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Lucasfilm

January 19, 2024

For the American video game licensor (formerly known as LucasArts), see Lucasfilm Games.

Lucasfilm Ltd. LLC is an American film and television production company founded by filmmaker George Lucas in 1971 in San Rafael, California, though most of the company's operations were moved to San Francisco in 2005.[3] It has been a subsidiary of Walt Disney Studios since 2012 and is best known for creating and producing the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises, as well as its leadership in developing special effects, sound, and computer animation for films.

Lucasfilm Ltd. LLC
Lucasfilm headquarters at the Letterman Digital Arts Center
Lucasfilm Ltd.
Formerly
  • Lucasfilm (1971–1977)
  • Lucasfilm Ltd. (1977–2012)
TypeSubsidiary
Industry
  • Film
  • television
FoundedDecember 10, 1971; 52 years ago (1971-12-10) in San Rafael, California, U.S.
FounderGeorge Lucas
HeadquartersLetterman Digital Arts Center,
San Francisco, California
,
U.S.
Number of locations
6
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Brands
OwnerDisney Entertainment (The Walt Disney Company)
Number of employees
2,000 (2015)[2]
ParentWalt Disney Studios
Divisions
Websitewww.lucasfilm.com

The company's films Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999), Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016), Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017), and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019) are all among the 50 highest-grossing films of all time, with The Force Awakens becoming the highest-grossing film in the United States and Canada. On October 30, 2012, Disney acquired Lucasfilm for $4.05 billion in the form of cash and stock with $1.855 billion in stock.[4][5][6][7]

History edit

Independent era (1971–2012) edit

Lucasfilm was founded by filmmaker George Lucas in 1971 in San Rafael, California,[8] and was incorporated as Lucasfilm Ltd. on September 12, 1977.[9] In the mid-1970s, the company's offices were located on the Universal Studios Lot.[10] Lucas founded the Star Wars Corporation, Inc. as a subsidiary to control various legal and financial aspects of Star Wars (1977),[11] including copyright, and sequel and merchandising rights. It also produced the 1978 Star Wars Holiday Special for 20th Century Fox Television.[12] That year, Lucas hired Los Angeles-based real-estate specialist Charles Weber to manage the company, telling him that he could keep the job as long as he made money.[13] Lucas wanted the focus of the company to be making independent films, but the company gradually became enlarged from five employees to almost 100, increasing in middle management and running up costs. In 1980, after Weber asked Lucas for fifty million dollars to invest in other companies and suggested that they sell Skywalker Ranch to do so, Lucas fired Weber and had to let half of the Los Angeles staff go.[13] By the same year, the corporate subsidiary had been discontinued and its business was absorbed into the various divisions of Lucasfilm.

Between 1981 and 1989, three Indiana Jones films, stories by Lucas and directed by Steven Spielberg, were released. While Return of the Jedi (1983) was in production, Lucas decided not to pursue further Star Wars films.[14] Unhappy with the cinema presentation of Return of the Jedi, he created the company THX, which was unveiled on May 20, 1983.[15] Lucasfilm produced the John Korty-directed animated film Twice Upon a Time (1983). 1985 saw the release of Paul Schrader's Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters. The next year, Jim Henson's Labyrinth and an adaptation of Marvel Comics' Howard the Duck were released. Ron Howard directed the fantasy film Willow in 1988 (story by Lucas); the same year the children's animated film The Land Before Time was released. From 1992 to 1993, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles television series was produced. (created by Lucas) In 1992, after viewing an early computer-generated imagery test created by Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) for Jurassic Park, Lucas announced his intentions to produce a Star Wars Prequel Trilogy.[16] In 1994, the long-delayed Radioland Murders (story by Lucas) was released. In 1995, Lucas began production on the prequel trilogy. The trilogy took 10 years to make, ending with the release of the third prequel Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith in 2005. In addition to the prequels, Lucas released the Special Editions for the Star Wars Original Trilogy in 1997, 2004 and 2011, for VHS, DVD and Blu-ray.

