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Reactions to Walt Disney Buying Lucasfilm

Walt Disney Co. said Tuesday it is paying $4.05 billion in cash and stock for Lucasfilm Ltd., and said it would make three new Star Wars films, starting in 2015.

Actor Ewan McGregor starred in Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace as Obi-Wan Kenobi in 1999, and again in Episode III: Revenge of the Sith in 2005:
Ewan McGregor @mcgregor_ewan
Wonder if they will need any Obi-Wan Hologram action??! #ep7 #donthecloakagain #thesearenotthedroidsyourlookingfor #movealongmovalong
Tue, Oct 30 2012 18:41:07
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The official Star Wars Twitter account links to a video of George Lucas and Lucasfilm co-chairman Kathleen Kennedy discussing the sale:
Star Wars @starwars
George Lucas & Kathleen Kennedy discuss the future of #Lucasfilm and #StarWars after joining forces with Disney. youtu.be/YyqlTi7lkhY
Tue, Oct 30 2012 14:16:00
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The Wall Street Journal's M&A reporter Anupreeta Das:
Anupreeta Das @PreetaTweets
With Pixar, Marvel, ESPN and now Lucasfilm, feels like #Disney owns entertainment.
Tue, Oct 30 2012 13:18:38
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The mashups are rolling in, under the #disneystarwars hashtag. Jokes about Princess Leia being the latest addition to Disney's princess line-up were particularly prevalent:
A new villain, Disney and George Lucas have created http://pic.twitter.com/vhTJEBCq
Yoda @YOLO_YODA
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Tue, Oct 30 2012 18:57:58
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Darth Vader @DepressedDarth
This means my daughter will finally get to be a Disney princess. #DisneyStarWars
Tue, Oct 30 2012 14:26:28
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Simon Pegg @simonpegg
Does this mean Leia is now a Disney princess? She'll have to go get her nails done with Ariel and lend Pocahontas her metal bikini. #fierce
Tue, Oct 30 2012 16:17:57
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Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff
"Mr. Solo, my name is Nick Fury. I'd like to talk to you about something called The Avengers Initiative." #DisneyStarWars
Tue, Oct 30 2012 13:06:06
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Star2, The Star @MyStarTwo
One more for now: FINDING SOLO, the story of one wookie's search for his lost co-pilot, who was caught in Leia's hairnets. #DisneyStarWars
Tue, Oct 30 2012 19:34:30
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Eloy Corral II @Eloymania
"It's a Parent Trap!" - Han Solo on the planet Disneyworld #DisneyStarWars
Tue, Oct 30 2012 19:43:43
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Mrs Stephen Fry @MrsStephenFry
'These aren't the dwarfs you're looking for.' #disneystarwars
Tue, Oct 30 2012 16:44:09
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