[News] Disney Buying Lucasfilm, Plans New Star Wars Movie

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figmentPez

figmentPez

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from The Mary Sue:
5 Things Other Than Star Wars That Disney Owns Now

Most of these I knew, but some I didn't:

1. Indiana Jones
2. LucasArts (and I did not know there is already a version of Pit Droids for iOS. When do Yoda Stories and Indiana Jones and His Desktop Adventures get re-releases?)
3. Labyrinth (well, a partial interest at least)
4. Willow (home video and premium television distribution rights)
5. Howard the Duck (the movie to go along with the comic they already got with Marvel)
 
Yoshimickster

Yoshimickster

figmentPez said:
from The Mary Sue:
5 Things Other Than Star Wars That Disney Owns Now

Most of these I knew, but some I didn't:

1. Indiana Jones
2. LucasArts (and I did not know there is already a version of Pit Droids for iOS. When do Yoda Stories and Indiana Jones and His Desktop Adventures get re-releases?)
3. Labyrinth (well, a partial interest at least)
4. Willow (home video and premium television distribution rights)
5. Howard the Duck (the movie to go along with the comic they already got with Marvel)
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...damn. When Disney buys the rights to something they go all out and DAMN the consequences. They so cray-cray.
 
Bowielee

Bowielee

figmentPez said:
from The Mary Sue:
5 Things Other Than Star Wars That Disney Owns Now

Most of these I knew, but some I didn't:

1. Indiana Jones
2. LucasArts (and I did not know there is already a version of Pit Droids for iOS. When do Yoda Stories and Indiana Jones and His Desktop Adventures get re-releases?)
3. Labyrinth (well, a partial interest at least)
4. Willow (home video and premium television distribution rights)
5. Howard the Duck (the movie to go along with the comic they already got with Marvel)
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If this whole thing results in the Lucasarts library of games being re-released, or better yet, sequels to Full Throttle or Grim Fandango (with the appropriate creative teams behind them) then I'm all for it. I would literally pay full 60.00 retail price for a version of Grim Fandango that works with modern windows machines.

As to the acquisition itself, Disney couldn't do any more harm to the franchise than Lucas already did.
 
Gilgamesh

Gilgamesh

I think we should just flat out say that Disney Creative Team > George Lucas. Even if it's not amazing, it'll be better than the shit he dragged it through.
 
Yoshimickster

Yoshimickster

Bowielee said:
If this whole thing results in the Lucasarts library of games being re-released, or better yet, sequels to Full Throttle or Grim Fandango (with the appropriate creative teams behind them) then I'm all for it. I would literally pay full 60.00 retail price for a version of Grim Fandango that works with modern windows machines.

As to the acquisition itself, Disney couldn't do any more harm to the franchise than Lucas already did.
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FULL FANDANGO OR GRIM THROTTLE SEQUEL! YES YES YES! Oh please Disney, do the right thing! And by right thing, make sure Schaefer is behind it.
 
ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy

Even though it'll never happen, I'd love to see the rights to Monkey Island, Grim Fandango, Full Throttle, etc, given to Double Fine.
 
Yoshimickster

Yoshimickster

Or at least let Tim work on the damn thing. Or- OOH! Let Steve Purcell make that Sam and Max game that never happened! The one that was gonna have a Steam punk Mega-Max in it! They could call it "Sam and Max: The forgotten case." I love the new games, but I'd love even more to see what the original 3-D game would have looked like.
 
Bowielee

Bowielee

As stated before, I just want a version of Grim Fandango that doesn't require me to run a windows 98 virtual machine.
 
Espy

Espy

Adam said:
Unlikelies:
JJ Abrams. Too busy turning Trek into SW
Whedon. Releasing Avengers 2 the same year.
Spielberg. I think this is a no-brainer $$$wise but unlikely. Disney-Dreamworks are partners but Spielberg may shy away from taking Lucas's spot. And if Spielberg does, Lucas will be in there writing and consulting. Ugh.
Neill Blomkamp. I really like this idea but it's pretty risky.
Irvin Kershner. He dead.
Frank Darabont. From a script written by Stephen King. Ahahaha, no.
Ridley Scott. Mind blown.gif
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Hahahahaha, this list was made of awesome. +10 espy points to you sir.

If Lucas is actually "consulting" he's going to have his hands all over it. People at Lucasfilm can't say no to the guy, Spielberg can't even say no to him. I'll be impressed if Disney can/whomever Disney hires to direct can.
 
tegid

tegid

Yes, but him no being the guy in charge can make a huge difference. For instance, he may have something to say about the story or the character design, but I doubt he'll do that thing where he's presented wildly different character designs and approves the one he likes and more or less builds the story around that.
 
Espy

Espy

tegid said:
Yes, but him no being the guy in charge can make a huge difference. For instance, he may have something to say about the story or the character design, but I doubt he'll do that thing where he's presented wildly different character designs and approves the one he likes and more or less builds the story around that.
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Thats the question really, what role and how much control will he truly have?
 