In 1987, the company, which at that time, was expanding from three to five films a year on its own, decided to increase making its Northern California production facilities available to other filmmakers.[17] In 1989, Lucasfilm launched a new subsidiary Lucasfilm Entertainment Group (later LucasArts Entertainment Company) to consolidate all four units, which are Industrial Light & Magic, Lucasfilm Commercial Productions, Lucasfilm Games, and Sprocket Systems.[18]

In 2005, Lucasfilm opened a new studio in Singapore.[19] That same year, Lucasfilm Animation commenced production of a 3D animated Star Wars television series called Star Wars: The Clone Wars, with key production team members including executive producer Catherine Winder, supervising director Dave Filoni, Head of Lucasfilm Animation Singapore Chris Kubsch, and Henry Gilroy.[20] Primary production took place at Lucasfilm Animation's Singapore studio.[21] Airing on Cartoon Network between 2008 and 2013,[22] The Clone Wars was well received by fans and was nominated for several film awards including the Daytime Emmy Awards and the Annie Awards.[23][24]

In January 2012, Lucas announced his retirement from producing large-scale blockbuster films and instead re-focusing his career on smaller, independently budgeted features.[25][26] In June 2012, it was announced that Kathleen Kennedy, a long-term collaborator with Steven Spielberg and a producer of the Indiana Jones films, had been appointed as co-chair of Lucasfilm Ltd. It was reported that Kennedy would work alongside Lucas, who would remain chief executive and serve as co-chairman for at least one year, after which she would succeed him as the company's chairperson, which she did in June 2013.[27]

On July 8, 2012, Lucasfilm's marketing, online, and licensing units moved into the new Letterman Digital Arts Center located in the Presidio in San Francisco. It shares the complex with Industrial Light & Magic. Lucasfilm had planned an expansion at Skywalker Ranch in Marin County, California, but shelved the plan in 2012 due to opposition from neighbors. However, it still plans to expand elsewhere.[28] Skywalker Sound remains the only Lucasfilm division based at Skywalker Ranch.[29]

On September 5, 2012, Micheline Chau, who served as president and COO of Lucasfilm for two decades, announced that she was retiring. With her departure, senior executives for each of the Lucasfilm divisions would report directly to Kathleen Kennedy. Chau was credited with keeping the Lucasfilm and Star Wars brands strong, especially through animation spin-offs and licensing initiatives.[30]

Subsidiary of The Walt Disney Studios (2012–present) edit

Acquisition process edit

Discussions relating to the possibility of The Walt Disney Company signing a distribution deal with Lucasfilm officially began in May 2011, after a meeting that George Lucas had with the then Disney CEO Bob Iger during the inauguration of the Star Tours – The Adventures Continue attraction.[31] Lucas told Iger he was considering retirement and planned to sell the company, as well as the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises.[32] On October 30, 2012, Disney announced a deal to acquire Lucasfilm for $4.05 billion,[33] with approximately half in cash and half in shares of Disney stock.[4] Lucasfilm had previously collaborated with the company's Walt Disney Imagineering division to create theme park attractions centered on Star Wars and Indiana Jones for various Walt Disney Parks and Resorts worldwide.[34]

Kathleen Kennedy, co-chairwoman of Lucasfilm, became president of Lucasfilm, reporting to Walt Disney Studios Chairman Alan Horn. Additionally, she serves as the brand manager for Star Wars, working directly with Disney's global lines of business to build, further integrate, and maximize the value of this global franchise. Kennedy serves as producer on new Star Wars feature films, with George Lucas originally announced as serving as a creative consultant.[35] The company also announced the future release of new Star Wars films, starting with Episode VII: The Force Awakens in 2015.[34]

Under the deal, Disney acquired ownership of Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and Lucasfilm's operating businesses in live-action film production, consumer products, video games, animation, visual effects, and audio post-production.[36] Disney also acquired Lucasfilm's portfolio of entertainment technologies. The intent was for Lucasfilm employees to remain in their current locations.[37] Star Wars merchandising would begin under Disney in the fiscal year 2014.[38] Starting with Star Wars Rebels, certain products will be co-branded with the Disney name,[39][40] akin to what Disney has done with Pixar.[41] On December 4, 2012, the Disney-Lucasfilm merger was approved by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), allowing the acquisition to be finalized without dealing with antitrust problems.[42] On December 18, 2012, Lucasfilm Ltd. converted from a corporation to a limited liability company (LLC), changing its name to Lucasfilm Ltd. LLC in the process.[43] On December 21, 2012, Disney completed the acquisition and Lucasfilm became a wholly owned subsidiary of Disney.[6][7]

At the time of Disney's acquisition of Lucasfilm, 20th Century Fox, the original distributor of the first six Star Wars films, were to retain the physical and theatrical distribution rights to both the prequel trilogy and Episodes V and VI of the original trilogy until May 2020, along with full distribution rights for the original 1977 film in perpetuity.[44] Lucasfilm retained the television and digital distribution rights to Star Wars Episodes I through VI with exception to Episode IV.[45] On March 20, 2019, Disney officially acquired 20th Century Fox after acquiring its owner, 21st Century Fox, thus consolidating all the distribution and ownership rights to all the films under its umbrella.[7] In December 2013, Walt Disney Studios purchased the distribution and marketing rights to future Indiana Jones films from Paramount Pictures, although the latter studio would retain the distribution rights to the first four films and would receive "financial participation" from any additional films.[46][47] This would make the fifth installment, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, become the first film in the franchise and Lucasfilm's first film overall to be co-produced by Walt Disney Pictures.[48]

