30th October 2012
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#1 | | Lives for gear
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Thread Starter  | Disney Buys Lucasfilm
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30th October 2012
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#2 | | Lives for gear
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Yeah - saw this. Not sure how I feel about it; it seems that everything is owned by some large corp. Of course that is an exaggeration, but it's just how it seems nowadays. That said, I guess it better that Lucas pass the buck to someone capable, as opposed to just letting Lucasfilm die with him.
Wonder what will happen to Skywalker Sound, and it's employees....after the Sound One debacle, I would be worried long term, if not short term.
Cheers.
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30th October 2012
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#3 | | Lives for gear
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| Breaking news from lucas films...
FROM THE WWW.
Disney is buying Lucasfilm, the company behind the Star Wars films, from its chairman and founder George Lucas for $4.05bn
In a statement announcing the purchase, Disney said it planned to release new film Star Wars Episode 7 in 2015.
That will be followed by Episodes 8 and 9 and then one new movie every two or three years, the company said.
The last Star Wars film was 2005's Revenge of the Sith, and Disney said it believed there was "substantial pent up demand".
I guess this is old news now...
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30th October 2012
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#4 | | Gear Head
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Eeeeshhh
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#5 | | Lives for gear
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The Star Wars Franchise continues to go downhill. Next we'll see them buy the rights to the James Cameron productions and make a cartoon series out of Avatar...  | |
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#6 | | Lives for gear
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Originally Posted by Jeff Hayat  Wonder what will happen to Skywalker Sound, and it's employees....after the Sound One debacle, I would be worried long term, if not short term.
Cheers. | I agree.
I can see Skywalker Sound going away.
As Disney is all about the bottom lime, and profit margins.
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I dunno. Kathleen Kennedy is still in charge AND if they are gonna make more Star Wars movies they need at least SOME of Skysound.
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#8 | | Lives for gear
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Originally Posted by by-tor I dunno. Kathleen Kennedy is still in charge AND if they are gonna make more Star Wars movies they need at least SOME of Skysound. | Why? I like Skysound, but it was built because George didn't want to work in LA, and wanted to own his whole production chain.....
This is also sort of historic--the final passing of the whole Lucas/Coppola/Korty et al "rebel outside of Hollywood" era.
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And here's a poster from the new movie...  | |
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#10 | | Lives for gear
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Originally Posted by MusicTrax And here's a poster from the new movie... | 
THIS time the design of the Death Star is flawless... mostly... Family Guy - Ultimate Power Universe - YouTube | |
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I'm not too upset about this although I would have preferred to see a darker approach to Star Wars
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#12 | | Gear nut
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and what does this mean for Skywalker Sound?
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#13 | | Gear addict
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Originally Posted by denniskersten and what does this mean for Skywalker Sound? | +1
I got a friend working there, just sent her a mail to find out more.
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#14 | | Lives for gear
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Originally Posted by Thomas W. Bethe FROM THE WWW.
Disney is buying Lucasfilm, the company behind the Star Wars films, from its chairman and founder George Lucas for $4.05bn
In a statement announcing the purchase, Disney said it planned to release new film Star Wars Episode 7 in 2015.
That will be followed by Episodes 8 and 9 and then one new movie every two or three years, the company said.
The last Star Wars film was 2005's Revenge of the Sith, and Disney said it believed there was "substantial pent up demand".
I guess this is old news now... | Yikes more star wars films - we definitely need more - i must know what happened to the ewoks! That story alone deserves a trilogy. It will be good to see the original cast back. I've heard Ep 7 starts with a full on balls to the wall argument about a trade embargo in the space senate - hold on to your hats! :eek:
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As long as there's no more jar jar binks or anything like it. POS character completely killed it for me.
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#16 | | Lives for gear
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Originally Posted by philper Why? I like Skysound, but it was built because George didn't want to work in LA, and wanted to own his whole production chain.....
philp | Exactly.
And with him not there to support it, I can see the whole complex going bye bye.
I wouldn't be surprised to see the entire Skywalker sound complex being a money losing venture, simply because of the maintenance of the huge property.
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The music recording side might stay, since that ended up kind of separate from the film biz, but it's a BIG property to maintain just for that....
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Originally Posted by philper The music recording side might stay, since that ended up kind of separate from the film biz, but it's a BIG property to maintain just for that....
philp | To be honest though, I'm not sure there's much else you could do with that property. Considering the strength of the local neighborhoods who want nothing to do with further development, I'd be really wary of trying to develop anything at all on Lucas Valley Road.
