Walt Disney buys Lucasfilms for $4 billion
Posted: Oct 31, 2012 1:39 AM EDT | Updated: Nov 6, 2014 12:53 PM EDT

The Walt Disney Company has bought Lucasfilms for $4 billion.
This means Star Wars and everything related to that franchise is now owned by Disney.
This includes Industrial Light and Magic and Skywalker Sound, two companies George Lucas used to produce his Star Wars films.
Robert Iger also talked about how the new Star Wars film will be out in 2015 and production should not be affected.