"Oh, that sucks. The thought of Minnie dressed as Princess Leia and Mickey as Indiana Jones makes me hurl."
Is this sarcastic? Disney World has a ride and a special live show at Studios part of the park (who replaced MGM?) of both franchises. They also have had imperial storm troopers, Vader, Darth Maul, and Jedi Knights doing demonstrations in the years I have gone. They've already had Star Wars weekends at the park.
And yes, I have even seen some of these:
https://www.google.com/search?q=mickey+minnie+star+wars&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=KT2QUMKOAsyp0AGG_4B4&biw=1220&bih=612&sei=Mz2QUPfpC6SJ0QHn_4GADw This is not as random as say, the Marvel purchase- which honestly does look great for Marvel since they are making WB/DC Comics look like a bunch of saps in comparison. They have far more ambition and drive to at least get franchises in pre-production since the Disney purchase happened.
As for a possible Episode Seven, at least there are the expansive universe novels which are probably the template for a new movie, but I cannot imagine there not being new central characters.
I'm really surprised 20th century Fox let LucasFilms go. Jordan may be onto something. There were already strains in the marriage with Lucas having WB distribute the Clone Wars animated film and the series, the former which flopped but the TV series has gained a really sizable audience and profitability (and really, it is the only palatable young fan gateway of the prequels). The re-releases have not really set the world on fire while Disney seems to have that figured out.