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#19 | | Lives for gear
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Originally Posted by philper The music recording side might stay, since that ended up kind of separate from the film biz, but it's a BIG property to maintain just for that....
philp | Given the state of the music industry, that's even less of an incentive.
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#20 | | Lives for gear
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Just FYI. Tour Of Skywalker Rancher - Business Insider
George still owns the land. So Disney does not have to maintain it. Skywalker Sound is a part of Lucasfilm and I am sure he and Kathleen have every intention of keeping the sound in Skywalker Ranch.
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#21 | | Gear maniac
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This is a good thing.
Disney owns Marvel.
Marvel has largely been left alone to do their work.
I imagine it'll be the same with LucasFilms/Sound.
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1st November 2012
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#22 | | Gear addict
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Originally Posted by Tha Govna This is a good thing.
Disney owns Marvel.
Marvel has largely been left alone to do their work.
I imagine it'll be the same with LucasFilms/Sound. | I really hope so...
I've always thought of Skywalker Sound the way Michael Jackson did Neverland Ranch: a magical kingdom where all your dreams come true. Too bad I gave away my last 4.5 billion last week otherwise I would have entertained the purchase.
(I feel like a five year old going for ice cream knowing another Star Wars trilogy is due...)
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#23 | | Lives for gear
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Interesting how many of the captions are wrong.
Yoda is at the Presidio, not at Skywalker Ranch.... Quote:
Originally Posted by by-tor Just FYI. Tour Of Skywalker Rancher - Business Insider
George still owns the land. So Disney does not have to maintain it. Skywalker Sound is a part of Lucasfilm and I am sure he and Kathleen have every intention of keeping the sound in Skywalker Ranch. | | |
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#24 | | Lives for gear
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Originally Posted by Tha Govna This is a good thing.
Disney owns Marvel.
Marvel has largely been left alone to do their work.
I imagine it'll be the same with LucasFilms/Sound. | Not necessarily.
When Liberty Media bought Sound One (packaged with Todd AO), they (technically Ascent Media) left us alone for the first couple of years or so. We were still doing great - busy as all hell. When things started to slow down, we were no longer left alone.
Generally speaking - when a bigger company buys a smaller one, they leave it alone as long as it does well and meets expectations. But when there is a slow period - even normal seasonal ones - they tend to not leave it alone anymore.
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1st November 2012
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#25 | | Lives for gear
Joined: Jun 2002 Location: LA, USA | Quote:
Originally Posted by Tha Govna This is a good thing.
Disney owns Marvel.
Marvel has largely been left alone to do their work.
I imagine it'll be the same with LucasFilms/Sound. | Disney will not hold on to it for nostalgic reasons.
If its losing money, it will go.
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#26 | | Lives for gear
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Originally Posted by by-tor Just FYI. Tour Of Skywalker Rancher - Business Insider
George still owns the land. So Disney does not have to maintain it. Skywalker Sound is a part of Lucasfilm and I am sure he and Kathleen have every intention of keeping the sound in Skywalker Ranch. | Do you not think that the maintenance cost won't be passed on to Disney?
George will just pay for everything?
Disney is not know for its philanthropic attitude towards business.
If its not making money. It will be gone.
Hell, George shutdown the whole sprockets division at one point himself. I know, because it happened just before I was to be hired there.
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#27 | | Gear addict
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Originally Posted by Henchman Do you not think that the maintenance cost won't be passed on to Disney?
George will just pay for everything?
Disney is not know for its philanthropic attitude towards business.
If its not making money. It will be gone.
Hell, George shutdown the whole sprockets division at one point himself. I know, because it happened just before I was to be hired there. | Don't know if you've read S.Jobs biography, the part about Disney was quite intriguing.
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#28 | | Lives for gear
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Originally Posted by Dz7 Don't know if you've read S.Jobs biography, the part about Disney was quite intriguing. | Now, I did not read it.
What was the part about Disney?
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#29 | | Gear addict
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Originally Posted by Henchman Now, I did not read it.
What was the part about Disney? | Too much to type here, but I think you might find it interesting (dynamic between Disney and Pixar, etc) Coles notes is, Disney does what they want with no mercy.
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#30 | | Lives for gear
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Originally Posted by Dz7 Too much to type here, but I think you might find it interesting (dynamic between Disney and Pixar, etc) Coles notes is, Disney does what they want with no mercy. | The "having no mercy", I know about that.
So, anybody thinking they will hold on to the ranch from warm fuzziness of their heart, has another think coming.
It would be interesting to see how much it really costs to run the place.
My guess is, that its not a profit making venture. But more of A big pet project for George. One I think e has grown tired of, and tired of footing the bill.
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