Disney To Buy Lucasfilm For $4.05 Billion

Thoughts about this? Im pretty excited to see an Episode VII in 2015 and maybe they'll back a Joe Johnson Boba Fett movie.
Mickey, Meet Yoda: Disney To Buy Lucasfilm For $4.05 Billion - Forbes

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Disney will destroy this franchise, i also have fears for unlicenced star wars prop makers.

Disney will do nothing but good with Star Wars. To date Disney has made some really great movies ( avengers, the pirates movies) just to name a few. Theses will never be anything like the original's people so y'all should just forget about that now. I'm just really excited that when the next movie comes out my daughter will be able to go see a Star Wars movie with her daddy.



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hmm I'm on the fence about this one. an alarm bell keeps ringing to me that what is there and has been done successfully, shouldn't be touched but Unkie George has faith that the franchise won't go down the drain. but then yes, Disney has made some great movies out of franchises they've bought (except perhaps the muppets) I guess time will tell.

WWWOOOOOO HOOOOOOO!!!!!! Cmon fellas! Nothing but great things to come of this! who knows where the story will go..and who gives a S_ _ T! It will be awesome! And absolutley Disney has done nothing but great things w/ the marvel franchise! AMAZING..my son will be almost 6 when this hits the screen...almost the same age my father took me!

Originally Posted by thebeans

i also have fears for unlicenced star wars prop makers.

What will happen with the 501st, etc?

Originally Posted by dynamic1

WWWOOOOOO HOOOOOOO!!!!!! Cmon fellas! Nothing but great things to come of this! who knows where the story will go..and who gives a S_ _ T! It will be awesome! And absolutley Disney has done nothing but great things w/ the marvel franchise! AMAZING..my son will be almost 6 when this hits the screen...almost the same age my father took me!

How long did it take Disney to get it right though? And how big of a threat does this pose to prop-making enthusiasts that Lucas has paid no mind? This could be very bad for us regardless of if they do a few good movies.

I'm not sure what to think about this is it a good thing or a bad thing, I guess only time will tell as to what happens hopefully they will do it justice and make good things from it, and I can't see it killing us small under the carpet prop makers as they haven't done anything to the likes of who do Thor, iron man or any marvel stuff so why should Star Wars be any different, guess we just have to watch this space and see what happens next.

Disney already uses the 501st for Star Wars weekends each year and I think they recognize the value of a huge FREE marketing entity.

How much would they have to pay to have that kind of advertisement? They are smart business men and women they won't change anything with LFL recognized costuming groups.

I'm wondering how much of the EU is going to get paved under with Episodes VII+. Will Mara Jade, Jaina Solo, Ben Skywalker, and other characters from the EU even exist in canon anymore? The Clone Wars already paints a bleak future for the storylines of the EU. At one point, the Star Wars EU was better than a lot of other fandoms by the very fact that it was overall fairly consistent without too much in the way of contradictions. Obviously, this is no longer the case since Clone Wars. I'm just wondering how much of what I consider Star Wars I'm going to have to partition off into an alternate timeline.

Not that it can't be done. I've read many, many different author's takes on Arthurian legends and have no problem with them all being different in terms of characters, timeline, etc. It will just be a shift to have to do that to an even greater extent with Star Wars.

Thank god. George Lucas can't stain anything else now.

I'm up with that .... this can only be a good thing .... the best film in the series was directed by someone else and he took so badly to it that he flattened the potential of Jedi by essentially rewriting a version of the original ... and then to boot, totally flopped on Eps 1, 2 and 3 ...... preferring to go back and tinker with and alter everything done before ...

George don't get me wrong has a stunning talent for good ideas but IMHO does not excel at realising them to their best potential .......There is so much great talent out there in the writing and directing field that could take the Star Wars universe to newer and greater heights ...

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I'll caveat that by mentioning Crystal Skull and the Indy series which really should have been better handled ..... its what happens when folks get so big that no one around them will say .... Woah .... Woah! ...WOAHHHHH ... hang on George ... Aliens in Indiana Jones ... Really?

Interesting to see what Disney can come up with...I'm optimistic

Originally Posted by GCNgamer128

Thank god. George Lucas can't stain anything else now.

George Lucas is a visionary! Oh wait...He's just about ruined the SW franchise with his BS prequels....Carry on.

This should hopefully abate some fears.
From Mary Franklin:

"Subject: Re: Rebel Legion status with new LFL/Disney?
Please pass this on to all the fan groups you know it you can.
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Sorry to be brief but I am setting up a big company meeting Q and A at the moment.
The costumed Star Wars fan community and all Star Wars fans are vital to Lucasfilm and Star Wars. Our relationship is so very important.
Please know that we are carrying on business as usual, and you can continue to contact me as you always have. "

Calm, please. "

I'm going to get Walt Disney tattooed under my Boba Fett... don't worry, I joke!

