Out of nowhere, it was announced today that Disney acquired Lucasfilm AND have promised Star Wars Episode VII in 2015. A normal person would sleep on it, collect his/her thoughts and write an intelligent response to this shocking news. I’m not normal and here are my initial thoughts:
- I could never imagine a world where Disney owned everything I loved as a child: Star Wars, Marvel Comics and the Muppets.
- Does this mean that Leia is now a Disney Princess?
- 2015 will give us the sequel to The Avengers, Justice League and now, a new Star Wars movie. Hopefully, movies won’t cost $25 per ticket by then.
- While I’m scared of a new Star Wars film, I’m excited to see the Star Wars cinematic universe out of the hands of George Lucas.
- I’m not looking forward to every geeky response to the casting of the Star Wars film.
- Disneyland/Disney World is about to become an even more awesome place.
- What the hell is going to be the plot of the next Star Wars film?
- What does this mean for the Indiana Jones franchise?
- What does this mean for Star Wars comics (currently published by Dark Horse) or the incredibly popular Clone Wars cartoon (distributed by Warner Brothers, airing on Cartoon Network)?
- Can we get a Pixar short with Wall-E, R2-D2 and C-3P0?
This definitely means Leia is a Disney princess now. Definitely.
Number 10 would be kind of amazing. And this pretty much solidifies us going to DIsneyland/World/Epcot.