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Star Wars Episode 7 will come out in 2015. They also acquired all of the assets including Indiana Jones, Star Wars, ILM, LucasArts and Skywalker Sound

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I'm no media/film expert, but this sounds like a great acquisition for Disney. The current library/brands and Disney's distribution can squeeze any cash left from past movies/brands. Going forward this can be a true money-printing machine. Lets just hope they acknowledge the internet is the retail distribution channel of today.

Also, funny how life works. Pixar, a spin-off of Lucasfilm back in the 90's "acquires" Lucasfilm. Am I right in saying that Disney's movie division is headed/managed by the Pixar guys?

What about a Pixar animated Star Wars movie?

i get goosebumps just thinking of it

1. Get off my lawn

2. Die in a Fire

> 1. Get off my lawn

Hey that's my line. I've been coding for 32 years.

Star Story; Yuck

Actually, a Galaxy Quest style tribute/parody of Star Wars featuring Buzz Lightyear might be worthwhile.

I could totally hear Buzz Lightyear saying "Never give up, never surrender!"

Is that not what Jar Jar Binks was? Or did he escape from the Picar trash and appear in Star Wars.

Upvoted for comic genius. I appreciate you stcredzero.

> Am I right in saying that Disney's movie division is headed/managed by the Pixar guys?

Sort of. John Lasseter is head of creative at both Pixar and Disney Animation. I think Disney may have other movie divisions.

No, Alan Horn's in charge of Disney Studios, which includes Pixar, Disney's regular animation division, and live-action movies.

Check out the image on their corporate site, it looks like Lucas is worried about his cat being held hostage to force him to sign: http://thewaltdisneycompany.com/

>Lets just hope they acknowledge the internet is the retail distribution channel of today.

I wouldn't count on it. Just look at the absurdity that is the "Disney Vault."

I feel a great disturbance in the force, as if... Sigh. I can't even make the joke. I fear the Jarjification of all I held dear as a child. Sad panda.

You need to get excited. The creative folk at Pixar and Disney have been killing it in comparison to what's come out of Lucasfilm lately.

Watch The Pixar Story (streaming on Netflix: http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/The_Pixar_Story/70083532?l...), and tell me you're not more comfortable with Star Wars in their hands then in Lucas'.

Ok. Point made. But if this ends with JJ Abrams doing a "reboot" of ANH where Han is a genuinely nice guy and Greedo was just 'misunderstood', I shall be very put out.

A reboot is more likely to be gritty given the fashion of the times. Expect to see Han Solo made into a heroin addicted jazz critic who's not a smuggler.

I wonder if pop culture will ever reboot the concept of reboots to make future reboots all pleasant and optimistic. This already happened with comic books- after the grittiness of deconstruction in the '80s with Watchmen, The Dark Knight Returns, etc., there was a trend of reconstruction comics that hearkened a return to the heroic Golden Age.

Meh.

Now if they re-release the original Star Wars as it originally appeared without George Lucas' later additions, then I'll get excited.

Remember that Disney owns Marvel, who made Avengers. SW7-9 might be more of a popcorn movie, but I think they'll steer clear of outright stupidity.

the way i see it, jar jar binks and the associated atrocities marked a sharp drop in the quality of the series anyway. there's nothing worse disney can really do to it, and they might just do something better.

"Help me noonespecial. You're my only hope."

This is the most interesting part of the whole press release.

I wonder if it will follow the book "Star Wars: The Truce at Bakura", which takes place immediately after Episode 6. http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/The_Truce_at_Bakura

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