Comment_342978 2012-10-30T17:02:53-07:00 2013-05-23T12:12:32-07:00 Seantaclaus http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6498 Of course, Disney does have Joss Whedon writing The Avengers movies for them... (Not that I expect that they'd give him the Star Wars franchise to play with, but damn that would prove interesting ... does have Joss Whedon writing The Avengers movies for them...

(Not that I expect that they'd give him the Star Wars franchise to play with, but damn that would prove interesting if they did...)]]> Disney Eats a Lucasfilm http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=342979#Comment_342979 2012-10-30T17:16:35-07:00 2013-05-23T12:12:32-07:00 D.J. http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3196 Star Wars Episode VII, starring Nathan Fillion. The internet would explode.
The internet would explode.]]> Disney Eats a Lucasfilm http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=342982#Comment_342982 2012-10-30T18:22:08-07:00 2013-05-23T12:12:32-07:00 vandalhandle http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4586 @oldhat, my first two thoughts about it were, does this signal the end of dark horse comics' star wars comics and 'nightmare before christmas'/'grim fandango' crossover would appeal to me Disney Eats a Lucasfilm http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=342983#Comment_342983 2012-10-30T18:27:13-07:00 2013-05-23T12:12:32-07:00 SaintDharma32 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6058 I am excited but also a bit wary. First, it's Disney, and they have a nasty habit of making sure that none of their properties are made by anyone except them. My hope is that Lucasfilm (and ...
Mostly, I am glad that Lucas is only on as a creative consultant and not actually directing or writing. It's clear to me that he has grown tired of being known as "The Star Wars Guy" and wants to do other things. And on that, I wish him well, and I can't think of a better way to get that particular monkey off his back than to sell it to Disney.]]> Disney Eats a Lucasfilm http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=342987#Comment_342987 2012-10-30T20:14:44-07:00 2013-05-23T12:12:32-07:00 ebullientsoul http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7705 I am interested in new Star Wars movies the same way I am interested in a multi-car pileup. That Disney is planning to exploit the Star Wars franchise regularly (new trilogy starts 2015, with ...
That Disney is planning to exploit the Star Wars franchise regularly (new trilogy starts 2015, with more movies every two to three years) does not remotely excite me.]]> Disney Eats a Lucasfilm http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=342989#Comment_342989 2012-10-30T20:53:47-07:00 2012-10-30T20:54:22-07:00 Purple Wyrm http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6726 Subsidiaries like Pixar have done a lot of fantastic work, but I can't escape the feeling that any Disnified Star Wars films will have a distinct reek of... Darth Vader's Raiders ...about them. Darth Vader's Raiders ...about them.]]> Disney Eats a Lucasfilm http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=342991#Comment_342991 2012-10-30T20:57:02-07:00 2013-05-23T12:12:32-07:00 oldhat http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=75 ]]> Disney Eats a Lucasfilm http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=342992#Comment_342992 2012-10-30T20:58:34-07:00 2013-05-23T12:12:32-07:00 D.J. http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3196 ... Hey guys, let's get Pixar to make a Star Wars. Hey guys, let's get Pixar to make a Star Wars.]]> Disney Eats a Lucasfilm http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=342993#Comment_342993 2012-10-30T21:06:14-07:00 2013-05-23T12:12:32-07:00 taphead http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2284 Actually, the only thing that really interests me in all this is the future of the computer game franchises. I know they're not in the business (yet), but I wonder if Disney might be a good home ...
I know they're not in the business (yet), but I wonder if Disney might be a good home for Bioware...]]> Disney Eats a Lucasfilm http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=342995#Comment_342995 2012-10-30T21:33:30-07:00 2013-05-23T12:12:32-07:00 Morac http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10266 Given how wholly owned by EA Bioware is, that isn't going to happen. Last I counted, there were eight (8!) different studios under the Bioware brandname, because it's pretty much the only thing that ... wholly owned by EA Bioware is, that isn't going to happen. Last I counted, there were eight (8!) different studios under the Bioware brandname, because it's pretty much the only thing that has been generating good will for EA.

