Star Wars Bits: Disney Projects 40 Years Of Content; Plus Disney Infinity, C-3PO And ‘The Old Republic’
There was actualStar Warsmovie news Tuesday when a Disney shareholders letter revealedStar Wars Rebelswould debut with a full lengthmovie. However, that wasn’t the only interesting thing in the document. Below, read about another huge piece of information and more.
After looking at thatfull shareholder’sdocument,JediNewsuncovered another fascinating tidbit:
Intangible assets primarily consist of intellectual property based on the Star Wars franchise with an estimated useful life of approximately 40 years. The goodwill reflects the value to Disney from leveraging Lucasfilm intellectual property across our distribution channels, taking advantage of Disney’s established global reach.
So yeah. It seems Disney is telling their shareholders the purchase of Lucasfilm should net them around 40 years of original content. Are we talkingEpisode XX? It sure sounds like it. But lots of TV, books, online content and more are all part of that projection.
Star Wars: The Old Republicis a super popular online game and, now, if you want toplay for free you’re able to. A new trailer has been released highlighting the expansion.
Earlier this week, a San Francisco area board denied the request for George Lucas to build his museum at Crissy Field in the Bay Area. The board did, however, suggest an alternate location because they obviously want to be in business with Lucas and hisStar Warsheavy museum. Read the full story onSF Gate.
Disney’s ambitious console game,Disney Infinity, offers completely different experiences based on which character toys you own. Up until now, all the characters have been tied to Disney and Pixar properties but, according to theWall Street Journal,they’re currently developing characters from both the Marvel andStar WarsUniverses to the game. There’s no timeline or official announcement, but it obviously makes sense.
This isn’t a confirmation, but it seems as likely as anything.Studio Ciné LiveMagazine in France recently released an issue with this cover. Thanks toComic Book Movie.
We know R2-D2 is inStar Wars Episode VII, and it would be pretty insane if he appeared with C-3PO. This is probably just a very well-educated guess though.
Finally, while we were focused on the fact J.J. Abramsfinished the scripttoStar Wars Episode VIIa few weeks back, the writer/director also said “the current plan” is to start filming in May at Pinewood Studios in the UK. Thanks toOLVfor the reminder.
