I know this is an older thread, but what the hell. I haven't been around (kind'a moved cross country and all that) so was just browsing through to see whats up and came across this one. 

Mainly just thought I'd make a couple points -

Pixar started out as part of Lucasfilm, way back in the 70s, and Disney has been connected to the star wars video games since at least the mid 90s, so it shouldn't really be a big surprise that they've taken control of the films now too. I'm sure Lucas still has creative control over anything that goes on the big screen. He's just getting Disney to foot the bill for it.

That, and, Lucas had originally stated that his intentions were to make 3 trilogies, spanning 3 generations of the Skywalker family. So whatever is coming in terms of films will most likely deal with Han and Leia's kids, since they are the 3rd generation. Ford, Fisher, and Hamil could still play their same characters, they're the right age if their kids are grown, so it would all work out. And, they were all signed on to do a 4th film after Jedi, it just never happened. They've all stated in recent years that they would enjoy reprising their roles. 

Knights of the Old Republic is a pretty awesome storyline, and reveals a lot of the old lore, but it takes place 3,000 years before the films. Plus, Lucas didn't write it, and it doesn't deal with any of the Skywalkers, so I don't see that happening unless the MMO turns around (don't see that happening either) OR this new film is a HUGE hit with the younger generation of star wars fans. There's over 25,000 years of history in the SW universe, really not possible to cover all of it in any number of films, so I'm thinkin the safest route is to stick with the Skywalker family for films, since that's what everyone knows.

Just hope it doesn't suck. :)

Okay I've revealed enough of my SW geekdom here...

~Shane