Back on topic: Disney has never really done wrong by me. They do come with all the baggage of a giant corporation, but Lucasarts has never exactly been a saint in that regard. Disney knows enough when to let a good team just do its thing, as evidenced by how well Marvel and Pixar have been doing under the fold. When Marvel was bought out there was a similar slew of Disney-Marvel mashups and commentary, but it's pretty much exactly the same now as it was before the buyout, except with a bigger budget for movies (which they have put to very good use).]]> Disney Eats a Lucasfilm http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=342996#Comment_342996 2012-10-30T21:55:12-07:00 2013-05-23T12:12:32-07:00 taphead http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2284 Yeah, I was thinking of adding a #wildspeculation tag there, but one can dream. One can dream. Disney Eats a Lucasfilm http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343000#Comment_343000 2012-10-30T23:40:31-07:00 2013-05-23T12:12:32-07:00 imaginarypeople http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7661 I dont think Disney would do a worse Star Wars than if George Lucas were to do another one. Any Disney movie is more entertaining then any of the Star Wars prequels. Disney Eats a Lucasfilm http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343001#Comment_343001 2012-10-31T00:56:12-07:00 2013-05-23T12:12:32-07:00 curb http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1334 I've never been particularly wedded to the franchise, but after seeing Yoda shilling for mobile phone companies, I'm confident that the only way from here is up. Disney Eats a Lucasfilm http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343003#Comment_343003 2012-10-31T02:06:20-07:00 2013-05-23T12:12:32-07:00 Foamhead http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8779 Star Wars Episode VII:
]]> Disney Eats a Lucasfilm http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343004#Comment_343004 2012-10-31T03:09:37-07:00 2013-05-23T12:12:32-07:00 Flabyo http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1306 Disney don't really buy into console gaming at the moment, what little in-house they had they closed a while back. They're all about the social games apparently. That doesn't preclude licensing ...
That doesn't preclude licensing stuff out, Epic Mickey for example, but I wouldn't expect them to do any kind of studio acquisition games wise, and in fact I think they're far more likely to close the games division of LucasArts than keep it going.]]> Disney Eats a Lucasfilm http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343005#Comment_343005 2012-10-31T03:30:53-07:00 2013-05-23T12:12:32-07:00 kperkins http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=456 Aaw, and I was hoping for a 'Steamboat Willie' game. Disney Eats a Lucasfilm http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343006#Comment_343006 2012-10-31T04:49:33-07:00 2013-05-23T12:12:32-07:00 mister hex http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4411 MAYBE IF YOU FUCKING NERDS WERE NICER TO GEORGE LUCAS FOR THE LAST TWENTY YEARS HE WOULDN'T HAVE SOLD YOUR DREAMS FOR THE EQUIVALENT OF A PACK OF CIGARETTES. A four billion dollar pack of ...
A four billion dollar pack of cigarettes. (Close to what Marvel's purchasing price was, if I recall correctly.)

Yeah. I SAID IT.]]> Disney Eats a Lucasfilm http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343009#Comment_343009 2012-10-31T05:20:05-07:00 2013-05-23T12:12:32-07:00 mister hex http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4411 CHALLENGE TO A NERD DUEL, YOU WILL? LOSE, YOU SHALL.

CHALLENGE TO A NERD DUEL, YOU WILL?

LOSE, YOU SHALL.]]> Disney Eats a Lucasfilm http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343011#Comment_343011 2012-10-31T06:19:36-07:00 2013-05-23T12:12:32-07:00 Fauxhammer http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=27 This is the best thing to happen to Lucasfilm. Somebody can finally tell Poppa George "no." "Well, what I want to do is rerelease Episode One with more Jar-Jar and Senate debates. ...
"Well, what I want to do is rerelease Episode One with more Jar-Jar and Senate debates. That's my vision."

