Disney (DIS) is buying Lucasfilm for $4 billion, adding the legendary Star Wars franchise to the entertainment giant's stable of characters. Lucasfilm is 100% owned by Founder George Lucas. The buyout ranks among one of the largest ever made by Disney. It's fourth behind the $19.7 billion, $7.6 billion and $5.2 billion buyouts of Capital Cities/ABC in 1995, Pixar in 2006 and Fox Family in 2001, respectively, says S&P Capital IQ. It tops the $3.96 billion Disney paid for Marvel in August 2009. http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2012/10/30/disney-star-wars-lucasfilm/1669739/
My first thought when I heard this was that it was a delayed April Fools joke. It will be interesting to see what they do with it!
I am too. They have both Marvel intellectual property and now Lucas Arts properties.. On another note, they announced a new Star Wars Movie (Episode 7)