Kathleen Kennedy era, 2012–present edit

In early 2013, Iger confirmed that Lucasfilm planned to have standalone Star Wars films released during the six-year period the Sequel Trilogy was released.[49] The first of these released was Rogue One (2016),[50] and the second was Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018).[51]

In April 2013, the video game development arm at LucasArts was closed down and most of its staff laid off.[52][53] LucasArts remained open with a skeleton staff of fewer than ten employees so it could retain its function as a video game licensor.[54] On May 6, 2013, Disney announced an exclusive deal with Electronic Arts (EA) to produce Star Wars games for the core gaming market for a decade. LucasArts retained the ability to license, and Disney Interactive Studios retained the ability to develop Star Wars games for the casual gaming market. On April 14, 2014, EA released its first Star Wars game under the Disney brand and their ten-year contract is set to expire on April 14, 2024.[55][56]

On January 3, 2014, Lucasfilm announced that Dark Horse Comics' license for Star Wars comics would end in 2015, and return to fellow Disney subsidiary Marvel Comics.[57] On April 24, 2014, Lucasfilm announced that the Star Wars Expanded Universe would be rebranded 'Legends' and no longer be canon and that only Lucas' episodic films and The Clone Wars would be considered canon in addition to new works, including the Rebels animated series, which would be overseen by a new story group.[58] Disney Publishing Worldwide also announced that Del Rey would publish a new line of canon Star Wars books under the Lucasfilm story group being released starting in September on a bi-monthly schedule.[59]

On January 16, 2014, Lucasfilm opened its Sandcrawler building on Fusionopolis View in Singapore as its regional headquarters with all staff moved from Changi Business Park. The Walt Disney Company Southeast Asia and ESPN Asia Pacific were also moved into the building.[19] Between December 2015 and May 2018, Lucasfilm released four Star Wars cinematic films: Episode VII: The Force Awakens (December 18, 2015),[60] Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (December 10, 2016),[50] Episode VIII: The Last Jedi (December 9, 2017),[61] and Solo: A Star Wars Story (May 10, 2018).[51] While The Force Awakens, Rogue One, and The Last Jedi were critical and box office successes, Solo received mixed responses and underperformed at the box office.[62][63][64][65]

In April 2017, IDW Publishing acquired a license to produce a range of all-ages Star Wars comics, commencing with Star Wars Adventures.[66]

In mid-September 2018, Disney CEO Bob Iger stated in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter that there would be a "slow down" in the production of Star Wars films following the under-performance of Solo at the box office. In addition, Iger also confirmed that several Star Wars films including The Rise of Skywalker and David Benioff and D. B. Weiss' films were in development.[67][68][69] Benioff and Weiss subsequently exited their film production deal with Lucasfilm in October 2019 after entering into a US$200 million film production deal with Netflix.[70]

In late September 2018, Kennedy's contract as president was renewed for three additional years and was set to retire on October 30, 2021.[71] In June 2019, Michelle Rejwan was named as senior vice president of live-action development and production.[72] On December 20, 2019, Lucasfilm released its fifth cinematic film The Rise of Skywalker, which wrapped up The Skywalker Saga and received mixed reception from fans and critics.[73]

In addition to the cinematic films, Lucasfilm Animation also produced several animated television shows including Star Wars Rebels (2014–2018),[74] Star Wars Forces of Destiny (2017–2018),[75] and Star Wars Resistance (2018–2020).[76] In October 2018, Lucasfilm commenced work on a live-action streaming series called The Mandalorian with Jon Favreau, Dave Filoni, Kathleen Kennedy, and Colin Wilson serving as executive producers.[77] Premiering on the Disney+ streaming service on November 12, 2019,[78] the series received critical acclaim and was renewed for a second season.[79]

In late February 2020, Lucasfilm launched a multimedia publishing project called Star Wars: The High Republic, which is set 200 years before the events of The Phantom Menace and features the Jedi at the height of their power. The High Republic involved several authors including Claudia Gray, Justina Ireland, Daniel José Older, Cavan Scott and Charles Soule.[80][81]