"Yeeeeah, see here's the thing, George. You may not do that. Why don't you leave the grown-up decisions to us, and you can go wallow in your money pool."]]> Disney Eats a Lucasfilm http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343017#Comment_343017 2012-10-31T07:37:21-07:00 2013-05-23T12:12:32-07:00 William Joseph Dunn http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2798 I'm surprised how many people are FOR this. Disney Eats a Lucasfilm http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343018#Comment_343018 2012-10-31T07:48:07-07:00 2013-05-23T12:12:32-07:00 taphead http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2284 I don't think Disney will bring me the remake I really want:
]]> Disney Eats a Lucasfilm http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343027#Comment_343027 2012-10-31T09:35:17-07:00 2013-05-23T12:12:32-07:00 KeeperofManyNames http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3394 Hey, here's another odd aspect to this: remember that one other big game property Disney owns? Kingdom Hearts? Yeah. Lightsaber Keyblades may be in the future. I'm not sure if this is brilliant or ...
Also, I wonder if some of the hesitation with this from one demographic of nerddom comes from the dire period where Disney was surviving by releasing straight to video sequels to all their classic films. Perhaps the deep traumatic memories of Cinderella 3 are making some people overly cautious about this change.]]> Disney Eats a Lucasfilm http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343028#Comment_343028 2012-10-31T09:38:41-07:00 2012-10-31T09:41:06-07:00 William Joseph Dunn http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2798 One of the things that bothers me about this is that this is confirming what I've been saying about Disney's current trajectory and which has accelerated since Roy Disney's death. They are no longer ... Disney Eats a Lucasfilm http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343029#Comment_343029 2012-10-31T09:46:44-07:00 2013-05-23T12:12:33-07:00 Alan Tyson http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1299 Theory: This was never about Star Wars (or Indiana Jones, for that matter). I think Disney want's Lucasfilm so they can get Industrial Light and Magic. Disney is losing Pixar in, I believe, one ...
Disney is losing Pixar in, I believe, one more movie. That's the end of that particular cash cow for them, so I wonder if they're going back to the farm to try and get another one. Remember that ILM is where Pixar started (mostly). I think ILM would be a better long-term ivnestment for Disney than even a franchise as popular and successful as Star Wars. Think of all the other studios who come to ILM for their effects - now they'll be coming, at least in part, to Disney.]]> Disney Eats a Lucasfilm http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343031#Comment_343031 2012-10-31T10:33:54-07:00 2013-05-23T12:12:33-07:00 RenThing http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=155 My thoughts on it: If they make more SW films then we get more SW films. If they suck, I won't watch them, if they don't suck, yay more SW films. Disney Eats a Lucasfilm http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343032#Comment_343032 2012-10-31T10:37:20-07:00 2013-05-23T12:12:33-07:00 Flabyo http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1306 @RenThing - That's basically where I stand on this one too, apart from my concerns over the Lucasarts games division. Disney Eats a Lucasfilm http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343037#Comment_343037 2012-10-31T13:27:56-07:00 2013-05-23T12:12:33-07:00 DavidLejeune http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4220 Disney is losing Pixar in, I believe, one more movie.Nope. Pixar is a wholly owned subsidiary. 'Cars' was originally the last movie Pixar was going to do for Disney, and then Steve Jobs sold his ... Disney is losing Pixar in, I believe, one more movie.Nope. Pixar is a wholly owned subsidiary. 'Cars' was originally the last movie Pixar was going to do for Disney, and then Steve Jobs sold his controlling share of Pixar over, but cut some crazy deal that gave Pixar complete creative control over their films and made John Lasseter Disney Animation's Chief Creative Officer.

