Visit StarWars. com to get the all latest news and updates, and test your knowledge with fun quizzes Star Wars Episode VII The Force Awakens, marketed as Star Wars The Force Awakens, is the seventh film in the Star Wars saga and the first in the Star Wars sequel. Operation Knightfall, which took place in 19 BBY immediately before the end of the Clone Wars. Lucasfilm Wikipedia. Lucasfilm Ltd. LLC3 is an American film and television production company based in the Letterman Digital Arts Center in San Francisco, California. The studio 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 film. Lucasfilm was founded by filmmaker George Lucas in 1. San Rafael, California most of the companys operations were moved to San Francisco in 2. The Walt Disney Company acquired Lucasfilm in 2. HistoryeditIndependent era 1. Lucasfilm was founded by filmmaker George Lucas in 1. RfxVxGgw4_XCQ9-Zh9mN5vMo=/1094x547/v1.bjs0MDAzMztqOzE3NDYwOzEyMDA7MTA5NDs1NDc' alt='Lego Star Wars: The Padawan Menace Theater Movie ' title='Lego Star Wars: The Padawan Menace Theater Movie ' />Lucasfilm Ltd. September 1. On July 8, 2. Lucasfilms 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 2. However, it still plans to expand elsewhere. Skywalker Sound remains the only Lucasfilm division based at Skywalker Ranch. In January 2. Lucas announced his retirement from producing large scale blockbuster films and instead re focusing his career on smaller, independently budgeted features. In June 2. 01. 2, it was announced that producer 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. Watch Empire The Movie Full Version. 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 companys sole leader. She would in June 2. Star Wars Episode I The Phantom Menace is a 1999 American epic space opera film written and directed by George Lucas, produced by Lucasfilm and distributed by. Search results for Dear Canada Christmas Stories Esingles Bug Off LEGO Nonfiction prehistoric Follow the Dinosaurs by John Bailey Owen. LjxOSZ5YPkw/hqdefault.jpg' alt='Lego Star Wars: The Padawan Menace Theater Movie ' title='Lego Star Wars: The Padawan Menace Theater Movie ' />Lucasfilm. On September 5, 2. Micheline Chau, who served as president and COO of Lucasfilm for two decades, announced that she was retiring. Shop for Star Wars Movies in Movies TV. Buy products such as Star Wars The Force Awakens Bluray DVD Digital HD at Walmart and save. The Star Wars saga is the Space Opera. It is a tale of good versus evil, corruption and redemption, set on alien worlds and aboard starships, in a universe. Watch full Over the Hedge online full HD. Cartoon movies Over the Hedge online for free in HD. While scavenging for food, RJ the raccoon enters the cave of Vincent the b. With her departure, senior executives for each of the Lucasfilm divisions will 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. Disney subsidiary 2. Discussions relating to the possibility of The Walt Disney Company signing a distribution deal with Lucasfilm officially began in May 2. George Lucas had with Disney CEO Bob Iger during the inauguration of the Star Tours The Adventures Continue attraction. Lucas told Iger he was considering retirement and planned to sell the company, as well as the Star Wars franchise. On October 3. 0, 2. Disney announced a deal to acquire Lucasfilm for 4. Disney stock. 1. 7 Lucasfilm had previously collaborated with the companys Walt Disney Imagineering division to create theme park attractions centered on Star Wars and Indiana Jones for various Walt Disney Parks and Resorts worldwide. Kathleen Kennedy, co chairman 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 Disneys 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 creative consultant. The company also announced the future release of new Star Wars films, starting with Star Wars Episode VII The Force Awakens in 2. Under the deal, Disney acquired ownership of Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and Lucasfilms operating businesses in live action film production, consumer products, video games, animation, visual effects, and audio post production. Disney also acquired Lucasfilms portfolio of entertainment technologies. The intent was for Lucasfilm employees to remain in their current locations. Star Wars merchandising would begin under Disney in the fiscal year 2. Starting with Star Wars Rebels, certain products will be co branded with the Disney brand,2. Disney has done with Pixar. On December 4, 2. Disney Lucasfilm merger was approved by the Federal Trade Commission, allowing the acquisition to be finalized without dealing with antitrust problems. On December 1. 8, 2. Lucasfilm Ltd. was reincorporated as Lucasfilm Ltd. LLC,2. 7 and on December 2. Lucasfilm became a wholly owned subsidiary of Disney. Iger confirmed that Lucasfilm had plans to have stand alone Star Wars films with Lawrence Kasdan and Simon Kinberg lined up to develop the movies that would be released sometime during the six year period the sequel trilogy will be released. In April 2. 01. 3, the development arm of the Lucas. Arts division was closed down and most of its staff was laid off. However, Lucas. Arts remained open with a skeleton staff of fewer than ten employees so it could retain its function as a video game licensor. On May 6, 2. 01. 3, Disney announced an exclusive deal with Electronic Arts to produce Star Wars games for the core gaming market. Lucas. Arts retained the ability to license, and Disney Interactive Studios retained the ability to develop, Star Wars games for the casual gaming market. Century Fox, the original distributor of the first six Star Wars films, still retains the physical distribution rights to the original two Star Wars trilogies, currently owning permanent full distribution rights for the original 1. Episodes IIII, V, and VI until May 2. Lucasfilm retains the television and digital distribution rights to all the Star Wars films except the original. In December 2. 01. Walt Disney Studios purchased the distribution and marketing rights to future Indiana Jones films from Paramount Pictures, although the latter studio will retain the distribution rights to the first four films and will receive financial participation from any additional films. On January 3, 2. 01. Lucasfilm announced that Dark Horse Comics license for Star Wars comics would end in 2. Disney subsidiary Marvel Comics. On April 2. 4, 2. Lucasfilm announced that the Star Wars expanded universe would no longer be explicitly sub canon but may be drawn upon for future works and that The Clone Wars and Rebels animated series would be considered canon and future Star Wars projects would be overseen by a new story group to keep to that canon. Additionally, the Star Wars Legends banner would be used for those Expanded Universe materials that are in print. 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. Company structureeditFormer divisionseditFilmographyeditYear. Film. DirectorsStory by. ScreenwritersDistributorsBudget. Gross. 19. 68. Filmmaker. George Lucas. American Zoetrope co distribution1. Unknown. 19. 73. American Graffiti. George Lucas. George Lucas, Gloria Katz and Willard Huyck. Universal Pictures7. Star Wars. George Lucas. Century Fox1. 1 million7. More American Graffiti. Bill L. Norton. Universal Studios3 million1. The Empire Strikes Back. Irvin Kershner. George Lucas. George Lucas, Leigh Brackett and Lawrence Kasdan. Century Fox. 13. Raiders of the Lost Ark. Steven Spielberg. George Lucas and Philip Kaufman. Lawrence Kasdan. Paramount Pictures1. Return of the Jedi. Richard Marquand. George Lucas. George Lucas and Lawrence Kasdan. Century Fox. 14. Twice Upon a Time. John Korty and Charles Swenson. John Korty, Bill Couturi and Suella Kennedy. John Korty, Charles Swenson, Suella Kennedy and Bill CouturiWarner Bros. Unknown. 19. 84. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. Steven Spielberg. George Lucas. Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz. Paramount Pictures2. Latino. Haskell Wexler. Cinecom Pictures. Unknown. Mishima A Life in Four Chapters. Paul Schrader. Leonard Schrader, Paul Schrader and Chieko Schrader. Warner Bros. 5 million2. Labyrinth. Jim Henson. Dennis Lee and Jim Henson. Terry Jones. Tri. Star Pictures2. 7. Howard the Duck. Willard Huyck. Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz.