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[Nov 02, 2012, 11:23 am ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

Wired.com - Disney Buyout Could Be Death Blow for Lucas Videogames.
Star Wars 1313 may determine its own fate. Sometime in a short while from now, the following will almost certainly happen: Like Darth Vader arriving on the Death Star, Disney executives will visit LucasArts and get a full rundown of the studio’s activities. Its sharpest gaming guys will pick over 1313 and get a sense of whether it’s a project worth proceeding with, or another boondoggle.

If 1313 looks like something really special, perhaps Bob Iger will bend on his “licensing rather than publishing” strategy and it will come to fruition as planned.

If not, LucasArts may not be long for this world.

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Re: Op Ed

Nov 2, 2012, 11:29

Keith

I suppose if any of LA's last few games had been worth a damn and sold to anyone other than fervent Star Wars fans LA would be able to demonstrate profitability. I don't know if Mr. Iger has some sort of personal vendetta against publishing, but I do know that successful businessmen go where the money leads them. Considering their track record, do you really think 1313 is the product that is going to make or break LA? In any event, anyone other than Lucas holding the rights to Star Wars is a good thing. Can anyone make a worse trilogy than Episodes 1-3? Can any character be worse than Jar Jar Binks? I think not. See you George!

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Comment [quote="Keith"Nov 2, 2012, 11:29]I suppose if any of LA's last few games had been worth a damn and sold to anyone other than fervent Star Wars fans LA would be able to demonstrate profitability. I don't know if Mr. Iger has some sort of personal vendetta against publishing, but I do know that successful businessmen go where the money leads them. Considering their track record, do you really think 1313 is the product that is going to make or break LA? In any event, anyone other than Lucas holding the rights to Star Wars is a good thing. Can anyone make a worse trilogy than Episodes 1-3? Can any character be worse than Jar Jar Binks? I think not. See you George! [/quote]

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