Yesterday Disney announced that they had acquired George Lucas’s lovechild film and gaming company Lucasfilm for $4 billion. Lucasfilm & George Lucas are workld famous for being the creators behind the Star Wars sega. Disney also announced it’s plans to have a seventh Star Wars movie released in 2015, and if none of that has your bottom jaw to the ground then Disneys plans to extend the sega to 9 movies will most definitely get you fanboys excited.
George Lucas has always stated in the past that he had no interest to continue the Star Wars movie sega any further then its 6 film story of Anakin & Luke Skywalker, however in an interview on Starwars.com he revealed that he had already created story treatments, outlining three more films as well as many other Star Wars story lines which he has passed on to Lucasfilm & Disney as an outline for the 3 new movies.
“It’s now time for me to pass Star Wars on to a new generation of filmmakers, I’ve always believed that Star Wars could live beyond me, and I thought it was important to set up the transition during my lifetime.” George Lucas
Mr Lucas will become the second largest individual holder of the Disney shares, with a 2.2% stake.
The deal marks the third time in less than seven years that Disney has signed a massive deal to take over a beloved studio or character portfolio, as part of its strategy to acquire brands that can be stretched across TV, movies, theme parks and the internet.
In early 2006, Disney struck a deal to acquire Toy Story creator Pixar, and in the summer of 2009 it bought the comic book powerhouse Marvel.
Pixar was founded by Mr Lucas but sold for scrap to Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, who turned it into a much-celebrated hit-maker. Lucas had more success with Industrial Light and Magic, the pioneering digital technology company behind the special effects of many major Hollywood movies.
Disney also acquired MARVEL, the creator behind such films as Iron Man, Thor, Captain America & the hugely successful Avengers.
