So, Disney now owns (or will own when it all goes through) Darth and Luke and the whole gang. Which means…what? Essentially, Star Wars (the films — I don’t care about poor cartoons and toys) was dead in Lucas’s hands. Considering the direction he’d taken it, the grave seems to have been the best place for it. Now we are going to get a new Star Wars movie in 2015, and another every 2 to 3 years after. Is that good? Certainly we didn’t need another from Lucas, but Disney has a long record of mangling things too. Disney can also put out a fine film. So, all we know now is that something is going to happen. Kathleen Kennedy will be in charge of the new Disney division, but that doesn’t mean she will produce or direct (it rather means she won’t). So, till we fine out who will get those titles for the 2015 Star Wars film, we wait.
Oct 302012