In a recent interview with Charlie Rose, "Star Wars" creator George Lucas expressed his displeasure for Disney which bought the movie franchise for $4 billion. He addressed the company as "white slavers" and talked about how they had conflicting opinions during their negotiation.
"I sold them to the white slavers that takes these things, and...," Lucas said before cutting his statement. Clearly, he is not pleased with the direction Disney took for the movie franchise.
He opened up that he had a different idea for the future of his "kids." Throughout the interview, Lucas referred to the "Star Wars" movies as his children.
"They looked at the stories and they said, 'We want to make something for the fans.' They decided they didn't want to use those stories, they decided they were going to do their own thing... They weren't that keen to have me involved anyway -- but if I get in there, I'm just going to cause trouble, because they're not going to do what I want them to do. And I don't have the control to do that anymore, and all I would do is muck everything up. And so I said, 'OK, I will go my way, and I'll let them go their way," Lucas related.
But even without Lucas, Disney was able to break records with the new "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" which grossed $1.23 billion after two weeks in theaters. It ranked as the ninth-highest box office performer worldwide, eclipsing "Iron Man 3" at $1.22 billion.
"Star Wars: The Force Awakens" also set a new record last Tuesday as it reached $600 million domestically faster than any other film in the history of the movie industry. Compared to "Jurassic world" which reached $600 million in 36 days, the seventh "Star Wars" film made it in only 12 days.