During Disney Investor Day's conference in December 2020, Kennedy announced that Lucasfilm would be producing several new films and television shows including a Rogue Squadron movie directed by Patty Jenkins, an untitled film Star Wars film co-written and directed by Taika Waititi, the Ahsoka, Rangers of the New Republic, Andor, Obi-Wan Kenobi and The Acolyte live-action Disney+ streaming series, the animated Star Wars: The Bad Batch and anime Star Wars: Visions Disney+ streaming series. In addition, Lucasfilm announced that it was working on a sequel to the 1988 fantasy film Willow and an adaptation of Tomi Adeyemi's young adult novel Children of Blood and Bone.[82][83]

In the summer of 2020, Lucasfilm quietly promoted Dave Filoni as executive producer and executive creative director for the studio. However, his promotion was never announced to the public until Lucasfilm updated its list of executives on its website with the addition of Filoni in May 2021.[84][85]

In mid-November 2021, Dark Horse Comics announced that it would be collaborating with Lucasfilm and Disney Publishing Worldwide to publish a new line of all-ages Star Wars comics and graphic novels. Dark Horse had previously held the licensing rights for producing Star Wars comics between 1991 and 2015.[86][87]

In January 2022, Paramount Pictures acquired the rights to Adeyemi's Children of Blood and Bone from Lucasfilm.[88] According to The Hollywood Reporter, Adeyemi had grown dissatisfied with the pace of Lucasfilm's production efforts and their decision to deny her request to serve as scriptwriter. Since Lucasfilm wanted to focus on its own intellectual properties Star Wars, Willow and Indiana Jones, the company allowed the rights to Children of Blood and Bone to lapse in late 2021.[89]

In mid-September 2022, Lucasfilm confirmed release dates for several television series including Andor, Willow, the second season of Star Wars: The Bad Batch, and the third season of The Mandalorian at the D23 expo. In addition, Lucasfilm confirmed that it was working on several new productions including the animated series Tales of the Jedi, the live-action series Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, a fifth Indiana Jones film, and the animated series Young Jedi Adventures.[90][91]

In November 2022, Studio Ghibli teased a collaboration with Lucasfilm on Twitter.[92] This was then promptly revealed to be Zen - Grogu and Dust Bunnies, an animated short film set in the Star Wars universe, to be released on Disney+.[93]

In April 2023, Kennedy confirmed that Lucasfilm was working on three live-action films by James Mangold, Dave Filoni, and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy. Mangold's film will explore the dawn of the Jedi while Filoni's film will be set in the New Republic era and connect several Disney+ TV shows including The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett, and Ahsoka. Obaid-Chinoy's film will be set after the events of The Rise of Skywalker with Daisy Ridley reprising her role as Rey.[94][95] In addition, Lucasfilm confirmed that Ahsoka would be released in August 2023 and The Acolyte would be released in 2024.[95]

The company's ILM division shut down its Singapore visual effects and animation studio in August 2023, affecting 340 jobs.[96][97][98] Disney confirmed that it would be helping employees to either find work with local companies with similar skills requirements or relocate to ILM's other studios in Vancouver, London, Sydney and Mumbai. An ILM Singapore employee confirmed that the closure of the Singaporean studio was linked to the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike.[98]

Company structure edit

Former divisions edit

Former subsidiaries of Lucasfilm are:

Name Description Current Status Details
Pixar Animation Studios Computer animation studio that was sold to Steve Jobs in 1986. Active It became a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company in 2006, six years prior to Disney's acquisition of Lucasfilm in December 2012.
THX Theater sound system (spun off from Lucasfilm in 2002)[104] Active Creative Technology owned 60% of THX,[105] and then sold to Razer Inc. in 2016.
Kerner Optical Practical effects division (model shop) and 3-D development team (spun off from Industrial Light & Magic in 2006) Closed Subsequently went bankrupt in 2011[106]
Lucas Learning A spinoff of LucasArts for the development of educational software. Closed In 2001, Lucas Learning decided to leave the market and shut down this division.[107]
Lucas Online In house web development company that built and maintained the websites of the other Lucasfilm Ltd. companies and properties. Closed

Filmography edit

Main article: List of Lucasfilm productions

Franchises edit

Year Title Films TV Seasons
1973–1979 American Graffiti 2 0
1977–present Star Wars 12 28
1981–present Indiana Jones 5 3
1988–present Willow 1 1

