Salon.com > Disney buys Star Wars http://www.salon.com Sat, 18 May 2013 00:26:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Can Disney save “Star Wars”? http://www.salon.com/2012/10/31/disneys_4_billion_lucas_deal_good_idea_bad_omen/ http://www.salon.com/2012/10/31/disneys_4_billion_lucas_deal_good_idea_bad_omen/#comments Wed, 31 Oct 2012 18:40:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13058654 As some anonymous Wall Street dude explained to Sharon Waxman of The Wrap yesterday, the Walt Disney Co.’s blockbuster $4 billion purchase of Lucasfilm and the entire “Star Wars” franchise is best understood as a form of insurance – insurance against ever making “John Carter” again. Along with inspiring any number of humorous tweets and digital mashups of Mickey with a light saber or Princess Leia with mouse ears, the Disney-Lucas deal can both be described as a smart move, in the narrow sense, and also as an example of exactly what’s wrong with Hollywood. Today’s big players in the movie industry have grown so risk-averse and so focused on audience “pre-awareness” that it might be impossible for someone like the young George Lucas to emerge today.

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2012/10/31/disneys_4_billion_lucas_deal_good_idea_bad_omen/feed/ 38 Reuters: Disney plans seventh “Star Wars” in 2015 http://www.salon.com/2012/10/30/reuters_disney_plans_seventh_star_wars_in_2015/ http://www.salon.com/2012/10/30/reuters_disney_plans_seventh_star_wars_in_2015/#comments Tue, 30 Oct 2012 20:15:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13057904 Talk about dumping an unfortunate announcement on a big news day.

Details are still breaking, but according to a Walt Disney release reported by Reuters, the Mouse has bought the Force.

Disney will pay $4 billion for Lucasfilm and his other operations including Industrial Light and Sound. And Lucas will serve as a creative consultant on the new "Star Wars" installment.

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