I just have to realise that we all own Disney costumes :P

I like many others am undecided on this. While it does have great potential for new stories, I wonder since GL won't be there to oversee the development and ensure that they maintain cannon consistency, it could go south real quick. At least they could bring fett back, but I am sure none of the original actors want anything to do with the new story lines.

Also check out this article:
The Official Star Wars Blog | Lucasfilm + Disney = More Star Wars and Great Times for Fans

I like Unicorns.

More stories... More on screen characters...more starwars...more starwars talk...Priceless!

Originally Posted by dynamic1

More stories... More on screen characters...more starwars...more starwars talk...Priceless!

My thoughts exactly!!

Meh, this will be interesting....forget the cool fan based fiction, that won't appeal to the masses....I have a feeling we will see stuff that makes Jar Jar seem like a good idea.

I dont think that you understand Disney bought the company, and that the company isnt being changed. Like Sears bought Kmart, its still Kmart, they didnt change the name...they added craftsmen tools and other things to the store which made getting their stuff available in more locations. Disney bought LFL which means they will make the $$ off the films which are being made by LFL, they own pixar you didnt see it go away did you? No because they only bought the company to financially back the company to increase their pocket book, its business...they're going to let LFL make the SW movies instead of just doing Clone Wars which whether you like it or not is close to an end...the clone wars end at EpIII. Ep VII is going to be a continuation something that will make EVERYONE here happy...hopefully they take into account that the Fett man escaped the sarlacc and makes an appearance in the movies. Wearing ESB armor as his ROTJ stuff was trashed.

or he could wear his yellow pre-pro gaunts........evidently he put those way back in the closet.

In France Disney treat the 501 st Member like a **** ! We have fear that they can be forbidden us to wear our costume ! this month we will do a private events at Disney France and at last minute Disney say "we cant use you all because that's can be an illegal non declared working" but it's wrong we are in legal french association and they just used his f...ing argument for not used us. Many of us have reserved the train ticket and ask a journey specialy for the disney events and just before the events they said NO !
They are them own star wars costume ... and we think may be that they will forbidden us to participate at any official events in our country.
We make events for collect fund for charity associations and most of the time the transport and all is at our charge.

that is what Disney do in our country !

we are worried about the futur... we hope G. Lucas will protect us....

Euro Disney is not owned or run by Disney though.
Disney are a major shareholder but do not own or run the park so decisions in Paris are not neccessarily anything to do with the Disney brand.

Originally Posted by Fett 4 Real

I dont think that you understand Disney bought the company, and that the company isnt being changed. Like Sears bought Kmart, its still Kmart, they didnt change the name...they added craftsmen tools and other things to the store which made getting their stuff available in more locations. Disney bought LFL which means they will make the $$ off the films which are being made by LFL, they own pixar you didnt see it go away did you? No because they only bought the company to financially back the company to increase their pocket book, its business...they're going to let LFL make the SW movies instead of just doing Clone Wars which whether you like it or not is close to an end...the clone wars end at EpIII. Ep VII is going to be a continuation something that will make EVERYONE here happy...hopefully they take into account that the Fett man escaped the sarlacc and makes an appearance in the movies. Wearing ESB armor as his ROTJ stuff was trashed.

EXACTLY!!!

What are you all talking about? Lucas would NEVER sell LFL...

Already happened.

He must be being sarcastic

haha he sure is being sarcastic! LOL

Here's a good video to watch...

Disney to Acquire Lucasfilm Ltd. | The Walt Disney Company

I have hopes for the movies. Disney has done very well with Marvel with Avengers, but even more so with the comics. My first fear with comics was characters like Wolverine and Punisher would either vanish or being toned WAY down and be made boring. Instead the MAX versions (or the Rated R Adult versions) continue to do well. However I'm wary when it comes to our costumes. Many of you have claimed it'll be business as usual and I hope so. However Disney has a history of being VERY strict with their copywrites and trademarks. I'll enclose thi link to a story at the bottom, but in summary this girl wanted her and her BF to dress as Tinkerbell and Peter Pan for his first visit there, instead of having a blast Disney kicked them out because "she was too authentic" and people were having their pictures taken with her and "could be mistaken for their "official" Tinkerbell." They did this to a paying customer over some green cloth and some glitter make-up. Do you really believe they'll restrict or halt us if one of the higher ups thinks it's best? Up til now we've been protected by GL and his people being understanding and enjoying the good publicity we've given them, but even with that he wasn't as tight with his property as Disney is of theirs. I'm not calling for the end of trooping as we know it, but I'm taking more of a watch and learn approach rather than a everything is always gonna go our way approach.

