LucasArts acquired by Disney

by Andrew Yoon, Oct 30, 2012 1:30pm PDT

Related Topics – Star Wars 1313, LucasArts, Disney

The Walt Disney Company has acquired Lucasfilm and its subsidiaries, including its LucasArts video gaming division, in a deal that's valued at $4.05 billion.

"For the past 35 years, one of my greatest pleasures has been to see Star Wars passed from one generation to the next," George Lucas said in the announcement. "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."

According to the announcement, the "present intent" is for all Lucas employees, including LucasArts, to remain in their current locations.

With the company's iconic properties going to Disney, a new film trilogy is being planned. Star Wars: Episode 7 is targeted for a 2015 release, with more films expected "well into the future." Hey, how about a Grim Fandango revival, guys?

LucasArts was working on Star Wars 1313 before the acquisition. According to a company representative, "for the time being all projects are business as usual. We are excited about all the possibilities that Disney brings."

Update: The future of AAA console games from LucasArts seems to be in doubt. Disney CEO Robert Iger spoke at an investor's call, which Polygon picked up: "We're likely to focus more on social and mobile than we are on console. We'll look opportunistically at console, most likely in licensing rather than publishing, but we think that given the nature of these characters and how well known they are, and the storytelling, that they lend themselves quite nicely, as they've already demonstrated to the other platforms."

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- Well, that came out of nowhere! : gzubluck
- wow... : Taggart
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  Has LucasFilm or Lucas Arts really done anything outside of the Star Wars franchise? Aside from Grim Fand... : Eskimo Keith
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    MONKEY ISLAND!!!! And the other SCUMM games. : roggor
    - >>>>>>>>> https://twitter.com/grumpygamer/status/263377262697660417 : roggor
  - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_Light_%26_Magic : pyide
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    THX, ILM, Lucas Sound : OverloadUT
    - THX was split off in 2001, it's an independent company now, I think. : evildanish
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    Lucasarts also worked on Monkey Island, Loom, Day of the Tentacle, the Indiana Jones games, Full Throttle... : Mecha Tofu Pirate
    - Welp, it's a good thing I picked up *fourth* cheap copy of Full Throttle the other day, then. Gonna bu : NickDelios
  - Indiana Jones : OutlawSundown
  - Indiana Jones and that Red Tails movie that came out this year. : BlackCat9
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    Pretty sure if you asked Disney they would say, "We bought Star Wars." This isn't a secret. : holinka
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      Getting ILM is pretty big. : OutlawSundown
      
      Yes, that's almost as big I think. : Gwyndion
      
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      Maybe for anyone who wasn't Disney. : BlackCat9
      
      It's the largest visual effects vendor in the industry. : OutlawSundown
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  I felt a great disturbance in the industry, as if billions of dollars suddenly changed hands. : SlamDunk
  - LMAO! Too Funny. : Highvoltage74
- I've been watching for this news to hit the SW:tOR forums, and I don't think this has fully set in to peo... : rtstan
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  ...With the company's iconic properties going to Disney, a new film trilogy is being planned. Star Wars: Episode 7 is targeted for a 2015 release, with more films expected "well into the future." ...
  
  Um... holy shit... why are more people not flipping out about this comment? There is a new Star Wars film trilogy in the works?!?! Without George Lucas directly helming?! That is freaking HUGE! That has potential to be so awesome! Give me a feature length movie with the kind of stuff they did in the cut scenes of SWOR! Yes please!
  
