From: YourName@YourISP.com   
      
   In article <9s2dnYGkRoP2TQ_LnZ2dnUU78dOdnZ2d@giganews.com>, user1   
    wrote:   
      
   > Your Name wrote:   
   > > George Lucas sold out absolutely everything - his entire business   
   > > empire. Disney now owns the whole lot, 100%, forever (or at least until   
   > > they decide to close down or sell off to someone else the parts they no   
   > > longer want):   
   > >    - Lucasfilm   
   > >    - ILM   
   > >    - Skywalker Sound   
   > >    - LucasBooks   
   > >    - LucasArts (since shut down)   
   > >    - the Star Wars franchise   
   > >    - the Indiana Jones franchise   
   > >    - the other Lucasfilm products such as Willow, Howard the Duck, etc.   
   > >      (if they ever want to make anything more in those franchises)   
   > >    - etc.   
   > >   
   > > Plus of course all the licensing / mechandising rights for the above.   
   > >   
   > > I'm not about the Skywalker Ranch itself, but wouldn't be surprised if   
   > > they also own that and the Lucasfilm Archives it houses. Skywalker   
   > > Sound also operates from there.   
   > >   
   > > George Lucas owns absolutely nothing and has no say at all in what   
   > > happens to any of it. He was only included in the making of Episode   
   > > VII as a courtesy, and he's since disowned the whole thing because he   
   > > dislikes what Jar Jar Abrams and Disney have done.   
   > >   
   > > Disney have already shut down the LucasArts game development team and   
   > > thrown out all the old Expanded Universe as now "legacy" material that   
   > > they can simply ignore completely.   
   >   
   > Thanks for the detailed response - I had no idea it was that absolute.   
   >   
   > What a shame - I can only expect that the StarWars series will never be   
   > the same.   
   >   
   >  - more safely formulaic than progressive and adventurous.   
   >   
   > But I hope I'm wrong! ;)   
      
   As well as Episode VII - IX every second year, Disney are planning to   
   release spin-off movies (not part of the episodic Saga) in the years   
   between. Their current plan is ...   
      
       2015    Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens   
       2016    Star Wars: Rogue One   
       2017    Star Wars: Episode VIII - [Title to be confimred]   
       2018    Star Wars: [Title to be confimred]   
       2019    Star Wars: Episode IX - [Title to be confimred]   
       2020    Star Wars: [Title to be confimred]   
      
   Rogue One is a more "realistic" war movie, set just before Episode IV.   
      
   The current ideas / rumours for the two other spin-off movies include   
   Han Solo (young version), Boba Fett, and Yoda.   
      
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