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lucasfilm, american, video, game, licensor, formerly, known, lucasarts, games, american, film, television, production, company, founded, filmmaker, george, lucas, 1971, rafael, california, though, most, company, operations, were, moved, francisco, 2005, been, . For the American video game licensor formerly known as LucasArts see Lucasfilm Games Lucasfilm Ltd LLC is an American film and television production company founded by filmmaker George Lucas in 1971 in San Rafael California though most of the company s operations were moved to San Francisco in 2005 3 It has been a subsidiary of Walt Disney Studios since 2012 and is best known for creating and producing the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises as well as its leadership in developing special effects sound and computer animation for films Lucasfilm Ltd LLCLucasfilm headquarters at the Letterman Digital Arts CenterTrade nameLucasfilm Ltd FormerlyLucasfilm 1971 1977 Lucasfilm Ltd 1977 2012 TypeSubsidiaryIndustryFilmtelevisionFoundedDecember 10 1971 52 years ago 1971 12 10 in San Rafael California U S FounderGeorge LucasHeadquartersLetterman Digital Arts Center San Francisco California U S Number of locations6Area servedWorldwideKey peopleKathleen Kennedy president Lynwen Brennan EVP general manager 1 Dave Filoni chief creative officer BrandsStar WarsIndiana JonesOwnerDisney Entertainment The Walt Disney Company Number of employees2 000 2015 2 ParentWalt Disney StudiosDivisionsIndustrial Light amp Magic Lucasfilm Animation Lucasfilm Games Skywalker SoundWebsitewww wbr lucasfilm wbr comThe company s films Star Wars Episode I The Phantom Menace 1999 Star Wars The Force Awakens 2015 Rogue One A Star Wars Story 2016 Star Wars The Last Jedi 2017 and Star Wars The Rise of Skywalker 2019 are all among the 50 highest grossing films of all time with The Force Awakens becoming the highest grossing film in the United States and Canada On October 30 2012 Disney acquired Lucasfilm for 4 05 billion in the form of cash and stock with 1 855 billion in stock 4 5 6 7 Contents 1 History 1 1 Independent era 1971 2012 1 2 Subsidiary of The Walt Disney Studios 2012 present 1 2 1 Acquisition process 1 2 2 Kathleen Kennedy era 2012 present 2 Company structure 2 1 Former divisions 3 Filmography 3 1 Franchises 4 References 5 External linksHistory editIndependent era 1971 2012 edit Lucasfilm was founded by filmmaker George Lucas in 1971 in San Rafael California 8 and was incorporated as Lucasfilm Ltd on September 12 1977 9 In the mid 1970s the company s offices were located on the Universal Studios Lot 10 Lucas founded the Star Wars Corporation Inc as a subsidiary to control various legal and financial aspects of Star Wars 1977 11 including copyright and sequel and merchandising rights It also produced the 1978 Star Wars Holiday Special for 20th Century Fox Television 12 That year Lucas hired Los Angeles based real estate specialist Charles Weber to manage the company telling him that he could keep the job as long as he made money 13 Lucas wanted the focus of the company to be making independent films but the company gradually became enlarged from five employees to almost 100 increasing in middle management and running up costs In 1980 after Weber asked Lucas for fifty million dollars to invest in other companies and suggested that they sell Skywalker Ranch to do so Lucas fired Weber and had to let half of the Los Angeles staff go 13 By the same year the corporate subsidiary had been discontinued and its business was absorbed into the various divisions of Lucasfilm Between 1981 and 1989 three Indiana Jones films stories by Lucas and directed by Steven Spielberg were released While Return of the Jedi 1983 was in production Lucas decided not to pursue further Star Wars films 14 Unhappy with the cinema presentation of Return of the Jedi he created the company THX which was unveiled on May 20 1983 15 Lucasfilm produced the John Korty directed animated film Twice Upon a Time 1983 1985 saw the release of Paul Schrader s Mishima A Life in Four Chapters The next year Jim Henson s Labyrinth and an adaptation of Marvel Comics Howard the Duck were released Ron Howard directed the fantasy film Willow in 1988 story by Lucas the same year the children s animated film The Land Before Time was released From 1992 to 1993 The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles television series was produced created by Lucas In 1992 after viewing an early computer generated imagery test created by Industrial Light amp Magic ILM for Jurassic Park Lucas announced his intentions to produce a Star Wars Prequel Trilogy 16 In 1994 the long delayed Radioland Murders story by Lucas was released In 1995 Lucas began production on the prequel trilogy The trilogy took 10 years to make ending with the release of the third prequel Star Wars Episode III Revenge of the Sith in 2005 In addition to the prequels Lucas released the Special Editions for the Star Wars Original Trilogy in 1997 2004 and 2011 for VHS DVD and Blu ray In 1987 the company which at that time was expanding from three to five films a year on its own decided to increase making its Northern California production facilities available to other filmmakers 17 In 1989 Lucasfilm launched a new subsidiary Lucasfilm Entertainment Group