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Reorganizing the Empire 29 Jan, 2003 / Comments: 4


Yesterday, we reported on the announcement that all of the Lucas companies would merge into one single organization. Today, the San Francisco Chronicle has published an article giving us new insight into the corporate merger.

Interestingly enough, the article includes a quote by Tim Schafer concerning the recent announcment. Here's what he had to say about all that:
"We used to wish there was more cooperation between Industrial Light & Magic and games, and now maybe there will be," Schafer said. "We used to gripe in the old days that we really could use some of ILM's resources."
Hopefully this will turn out to be a good thing, although anyone familiar with corporate antics usually panics at the word "reorganization." Read the complete article for more information.
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  • Thrik on 30 Jan, 2003, 07:43…
    Bagh, so games are now going to have LucasFilm instead of LucasArts?

    I really like the LucasArts name, 'tis a pity they didn't use that instead.
  • RaptorII on 31 Jan, 2003, 18:50…
    It would probably be a marketing nightmare now that LEC has existed as "LucasArts" for so many years. At least for a while they might use the two names in concert, or pull a "LucasArts(LucasFilm)," or something. I wouldn't worry too much about the name going away. But then again, George doesn't always make the best decisions. ??
  • Marek on 29 Jan, 2003, 09:30…
    I had no idea THX was sold.
  • Jake on 29 Jan, 2003, 12:01…
    It seems like its not entirely sold? Maybe I'm confused, but I thought it still said "LucasFilm Ltd." somewhere in the THX credits in movies.