Disney to Acquire Lucasfilm Ltd.

Re:Disney to Acquire Lucasfilm Ltd. by theootz on Tuesday October 30, 2012 @05:36PM (#4719792)

My thoughts exactly when hearing of the news, but I doubt it'd actually happen :( They'd probably have to get rights from Zahns publisher or Dark Horse or whomever owns it, I'd think. I don't think this purchase counts as an umbrella IP grab for all offshoots too?

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Re:Disney to Acquire Lucasfilm Ltd. by dripton on Tuesday October 30, 2012 @05:43PM (#4719829)

If they can afford Lucasfilm, they can surely afford to license Zahn's books. (Assuming Lucasfilm didn't already have the right to film them, which they might, if they thought to insert the right language into the book contracts.)

Whether they want to is another question.

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Re:Disney to Acquire Lucasfilm Ltd. by sylvinus on Tuesday October 30, 2012 @05:42PM (#4719827)

Well after buying the whole Lucasfilm for $4B you'd think buying the IP rights for the Thrawn triolgy shouldn't be that big an issue ;-)

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