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[Axe99]

Here's the full read, but the short story is that Disney's picked up Lucasfilm for a lazy $4billion, and has a 7th Star Wars movie in pre-production.  Lucas is a consultant, but no longer the driving force.  Apparently it's going to pick up the stories of Luke, Han and Leia.  Will be interesting to see if they can resurrect the series after the prequels!

[Saintsy]

RIP Starwars

[straussy240]

Pixar presents ... star wars!!!

[GasClown]

I hope they make it dark and mature... not all Disney (which was pretty much what Lucas did with the prequels anyway). I'm a bit worried but still, at least it's better than no Star Wars at all. So can't complain.

[OC-138]

Saw this whilst at work today, fuckin crazy. Hope they make it good.

[Aromaci]

Who knows it might be alright. They did give us The Avengers.

[Rocket]

This could be epic awesomeness, or a failure of biblical proportions. Hopefully the former, but we'll just have to wait and see.

[Outlaw]

Disney buys Marvel & LucasFilms. Google buys Disney.

I can see that happening.

[GasClown]

Outlaw213, on 31 October 2012 - 10:02 PM, said:

Disney buys Marvel & LucasFilms. Google buys Disney.

I can see that happening.

Apple buys Google. World domination.

[Jykel]

GasClown, on 31 October 2012 - 02:13 AM, said:

I hope they make it dark and mature... not all Disney (which was pretty much what Lucas did with the prequels anyway). I'm a bit worried but still, at least it's better than no Star Wars at all. So can't complain.

they are bound to screw it up so they can reboot it 10 years . . . . . aka Spiderman

[Saintsy]

Aromaci, on 31 October 2012 - 10:25 AM, said:

Who knows it might be alright. They did give us The Avengers.

That's because they let marvel do their own thing, they had bugger all say in what they did lol.
But Lucas is merely a "Consultant", that being said, monies on them to screw it up.

What could the storyline be tbh? A long lost sith lord comes out of nowhere and comes after luke? Boring lol

[straussy240]

GasClown, on 31 October 2012 - 10:22 PM, said:

Apple buys Google. World domination.

Apple as it stands is one of the most 'valuable' companies in the world, but its very inflated and bound to fall don't you think?

[GasClown]

straussy240, on 01 November 2012 - 12:33 AM, said:

Apple as it stands is one of the most 'valuable' companies in the world, but its very inflated and bound to fall don't you think?

Yeah it will one day, Microsoft did... a new invention will eventually come along (from a different company) and topple it. Windows 8 however, I don't think so, MS were just too late to the party.

[Axe99]

straussy240, on 01 November 2012 - 12:33 AM, said:

Apple as it stands is one of the most 'valuable' companies in the world, but its very inflated and bound to fall don't you think?

There's absolutely not question about this - because of Apple's share price growth, fund managers have _had_ to get into it, which has, in turn, fueled Apple's share price growth. So while Apple's growth has been pretty bloody good, it's share price is still well above what it should be, were it assessed on fundamentals.  The problem will be if it continues to bubble along and then corrects when there's a significant downturn in Apple's performance, as that'd lead to a double drop (the wind coming out of the bubble, and the adjustment for poorer performance, all at once).

I'm also of the mind that Apple's still a bit of a 2-3 trick pony, but that unlike Microsoft, people can switch out from its products much more easily, so when the sheen wears off, it won't be able to exploit a monopoly to keep itself afloat.

Sorry, anyone bored yet?

[Saintsy]

http://www.damnlol.c...hups-26953.html

[Outlaw]

I've never seen Star Wars...

[Saintsy]

Outlaw213, on 02 November 2012 - 08:59 AM, said:

I've never seen Star Wars...

Too much time out in the sheep paddock eh?

[Outlaw]

Saintsy, on 02 November 2012 - 09:00 AM, said:

Too much time out in the sheep paddock eh?

lol mayyybee.....

[Dee]

Feck that if Chewbacca starts singing and dancing I will rage

[Oridin]

old george had lost the plot years ago ... hopefully disney can make it work, pixar has only gotten better since they were gobbled up!!