Disney Shutters "Star Wars" Video Game Franchise

George Lucas
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Five months ago, Disney made Star Wars owner George Lucas an offer only a lunatic would have refused. Mouse Ears waved over $4 billion in cash and stock to Lucas in exchange for ownership rights to Lucasfilm, Skywalker Sound, Industrial Light and Magic, and Lucas' video game enterprise. Lucas, who has a well-deserved rep as a shrewd, ruthless businessman, signed the agreement.

The sharpies in Burbank appear to have been outsmarted by the sly fox from Marin County. According to a report in today's siliconvalley.com, Disney announced in a statement that the firm was closing the doors on the Star Wars video game franchise. The statement was initially released to the Game Informer blog. There was no mention in it of Darth Vader's impact or of a break in the Force.