Disney buys Lucasfilm for $4bn, new Star Wars movie in 2015

Started by Solmyr, October 30, 2012, 03:47:24 PM

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Neil

#30
October 30, 2012, 10:53:30 PM
Quote from: DontSayBanana on October 30, 2012, 08:59:09 PM
How did this pass anti-trust muster?  Disney owning the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises turns it into an even bigger powerhouse than it was before.
Well, Star Wars at any rate.  The Indiana Jones franchise is dead unless Disney can clone a younger Harrison Ford.
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DontSayBanana

#31
October 31, 2012, 12:12:02 AM
Quote from: Neil on October 30, 2012, 10:53:30 PM
Well, Star Wars at any rate.  The Indiana Jones franchise is dead unless Disney can clone a younger Harrison Ford.

Well, Dennis Quaid is doing a pretty good job of being Harrison Ford at T-10-15 years.  Of course, he's only got a couple of years until his sell-by date passes, too.
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Eddie Teach

#32
October 31, 2012, 12:15:59 AM
Quote from: DontSayBanana on October 31, 2012, 12:12:02 AM
Dennis Quaid is doing a pretty good job of being Harrison Ford

:wacko:
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Queequeg

#33
October 31, 2012, 12:23:55 AM
Harrison Ford drank from the Holy Grail.  He's totally up for another few adventures.  Fuck you you blasphemous idiot. 
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DontSayBanana

#34
October 31, 2012, 12:48:15 AM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on October 31, 2012, 12:15:59 AM
:wacko:

Dude, have you even seen an episode of Vegas?  He may not be Harrison Ford, but I'm convinced he's as close as you can get.
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Jaron

#35
October 31, 2012, 12:54:35 AM
Sean Connery drank from it too but they killed his character off. <_<
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Eddie Teach

#36
October 31, 2012, 12:55:54 AM
I've seen him do as adequately as Ford in dramatic roles, never seen him pull off action hero. Which is all anybody except maybe CDM is really interested in from Ford.
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Martinus

#37
October 31, 2012, 01:19:30 AM
It perplexes me adult people still care about the Star Wars franchise.  :huh:

Eddie Teach

#38
October 31, 2012, 01:30:39 AM
Why would kids care about it? They've grown up with several franchises with much better effects than the originals and all-around better than the prequels.
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Queequeg

#39
October 31, 2012, 01:32:46 AM
Quote from: Martinus on October 31, 2012, 01:19:30 AM
It perplexes me adult people still care about the Star Wars franchise.  :huh:
Anyone who believes their cinematic pallet is too mature to enjoy Empire Strikes Bike is an idiot and a philistine in equal measure. 
Quote from: PDH on April 25, 2009, 05:58:55 PM
"Dysthymia?  Did they get some student from the University of Chicago with a hard-on for ancient Bactrian cities to name this?  I feel cheated."

Syt

#40
October 31, 2012, 01:54:05 AM
Come to think of it, Disney could now go for a Donald Duck/Spiderman/Miss Piggy/Darth Vader crossover. :lol:
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Syt

#41
October 31, 2012, 01:58:42 AM
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/10/30/disney-acquires-all-of-lucasfilm-including-lucasarts/

QuoteStar Wars' universe is ruled by an all-powerful elderly man who's known for controlling the masses with unspeakable technological horrors and shooting lightning out of his fingertips. I'm talking, of course, about George Lucas. However, in the most exciting twist the franchise has seen since "I am your father," he's now mostly out of the picture. Disney has officially purchased Lucasfilm – all technologies, IPs, and rights to every property – for $4.05 billion. We now live in a world where Pixar or Joss Whedon heading up a new Star Wars film is a very real possibility. But what does this mean for videogames? Could we finally get that Ewok tractor-driving simulator everyone's been clamoring for? Or Grim Fandango 2 developed by the team that made Disney Princess: My Fairytale Adventure? We can only hope. So far, though, here's what we know for sure.


For LucasArts – who's currently developing Star Wars 1313, among others – things seem to be moving full steam ahead. At least, for now. A rep explained the situation to Polygon: "For the time being all projects are business as usual. We are excited about all the possibilities that Disney brings."

The gaming future for the likes of Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and their kin, however, isn't looking so bright. Don't get me wrong: Until Disney converts its media empire into a regular Empire and blows up the Earth with a Mickey-Mouse-shaped Death Star, there will always be Star Wars games. But you know how there's only, like, one big-budget semi-interesting Disney game and a billion mobile/social franchise tie-ins? Well, that.

"We're likely to focus more on social and mobile than we are on console," said Disney CEO Robert Iger during a conference call. "We'll look opportunistically at console, most likely in licensing rather than publishing, but we think that given the nature of these characters and how well known they are, and the storytelling, that they lend themselves quite nicely, as they've already demonstrated to the other platforms."

Granted, that does leave the door open for third-parties to get involved, but I can't imagine licensing Star Wars will be cheap. Old-school LucasArts adventures, though? That might be another story. Hmmmmmmmmm.

Also worth considering: the case of Star Wars: The Old Republic. Depending on the terms of the deal, it could be affected in any number of ways, so I've sent a mail to EA and BioWare about it. I'll update this post as soon as I hear back.
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Syt

#42
October 31, 2012, 02:02:49 AM
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Syt

#43
October 31, 2012, 02:05:47 AM
Still, this feels kind of like Lucas finally being fed up with the constant criticism of his "creative vision" in recent years.

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—Stephen Jay Gould

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Martinus

#44
October 31, 2012, 02:06:09 AM Last Edit: October 31, 2012, 02:19:30 AM by Martinus
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on October 31, 2012, 01:30:39 AM
Why would kids care about it? They've grown up with several franchises with much better effects than the originals and all-around better than the prequels.

Still, Star Wars are the very definition of overrated to me. I did not dislike the movies, but I didn't find them that good either. Just another take on the "hero's journey", only with weird aliens. I thought Star Trek was better.

Besides, what I find perplexing is people who watched and liked the movies as kids, and now seem to care about new movies of the same franchise being made for kids that they do not like. Why is that relevant? I liked Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as a kid but I couldn't care less if they now made a new series about them that was crappy.
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