From: YourName@YourISP.com   
      
   On 2017-08-19 21:48:43 +0000, Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy said:   
   > Your Name  wrote in news:on8ap3$do2$1   
   > @gioia.aioe.org:   
   >> On 2017-08-18 23:06:02 +0000, Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy said:   
   >>> Your Name  wrote in   
   >>> news:on7r1a$1snq$2@gioia.aioe.org:   
   >>>>   
   >>>> After the (rumoured) stupidity of pointlessly shovelling the   
   >>>> Death Star in the Han Solo movie, I don't hold much hope for any   
   >>>> of these new Diseny-made Star Wars movies.   :-(   
   >>>   
   >>> It really took you that long to realize it's all going to be crap?   
   >>>   
   >>> The first clue was "Disney now owns Star Wars." The absolute proof   
   >>> was their announcement that they're going to be releasing 87 new   
   >>> titles per month for the next five thousand years, with everything   
   >>> single one coming with a complete line of toys and other (non-)   
   >>> collectible.   
   >>>   
   >>> Seriously, dude, what the hell did you expect?   
   >>   
   >> Yep. It was a given as soon as the buy-out was rumoured.  :-(   
   >>   
   >> George Lucas should have kept it all and perhaps given over the   
   >> day-to-day running to Rick McCallum.   
   >   
   > Only if he cared more about the franchise than he did about $4   
   > *billion* dollars. Which he clearly didn't. Nor would you or I.   
      
   He would easily have made far more money simply by keeping control of   
   the franchise ... in fact franchise*s*, since the sale included Indiana   
   Jones, LucasArts, ILM, etc.   
      
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