Azurephoenix

Azurephoenix

Remember that a lot of George Lucas' success with the early Star Wars was because he had talented people around him who weren't afraid to say no to totally stupid ideas.
 
Adam

Adam

Espy said:
Hahahahaha, this list was made of awesome. +10 espy points to you sir.

If Lucas is actually "consulting" he's going to have his hands all over it. People at Lucasfilm can't say no to the guy, Spielberg can't even say no to him. I'll be impressed if Disney can/whomever Disney hires to direct can.
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F YEAH!
 
Gilgamesh

Gilgamesh

Espy said:
Hahahahaha, this list was made of awesome. +10 espy points to you sir.

If Lucas is actually "consulting" he's going to have his hands all over it. People at Lucasfilm can't say no to the guy, Spielberg can't even say no to him. I'll be impressed if Disney can/whomever Disney hires to direct can.
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The only reason people didn't say no was because in those situations he was the BOSS not the consultant. This time around they can very easily and with no worry say -That's a stupid idea George, we're going to go with this instead- albeit in a friendly way.
 
Hailey Knight

Hailey Knight

Chainsawsuit and Shortpacked also made comics about how Star Wars/Disney jokes will be lazy and tired.

I say jokes about how Star Wars/Disney jokes will be lazy and tired are lazy and tired.
 
Yoshimickster

Yoshimickster

This just popped into my head...will Disney be powerful enough to buy DC later? Cos I am actually all for that. Why? Five words: Marvel vs. DC the video-game.
 
AshburnerX

AshburnerX

A single company owning virtually all recognizable comic book characters in existence would only be bad for the medium as a whole. The fact that it's primarily divided up into 2 companies is STILL bad for the medium as a whole, but less so.
 
Sparhawk

Sparhawk

AshburnerX said:
A single company owning virtually all recognizable comic book characters in existence would only be bad for the medium as a whole. The fact that it's primarily divided up into 2 companies is STILL bad for the medium as a whole, but less so.
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I think that is quite a over-reaching statement. More people know the Archie characters than most of the characters that DC and Marvel have. We're a little closer to the industry, and characters that we recognize in "civvies" are unknown to most even in "uniform." Not to even mention things like Tin Tin and Asterix. Also, many do group comic strips and comic books together, so they think of Garfield or Annie as being the same as Batman in being a comic character.

I heard many "civilians" after the last Batman movie, "I heard Catwoman was going to be in this movie. She wasn't there at all." They were looking for someone in the catsuit, and they thought that Bane was just made up for the movie.
 
Yoshimickster

Yoshimickster

AshburnerX said:
A single company owning virtually all recognizable comic book characters in existence would only be bad for the medium as a whole. The fact that it's primarily divided up into 2 companies is STILL bad for the medium as a whole, but less so.
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....right. My hope for a video game I've wanted since I was ten blinded me from the fact that this would end in a evil monopoly of the comic books genre that would force grab the gonads more than they all-ready were. Hind-sight's a bitch.

Edit:Actually now I'm not sure. It wouldn't really change the industry, more or less combine the two forces into one thingamajig. It would still be a giant monopoly, but the industry would generally stay the same.

Of course there is also the debate that the bigger it is, the harder it will fall.
 
Gilgamesh

Gilgamesh

In a Marvel Vs DC battle, Marvel would always lose due to their main cast being more relatable to regular people (which was always their intent) and DC's main cast being about near god-like characters.

That conversation's been done to death in intimate detail but that's basically what it boils down to.
 
Yoshimickster

Yoshimickster

Ravenpoe said:
Superman vs Hulk vs Goku, triple threat match!
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Not just any Hulk- WORLD BREAKER HULK! I know that comic was stupid schlock but- WORLD BREAKER!

And sure the DC universe has some power-players but Marvel has some good ones too. Thor, Hulk, Hercules, the Sentry, Jean Grey(okay maybe not them for the universe's sake), Franklin Richards, Doctor Doom, and many more.
 
Gilgamesh

Gilgamesh

Yoshimickster said:
Not just any Hulk- WORLD BREAKER HULK! I know that comic was stupid schlock but- WORLD BREAKER!

And sure the DC universe has some power-players but Marvel has some good ones too. Thor, Hulk, Hercules, the Sentry, Jean Grey(okay maybe not them for the universe's sake), Franklin Richards, Doctor Doom, and many more.
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Like I said, I was mostly comparing main cast to main cast. Pretty much noone on the Marvel side could touch Superman with the exception of Hulk/Thor/Hercules and even out of those only Hulk would do well in the long run and that's just one of the DC -Gods-
 
Yoshimickster

Yoshimickster

You want match-ups Gilgamesh ? I'LL GIVES YA MATCH-UPS!

Quicksilver vs. the Flash.

Etrigan/Blue devil vs. Ghost Rider/ Other Ghost Rider

Wonder Woman vs. She-Hulk

Bat-man vs. Iron Man

Wolverine vs.....Lobo? Nah too obvious. Probably end in a draw or something.

Dr. Strange vs. Zatarra

And that's off the top of my head.
 
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