That doesn't preclude licensing stuff out, Epic Mickey for example,
Epic Mickey wasn't licensed out. Junction Point is owned by Disney Interactive. Disney Interactive has actually been pulling a lot of the licenses back in-house (there will probably never be a Pixar tie-in game developed or published by a third party again, for example). The thing about LucasArts is that they haven't really been doing a lot in-house development themselves lately (I think the Monkey Island Special Editions were their most recent 100% in-house releases), they've just been a licensing house. It's probably going to be business as usual for them for the foreseeable.]]> Disney Eats a Lucasfilm http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343039#Comment_343039 2012-10-31T14:08:22-07:00 2013-05-23T12:12:33-07:00 RenThing http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=155 @Flabyo - I have a friend who used to work there and she called up some of her friends who were still with the company. Disney focuses a lot on browser and mobile games and so the outlook right now ... Disney Eats a Lucasfilm http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343071#Comment_343071 2012-11-01T05:35:38-07:00 2013-05-23T12:12:33-07:00 longtimelurker http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7739 There's never been anything wrong with any of the prequels that wouldn't have been fixed by A GOOD SCRIPT. Number one, Lucas is crap at heroic dialogue. That doesn't matter if your story is ...
Number one, Lucas is crap at heroic dialogue. That doesn't matter if your story is serious enough. But if you want us to believe the fate of the galaxy lies in the hands of three kids and an old guy with flashy swords, you had BETTER wow us with dialogue that at least resembles the conversations young people who might not survive would actually have.]]> Disney Eats a Lucasfilm http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343078#Comment_343078 2012-11-01T07:55:48-07:00 2013-05-23T12:12:33-07:00 Ben Klumaster http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2723 I don't know what you're talking about! "I hate sand, it gets everywhere. But your skin is soft." "I hate sand, it gets everywhere. But your skin is soft."]]> Disney Eats a Lucasfilm http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343089#Comment_343089 2012-11-01T09:16:44-07:00 2013-05-23T12:12:33-07:00 RenThing http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=155 Well, my opinion of George just went up: George Lucas is going to spend $4 billion on funding education. George Lucas is going to spend $4 billion on funding education.]]> Disney Eats a Lucasfilm http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343101#Comment_343101 2012-11-01T10:14:58-07:00 2013-05-23T12:12:33-07:00 oldhat http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=75 That's amazing and I give props to him, but that's not going to suddenly make me love the prequels. [/hrumph]
[/hrumph]]]> Disney Eats a Lucasfilm http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343107#Comment_343107 2012-11-01T11:21:07-07:00 2012-11-01T11:21:20-07:00 RenThing http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=155 Well, no, and it shouldn't; they're lukewarm dog vomit served on a CGI plate. However, I do think it speaks highly of him. Disney Eats a Lucasfilm http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343110#Comment_343110 2012-11-01T11:41:03-07:00 2013-05-23T12:12:33-07:00 RenThing http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=155 ]]> Disney Eats a Lucasfilm http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343111#Comment_343111 2012-11-01T11:56:39-07:00 2013-05-23T12:12:33-07:00 kmcleod http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=191 Remake/Remodel: Star Wars Episode VII? Disney Eats a Lucasfilm http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343190#Comment_343190 2012-11-02T11:29:52-07:00 2013-05-23T12:12:33-07:00 256 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4827 @kmcl - that's a hell of an idea. perhaps best to wait to see how different disney's copyright regime is to lucasfilm's, though. Disney Eats a Lucasfilm http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343192#Comment_343192 2012-11-02T11:57:33-07:00 2012-11-02T12:09:39-07:00 William Joseph Dunn http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2798 From Cartoon Brew: "Disney’s $4.05 billion acquisition of Lucasfilm has generated more questions than answers. The Mouse has made it clear that they bought Lucasfilm for one thing, and one ...
"Disney’s $4.05 billion acquisition of Lucasfilm has generated more questions than answers. The Mouse has made it clear that they bought Lucasfilm for one thing, and one thing only: the Star Wars property.

But Lucasfilm’s business also includes other components such as Skywalker Sound and the visual effects studio Industrial Light and Magic (ILM). The fate of these entities remains unknown and will likely remain so for the foreseeable future.

For example, what to make of ILM’s promising start as a producer of animated features? Don’t forget that ILM’s first original film Rango won an Oscar earlier this year for Best Animated Feature. But Disney already owns its own feature animation studio as well as Pixar. It hardly needs a third studio, especially one that offers an original take on computer animation that could make the work of its other studios look formulaic by comparison. In other words, it’s a likely bet that ILM won’t be making any more animated features of its own.

The rest here:

http://www.cartoonbrew.com/disney/disneylucasfilm-what-does-it-mean-72685.html]]> Disney Eats a Lucasfilm http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343195#Comment_343195 2012-11-02T12:07:26-07:00 2013-05-23T12:12:33-07:00 Argos http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7792 ^^ That just made me sad :( Disney Eats a Lucasfilm http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343196#Comment_343196 2012-11-02T12:16:01-07:00 2012-11-02T12:29:12-07:00 William Joseph Dunn http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2798 @Argos- me too. :/ I work in animation so I had probably a different immediate take on this news than some who do not. Most had a "Good! Lucas fucked up the prequels, so I'm glad this is ...
I work in animation so I had probably a different immediate take on this news than some who do not. Most had a "Good! Lucas fucked up the prequels, so I'm glad this is happening", instead of "one of the largest independent movie studios is no longer independent".

