George Lucas Almost Ruined Star Wars?? - NAH

This article

http://www.cinemablend.com/new/George-Lucas-Almost-Ruined-Star-Wars-Empire-Strikes-Back-Here-How-66923.html

is reporting that George Lucas did not want Frank Oz to do the voice of Yoda in Star Wars - The Empire Strikes Back.

Obviously a different voice would not have ruined Star Wars and I would argue that Lucas was probably right in trying another voice artist.  I remember the laughter in the theater when we all heard Yoda for the first time and that it was obviously Fozzie Bear.  We now take Yoda as gospel but at the time it was not.  Of course Lucas would have many more opportunities to 'ruin' Star Wars.

Lucasfilm to be bought by Disney

It has been announced today that Disney will be buying Lucasfilm for a cool $4.05 billion. Disney has been purchasing a number big companies over the last decade, including Marvel Comics for $4.2 billion in 2009 and Pixar for $7.4 billion in 2006. It has also been announced Star Wars Episode 7 will be released by Disney in 2015, with further films released every two to three years.

George Lucas Names His Successor

It appears that George Lucas might actually be serious about retiring.  Later in the week he named his successor for Lucas Films and that person is Kathleen Kennedy who works with Steven Speilberg production company.  You can read the full story at this link.

http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2012/06/01/george_lucas_names_kennedy_as_lucasfilm_successor/