As we told you earlier today, The Walt Disney Company has announced that it is acquiring Lucasfilm. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Walt Disney Company Bob Iger and George Lucas, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lucasfilm, discuss the announcement in this featurette:
Featurette: Disney to Acquire Lucasfilm
[youtube]http://youtu.be/QIkqX5fG_tA[/youtube]
George Lucas also released this featurette with Kathleen Kennedy, who is becoming President of Lucasfilm:
Featurette: The Future of Star Wars Movies
[youtube]http://youtu.be/YyqlTi7lkhY[/youtube]
[The Shakedown]
Look, it’s really just way too early to tell. You’ll be reading all sorts of prognostications from all sorts of pundits, but there is no way to know for a fact what a movie (or movies) will be like until we actually see it. So, for fun, we’re going to rewatch that first video a few times, and every time it gets to the signing part we’re going to add a different, company-appropriate soundtrack. Maybe the Darth Vader theme – uh oh, this doesn’t look good. Then maybe “You’ve Got a Friend in Me” from the Toy Story soundtrack – hey, they’re nice people at Disney, this is going to be just fine. See?
We’ll keep you posted…