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Why didn't anybody try to outbid Disney for Lucasfilm?

AnonusAnonus
in General
There's a book excerpt that makes it clear that there was a chance for somebody else to show up with a competing offer for the company.

Given that Disney had just seen The Avengers become a cultural phenomenon and had loads of follow-ups in the works, why the fuck did the rest of Hollywood just sit there and let them have the literal Death Star? You can, at least, take News Corporation (getting ready to split in two), Comcast (needed to buy NBCUniversal outright), and Sony (doesn't splurge) out of consideration...though News Corp. may have made an exception, for obvious reasons.
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  • TitleNameTitleName
    You seem to care a lot about corporate buying and I can never figure out why.
  • Princess AlicePrincess Alice
    You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
    It would have required a heck of a lot of money...
  • AnonusAnonus
    I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    Central Avenue said:

    It would have required a heck of a lot of money...

    Okay but I'm supposed to believe outbidding Disney's $4.05 billion is too rich for Corporate America?
    TitleName said:

    You seem to care a lot about corporate buying and I can never figure out why.

    why not?
  • TitleNameTitleName
    edited 2018-07-20 01:13:29
    Because I personally find corporate talks/money talks boring so I'm not exactly in a position to see why the fascination. I always separate corporate culture from creative culture.

    Not meaning to be an insult though.
  • AnonusAnonus
    I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    Sales and deals are so fascinating

    They're big and flashy and involve important things a lot of the time
  • TitleNameTitleName
    edited 2018-07-20 01:16:28
    I'm not seeing it personally. But different strokes.
  • AnonusAnonus
    I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    Also, it's thoroughly incomprehensible to me that the studios are obsessed with franchises and tentpoles, and yet, after seeing how richly Disney was rewarded for gambling on Marvel, and the prospect of adding Star Wars to their IP portfolio comes up? Nobody makes a play for the franchise?
  • TitleNameTitleName
    Mouse's pockets are deeeeep.
  • AnonusAnonus
    I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    The other media conglomerates' pockets aren't?
  • TitleNameTitleName
    edited 2018-07-20 01:23:02
    Deeper than the blackest abyss. *Mickey Laugh*

    Also media conglomerates aren't very smart.
  • AnonusAnonus
    I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    you're telling me
  • TitleNameTitleName
    Btw, HH will be bought by Disney in 5 months. Why? Because Mickey was bored
  • AnonusAnonus
    I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    Is Lee selling to them?
  • AnonusAnonus
    I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    Also, fwiw, Mickey's just an employee

    Deep down inside he hates getting all the heat for his bosses' actions
  • TitleNameTitleName
    He's the face so he gets the complaints whether he deserves it or not.

    HH is selling for $12 and a ham sandwich. A delicious sandwich mind you.
  • Imipolex GImipolex G
    Touch the cow. Do it now.
    If HH is sold to Disney I will quit immediately
  • TitleNameTitleName
    Future rules entail:
    1. No backtalking about Disney's projects or rules.
    2. No talking about Disney's competitors.
    3. Mandatory 3-hour watching of Disney content.
    4. No Pay raises ever.

    :V
  • AnonusAnonus
    I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    Well, time for me to bail and start a rival forum, TrashWorks
  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    edited 2018-07-20 16:29:58
    break open the disney vault

    smash its to pieces

    millions of pieces
  • AnonusAnonus
    I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    agreed
  • TitleNameTitleName
    Silly Glenn. You are powerless before the vault and Disney.

    It will automatically regenerate. :u
  • Imipolex GImipolex G
    Touch the cow. Do it now.
    not if we use the Infinity +1 Sword
  • TitleNameTitleName
    Sorry it requires the Infinity +500 sword. And that's hidden deep in the center of the earth
  • Imipolex GImipolex G
    Touch the cow. Do it now.
    we'll find it
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