KQED is a proud member of
Save ArticleSave Article
KQED Radio
KQED Newssee more
Radio Schedule
Latest Newscasts:KQEDNPR
Player Sponsored By
upper waypoint
Forum

Disney Buys Lucasfilm for $4 Billion

Michael Krasny
at
Save ArticleSave Article
Failed to save article

Please try again

 (Photo by Todd Anderson/Disney via Getty Images)

Will Mickey Mouse be wielding a light saber sometime soon? On Tuesday, Disney bought Lucasfilm, the Marin-based company owned by “Star Wars” creator George Lucas, for over $4 billion. Disney is now set to release the seventh “Star Wars” film by 2015. So what will this mean for the future of the “Star Wars” franchise … and for George Lucas?

Guests:

Sharon Waxman, founder and editor in chief of TheWrap.com

Jason E. Squire, associate professor of the practice of cinematic arts at the University of Southern California

Peter Hartlaub, pop culture critic for the San Francisco Chronicle

Dale Pollock, professor of cinema studies at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts and author of "Skywalking: The Life and Films of George Lucas"

Sponsored

lower waypoint
next waypoint
are u addicted to ur phoneJosé Vadi’s “Chipped” Looks at Life from a Skateboarder’s Lens‘The Notorious PhD’ on How Hip Hop Made AmericaSan Francisco Voters Face a Crowded and Contentious Mayor’s RaceWho Is Responsible For One of the Largest Internet Hacks Ever?So You Want to Be a DJ?RFK’s a Spoiler – But for Which Party?Legendary Stanford Women’s Basketball Coach Tara VanDerveer Announces RetirementWhy Trees Contain MultitudesDoing Democracy: Should America Adopt a Parliamentary System of Government?