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  ...With the company's iconic properties going to Disney, a new film trilogy is being planned. Star Wars: : Gwyndion
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    also what if they greenlight a new X-wing? : lordlobo
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      Oh, hell yes! That too. This could be so good. I just hope they don't pimp out Star Wars too much. I ... : Gwyndion
      
      There are already quite a few of spinoffs for kids Cartoon network series Lego games Plush toys Angry b... : doomed
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    If it's not the Thrawn trilogy then fuck that. : Mad Brahmin Disease
  - Yeah I don't even know what to think about this : rick
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    Guess you never saw John Carter : kill9
    - John Carter was pretty good, definitely more solid than the SW prequels. If we got SW movies with that s... : Halen
    - I actually enjoyed John Carter. It was flawed but had some cool stuff going on. That movie had a lot of... : Gwyndion
  - There's another megathread already going about this. : thetangent
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    I don't know. Disney makes movies that are very pretty looking but utterly forgettable. : jtthe2nd
    - ? : DewFuel
    - Hahahaha : thetangent
- Episode 7 straight to DVD! : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  I want disney to do something with willow. : RogerDandy
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    Hahaha ohhh man, I would LOVE to see a modern willow game. : VictoriouSecret
    - no the film sorry. : RogerDandy
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  DOES THIS MEAN KOTOR 3+++ IS A POSSIBILITY OR WHAT. nothing else matters srsly : Downforce
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    Epic Mickey 3 with Boba Fett guest appearance : mobab
    - Boba Fett Helmet DLC : Magus
  - ^^ What is this ridiculous craziness? KOTOR??? When we STILL DO NOT HAVE A TIE FIGHTER 2?????????? MADNES... : uebersoldat
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  Wow... every other film company is probably pretty pissed they didn't know Star Wars was even for sale. : K1Bond007
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    Like they had the chump change for it. : Mad Brahmin Disease
    - I bet Fox would have matched the offer. : K1Bond007
  - I imagine there's a particularly pissed set of execs at 20th Fox right now. : Jonathan
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    Disney may be the only one with that kind of cash to throw around. : OutlawSundown
    - Oops forgot about Fox kind of glad they didn't end up with it. : OutlawSundown
- Looks like we'll finally get that Star Wars musical we've all been asking for. : jimvolk
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  With the company's iconic properties going to Disney, a new film trilogy is being planned. Star Wars: Epi : VictoriouSecret
  - We need another Gore Verbinski film starring Johnny Depp! : Ajax
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    As long as Lucas is not a part of it, I am fine. Can't get worse. : byorn
    - When other people are running the show, I love star wars. So if he is done, wonderful. : baron calamity
- THE WORLD HAS GONE MAD : uebersoldat
- Well, since Lucas will only be a "Creative Consultant", they stand a chance of being enjoyable. : Thresher
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  Since he is 100% owner and chairman, does he pretty much get everything from that? : Navy Spitfire
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    Yes he does. About $2 billion in cash + 40 million shares in Disney straight to George Lucas and George L... : Kristian Joensen
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      2.2% in the company, 2nd biggest shareholder : Navy Spitfire
      
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      Dayumn. That's a pretty damn good deal. : Rice-Rocketeer
      
      Also, I hope that means he has 2.2% power in Disney. That's the appropriate amount of decision-making pow : Rice-Rocketeer
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  Sounds like Kingdom Hearts will be getting some new characters. : zolointo
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    Marvel + Star Wars + FF + Pixar + Disney + LucasArts : byorn
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      + Muppets : byorn
      
      You know how at a soda machine you take a little bit of each flavour and mix it together in order to make... : zolointo
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  Well, it can't get any worse. : Kerranger
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    Kinect Star Wars: Disneyland Adventures : the archvile
    - Wait, no... RPS's headline image topped that: http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/10/30/disney-acquires-... : the archvile
- Just heard about this on the radio. It's insane, I never would have figured Lucas to sell it during his ... : action wombmate
- Yessss cosmetic lightsaber DLC for every disney game : Magus
- Tie. Fighter. 2. I can dream :( : AMikaboshi
- Why don't they just buy lego as well and make it complete. : vortex6930
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  only 4 billion? something is off there. the movies alone make almost a billion each. not counting merchan... : mista mista
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    Each movie sells a billion each year in DVDs/Blu-Rays? : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
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      http://www.statisticbrain.com/star-wars-total-franchise-revenue/ it says they made 1.5 billion from to... : mista mista
      
