Disney Shuts down Lucas Arts

[Future240]

This is disappointing.

The Mouse Cleans House: Disney Shuts Down LucasArts - Forbes (http://www.forbes.com/sites/carolpinchefsky/2013/04/04/the-mouse-cleans-house-disney-shuts-down-lucasarts/)

[mr_eh]

That's what happens when you make 90 star wars games and not a sequel to grim fandango

[Felipe]

they better deviler with "star wars vii"

[K_style]

Well that sucks !!

[OrangeVirus1]

is'nt there suppose to be an Episode 7 8 9 ??? WTF disney..


I hate sellouts.. First Lucas Arts sells out to disney.. Now Disney is selling it out to whoever..

IT will never be the same..

[Future240]

Is a KOTR 3 too much to ask for?

[PeaceOnesxWai]

what if Disney was ran by







.............














Trekkies

Dun dun dunnnnn

:faint:

[OrangeVirus1]

I was really expecting some Real life working light sabers in the next 2-3 years..

ones that really will chop an arm off.

[Teddy Bruckshot]

That's what happens when you make 90 star wars games and not a sequel to grim fandango

+1 I've been waiting for a Grim Fandango sequel for years

[TougeLove]

ive actually never seen any star wars movie. well 5 mins of the ewoks? chassing some guy through a tree area on endor?? i dont know.

[OrangeVirus1]

You can't say Ewok's and Endor without knowing Starwars.

[SimpleS14]

They might be looking to just license the names to other developers to make games, rather than do this in-house. They can also focus on Lucas Films which should yield a better ROI (IMO).

[TougeLove]

They might be looking to just license the names to other developers to make games, rather than do this in-house. They can also focus on Lucas Films which should yield a better ROI (IMO).

well put. :werd:

[Future240]

They might be looking to just license the names to other developers to make games, rather than do this in-house. They can also focus on Lucas Films which should yield a better ROI (IMO).

Good point. This means we could actually get some pretty good games out of this. Imagine if Bethesda or Bioware picked up the license.

[Matej]

That's what happens when you make 90 star wars games and not a sequel to grim fandango
That is how George Lucas ruined Lucas Arts. In the early 2000's he decided that they should only focus on riding the coat tails of the Star Wars franchise and milk it dry and then milk it some more. If it was not for him, I would not be surprised if Lucas Arts were on the level of EA today.

That being said, it is still sad to see how one of the greatest game developers of the 90's has fallen, though Disney only put them out of their misery.

By the way, this does not mean the end of Star Wars games, as some people worry. As SimpleS14 said, they will license the titles to other developers, which may actually result in much better quality games, since Lucas Arts only churned out disappointments in the past few years. Or it may result in Star Wars games with no violence and Mickey Mouse playing Yoda. Only time will tell.
I do not really care about Star Wars.
Monkey Island I & II will always be among my favorite games.

[mr_eh]

That is how George Lucas ruined Lucas Arts. In the early 2000's he decided that they should only focus on riding the coat tails of the Star Wars franchise and milk it dry and then milk it some more. If it was not for him, I would not be surprised if Lucas Arts were on the level of EA today.

That being said, it is still sad to see how one of the greatest game developers of the 90's has fallen, though Disney only put them out of their misery.

By the way, this does not mean the end of Star Wars games, as some people worry. As SimpleS14 said, they will license the titles to other developers, which may actually result in much better quality games, since Lucas Arts only churned out disappointments in the past few years. Or it may result in Star Wars games with no violence and Mickey Mouse playing Yoda. Only time will tell.
I do not really care about Star Wars.
Monkey Island I & II will always be among my favorite games.

they had raw talent there, drove it into the ground... but hey wii star was was great, right? right?......... right?

[Felipe]

ive actually never seen any star wars movie. well 5 mins of the ewoks? chassing some guy through a tree area on endor?? i dont know.


yeah right.....

http://www.deviantart.com/download/120029040/yeah_right_by_yeahrightplz.png

[TougeLove]

lol no lie. i haven't seen any god fathers or star treks either. or harry potters but thats kinda a given. didnt even watch lord of the rings until i vacationed in NZ.


someone told me to watch them 1-6 but i have heard the most recent 3 (1,2,3) are not worth it.

[AFSil80]

That is how George Lucas ruined Lucas Arts. In the early 2000's he decided that they should only focus on riding the coat tails of the Star Wars franchise and milk it dry and then milk it some more. If it was not for him, I would not be surprised if Lucas Arts were on the level of EA today.

That being said, it is still sad to see how one of the greatest game developers of the 90's has fallen, though Disney only put them out of their misery.

By the way, this does not mean the end of Star Wars games, as some people worry. As SimpleS14 said, they will license the titles to other developers, which may actually result in much better quality games, since Lucas Arts only churned out disappointments in the past few years. Or it may result in Star Wars games with no violence and Mickey Mouse playing Yoda. Only time will tell.
I do not really care about Star Wars.
Monkey Island I & II will always be among my favorite games.

Anything that came after "X-Wing vs TIE Fighter" shouldn't have been honored with the Star Wars name.

[HyperTek]

i had both x-wing and tie fighter on diskettes , i remember one of the disks went bad and it really sucked lol. Then I did buy xwing vs tie fighter, i probably lost that by now lol

[spooled240]

A part of my childhood just died..

[AFSil80]

i had both x-wing and tie fighter on diskettes , i remember one of the disks went bad and it really sucked lol. Then I did buy xwing vs tie fighter, i probably lost that by now lol

I remember feeling like I was on top of the world when I finally blew up a Star Destroyer.

[spooled240]

I remember playing that but I lost the book where you had to type in the code so I couldn't play it anymore :/

[Walperstyle]

NOTE: George Lucas is the 2nd largest Shareholder of Disney

If you guys don't already know, ol George is the largest living shareholder to Disney (estate of Steve Jobs is the largest). So, as much as you like to think your childhood is being destroyed, its not.

What is happening is George Lucas basically used Disney's money to pay his own personal bank accounts for the name of the Star Wars franchise. This makes him Uber wealthy, yet he still has control. The money isn't protected in a corporate account anymore, its a personal account or trust. Doing this, it allows him to 'cut' out a lot of stuff that isn't doing anything. Lucas Arts will evolve into something better or smaller in a different name, and the titles will still be better.

I don't think any of you really see the bigger picture. Its called hardcore downsizing while being rich and keeping total control.

Stop living in the past.

[EDacIouSX]

best way i think to watch the movies these days is to watch episode 4, 5, 1, 2, 3, 6. 1,2,3 will serve as a flash back memory between episodes 5 and 6.


yea man, pretty sad that lucasarts got shut down. It was such an awesome developer back in the day..... it sucked the past 10 years.