LucasFilms Sold to Disney - What This Means For Moviegoers

LucasFilm has been spld to The Walt Disney Corporation, with the promise of a new Star Wars episode 7 in 2015. Is this good or bad for the Star Wars franchise? Will the departure of George Lucas signal its demise, or rebirth? Star Wars episode 7 is set to premiere around the same time as Avengers 2, making it a huge boon for Disney. Don't forget-- Star Wars is not the only franchise owned by LucasArts...will Indiana Jones be back? Ben Mankiewicz (host of Turner Classic Movies), Matt Atchity (Editor-in-chief Rottentomatoes.com), and Alonso Duralde (TheWrap.com and Linoleum Knife podcast) discuss their predictions.


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[Screenplaya]

Ironically, removing Lucas and adding Disney will probably make the movies more adult-oriented.

[therealgumdropv2]

0.05 billion is 50 million dollars actually...

[Alex Desmond]

Disney but our childhood and dc comics is left.

[arbide3]

A new Star Wars movie, HUH? This is the first I have heard of this. Please don't do it :P

[Jackie Clan]

Hey you know Disney owning Lucas Arts won't be that bad I mean think of the Avengers, pirates of the Carribean, and The Prince of Persia those were all good movies.

[Choblik]

The EU just got nuked.

[Cocheese45]

fuck disney

[bananasganas355]

Disney ruins everything. 1st: ClubPenguin 2nd: STAR WARS?!

[burgbgm4]

I just keep thinking of Pirates of the Caribbean when I think of Star Wars owned by Disney. That's oddly comforting.

[ruskryger]

Uh, .05 billion is 50 million, not 500 million.

[sargetech]

It might not be all that bad!! I mean, all that production clout. Not all things owned by Disney have to conform to the, "exploit it to the hilt buisness model". Who knows, I say wait and see what kind of movies come out of this merger. It might be spactacular, or Disney's reputation might be on the cutting room floor!