okapi wrote:
Still, I agree with you, I don't get why people think Disney owning Lucasfilm is such a terrible thing. Like I said, Miramax were able do their thing when owned by Disney, and Disney has handles its Marvel licenses pretty well (Avengers). And really, were the latest independent Lucasfilm efforts (Star Wars prequels, Crystal Skull) that great anyway?
I agree. I'll repost from the older topic about it:
I'm quite positive about it. Disney did just fine and didn't interfere/etc when they acquired Marvel - look how good The Avengers was! Lucas having full creative control was the reason why the prequel trilogy ended up being... controversial, and he was also responsible for the "Greedo shot first" thing and other much-debated edits to the original trilogy. He'll still be on board as a consultant so it should retain some of the proper Star Wars flavour, but it might be interesting to see how someone else handles this franchise.
People were terrified at the time Marvel was bought out, and they were saying things like like "oh no Mickey Mouse and X-Men" which never happened, and then they stopped talking about it and their worries fizzled out. Same thing here, only it's "oh no Mickey Mouse and Jedi".