Walt Disney Co has agreed to buy filmmaker George Lucas’s Lucasfilm Ltd and the “Star Wars” franchise for $4.05 billion in cash and stock, a blockbuster deal that includes the surprise promise of a new film in the series in 2015.

Disney Chief Executive Bob Iger, in prepared remarks for analysts, said the plan was to release a new movie in the series every two to three years thereafter. The last “Star Wars” picture was “Revenge of the Sith” in 2005, and Lucas has in past denied any plans for more.

Lucas, a Hollywood icon known for exercising control over the most minute details of the fictional universe he created, will remain as a creative consultant on the new films.

“It‘s now time for me to pass ’Star Wars’ on to a new generation of filmmakers,” he said in a statement. Lucas will become the second-largest individual holder of Disney shares, with a 2.2 percent stake.

Disney will pay about half the purchase price in cash and issue about 40 million shares at closing.

Chief Financial Officer Jay Rasulo, in prepared remarks, said the deal would lower Disney’s earnings per share by a low single-digits percentage in fiscal 2013 and 2014. H e also said Disney would repurchase all of the issued shares on the open market within the next two years, on top of planned buybacks.

This deal marks the third time in less than seven years that Disney has signed a massive deal to take over a beloved studio or character portfolio, part of its strategy to acquire brands that can be stretched across TV, movies, theme parks and the Internet.

In early 2006, Disney struck a deal to acquire “Toy Story” creator Pixar, and in the summer of 2009 it bought the comic book powerhouse Marvel Entertainment

“Because Lucas is private, I would assume most investors would be surprised (by the deal). My point of view is that Disney already has a great portfolio and this adds one more. They don’t have any holes, but their past deals have been additive,” said Morningstar analyst Michael Corty.

From a fan’s perspective, critics said there was sure to be at least some excitement at the prospect of episode seven in the saga of Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader.

“Do I want to see more Star Wars movies? Not really, but they’re not making these movies for me. There’s a whole new generation of Star Wars fans, and they worship the prequels like folks my age worshipped the original trilogy,” the film writer “Mr. Beaks” said on the well-regarded industry site Ain’t It Cool News.

Besides “Star Wars,” the Lucasfilm deal also includes rights to the “Indiana Jones” franchise, though Disney did not elaborate on any plans for that series.

 嘩~嘩~嘩~...好呀~...等到頸 Do 長~ !

先前都估有大公司買版權o黎拍 gala~ 。

有個華人 Jedi 都唔錯 wor~!

agreed!

我就希望再拍續集，起碼再有故事發展。

聽說星戰是有九集，前傳是一、二、三。

星戰是四、五、六。

七，八，九，是未來的故事......後傳﹖

身為星迷的我, 對於星戰被迪迪尼買起了, 覺得是禍福未卜的。

沒有了 [6卡C] 的星戰世界到底會變成怎樣真的好難說 。

如四兄講...是將來的故事。後傳...可以咁講o既。

迪記用黑武士做宣傳, 但係第六集佢已經瓜咗柴, 後傳照理唔應該有佢份, 會唔會係拍第三至第四集之間嘅故事???

有機會好過以前, 魯卡斯拍前傳已經江郎才盡, 有人搞下新意思未嘗唔係好事。

但願如此 !

  George Lucas 的星戰故事是有9章的, 最後Skywalker 成了宇宙最強的 Jedi ....有沒有BRO看過這些文章...可以證實一吓我沒有記錯.

星戰一開始已經係有9章的。

只是因為George Lucas見當年的科技和當時的資金不可能拍得出滿意的1-3集。

所以, 才決定由第4集拍起。

至於George Lucas有沒有題過 Luke Skywalker 最後是否成了宇宙最強的 Jedi.......這個就不太肯定。

如果你有看Dark Horse 的 Star Wars Shadow of the Emperor, 你就知道在第六集後公主會同SOLO結婚而且懷了兩胞胎,

而黑帝皇沒有死到, 而且有好多複製身體備用, Luke Skywalker 想去對付他結果也逃不出黑帝皇的黑暗力量......而且被控制了。

大肚婆公主為了救哥哥竟然深入虎穴, 靠著[Jedi x3] FORCE (公主+肚裡兩個BB) 竟然勝了黑帝皇的黑暗力量.

最後救了 Luke Skywalker 添。

[Jedi x3] FORCE (公主+肚裡兩個BB) 竟然勝了黑帝皇的黑暗力量. ...

咁又合理，話哂麗雅公主都係最強大能(anakin skywalker)o既延續其一 。

BB又係大能延續 ！(隔代遺傳 )

其實都無得講合唔合理, 照數字看是 "三對一"當然合理。

但黑帝皇的黑暗力量是連YODA都頂唔住要走人的,

單靠一個未受過正式 Jedi Training 的公主 + 肚裡兩個未來Jedi BB 就破了黑暗力量操控, 好像有點移稀了。

如果人多就贏, JEDI 一早就唔洗俾人大屠殺哪。

其實在星戰第五集中YODA想放棄Luke 而去訓練公主的。

不過, 最後都沒有實行到。

始終大能原力最強延續，新生代一代強過一代...(照道理推估 )

可能兩個B原力已勝Anikan...所以嬴唔出奇，加上黑帝皇&YODA已老(相對可能能力會下降，又或者相反 )，未必可以做長時間最強位置...

給人打敗...只是時間吧 ！

不過未受過正式 Jedi Training ...這點你說得又是合理。(唉~又有可能力量強過一切，Train唔Train都無所謂囉)

所以都要睇編劇點打完場。

我覺得 [6卡C] 知前自己年紀唔細, 而且拍了前傳後, 反應都只是一般。

已經沒有好大信心可以拍好最後的7-9集。

所以, 寧願賣 [仔] 執尾籌嘆世界算了, 賣了給迪迪尼後, 若果迪記拍衰咗都唔關自己事哪,

好過自己拍得唔好衰收尾, 也唔想把整個星戰世界帶落棺材..........因為無咁大副棺材....... 。

襯好價賣給有能力延續星戰生命的大公司算是明智決擇了。

我相信迪迪尼除了拍星戰電影外, 好快就會有很多星戰外傳動畫及片集推出來,

再大量推售不同相關之產品.......務求盡快搵番嗰4個B美金回來 !

也是也是~!