I'm curious what Dark Horse is going to do without the Star Wars comics. Also, I think the future of Clone Wars on Cartoon Network is doubtful. My guess if there will be more seasons of CW, it might end up on Disney XD or another Disney owned network.]]> Disney Eats a Lucasfilm http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343197#Comment_343197 2012-11-02T13:20:22-07:00 2013-05-23T12:12:33-07:00 Jason A. Quest http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5192 I stopped caring about Star Wars quite a while ago. All I see here is one of the Big Six media conglomerates getting even bigger. It's kind of like when Jim Lee sold WildStorm to DC: nice for ...
It's kind of like when Jim Lee sold WildStorm to DC: nice for him, I suppose, but seeing a creator's artistic vision replaced by a legacy corporation's control... isn't something that excites me in a good way.]]> Disney Eats a Lucasfilm http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343200#Comment_343200 2012-11-02T13:29:42-07:00 2013-05-23T12:12:33-07:00 TF http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1307 God I would have thought ILM were a strong brand in themselves and as such bullet proof. I always thought ILM was the business George cared about, a way to be in movies and the technology of ...
I always thought ILM was the business George cared about, a way to be in movies and the technology of moving images without having to... work. I always looked at the Star Wars prequels as being a tool that provided ILM with the R'n'D budget to develop new CG techniques/abilities (Scale, move the camera, textures/fur etc.)]]> Disney Eats a Lucasfilm http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343203#Comment_343203 2012-11-02T14:27:05-07:00 2013-05-23T12:12:33-07:00 Flxzr http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=760 I think there was a time when ILM were incredibly strong as their own brand. It used to be that nobody else could do what they did as well as they did, but times have changed and they're now just ... didn't have effects done by ILM it was like the end of an era. Suddenly people were talking about Weta as the power-house in visual effects.]]> Disney Eats a Lucasfilm http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343205#Comment_343205 2012-11-02T14:30:28-07:00 2013-05-23T12:12:33-07:00 kmcleod http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=191 I'm pretty sure that Disney didn't buy the company to get LucasArts, the videogame branch--it laid off a third of its employees and went through four or five managers in about 8 years. Disney Eats a Lucasfilm http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343209#Comment_343209 2012-11-02T16:46:02-07:00 2012-11-02T16:46:39-07:00 Flabyo http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1306 Ultimately the 'name' of the studio is less important than the people within it. Admitedly this is only the case 'inside' the industry. Games is the same, people endlessly talk about how studio X ...
Games is the same, people endlessly talk about how studio X needs to recapture it's glory, when the bulk of it's glory actually comes from team Y who've all long since left to work for studio Z...

If Disney don't want ILM? Then the good people will go elsewhere. Sure, no other studio has the same name recognition with the public, but they're not selling their services to the public, they're selling them to Hollywood, and they know it's people not company.]]> Disney Eats a Lucasfilm http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343221#Comment_343221 2012-11-02T17:45:27-07:00 2013-05-23T12:12:33-07:00 DavidLejeune http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4220 I almost welcome ILM not being able to do as much effects work. There are a lot of great smaller VFX companies that'll have the opportunity to step up to features (for more than crowd replication and ... Disney Eats a Lucasfilm http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343308#Comment_343308 2012-11-04T15:07:24-08:00 2012-11-04T15:07:49-08:00 SteadyUP http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5302 On ILM - the reports I've read from the Disney stockholders conference call specifically stated that "Disney does not want to change anything about how they operate." For what that's worth. specifically stated that "Disney does not want to change anything about how they operate." For what that's worth.]]> Disney Eats a Lucasfilm http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343334#Comment_343334 2012-11-04T19:37:28-08:00 2013-05-23T12:12:33-07:00 Morac http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10266 Disney has been pretty good about keeping their hands off of profitable subsidiaries - presumably because they don't want to wreck whatever it is that is making it profitable. Disney Eats a Lucasfilm http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343618#Comment_343618 2012-11-07T09:01:10-08:00 2013-05-23T12:12:33-07:00 Oddcult http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=214 Wait... Leia's a Jedi now right? Old Carrie Fisher with Jedi powers and a lightsabre being badass? Not directed by Lucas? Sort of want.
Old Carrie Fisher with Jedi powers and a lightsabre being badass? Not directed by Lucas?

