Disney buys Lucasfilm for $4 billion

[Branden Albert's Huge Balls]

http://www.deadline.com/2012/10/disn...-wars-creator/

BREAKING: Disney Buying LucasFilm

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday October 30, 2012 @ 12:47pm PDT

More to come.

@CNBC
BREAKING: Disney buys Lucasfilm for $4B in cash & stock

[NewChief]

Originally Posted by GoWalrus

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Also these assholes better not use Temeura Morrison as Boba Fett's voice. That was the worst ****ing thing ever.

Interesting. Does Disney own the Clone Wars animated franchise as well? Might explain some of the choices they've made this season (huge focus on Mandalorians and the Death Watch) in testing the waters and market research for that aspect of the SW universe.

Anyway, that series has been nails this season. Just awesome.

[Frosty]

Originally Posted by NewChief

Interesting. Does Disney own the Clone Wars animated franchise as well? Might explain some of the choices they've made this season (huge focus on Mandalorians and the Death Watch) in testing the waters and market research for that aspect of the SW universe.

Anyway, that series has been nails this season. Just awesome.

The latest story arc has been good (and dark). However, the "frog and droids" arc went on way too long, imo.

[BigCatDaddy]

I would like to see a Jar Jar spinoff movie.

[DoucheMcCloud]

Originally Posted by NewChief

Interesting. Does Disney own the Clone Wars animated franchise as well? Might explain some of the choices they've made this season (huge focus on Mandalorians and the Death Watch) in testing the waters and market research for that aspect of the SW universe.

Anyway, that series has been nails this season. Just awesome.

Yes, Disney now owns everything ever produced by Lucasfilm (including merchandising rights). But the Clone Wars series takes a full year to produce, so what you're seeing is under the direction of Lucasfilm and not Disney.

[Branden Albert's Huge Balls]

these are fun

[Bowser]

Look. Do NOT **** up the Millennium Falcon. I don't care if that's just fan art, you don't touch that ship. Ever.

[Garcia Bronco]

Originally Posted by Frosty

The latest story arc has been good (and dark). However, the "frog and droids" arc went on way too long, imo.

If you notice...the title screen on all those recent ones you just described...the Clone Wars Title is in Blue...while the Maul ones are still in yellow. I think the ones from the past few weeks were done over a year ago. they're also taking less breaks on showing the series this year. Personally I enjoy all of them.

[Garcia Bronco]

Originally Posted by Bowser

Look. Do NOT **** up the Millennium Falcon. I don't care if that's just fan art, you don't touch that ship. Ever.

The Falcon is in novels 40 years in the future. I wouldn't worry too much.

[Swanman]

Originally Posted by Garcia Bronco

The Falcon is in novels 40 years in the future. I wouldn't worry too much.

There is a book entitled Millenium Falcon that takes place after New Jedi Order, if my memory is correct. I hope Episode VII isn't jumped too far into the future.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Solo Trilogy? Meh
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[Garcia Bronco]

Originally Posted by Swanman

There is a book entitled Millenium Falcon that takes place after New Jedi Order, if my memory is correct. I hope Episode VII isn't jumped too far into the future.

That's a good book, but who knows if they'll deviate from it.

[DoucheMcCloud]

Originally Posted by Garcia Bronco

That's a good book, but who knows if they'll deviate from it.

Disney, at this point in time, has no intention of adhering to what's been written in the books, nor are they basing any movies on the EU.

The EU is the EU. It's NOT canon.

[Guru]

Hell the only book I would even want to see made into a movie is Shadows of the Empire. OUtside of that, I can't wait to see what the writers come up with.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Bane trilogy would be best...but its too dark for disney.
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[listopencil]

Lawrence Kasdan Says He Will Start Fresh For His Star Wars Spin-Off Movie

http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Lawre...vie-35687.html


The thought of Star Wars spin-off films should be tantalizing for any fan. While it's possible that Disney and LucasFilm could be planning movies based around already established characters - like Han Solo, Boba Fett and Yoda - there's also a distinct possibility that they will plan something completely different. The Star Wars universe exists far beyond everything that has been featured in Episodes I through VI. So which will it be?

The answer to the question remains one of the most sought after in Hollywood and geek circles, and, frankly, the search isn't greatly aided by new comments by writer Lawrence Kasdan, who recently spoke with the Los Angeles Times. Kasdan, who scripted both The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, is now one of two writers (the other being X-Men: Days of Future Past's Simon Kinberg) currently working on a Star Wars spin-off movie for Disney/LucasFilm and while he wouldn't confirm if his new movie would center on an established character, he did give the paper a vague statement that should keeps fans speculating for a while.

"I’m trying to start fresh," he said. “There are certain pleasures that we think the saga can bring to people that they’ve been missing, and we’re hoping to bring them that, and at the same time, have them feel that it’s all new.”

Does starting fresh mean that he's going to be introducing brand new characters to the world of Star Wars? Is he just saying that it's a rebound from the prequels? What does that mean?!

Confusion aside, Kasdan did also take a moment to please old school fans by praising the original trilogy and elevating it over the more recent prequels. Said the filmmaker, "The ones I worked on were a long time ago, and they had a slightly different feeling than the ones that followed. The first three, Star Wars, Empire and Return of the Jedi are all sort of more about people than the ones that followed."