Disney bought Lucasfilm six years ago today and has already recouped its $4 billion investment
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As a late bloomer to Star Wars ( Watched or original 3 then the prequel ones in one weekend in college ) I've been happy with what Disney has done with it. I really enjoyed all of them but thought the first and second prequel to be on the rather week side. I'm corny but I really liked the whole lava fight scene in the third, but I digress. I was super skeptical after hearing about the acquisition but was 100% sold after seeing the first trailer they put out for the first film. Not surprised they made their money back, and I'm sure it will only continue to make them more.
Different strokes. Adam Drivers performances over these last two films has been amazing. Excited to see where the character is in Ep.9.
I can definitely agree with the criticisms, but personally I think Kylo Ren ( Adam Drivers ) have been great, and I really like the character.
WB is next so they can make the DC movies proper and then get JLA vs. Avengers in a decade or so....
Part of me kinda wishes Lucas sat on SW till he passed away.
All the modern SW feels like fan fiction I have no interest in returning to after I have seen them once.
All the modern SW feels like fan fiction I have no interest in returning to after I have seen them once.
The article says that the $4 billion is just from the movies. The merchandise isn't part of what they're are counting in that article.
Yeah. They bought Lucasfilm and everything else was basically included free. It was a straight buyout. The $4 billion was just considered the value of Star Wars. The $4 billion got them:
Lucasfilm
Lucasfilm's IPs
Star Wars merchandise rights
Industrial Light and Magic
Skywalker Sound
LucasArts
LucasArts IPs
Sure, but it's obvious Lucas didn't care about how much he could make since instead of pocketing it he donated it all to charity.
Meeedi chlorians and "yippie!" and "noooooooooooo" also feel like fan ficiton, lol.
It's bad, bad writing but it didn't feel like fan fiction.
But I haven't had a desire to rewatch those films either.
Not really sure if there's much difference to be honest.
So the prequel trilogy? I know the memes are hot fire but Lucas wrote the book on official films feeling like fanfic.
Star Wars fiction has been nothing but fanfic-y bullshit since Dark Empire was first published. At the very least, the fanfic we'ver gotten with TFA and TLJ is way better than the half-baked bullshit of the Prequel Trilogy.
TLJ I will agree with. It's my favorite of the new films.
At least that film was original.
Yup, this...they made the $4b back from just TFA alone (when factoring in merchandise and blu-ray and digital sales, etc).
All of the post Disney movies have been excellent so far, and I can't wait for Episode IX, The Mandalorian and Rian Johnson's new trilogy.
This was the era of Star Wars I always dreamed about getting after those godawful prequels (although I did really enjoy The Clone Wars).
Now if only the video games were at the same level...
This was the era of Star Wars I always dreamed about getting after those godawful prequels (although I did really enjoy The Clone Wars).
Now if only the video games were at the same level...
We had 1313 and they cancelled it...and we got 2 Battlefront games instead.
Wasn't part of the deal paid in Disney stock? If so, he likely made much more than $4 billion on the deal.
They probably got $4b in revenue but not in profit. They still had to put a lot of money into it after buying Lucasfilm.
That's also not counting the share theaters get.
I recall reading $2 billion in cash and $2 billion in stock. Though I may be confused.
This is true. I feel like the guy gets dragged but in the end he's a really quality dude.
Lucasfilm historically has made more money from licensing the brand, Toys/Clothing/Video Games/Books/etc, than they do purely off theatrical releases.
So this number is likely much, much, much, higher.
So this number is likely much, much, much, higher.
At making good movies. But good on Disney. It makes me so happy that a huge company made its money back! Bravo!
Yep. GL is a genuinely awesome person.
Also, I could've sworn they made their whole investment back through toy sales alone before even the release of TFA. I can't remember.
