Disney to Acquire Lucasfilm Ltd. (thewaltdisneycompany.com)

They're making a sequel trilogy - that's pretty big news in itself.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_sequel_trilogy

Did anyone else search Google to see if this was a joke? (it's not)

Interesting that Lucas made a big deal of the importance of "controlling his own destiny" by owning the studio himself, but apparently no longer thinks that's such a big deal. Seems to me that he's changed his tune since the sequel trilogy weren't a great critical hit.