{"id":11309,"date":"2012-11-02T23:58:59","date_gmt":"2012-11-03T03:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moviepropcollectors.com\/magazine\/?p=11309"},"modified":"2012-11-03T16:28:16","modified_gmt":"2012-11-03T20:28:16","slug":"walt-disney-acquires-lucasfilm-for-4-billion-dollars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moviepropcollectors.com\/magazine\/walt-disney-acquires-lucasfilm-for-4-billion-dollars\/","title":{"rendered":"Walt Disney acquires Lucasfilm &#038; Star Wars franchise for $4.05 billion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviepropcollectors.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IgerLucasFilmDisney.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-11314\" title=\"IgerLucasFilmDisney\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviepropcollectors.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IgerLucasFilmDisney-300x161.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moviepropcollectors.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IgerLucasFilmDisney-300x161.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.moviepropcollectors.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IgerLucasFilmDisney-500x269.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.moviepropcollectors.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IgerLucasFilmDisney.jpg 634w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.disney.com\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>Walt Disney<\/em><\/strong><\/a> has announced they have acquired <a href=\"http:\/\/www.Lucasfilm.com\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>Lucasfilm<\/em><\/strong><\/a> for $4.05 billion dollars.<\/p>\n<p><em>Walt Disney<\/em> CEO, <em>Bob Iger,<\/em> discusses <em>Disney&#8217;s<\/em> acquisition in a video released recently. In the video <em>Mr. Iger<\/em> says Disney are now &#8220;the caretakers of such iconic characters&#8221; (<em>Star Wars<\/em>), and adds that\u00a0the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.StarWars.com\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>Star Wars<\/em><\/strong><\/a> universe\u00a0has\u00a0&#8220;more than 17,000 characters, inhabiting several thousand planets, spanning 20,000 years. Giving <em>Disney<\/em> infinite inspiration and and opportunities to continue the epic <em>Star Wars<\/em> saga&#8221;. He adds fans can expect <em>Star Wars Episode 7,<\/em> in theaters worldwide in 2015. <em>Iger<\/em> further discusses <em>Disney&#8217;s<\/em> other acquisitions, including<a href=\"http:\/\/www.Pixar.com\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em> Pixar<\/em> <\/strong><\/a>and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.Marvel.com\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>Marvel<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, then closes his speech with &#8221; the addition of <em>Lucasfilm<\/em> (with <em>Marvel<\/em> &amp; <em>Pixar<\/em>), will further out growth strategy and create even more opportunity for Disney to drive significant long term value for our\u00a0shareholders&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>In the second part of the video<strong>, <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.Lucasfilm.com\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Lucasfilm<\/strong><\/a> creator and namesake, <em>George Lucas<\/em>, mentions that he wanted to retire, pursue philanthropy, make experimental films, and explore his own interests. He feels <em>Disney<\/em> was the name to continue his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.StarWars.com\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>Star Wars<\/em><\/strong><\/a> franchise. <em>Mr. Lucas<\/em> says he has been a fan of <em>Disney<\/em> his entire life and that\u00a0<em>Disney<\/em> is part of his retirement fund and he feels confident in their taking over his company. He seemed confident that <em>Disney<\/em> would represent what he has built with <em>Lucasfilm<\/em> and the<em> Star Wars<\/em> franchise.<\/p>\n<p>While fans are excited about the announcement,\u00a0 some are worried about what Disney &#8220;will do to\/with the Star Wars franchise&#8221;. I believe <em>Disne<\/em>y wants to develop and grow the franchise for the better, and if recent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/marvels_the_avengers\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>Disney\/Marvel films<\/em><\/strong><\/a> are any indication, fans have nothing to worry about.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the entire video announcements below:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 180px;\"><object width=\"560\" height=\"315\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/QIkqX5fG_tA?version=3&amp;hl=en_US\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed width=\"560\" height=\"315\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/QIkqX5fG_tA?version=3&amp;hl=en_US\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 180px;\"><object width=\"560\" height=\"315\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/xUbH1SEsqiE?version=3&amp;hl=en_US\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed width=\"560\" height=\"315\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/xUbH1SEsqiE?version=3&amp;hl=en_US\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 180px;\"><object width=\"560\" height=\"315\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/YyqlTi7lkhY?version=3&amp;hl=en_US\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed width=\"560\" height=\"315\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/YyqlTi7lkhY?version=3&amp;hl=en_US\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<iframe id=\"basic_facebook_social_plugins_likebutton\" src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.moviepropcollectors.com%2Fmagazine%2Fwalt-disney-acquires-lucasfilm-for-4-billion-dollars%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=false&amp;width=&amp;action=like&amp;font=arial&amp;colorscheme=light\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:px; height:25px\"><\/iframe>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Walt Disney has announced they have acquired Lucasfilm for $4.05 billion dollars. Walt Disney CEO, Bob Iger, discusses Disney&#8217;s acquisition in a video released recently. In the video Mr. Iger says Disney are now &#8220;the caretakers of such iconic characters&#8221; (Star Wars), and adds that\u00a0the Star Wars universe\u00a0has\u00a0&#8220;more than 17,000 characters, inhabiting several thousand [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[5,4,9],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-11309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured","category-forum","category-highlights"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moviepropcollectors.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moviepropcollectors.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moviepropcollectors.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moviepropcollectors.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moviepropcollectors.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11309"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.moviepropcollectors.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11324,"href":"https:\/\/www.moviepropcollectors.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11309\/revisions\/11324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moviepropcollectors.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moviepropcollectors.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moviepropcollectors.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11309"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moviepropcollectors.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=11309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}