later LucasArts Entertainment Company to consolidate all four units which are Industrial Light amp Magic Lucasfilm Commercial Productions Lucasfilm Games and Sprocket Systems 18 In 2005 Lucasfilm opened a new studio in Singapore 19 That same year Lucasfilm Animation commenced production of a 3D animated Star Wars television series called Star Wars The Clone Wars with key production team members including executive producer Catherine Winder supervising director Dave Filoni Head of Lucasfilm Animation Singapore Chris Kubsch and Henry Gilroy 20 Primary production took place at Lucasfilm Animation s Singapore studio 21 Airing on Cartoon Network between 2008 and 2013 22 The Clone Wars was well received by fans and was nominated for several film awards including the Daytime Emmy Awards and the Annie Awards 23 24 In January 2012 Lucas announced his retirement from producing large scale blockbuster films and instead re focusing his career on smaller independently budgeted features 25 26 In June 2012 it was announced that Kathleen Kennedy a long term collaborator with Steven Spielberg and a producer of the Indiana Jones films had been appointed as co chair of Lucasfilm Ltd It was reported that Kennedy would work alongside Lucas who would remain chief executive and serve as co chairman for at least one year after which she would succeed him as the company s chairperson which she did in June 2013 27 On July 8 2012 Lucasfilm s marketing online and licensing units moved into the new Letterman Digital Arts Center located in the Presidio in San Francisco It shares the complex with Industrial Light amp Magic Lucasfilm had planned an expansion at Skywalker Ranch in Marin County California but shelved the plan in 2012 due to opposition from neighbors However it still plans to expand elsewhere 28 Skywalker Sound remains the only Lucasfilm division based at Skywalker Ranch 29 On September 5 2012 Micheline Chau who served as president and COO of Lucasfilm for two decades announced that she was retiring With her departure senior executives for each of the Lucasfilm divisions would report directly to Kathleen Kennedy Chau was credited with keeping the Lucasfilm and Star Wars brands strong especially through animation spin offs and licensing initiatives 30 Subsidiary of The Walt Disney Studios 2012 present edit Acquisition process edit Discussions relating to the possibility of The Walt Disney Company signing a distribution deal with Lucasfilm officially began in May 2011 after a meeting that George Lucas had with the then Disney CEO Bob Iger during the inauguration of the Star Tours The Adventures Continue attraction 31 Lucas told Iger he was considering retirement and planned to sell the company as well as the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises 32 On October 30 2012 Disney announced a deal to acquire Lucasfilm for 4 05 billion 33 with approximately half in cash and half in shares of Disney stock 4 Lucasfilm had previously collaborated with the company s Walt Disney Imagineering division to create theme park attractions centered on Star Wars and Indiana Jones for various Walt Disney Parks and Resorts worldwide 34 Kathleen Kennedy co chairwoman of Lucasfilm became president of Lucasfilm reporting to Walt Disney Studios Chairman Alan Horn Additionally she serves as the brand manager for Star Wars working directly with Disney s global lines of business to build further integrate and maximize the value of this global franchise Kennedy serves as producer on new Star Wars feature films with George Lucas originally announced as serving as a creative consultant 35 The company also announced the future release of new Star Wars films starting with Episode VII The Force Awakens in 2015 34 Under the deal Disney acquired ownership of Star Wars Indiana Jones and Lucasfilm s operating businesses in live action film production consumer products video games animation visual effects and audio post production 36 Disney also acquired Lucasfilm s portfolio of entertainment technologies The intent was for Lucasfilm employees to remain in their current locations 37 Star Wars merchandising would begin under Disney in the fiscal year 2014 38 Starting with Star Wars Rebels certain products will be co branded with the Disney name 39 40 akin to what Disney has done with Pixar 41 On December 4 2012 the Disney Lucasfilm merger was approved by the Federal Trade Commission FTC allowing the acquisition to be finalized without dealing with antitrust problems 42 On December 18 2012 Lucasfilm Ltd converted from a corporation to a limited liability company LLC changing its name to Lucasfilm Ltd LLC in the process 43 On December 21 2012 Disney completed the acquisition and Lucasfilm became a wholly owned subsidiary of Disney 6 7 At the time of Disney s acquisition of Lucasfilm 20th Century Fox the original distributor of the first six Star Wars films were to retain the physical and theatrical distribution rights to both the prequel trilogy and Episodes V and VI of the original trilogy until May 2020 along with full distribution rights for the original 1977 film in perpetuity 44 Lucasfilm retained the television and digital distribution rights to Star Wars Episodes I through VI with exception to Episode IV 45 On March 20 2019 Disney officially acquired 20th Century Fox after acquiring its owner 21st