Yes folks, George Lucas has not only sold out, he's sold out lock, stock and barrel and in a big way. Today, Disney announced they would be buying lucasfilm, along with the rights to all the Star Wars franchise including merchandising and games for the sum of $4.05 billion dollars in a cash and stock deal which will make George Lucas one of the major stockholders in Walt Disney. I imagine the Star Wars fanbase is going a little berserk at the moment, picturing Mickey Mouse wielding a lightsaber! LOL, I guess he is already as you can see in the photo above. I added the thought bubble above George myself, as he really doesn't look all that happy in it.
The only good thing to come out of this as I can see is that Disney has announced that they will be releasing an Episode 7 in 2015. As far as I knew, George Lucas had still been claiming that there would be no more movies in the Star Wars franchise.
Of course, one has to wonder if this is really Disney taking over Lucasfilm, or is this really George Lucas taking over Walt Disney? After all, he ends up a major stockholder in the Walt Disney Co. and is saying that he will remain a "creative consultant" for the Star Wars franchise. Perhaps George Lucas has a little bit of the Emperor in him, and this is a stealth take-over of the Republic!
Stay tuned and we'll see just how this all falls out!
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