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From what I read in the article in that link, it's just standard policy at Disney parks not to allow people in Disney character costumes, nothing about her costume being too authentic, so I'm not sure it has any relation to an organized trooping event. I believe they've even relaxed this policy on occasion and had a couple of designated "costume days" where they'll let people dress up.

Originally Posted by Six8ten

From what I read in the article in that link, it's just standard policy at Disney parks not to allow people in Disney character costumes, nothing about her costume being too authentic, so I'm not sure it has any relation to an organized trooping event. I believe they've even relaxed this policy on occasion and had a couple of designated "costume days" where they'll let people dress up.

Indeed, they broke the rules...same with showing up dressed up in SW on your own, you cant just show up as Fett, unless its allowed. The Florida Garrison gets invited yearly like others have said. We get a list together of WHO will be showing up and when, only 1 Vader and 1 Fett you know the deal, and we get special dressing area and such...its very organized, not just show up at the gate in costume.

And again...i will say...Disney is not taking over LFL. See my previous post about that, and how Disney protects it primary IP like that, not their secondary properties. Lucasfilm is still being run by Lucasfilm. I have no worries.

you know what be cool? If they made a movie about the Mandalorian war with Darth Revan! I think it'd be cool anyway...

I'm personally excited about new movies being made. There's a lot of stories within the expanded universe that they could touch light on. Plus, I really hope they make Boba Fett much more prominent of a character!

I'm actually hoping they don't use Boba Fett too much, if at all.

I figure a lot of Fett's appeal is (was?) the mystery behind him. I remember getting the send-away action figure of Fett, thinking his armor was cool and knowing nothing about him- not even if he was a good guy or a bad guy. I'm not sure I connected the action figure with the cameo in the Star Wars Holiday special or not. I was slightly disappointed that he had such little screen time once Empire came out, and his death in Jedi was underwhelming, but there was still something cool about the character. I thought bringing him back from the Sarlaac was a good thing, after all he went in with all his weapons and armor so it always seemed possible he could've made his way out.

Then the comics started trying to come up with a back story for him, not just hinting at it, but trying to tell it outright. The more I learned about Fett, the less mystery there was. He was still cool, but not as cool as he was. Then Episode II over-wrote the back story the comics created and we now have a pretty good idea of what he looks like under that mask... and he still isn't as cool as he was.

So, while on the one hand, I would love to see more Fett adventures and escapades, on the other hand I really don't want to know more about him. I wouldn't mind some vague hints, but I don't want to know everything about him. I think I already know too much. He's lost that "man with no name" feel, which is part of what made him so cool in the first place.

Originally Posted by Six8ten

I'm actually hoping they don't use Boba Fett too much, if at all.

I figure a lot of Fett's appeal is (was?) the mystery behind him. I remember getting the send-away action figure of Fett, thinking his armor was cool and knowing nothing about him- not even if he was a good guy or a bad guy. I'm not sure I connected the action figure with the cameo in the Star Wars Holiday special or not. I was slightly disappointed that he had such little screen time once Empire came out, and his death in Jedi was underwhelming, but there was still something cool about the character. I thought bringing him back from the Sarlaac was a good thing, after all he went in with all his weapons and armor so it always seemed possible he could've made his way out.

Then the comics started trying to come up with a back story for him, not just hinting at it, but trying to tell it outright. The more I learned about Fett, the less mystery there was. He was still cool, but not as cool as he was. Then Episode II over-wrote the back story the comics created and we now have a pretty good idea of what he looks like under that mask... and he still isn't as cool as he was.

So, while on the one hand, I would love to see more Fett adventures and escapades, on the other hand I really don't want to know more about him. I wouldn't mind some vague hints, but I don't want to know everything about him. I think I already know too much. He's lost that "man with no name" feel, which is part of what made him so cool in the first place.

I'm totally agree with you! Just to don't go too far, there is always the ESB vs. ROTJ fight between the Boba Fett fans regarding the 'passive' but 'talk-back-to-Vader' stance in ESB and the 'active' but 'accidentally-hit-by-a-blind-man-then-eaten-by-a-giant-hole' stance in ROTJ. If he will have (in a future Star Wars movie) the same appearance and time spent on screen as Jango Fett in Episode II, I'm sure that all his moves and dialogues will be analyzed and criticized to the extreme, and some or why not all of his actions would be rejected by the fans. This is why I say: the less Boba Fett the better! I know this is an insult and a blasphemy, but think like this: if we knew from the beginnings all the behind stories and the suit components, all the measurements, the odds and ends of Boba Fett, I'm sure that TDH wouldn't exist as it is today and we have not had that fever to discover the mysteries of the best bounty hunter in the whole galaxy.