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Though it's been almost three decades since Star Wars purists agreed that the franchise was on course, it's still going to cause consternation to them to hear that Disney will be taking over the saga.
The legendarily saccharine dream factory will helm the franchise from from 2015's Episode 7 after buying creator George Lucas out to the tune of $4.05 billion.
The Walt Disney Co. announced the agreement to make the purchase in cash and stock on Tuesday.Disney confirmed that Star Wars Episode 7 is scheduled for release in 2015.The deal brings Lucasfilm under the Disney banner with other brands including Pixar, Marvel, ESPN and ABC.
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Lucas will be creative consultant on new Star Wars films.Lucas said in a statement: 'It's now time for me to pass Star Wars on to a new generation of filmmakers.'Star Wars Episode 7 was instantly trending on Twitter, with many fans expressing disbelief and concern.
There were those that envisioned Princess Leia joined the army of Disney princesses on the merchandising shelves.
Many echoed the view of Mike Drucker, who pledged: 'I will vote for whichever candidate stops Star Wars: Episode 7 from happening.
Though it has to be noted that Star Wars fans are a hard bunch to please, they haven't been happy with Lucas since 1999's The Phantom Menace which rebooted the series after the original trilogy ended in 1983 with Return of the Jedi.
沪江娱乐快讯：
迪士尼公司在本周二宣布，他们将以40.5亿美元（折合约252.74亿人民币）收购卢卡斯电影公司。在成功完成本次收购后，迪斯尼首先打算续拍《星球大战7》真人版电影，并计划在2015年上映。在收购卢卡斯影业之前，迪士尼已经非常成功地收购了皮克斯动画和惊奇漫画公司。
作为美国好莱坞的标志性人物，卢卡斯电影公司的创始人，乔治·卢卡斯将担任《星球大战7》电影的创新顾问。卢卡斯在周二的声明中表示，“在过去35年，我最大的喜悦之一是看着《星球大战》从一代传承到另一代。现在已经到了我将星球大战交托给新一代电影制作人的时候了。” | 
发表于 2016-8-8 08:55:11