Disney made waves today by announcing plans to buy George Lucas’ company LucasFilm Ltd. With the purchase comes the rights to the Star Wars franchise, and an announcement that Star Wars Episode 7 is coming in 2015. Lucas will neither write nor direct the film.
Star Wars fans proceeded to blow up Twitter, and most of them aren’t happy that Mickey Mouse is now in command of the Death Star.
https://twitter.com/devbostick/status/263442426415427585
https://twitter.com/katieektkaty/status/263432618962464768
@katieektkaty George Lucas is overseeing it still…but a Disney desecration is enevitable 🙁 'tis all about the money!
— Simon (@HeHasHeard) October 31, 2012
#Disney just bought #Lucasfilm & @StarWars for $4 billion and then paid $3 billion for Lucas to keep Jar Jar.
— Team Coco (@TeamCoco) October 30, 2012
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Of course not everyone joined the lynch-the-mouse mob. Many calmer denizens see a lot of big opportunities in bringing Luke Skywalker into the Magic Kingdom.
Thinking about Disney and 'Star Wars.' I think Disney has the talent in house to pull off some really good films. Hint: Brad Bird.
— Peter Cook (@_Peter_Cook) October 31, 2012
Pssst. Stay calm and imagine the good things, like how about an entire Star Wars theme park at Disney designed by ILM….
— Peter Mayhew Foundation (@TheWookieeRoars) October 30, 2012
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Star Wars is like a national park; a cultural treasure. All who work with it do so with respect and care. Disney will be good stewards.
— John Jackson Miller (@jjmfaraway) October 30, 2012
As for us, we just want a major motion picture based on LucasFilm’s comedy video game The Secret of Monkey Island. Do whatever you want with Jar Jar. Just please give us Monkey Island movies!
Monkey Island: The Movie. I want to believe.
— Víctor opina de que: (@Afilamazas) October 30, 2012
DISNEY PLEASE MAKE AN ANIMATED SECRET OF MONKEY ISLAND MOVIE ASAP.
— Casey Malone (@CaseyMalone) October 30, 2012
https://twitter.com/PoeGhostal/status/263394160873181185
Exit question: Was “The Phantom Menace” the worst movie ever made — or merely the most disappointing?
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