Lucasfilm
American film and television production company
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2024 | Grogu Cutest In The Galaxy series begins, distributed on Instagram |
2024 | Lucasfilm produced 'Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy' and 'Star Wars: Fun with Nubs' animated series. |
2024 | Lucasfilm set to co-produce 'Music by John Williams' with Amblin Documentaries, Imagine Documentaries, and Nedland Media. |
2024 | Lucasfilm released 'Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy' and 'Grogu Cutest In The Galaxy', expanding their animated Star Wars portfolio. |
2023 | Lucasfilm launched 'Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures', an animated series created by Michael Olson, which airs on Disney Jr. and Disney+. |
2023 | Lucasfilm began producing 'This Week! in Indiana Jones', a new unscripted series. |
2023 | Lucasfilm released 'Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny' directed by James Mangold, distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures with a budget of $295 million and grossing $375.1 million |
November 2023 | Dave Filoni is promoted to chief creative officer at Lucasfilm, becoming directly involved in planning future Star Wars films and series. |
2022 | Lucasfilm launched 'Star Wars: Tales' and 'Star Wars: Galactic Pals' animated series. |
2022 | Lucasfilm produced several documentaries including 'Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return', 'Zen - Grogu and Dust Bunnies' (co-produced with Studio Ghibli), and began production on 'Light & Magic' (co-produced with Imagine Documentaries and Kasdan Pictures). |
2022 | Co-produced 'Zen - Grogu and Dust Bunnies' with Studio Ghibli |
2022 | Lucasfilm began producing 'Star Wars: Tales' and 'Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures' animated series, continuing their commitment to animated Star Wars content. |
2021 | Lucasfilm begins production of Star Wars: Galaxy of Creatures animated series |
2021 | Lucasfilm started two new unscripted series: 'Characters of High Republic' (running until 2022) and 'The High Republic Show' (ongoing). |
2021 | Lucasfilm Animation launched 'Star Wars: The Bad Batch' and 'Star Wars: Visions' animated series, with Dave Filoni involved in the production. |
January 2021 | Electronic Arts' exclusive Star Wars game development deal is halted early due to lower-than-expected sales. |
2020 | Final seasons of Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars Resistance concluded. |
2020 | Produced 'The Lego Star Wars Holiday Special' and 'Disney Gallery: Star Wars: The Mandalorian' |
2020 | Lucasfilm produced 'Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge' and continued 'This Week! in Star Wars'. |
2019 | Star Wars: Roll Out animated micro-series is launched |
2019 | Lucasfilm launched three new unscripted series: 'Let's Make Star Wars', 'Let's Draw Star Wars', and 'This Week! in Star Wars', with the latter two continuing to present day. |
2019 | Lucasfilm released 'Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker' directed by J. J. Abrams, the final film in the Skywalker saga, distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures with a budget of $275 million and grossing $1.074 billion |
March 20 2019 | Disney officially acquires 20th Century Fox, consolidating all distribution and ownership rights to Star Wars films. |
2018 | Lego Star Wars: All-Stars is developed by Bill Motz, Bob Moth, and other creators. |
2018 | Lucasfilm begins producing Star Wars Galaxy of Adventures animated series |
2018 | Lucasfilm introduced two new unscripted series: 'Star Wars: Galaxy of Adventures Fun Facts' and 'Our Star Wars Stories', both of which ran until 2020. |
2018 | Lucasfilm began producing 'Star Wars Resistance' animated series, created by Dave Filoni, Kiri Hart, and Carrie Beck, which aired on Disney XD and Disney Channel. |
2018 | Lucasfilm released 'Solo: A Star Wars Story' directed by Ron Howard, distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures with a budget of $275 million and grossing $393.1 million |
2017 | Lucasfilm produced 'Star Wars Blips' and 'Star Wars Forces of Destiny' animated shorts, released on YouTube and featuring work by Dave Filoni and Carrie Beck. |
2016 | Lego Star Wars: The Resistance Rises is produced. |
2016 | Lucasfilm produced 'Lego Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures', an animated series created by Bill Motz and Bob Roth. |
2016 | Lucasfilm began producing 'The Star Wars Show', an ongoing unscripted series. |
2015 | Lucasfilm held the Star Wars: The Force Awakens World Premiere and began ongoing Star Wars Celebration streams. |
2015 | Lucasfilm released 'Lego Star Wars: Droid Tales', an animated series that aired on Disney XD. |
2014 | Lucasfilm opens its regional headquarters in Singapore, housing staff from Lucasfilm, Disney Southeast Asia, and ESPN Asia Pacific. |
2014 | Lucasfilm launched 'Star Wars Rebels' animated series, created by Simon Kinberg, Dave Filoni, and Carrie Beck, which aired on Disney XD. |
January 2014 | Lucasfilm announces Dark Horse Comics will lose its Star Wars comics license to Marvel Comics in 2015, and the Expanded Universe content will be rebranded as Star Wars Legends. |
2013 | Lucasfilm launched the unscripted series 'Words with Warwick' under The Star Wars Corporation. |
2013 | Lucasfilm began producing Lego Star Wars animated series with 'Lego Star Wars: The Yoda Chronicles', which aired on Cartoon Network and Disney XD. |
May 6 2013 | LucasArts video game development division is closed, resulting in staff layoffs, with a small team retained for video game licensing. |
December 21 2012 | Disney completes the acquisition, making Lucasfilm a wholly owned subsidiary of Disney. |
December 18 2012 | Lucasfilm Ltd. converts from a corporation to a limited liability company (LLC), renaming to Lucasfilm Ltd. LLC. |
December 4 2012 | The Federal Trade Commission approves the Disney-Lucasfilm merger, clearing the acquisition without antitrust issues. |
October 30 2012 | The Walt Disney Company acquired Lucasfilm for $4.05 billion in cash and stock, transforming the company's ownership and future strategic direction. |
May 2011 | George Lucas meets with Disney CEO Bob Iger during the Star Tours – The Adventures Continue attraction inauguration, discussing his potential retirement and plan to sell Lucasfilm and its franchises. |
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