George Lucas Says Star Wars Changed Dramatically After the Sale to Disney

[KingsOfKings]

"George Lucas has been discussing the Star Wars franchise a lot recently, and during an appearance at the Cannes Film Festival, he addressed how the space saga became a very different beast once in the control of Disney. As the mastermind behind the story of the Skywalker legacy, Lucas created the lore and mythology of the universe. Once he sold the rights to the Walt Disney Company, any ideas that he had for the future of the saga became moot, and the franchise took off in a different direction.

During an interview with the French publication Brut, Lucas stated that he was the only one who really knew what the Star Wars universe was, because it was something he created and understood. He said:

[EGG]"I was the one who really knew what Star Wars was...who actually knew this world, because there's a lot to it. The Force, for example, nobody understood the Force. When they started other ones after I sold the company, a lot of the ideas that were in [the original] sort of got lost. But that's the way it is. You give it up, you give it up."[/EGG]



George Lucas' Lucasfilm Sale Passed the Star Wars Baton to Disney

George Lucas sold Lucasfilm to Disney for a staggering $4.05 billion in 2012. At that time, the director had released his original trilogy and the prequel trilogy, with distribution being handled by 20th Century Fox. Seven years after the sale, Disney's acquisition of Fox also handed them the distribution rights to the first six movies in the franchise.

The reasons for the director selling Lucasfilm have fluctuated over the years. When he sold the company, he was 68-years-old and was considering retirement. Reportedly, his thought process at the time was that he wanted to pass on his company to an entity that would treat it well. Lucas had a positive relationship with Disney in the past, so they felt like the best fit. Other reports suggested that Lucas fell out of love with Star Wars following the mixed reaction to the prequel movies, and that he was ready to give other creative minds the chance to take over the franchise.

After the sale of Lucasfilm, Disney forged ahead with more movies, releasing the divisive sequel trilogy, Rogue One, and Solo. The brand has also thrived on television through the Disney+ streaming series The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Andor, and Ahsoka. More shows are coming this year with the release of The Acolyte and Skeleton Crew. After five years without a new theatrical release, Lucasfilm is now gearing up to hit cinemas again with a number of new projects that will also continue to expand the timeline of the franchise beyond the Skywalker saga."

George Lucas Says Star Wars Changed Dramatically After the Sale to Disney: 'I Was the Only One Who Knew What Star Wars Was'[

 

[rabbid]

Good interview. I must've missed where he said all that cause I didn't hear it in that clip... anyway, enjoy that bread you got and stay out of Disney business imo. He could've created another star wars with all the comments he been making. If you retired then let the chips fall.

Old heads love doing this. like yes we know its a new world. That's why you got lesbians and comic book writers on your shyt cause people like Rian Johnson get boo'ed when they try to do something new or have to get filtered through. The shadow of Lucas still hangs over the franchise.

Another thing is he sold not just Star Wars, but the entire Lucasfilm company. So any opportunity for original ideas has to go through Disney and they already weren't fukking with the original ideas he had back then. So it is what it is.

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Lucasfilm is ran majority by women now that just want representation no matter the cost. Lucas denutted his whole company.

 

[Deltron]

No lies told

 

[Apollo Creed]

Good interview. I must've missed where he said all that cause I didn't hear it in that clip... anyway, enjoy that bread you got and stay out of Disney business imo. He could've created another star wars with all the comments he been making. If you retired then let the chips fall.

Old heads love doing this. like yes we know its a new world. That's why you got lesbians and comic book writers on your shyt cause people like Rian Johnson get boo'ed when they try to do something new or have to get filtered through. The shadow of Lucas still hangs over the franchise.

Another thing is he sold not just Star Wars, but the entire Lucasfilm company. So any opportunity for original ideas has to go through Disney and they already weren't fukking with the original ideas he had back then. So it is what it is.

Lucasfilm Leadership | Lucasfilm.com

Meet the Lucasfilm leadership team.

www.lucasfilm.com

Lucasfilm is ran majority by women now that just want representation no matter the cost. Lucas denutted his whole company.

I would just enjoy my money and at max go to China or South Korea and have them bankroll me for anything new I want to do if I get bored.

