George Lucas, Disney, STAR WARS and The Future

Hey. By now you all know about Mr. George Lucas selling his LucasFilm Ltd. to The Walt Disney Company for 4 billion dollars. And the reaction to it has been extremely vocal to say the least. Some out of pure anger. Some out of confusion. And some out of fear that this is the final nail in the coffin for the STAR WARS franchise. Me, personally? I'm sorta on the fence with this whole thing. I mean, I've been a STAR WARS fan for as long as I can remember. Heck, I even watch the less-receivable prequels! HA! HA! But I'm not a straight up, hardcore worshiper like some many out there! So I'm not going to go on some anti-George Lucas tirade just because he did what he felt was best for his company! On the other hand,  I am very fearful at what Disney is going to do with LucasFilm now that they own it. There's already a brand new STAR WARS trilogy planned with "Episode VII" being out in 2015 as some of you know. What's it going to be about? What timeframe will it be in? Will Luke(Mark Hamill), Han(Harrison Ford) and Leia(Carrie Fisher) be in it? Will the Empire still be around? Will the Ewoks make an appearance(ha ha)? And what's next after the trilogy, eh? When, or if they're done with STAR WARS, they might turn their attention to other LucasFilm franchises. Like Indiana Jones. There's already a STAR WARS TV show planned for ABC(which is another property owned by Disney, by the way). Why not an Indiana Jones show? Or another IJ movie?! Or a new IJ trilogy?! How 'bout "American Graffiti"? Yeah, bring back "American Graffitti"! They can make new characters, set it 20 years later and call it "American Graffitti: The Next Generation"! Won't that be great?! Hell, why not bring back "Howard The Duck"?! They can make an animated series with Lea Thompson as the voice of Beverly! Cool, huh? Or how bout' the long awaited sequel to "Willow"? Or a remake of "THX 1138"? THE POSSIBILTIES ARE ENDLESS!! Well, we'll just have to wait and see what this Disney-Lucasfilm marriage has in store for us. Whether good or bad, it's a sure bet it's going to be a wild and exciting ride! Bye 4 now, and MAY THE FORCE BE WITH US!