Once upon a time and a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, everyone lived happily ever after. And while they were all so happy they didn’t realize they were being slowly assimilated by the evil Empire.
You might have missed it in light of coverage of Sandy today, but the big industry news is George Lucas finally is letting Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Lucasfilm, Industrial Light and Magic, Skywalker Sound–the whole shebang–go, for the paltry sum of $4 billion–the same price Disney paid for Marvel Comics in 2009. Yep, $4,000,000,000. You can just hear that THX sound logo make a giant flushing sound. Heck, I bet that was Lucas’s profit last year in action figure sales alone. What’s he thinking? The man whose kids I (OK, my parents) put through college through the purchase of ten thousand action figures, several hundred comic books, every book, soundtrack, poster, drinking glass, key ring, Halloween costume, spaceship, Hallmark ornament, giant inflatable landspeeder, talking Yoda, remote control R2-D2, and even more action figures, is calling it quits? Say it ain’t so. And he is selling it to who? Disney???? Continue reading
