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Original star wars intro3/21/2024 ![]() ![]() ![]() Unproduced SequelsÄŻollowing the Disney acquisition, the films in the Star Wars franchise that original creator George Lucas had planned, Episodes VII, VIII and IX, were cancelled. On October 31st, the Internet news blog The Daily Dot published a post titled "The 'Nooooo!' Heard Round the Internet: Disney Buys Lucasfilm," which included a round-up of Internet activity surrounding the announcement. Also on October 30th, the tech news blog Mashable published a post titled "This is What a Disney Star Wars Universe Looks Like," which included a slideshow of image macros mocking the Disney purchase (shown below). The same day, posts about the acquisition reached the front page of the /r/scifi, /r/StarWars and /r/movies subreddits. Shortly after the announcement was made, The Daily What published a post titled "In Light of Recent Events of the Day," which featured an image macro of Princess Leia with caption " Disney Princess" (shown below). According to the Associated Press, the new trilogy would continue where Return of the Jedi left off, following the stories of Luke Skywalker, Han Solo and Princess Leia. On October 30th, 2012, The Walt Disney Company announced in a press release that it had acquired the Lucasfilms production company for $4.05 billion and planned to release a new Star Wars trilogy with the first installment, Episode 7, set for release sometime in 2015. ![]()
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