The story of Star Wars’s success is a story of how a spacey fairytale, created by a guy who just wanted to make his kind of movie his way, captured the imagination of the world. But George Lucas’s most famous creation is also a success story about money.
In the years since Lucas sold his billion-dollar ideas to Disney, one of the biggest stories has been about whether or not Disney has done right by their investment. Disney bought Lucasfilm for $4.05 billion in October 2012, changing the...