Sort of want.]]> Disney Eats a Lucasfilm http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343896#Comment_343896 2012-11-11T07:26:11-08:00 2013-05-23T12:12:33-07:00 Scribe http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=904 "Disney does not want to change anything about how they operate." For what that's worth. Just like Rupert Murdick did not want to change the Wall Street Journal when he wanted to buy ... "Disney does not want to change anything about how they operate." For what that's worth.

Just like Rupert Murdick did not want to change the Wall Street Journal when he wanted to buy it, but he did.

I break down the sale like this -

Lucas is pushing 70 and looking for retirement. He has three children, only one, Katie Lucas, has an active role in the company. Katie is one of the writers for Clone Wars. His other daughter is an MMA fighter and his son is just turning 18. It's obvious that Amanda has no interest in the company and Jett's interests are unclear.

Lucas has always felt a responsibility to his community and the world at large. He does a lot of philanthropic work and has been known to give away parts of his technology for free providing that they are used for human advancement and well-being.

So I put the general breakdown like this, he wants out of the game and time to enjoy life. He also wants to give away large portions of his money, and when he dies, money is much easier to break into three pieces than control of a company. Plus, if the next three movies get screwed up, then he can say that it wasn't his fault, and if they are great he can say that he was a genius for selling it to Disney.

Personally, I wish he would have picked any other company besides Disney. In my honest opinion, Disney is one of the most evil corporations in this world. If I had to guess why, it's because of the tie-in opportunities. Disney might be the only company that can compete with George when it comes to selling movie tie-ins, and I am sure that George kept a back end deal in place for merchandise sales. If he didn't then he was an idiot to sell for 4 billion.]]> Disney Eats a Lucasfilm http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343940#Comment_343940 2012-11-12T10:52:42-08:00 2012-11-12T10:55:57-08:00 256 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4827 Apparently, the directory of the next Star Wars movie will be Michael Arndt. Arndt wrote the screenplay for Little Miss Sunshine, rewrote Toy Story 3, and is writing the next Hunger Games movie. The ... Apparently, the directory of the next Star Wars movie will be Michael Arndt. Arndt wrote the screenplay for Little Miss Sunshine, rewrote Toy Story 3, and is writing the next Hunger Games movie. The above link claims that "Kathleen Kennedy and George Lucas have begun story conferences with Arndt", potentially dashing hopes that the franchise will escape the Lucas Touch.

More speculation and rumour here.

Also: @Scribe: "Disney is one of the most evil corporations in this world".

Really?

Monsanto, I'd call evil. Dow Chemical, Raytheon, ConAgra, Union Carbide, arguably Coca-Cola (primarily for their pollution of developing countries, rather than selling an innately unhealthy product), any number of shamelessly despoiling coal, oil, gas, and timber companies, ditto.

But Disney I struggle to see as anything worse than soulless promoters of (increasingly?) banal pap.

edit: although I'll agree that their manipulation of copyright law is immoral enough to qualify.]]> Disney Eats a Lucasfilm http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343950#Comment_343950 2012-11-12T16:30:38-08:00 2013-05-23T12:12:33-07:00 Magnulus http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6716 I don't think it's a bad thing that Lucas TOUCHES it. He's fine as an ideas man and as the progenitor of the world itself. I hope and believe (for now) that the problem of Lucas being at the reins ... Disney Eats a Lucasfilm http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=344013#Comment_344013 2012-11-13T18:14:41-08:00 2013-05-23T12:12:33-07:00 Clarkthehomonculus http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4700 When Lucas wrote the original Star Wars (Journal of the Whills), he was really wanting to re-make Flash Gordon. It was like creating Velcro, or potato chips, pure accident. He aped what he could from ... ta-da Instant Star Wars.]]>