Disney Refuses to Pay Royalties

Apparently, Disney is refusing to pay royalties owed to author Alan Dean Foster. This is bad enough by itself. But the basis for their refusal is mindboggling. From Mary Robinette Kowal, SFWA president speaking on Foster’s behalf explains: Disney’s argument is that they have purchased the rights but not the Read more…

Galaxy’s Edge

There’s been a lot of new information coming out about Disney’s new Galaxy’s Edge Star Wars area coming to Disneyland and Disney World.  Part of me wants to be a grumpy old man. See how Disney is exploiting Star Wars and over saturating it. The park is going to be Read more…

Disney Hates Parents

I was reading to my son from an old set of DIsney books. These were from a Fun-to-Learn set of books that all taught something different using the main Disney characters (Mickey, Donald, Goofy, etc). One of the books, volume 13, is about the seasons and holidays and something struck Read more…

Disney Buys Star Wars

Some pretty surprising news out of the entertainment industry today. Disney has bought LucasFilm, which includes Star Wars. That was completely unexpected. We all expected Star Wars to remain in Lucas’ firm grasp until he died.  Part of the announcement includes a mention that Disney plans a seventh film in Read more…