 

[Jaguar93]

Star Wars movies been trash since the prequels.

 

[WaveCapsByOscorp™]

No shyt, George.

A better interview would have him explaining what his visions were in decent amount of detail.

 

[HoopLife]

The Winds of Winter

 

[Outlaw]

Good interview. I must've missed where he said all that cause I didn't hear it in that clip... anyway, enjoy that bread you got and stay out of Disney business imo. He could've created another star wars with all the comments he been making. If you retired then let the chips fall.

Old heads love doing this. like yes we know its a new world. That's why you got lesbians and comic book writers on your shyt cause people like Rian Johnson get boo'ed when they try to do something new or have to get filtered through. The shadow of Lucas still hangs over the franchise.

Another thing is he sold not just Star Wars, but the entire Lucasfilm company. So any opportunity for original ideas has to go through Disney and they already weren't fukking with the original ideas he had back then. So it is what it is.

Lucasfilm Leadership | Lucasfilm.com

Meet the Lucasfilm leadership team.

www.lucasfilm.com

Lucasfilm is ran majority by women now that just want representation no matter the cost. Lucas denutted his whole company.

Rian Johnson is the worst thing that Disney Star Wars had produced. Rian is the most responsible for destroying Disney Star Wars good will by assassinating Luke Skywalker’s character

 

[Toe Jay Simpson]

Lucas rewriting history to act like Episodes I-III were some ground breaking sci fi cinema.

 

[ORDER_66]

YOU SHOULD HAVE NEVER SOLD IT GEORGE!!!

If anything you should have had a partnership with Disney with you retaining control...

 

[DosCadenaz]

I personally fukk with new Star Wars shyt but nothing ever topping the OG n prequels. I don’t really care how the prequels are viewed either. They’re Star Wars as fukk

 

[ORDER_66]

I personally fukk with new Star Wars shyt but nothing ever topping the OG n prequels. I don’t really care how the prequels are viewed either. They’re Star Wars as fukk

Exactly the OG trilogy is a classic hands down and for that Lucas will forever be a legend in my book. I blame that dumbass who messed up the second movie in the new trilogy by ruining the entire story JJ should have just rewrote that entire movie before it released...

 

[Piff Perkins]

Disney has no interest in art of quality, they're focused on milking IPs until they're bone dry. Besides constantly hiring bad writers, not letting directors control sets etc I think a major problem is that they completely disagree with George about the essence of Star Wars. It is a fantasy series for children. It was never really "science fiction" in the way Star Trek or Dune were. It's a space opera serial, similar to the ones George enjoyed as a child. Disney has spent so much time obsessing over adult Star Wars fans that they've sucked any magic out of the product. There is no need for a "serious" Star Wars show with "adult themes." Focusing on appealing to man children who are going to consume just about anything anyway is a bad idea. The goal should always be to capture the imagination of children and make Star Wars something they anticipate, generation after generation. You can't do that while pumping out multiple shows a year, developing multiple spin off movies, etc.

The other weird thing I notice is obsession with endless growth and never ending consumption across the globe. Star Wars never had a problem with being accessible, it never had a problem appealing to different people around the globe, etc. Yet with nearly every show there's this weird corporate push to act like Star Wars was not for everyone until Disney stepped in. That girls, black people, etc didn't have a place until Disney trotted out some (half assed) characters for us, so we can finally understand Star Wars is for us too. This focus constantly results in bad shows and films where there's clearly more focus on creating derivative characters than telling fun or compelling stories. And the funny thing is no one really gives a fukk about the new characters beyond Mandolorian, and even that shyt got ruined super quick. It's just nonstop slop.

There's a big problem where there isn't a stable of talented, visionary writers coming up with fun stories VS a focus on re-hashing shyt with some random black character thrown in, that black people don't even fukk with. This should be writer driven, instead it's producer driven...

 

[Jazzy B.]

"I sold Stars Wars to WHITE SLAVERS" - George Lucas

 

[Jaguar93]

Have y’all actually read what Lucas had in mind for the sequels. shyt sounded no better than what Disney gave us.