AHC: Have Lucas Sell Star Wars, Not To Disney, But To Marvel Studios

Sorry for another entertainment-related thread but please bear with me everyone! In 2012 IOTL
George Lucas sold STAR WARS to Disney for $4.1 billion(whew!) The challenge here is-

Try to figure out SOME way Lucas instead sells SW to Marvel Studios & Kevin Feige(personally I think that if that had happened we'd be getting a much better crop of SW films but of course that's just my own opinion)
 
I know- but Marvel Studios is a separate entity from that part of Disney(under Kath-
keen Kennedy)that is currently churning out
the new SW films.
Doesn't matter its a wholely owned subsidiary. And frankly I doubt Marvel Entertainment would have the money to buy Star Wars regardless, especially in 2012.

And even setting aside my view of the Marvel's films, their Star Wars comics don't really inspire that much confidence.
 

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Like saying what if instead of selling candy & toys to parents, let’s sell them directly to the toddler.
 
From the replies I got, I can see the posters
on this board think it would have no differ-
ence @ all as both Lucas Films & Marvel
Studios are owned by Disney. It's entirely
understandable to see why people have this
conception- but it's a mistaken conception.
SEE an excellent video on YOU TUBE "Marvel
v LucasFilm: A Tale Of Two Studios" by Mr.
MediaGrade. It points out that, yes, Disney
does have the same rules in place for both studios, does lay down certain lines that
neither can go beyond. But within this framework, both studios are given consid-
erable autonomy. I think this is pretty obvious if you look @ the differing quality of
the films they turn out. (And I wasn't even thinking of comparing TLJ with INFINITY WARS). OR look @ their different attitudes towards their scripts. As I've posted above, Marvel Studios will not greenlight a picture until they feel the script for it has had its problems ironed out. Lucas Films,by contrast, had no qualms about putting on the screen two SW movies done by two dif-
ferent directors with two completely different
visions of what SW is about. The resulting inconsistencies- & problems- did not seem to
be of the least concern to LF.

I could go on, but I think by now everyone
has gotten my point. If MS indeed had ac-
quoted SW in 2012, it would indeed have
made for a considerable difference. So I'd
like to ask again- can anyone figure out a
way MS, not LF, would have acquired SW in
2012? (And please ignore the Thread title
saying WI SW sold to Marvel, not Disney-
my mistake)
 
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Maybe they would keep more of the established universe.

A New Hope remake with

Luke Skywalker - Tom Holland
Han Solo - Robert Downey, Jr.
Princess Leia - Scarlett Johansen
Chewbacca - Mark Ruffalo
Obi-Wan Kenobi - Ewen McGregor

would be awesome to see
 
Maybe they would keep more of the established universe.

A New Hope remake with

Luke Skywalker - Tom Holland
Han Solo - Robert Downey, Jr.
Princess Leia - Scarlett Johansen
Chewbacca - Mark Ruffalo
Obi-Wan Kenobi - Ewen McGregor

would be awesome to see

I don't see Robert Downey Jr as Han. Downey does not have the rouge quality that Han needs IMHO.

And Scarlett Johansen is too old to play Lela. Lela should be played by a actress of similar age to the actor playing Luke.
And why would we need Mark Ruffalo to play Chewie? I stick with Joonas Suotamo who took over the role from Peter Mayhew.
 
I know- but Marvel Studios is a separate entity from that part of Disney(under Kath-
keen Kennedy)that is currently churning out
the new SW films.
That part of Disney is called Lucasfilm, which is the entity that was bought. And Kathleen Kennedy was the co-chair of that company before Disney bought it. And nobody in their right minds will have a production company working for a production company working for a production company. That's not going to make Star Wars production less troubled, it just means whichever director or producer is picked to actually make the movies now has up to three sets of bosses to have to listen to. And regardless of how the movies turn out people are still going to be angry for whatever reason.
 
can we have stan lee-style punchlines in ttl's SW movies? Hell, have Harrison Ford popping in somehow at the end of TTL's Episode IX and going "Nuff said!" as Darth Jar Jar gets killed by Rey. Imagine it.
 
can we have stan lee-style punchlines in ttl's SW movies? Hell, have Harrison Ford popping in somehow at the end of TTL's Episode IX and going "Nuff said!" as Darth Jar Jar gets killed by Rey. Imagine it.
Lee has no basis to sue Marvel over Star Wars, so I doubt anything involving him would be included.
 
OK, if we're gonna reboot ANH(& you can bet your bottom dollar that's exactly what
Disney's gonna do sooner if not later)than
let me throw out these names. Got these
from Corjomc & unclepatrick's posts above,
plus from some suggestions made to me:

Luke Skywalker: Christopher Pine
Han Solo: Luke Evans
Princess Leia: Either Gal Gadot OR Kiera
Knightley
Chewbacca: Jonas Suotamo
Obi-wan Kenobi: Ewan McGregor
Grand Moff Tarkin: Jason Isaacs
 
Hey let's see the Ghostbusters 2016 reboot contreversy and laugh in their face

Leigh Skywalker: Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Hanna Solo: Sarah Silverman
Prince Lucas: Michael B. Jordan
Chewbacca: Lisa Leslie
Obi-wan Kenobi: Meryl Streep
Darth Vader: Rosario Dawson
Grand Moff Tarkin: Lucy Lui
 
Hey let's see the Ghostbusters 2016 reboot contreversy and laugh in their face

Leigh Skywalker: Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Hanna Solo: Sarah Silverman
Prince Lucas: Michael B. Jordan
Chewbacca: Lisa Leslie
Obi-wan Kenobi: Meryl Streep
Darth Vader: Rosario Dawson
Grand Moff Tarkin: Lucy Lui

I would see that movie, for the cast alone, except Grand Moff Tarkin, Lucy Liu, don´t cut it for me, not serious enough or old enough Maybe Christine Baranski?
 
Yeah I'd see it just for the cast but in Lui's defense I think of her as the character she played in Kill Bill when she is playing Tarkin. She can pull off cool and ruthless.

The Silverman-Jordan scenes would be good I think to

I was also thinking of C3PO: paul Bettany and R2-D2 going to Peter Dinklage because he is so typecast it's got to hurt. Hurt all the way to the bank, but hurt nonetheless. Anna Faris as Wedge Antillies

Extras: Old cast in pointless/bad cameos
Bartender at Mos Eisly Cantina: Mark Hamill
Greedo: Carrie Fisher (obviously before she died)
Biggs Darklighter: Harrison Ford
Not the Boy and the Droids you are looking for Trooper: Mark Hamill
 
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