pittrek said:
WHAT THE FUCK ???
My response exactly. He finally did it, and sold out because no one knew what to do with the company any longer. What else was there to do other than the day to day operations? Better to hand it off to Disney and also keep the industry giants of ILM/Skywalker Sound running self sufficiently.
adywan said:
At first i was quite excited that there now may be a chance we could see a restored version of the OUT, but then realised that Disney owning the rights to the Star Wars franchise will probably spell the end of anything fan created as their lawyers will be ready to pounce
My fear. This could easily come to pass.
The main question is still why?, but the idea of sequels is one that I really doubt-at least in the OOT sense. What remains to be seen is how Disney will decide to milk the franchise.
I can't help but find this extremely sad news. Despite my ever-growing dislike for what they did, Lucasfilm was always built by industry outsiders into a self-sufficient legend. It was the "F*** you, I made THX 1138!" mantra that kept a certain spirit of individualism alive. Now the Jedi are all but extinct.