{"id":30980,"date":"2012-10-31T13:31:37","date_gmt":"2012-10-31T19:31:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/31\/more-disneylucasfilm-commentary.html"},"modified":"2014-11-07T10:17:29","modified_gmt":"2014-11-07T17:17:29","slug":"more-disneylucasfilm-commentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/31\/more-disneylucasfilm-commentary.html","title":{"rendered":"More Disney\/LucasFilm commentary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have every expectation that Disney will do a decent job with the franchise. It might even (as we&#39;ve seen with Marvel) do very well. \u00a0Yes, there could be creative disasters but &#8230; well, we&#39;ve already had those when Lucas was independent, too, and I doubt Disney will do <i>worse<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>(h\/t <span class=\"proflinkWrapper\"><span class=\"proflinkPrefix\">+<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/103748887870095862080\" class=\"proflink\" oid=\"103748887870095862080\">Les Jenkins<\/a><\/span>, cartoon via\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.reallifecomics.com\/archive\/121031.html\" class=\"ot-anchor\">http:\/\/www.reallifecomics.com\/archive\/121031.html<\/a>)<\/p>\n<div><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/photos\/101083456815352083930\/albums\/5805557011646400865\/5805557014469349554'><img src='https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-D-fyECMeckQ\/UJF7WHK5ELI\/AAAAAAAAOb8\/_Netp1qn47Y\/20121031_2936%255B1%255D.jpg' style='max-width:97.5%;clear:both;' border='0' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'><strong>Google+:<\/strong> Reshared <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/iGCNJuwuvhm' target='_new'>1<\/a> times<br \/> <strong>Google+:<\/strong> <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/iGCNJuwuvhm' target='_new'>View post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have every expectation that Disney will do a decent job with the franchise. It might even (as we&#39;ve seen with Marvel) do very well. \u00a0Yes, there could be creative disasters but &#8230; well, we&#39;ve already had those when Lucas was independent, too, and I doubt Disney will do worse. (h\/t +Les Jenkins, cartoon via\u00a0http:\/\/www.reallifecomics.com\/archive\/121031.html) &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/31\/more-disneylucasfilm-commentary.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;More Disney\/LucasFilm commentary&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,263,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-disney","category-media-moguls"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13151,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2008\/07\/09\/no_more_adventures.html","url_meta":{"origin":30980,"position":0},"title":"No more adventures","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 9-Jul-08 7:33am","format":false,"excerpt":"Given the flailing about that Disney has done in trying to turn its Pleasure Island area of Downtown Disney (Walt Disney World) into a popular (but not teen-hangout-friendly) area, this...","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Disney\/Pixar&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Disney\/Pixar","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/media\/franchises\/disney"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/images\/adventurers-club1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":130641,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/05\/10\/sic-transit-disney-infinity.html","url_meta":{"origin":30980,"position":1},"title":"Sic transit &quot;Disney Infinity&quot;","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 10-May-16 4:18pm","format":false,"excerpt":"I never got into this ( +Kay Hill already has a \"Skylanders\" setup), but I loved the figures they put out for it -- various Disney animated characters, but also from Marvel and Star Wars. 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