Disney is to buy LucasFilm in a deal worth more than £2.5 billion, the company said.
A Disney statement confirmed that the takeover would mean that the Star Wars franchise will now be owned by the company founded by Walt Disney in 1923.
George Lucas, a Hollywood icon known for exercising control over the most minute details of the fictional universe he created, will remain as a creative consultant on LucasFilm productions.
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