Am I glad George sold Lucasfilm to Disney? Well he sold out his own “independent” and “anti-film corp” way of doing things with that decision. Though from the Charlie Rose “White Slavers” interview he didn’t seem to have a high opinion of them. Plus, Disney’s history on this seems to be “profit over risk, rinse and repeat”
At least we didn’t get to see George retcon his own stories further with his latest vision for the Sequel films that would have made Leia as being “The Chosen One” instead of Anakin. Instead we get Favreau and Filoni retconning the EU instead.
So, I am glad he sold up, just not to Disney.
I’m more or less with this. Realistically, I’d have preferred to have seen George sell to a more independent company, with a background in taking risks with their projects. As fmalover posted above, companies with more creative freedom.
Ideally, it would have been great to see how Lucasfilm would have done as a worker owned co-op. With Lucasfilm not having to answer, or compromise with, anyone else.
What you’re suggesting is pretty much what Francis Ford Coppola was trying to do with American Zoetrope.