Century Fox thus consolidating all the distribution and ownership rights to all the films under its umbrella 7 In December 2013 Walt Disney Studios purchased the distribution and marketing rights to future Indiana Jones films from Paramount Pictures although the latter studio would retain the distribution rights to the first four films and would receive financial participation from any additional films 46 47 This would make the fifth installment Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny become the first film in the franchise and Lucasfilm s first film overall to be co produced by Walt Disney Pictures 48 Kathleen Kennedy era 2012 present edit This section may be too long and excessively detailed Please consider summarizing the material August 2023 In early 2013 Iger confirmed that Lucasfilm planned to have standalone Star Wars films released during the six year period the Sequel Trilogy was released 49 The first of these released was Rogue One 2016 50 and the second was Solo A Star Wars Story 2018 51 In April 2013 the video game development arm at LucasArts was closed down and most of its staff laid off 52 53 LucasArts remained open with a skeleton staff of fewer than ten employees so it could retain its function as a video game licensor 54 On May 6 2013 Disney announced an exclusive deal with Electronic Arts EA to produce Star Wars games for the core gaming market for a decade LucasArts retained the ability to license and Disney Interactive Studios retained the ability to develop Star Wars games for the casual gaming market On April 14 2014 EA released its first Star Wars game under the Disney brand and their ten year contract is set to expire on April 14 2024 55 56 On January 3 2014 Lucasfilm announced that Dark Horse Comics license for Star Wars comics would end in 2015 and return to fellow Disney subsidiary Marvel Comics 57 On April 24 2014 Lucasfilm announced that the Star Wars Expanded Universe would be rebranded Legends and no longer be canon and that only Lucas episodic films and The Clone Wars would be considered canon in addition to new works including the Rebels animated series which would be overseen by a new story group 58 Disney Publishing Worldwide also announced that Del Rey would publish a new line of canon Star Wars books under the Lucasfilm story group being released starting in September on a bi monthly schedule 59 On January 16 2014 Lucasfilm opened its Sandcrawler building on Fusionopolis View in Singapore as its regional headquarters with all staff moved from Changi Business Park The Walt Disney Company Southeast Asia and ESPN Asia Pacific were also moved into the building 19 Between December 2015 and May 2018 Lucasfilm released four Star Wars cinematic films Episode VII The Force Awakens December 18 2015 60 Rogue One A Star Wars Story December 10 2016 50 Episode VIII The Last Jedi December 9 2017 61 and Solo A Star Wars Story May 10 2018 51 While The Force Awakens Rogue One and The Last Jedi were critical and box office successes Solo received mixed responses and underperformed at the box office 62 63 64 65 In April 2017 IDW Publishing acquired a license to produce a range of all ages Star Wars comics commencing with Star Wars Adventures 66 In mid September 2018 Disney CEO Bob Iger stated in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter that there would be a slow down in the production of Star Wars films following the under performance of Solo at the box office In addition Iger also confirmed that several Star Wars films including The Rise of Skywalker and David Benioff and D B Weiss films were in development 67 68 69 Benioff and Weiss subsequently exited their film production deal with Lucasfilm in October 2019 after entering into a US 200 million film production deal with Netflix 70 In late September 2018 Kennedy s contract as president was renewed for three additional years and was set to retire on October 30 2021 71 In June 2019 Michelle Rejwan was named as senior vice president of live action development and production 72 On December 20 2019 Lucasfilm released its fifth cinematic film The Rise of Skywalker which wrapped up The Skywalker Saga and received mixed reception from fans and critics 73 In addition to the cinematic films Lucasfilm Animation also produced several animated television shows including Star Wars Rebels 2014 2018 74 Star Wars Forces of Destiny 2017 2018 75 and Star Wars Resistance 2018 2020 76 In October 2018 Lucasfilm commenced work on a live action streaming series called The Mandalorian with Jon Favreau Dave Filoni Kathleen Kennedy and Colin Wilson serving as executive producers 77 Premiering on the Disney streaming service on November 12 2019 78 the series received critical acclaim and was renewed for a second season 79 In late February 2020 Lucasfilm launched a multimedia publishing project called Star Wars The High Republic which is set 200 years before the events of The Phantom Menace and features the Jedi at the height of their power The High Republic involved several authors including Claudia Gray Justina Ireland Daniel Jose Older Cavan Scott and Charles Soule 80 81 During Disney Investor Day s conference in December 2020 Kennedy announced that Lucasfilm would be producing several new films and television shows including a Rogue Squadron movie directed by Patty Jenkins an untitled