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      Could deflate the argument that Lucas is greedy, which is a notion I've always disagreed with. : action wombmate
      
      I've never thought of him as greedy just horrible at being a director when his budget is unlimited. : XchumpoX
      
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      Revenue not the same as profit. : XchumpoX
      
      This. Margins on licensed toys are going to be very low. Damn physical goods! : lord cecil
      
      I agree with you that's a very low valuation if the franchise is really generating $1.5 billion a year. : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
  - STFU MAN LUCAS IS GONE!!!! WHOOO HOOOO!!!!! : grandmasterlee
  - Apparently on the investor call Disney was making it very clear that they paid a tiny price compared to w... : OverloadUT
- George gotta eat. : crypt420
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  As far as Star Wars goes, it sounds fine to me. Not like Disney could fuck it up at this point. : steauengeglase
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    ^^ It either continues to suck and I continue to ignore it, or it's decent and I'll enjoy it. Can't be an... : re4ctor
    - It was pretty much on life support. : OutlawSundown
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    Muppets / Star Wars, it all fits together anyway. Can't wait to see what they do with the Zahn books. : Wolfanoz
    - It was their destiny http://youtu.be/512hO_QZmPs?t=6m16s. : baron calamity
- All I want out if this is Blu-Ray Original Trilogy theatrical versions. If the new trilogy is okay that w... : Xevo
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  That seems like an absolute bargain price, especially including ILM and the rest. Same as they paid for M... : peanut-
  - Yup, Marvel was acquired for $4 billion in 2009. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/01/business/media/01disn... : the archvile
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  Wait has it been acquired? I thought they just announced they are going to. Certainly it still needs to p... : BornAcorn
  - They've been secretly working on the deal for the last 1.5 years. It was acquired today. : jackomack
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  Just think, a few years ago we saw the successful revitalization of Star Trek. Now with someone else at t... : Schnapple
  - hopefully nobody associated with Lost is involved. : rodneystubbs
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  Nick Cage as Han Solo? : watcherxp
  - GTFO. : master_disaster_17
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    Nick Cave as Han Solo. : Haku-Jin
    - +1 That's what I read it as at first. : tw3kr
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  I just hope this doesn't affect Star Wars 1313 : jackomack
  - It is now called "Jar Jar and Goofy's Christmas Spectacular!" : SeaLlama
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    *falls off Slave 1 ship into abyss* <insert Goofy HOO HOO HOO HOOOOOEYYYYY here> : Wolfanoz
    - it's been a while since I watch an old disney cartoon but I heard that yell as I read it :D : planetfunk
- Jar Jar Sith and the voice of Mike Myers (scottish accent) as Ben Kinobi's ghost. Gilbert Godfrey as the ... : Barleywine
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  For the love of God don't cancel my Star Wars The Clone Wars TV animation please! : mrnails
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    http://play.esea.net/global/media_preview.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.comicvine.com%2Fuploads%2F7%2F75222%... : hanged_man
    - Uh, the animated cartoon series is fucking awesome. : Visceral Monkey
- Maybe we will get the third trilogy out of this and it wont be stupid. : jdcope
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  They bought it because they will be the new "Sony" i.e. company who makes the next media format that repl... : GoodBoy
  - Was this funny in your head? :( : Ellissd
  - Disney - the first Syndicate. I'm surprised you didn't mention the disc might be Mickey-shaped too. : gzubluck
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  Star Wars Amusement Park....FUCK YES! : jtthe2nd
  - Star Tours what are you doing here : MamiyaOtaru
- It's such a bandwagon thing to do for Disney to say they want to focus on social and mobile more than con... : wrecker77
- Maybe Disney will follow the current Hollywood trend and Star Wars 7 is a reboot.... in 3D.... : tdgarcia71

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