Via Whatculture.com:

Disney paying a whopping $4 billion for Lucasfilm back in 2012 was an historic and shocking moment which changed the future of the Star Wars franchise forever (Indiana Jones too if those Chris Pratt reboot rumours are to be believed). There had been talk for years of a live-action TV series, but the possibility of there being more movies was always left up in the air.

The prequels had dulled the interest even the most hardcore fans had in more big screen Star Wars adventures anyway, and with superhero movies dominating cinemas, the space fantasy was in some ways forgotten. The franchise was still loved, but arguably no longer needed.

Disney’s announcement changed that though, and for the first time in a very long while, Star Wars fans had something to be excited about. It’s been less than three years since that game changing press release was sent out on October 30th, but a lot has happened since then. Some of these crazy occurrences would have once been thought to be an impossibility, while others were inevitable once Disney got their hands on the series.

Either way, you feel each of these following crazy developments is for the best; these are the guys who’ve greatly increased the stock of Marvel and Pixar. Still, some of these have to be seen to be believed…

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