film Star Wars film co written and directed by Taika Waititi the Ahsoka Rangers of the New Republic Andor Obi Wan Kenobi and The Acolyte live action Disney streaming series the animated Star Wars The Bad Batch and anime Star Wars Visions Disney streaming series In addition Lucasfilm announced that it was working on a sequel to the 1988 fantasy film Willow and an adaptation of Tomi Adeyemi s young adult novel Children of Blood and Bone 82 83 In the summer of 2020 Lucasfilm quietly promoted Dave Filoni as executive producer and executive creative director for the studio However his promotion was never announced to the public until Lucasfilm updated its list of executives on its website with the addition of Filoni in May 2021 84 85 In mid November 2021 Dark Horse Comics announced that it would be collaborating with Lucasfilm and Disney Publishing Worldwide to publish a new line of all ages Star Wars comics and graphic novels Dark Horse had previously held the licensing rights for producing Star Wars comics between 1991 and 2015 86 87 In January 2022 Paramount Pictures acquired the rights to Adeyemi s Children of Blood and Bone from Lucasfilm 88 According to The Hollywood Reporter Adeyemi had grown dissatisfied with the pace of Lucasfilm s production efforts and their decision to deny her request to serve as scriptwriter Since Lucasfilm wanted to focus on its own intellectual properties Star Wars Willow and Indiana Jones the company allowed the rights to Children of Blood and Bone to lapse in late 2021 89 In mid September 2022 Lucasfilm confirmed release dates for several television series including Andor Willow the second season of Star Wars The Bad Batch and the third season of The Mandalorian at the D23 expo In addition Lucasfilm confirmed that it was working on several new productions including the animated series Tales of the Jedi the live action series Star Wars Skeleton Crew a fifth Indiana Jones film and the animated series Young Jedi Adventures 90 91 In November 2022 Studio Ghibli teased a collaboration with Lucasfilm on Twitter 92 This was then promptly revealed to be Zen Grogu and Dust Bunnies an animated short film set in the Star Wars universe to be released on Disney 93 In April 2023 Kennedy confirmed that Lucasfilm was working on three live action films by James Mangold Dave Filoni and Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy Mangold s film will explore the dawn of the Jedi while Filoni s film will be set in the New Republic era and connect several Disney TV shows including The Mandalorian The Book of Boba Fett and Ahsoka Obaid Chinoy s film will be set after the events of The Rise of Skywalker with Daisy Ridley reprising her role as Rey 94 95 In addition Lucasfilm confirmed that Ahsoka would be released in August 2023 and The Acolyte would be released in 2024 95 The company s ILM division shut down its Singapore visual effects and animation studio in August 2023 affecting 340 jobs 96 97 98 Disney confirmed that it would be helping employees to either find work with local companies with similar skills requirements or relocate to ILM s other studios in Vancouver London Sydney and Mumbai An ILM Singapore employee confirmed that the closure of the Singaporean studio was linked to the 2023 SAG AFTRA strike 98 Company structure editIndustrial Light amp Magic visual effects Lucas Studio visual effects ILM Vancouver ILM London ILM Mumbai ILM Sydney ILM Immersive 99 Skywalker Sound post production sound design Lucasfilm Games 100 video games Lucasfilm Animation animation Lucas Licensing licensing and merchandising Lucas Books book publishing imprint of Del Rey Books licensed from Lucasfilm 101 Lucasfilm Story Group 2012 59 The first two revealed members were Pablo Hidalgo and Leland Chee 102 headed by Kiri Hart 103 as Lucasfilm s SVP Development Former divisions edit Former subsidiaries of Lucasfilm are Name Description Current Status DetailsPixar Animation Studios Computer animation studio that was sold to Steve Jobs in 1986 Active It became a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company in 2006 six years prior to Disney s acquisition of Lucasfilm in December 2012 THX Theater sound system spun off from Lucasfilm in 2002 104 Active Creative Technology owned 60 of THX 105 and then sold to Razer Inc in 2016 Kerner Optical Practical effects division model shop and 3 D development team spun off from Industrial Light amp Magic in 2006 Closed Subsequently went bankrupt in 2011 106 Lucas Learning A spinoff of LucasArts for the development of educational software Closed In 2001 Lucas Learning decided to leave the market and shut down this division 107 Lucas Online In house web development company that built and maintained the websites of the other Lucasfilm Ltd companies and properties ClosedFilmography editMain article List of Lucasfilm productions Franchises edit Year Title Films TV Seasons1973 1979 American Graffiti 2 01977 present Star Wars 12 281981 present Indiana Jones 5 31988 present Willow 1 1References edit Cohen David June 5 2014 Industrial Light amp Magic President Brennan Promoted to General Manager of Lucasfilm Exec The Hollywood Reporter Retrieved June 7 2014 Lev Ram Michal September 10 2015 How Star Wars producer Kathleen Kennedy went from secretary to boss Fortune Time 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