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It's all still owned by Disney, though, right?

gonehome 5y ago
Yeah, I think that’s the joke. The skull is being irritating bringing it up so he hits it into the water. Basically “yeah I know what I said, but fuck it”
capableweb 5y ago
Seems so, but the situation is generally unclear. This is what the Ars Techica article says about it: > In the years since that post went live, the Disney-helmed Lucasfilm Games has been more generous about helping its most venerable alumni re-release original games with minimal interference, and the company also increased its efforts to put its biggest properties in the hands of new developers. [...] Gilbert hasn't said what deal he struck with LucasArts' rightsholders, but it's arguably good enough to make him eat some very famous "not making another Monkey Island" words.
- bombcar 5y ago
  He also has experience with Thimbleweed now, and perhaps he's more willing to have a frank discussion with the rights holders for Monkey Island and get what he really wants in exchange for what they want. Maybe complete control of the IP is more than he needs, just assurances that he can direct the game as he sees fit.
  - jonny_eh 5y ago
    I imagine it's creative control at least over the game he's signed on to develop. Probably the most anyone could ask for from Disney.
jerf 5y ago
I don't know the details more than anybody else, but I would point out Ron Gilbert's name appears explicitly on the third box, along with a company name. At the risk of reading some tea leaves, the style kinda reads to me like his name was a last-minute addition to the trailer, too. Anyhow, he may have more ownership than a mere employee of a company would. There's a lot of gradations of levels of "ownership". It perfectly possible to write a contract that gives Ron Gilbert the right to make any game he wants with the franchise with minimal oversight and forbids the original owner from making any use of the IP, while turning over a certain amount of money for the privilege, and that may satisfy him creatively, while also satisfying the money guys (since I imagine they're otherwise making a whopping hundreds and hundreds of dollars a year on the IP rights otherwise).

Yeah, I think that’s the joke. The skull is being irritating bringing it up so he hits it into the water. Basically “yeah I know what I said, but fuck it”

capableweb 5y ago

Seems so, but the situation is generally unclear. This is what the Ars Techica article says about it: > In the years since that post went live, the Disney-helmed Lucasfilm Games has been more generous about helping its most venerable alumni re-release original games with minimal interference, and the company also increased its efforts to put its biggest properties in the hands of new developers. [...] Gilbert hasn't said what deal he struck with LucasArts' rightsholders, but it's arguably good enough to make him eat some very famous "not making another Monkey Island" words.

bombcar 5y ago
He also has experience with Thimbleweed now, and perhaps he's more willing to have a frank discussion with the rights holders for Monkey Island and get what he really wants in exchange for what they want. Maybe complete control of the IP is more than he needs, just assurances that he can direct the game as he sees fit.
- jonny_eh 5y ago
  I imagine it's creative control at least over the game he's signed on to develop. Probably the most anyone could ask for from Disney.

jerf 5y ago

I don't know the details more than anybody else, but I would point out Ron Gilbert's name appears explicitly on the third box, along with a company name. At the risk of reading some tea leaves, the style kinda reads to me like his name was a last-minute addition to the trailer, too. Anyhow, he may have more ownership than a mere employee of a company would. There's a lot of gradations of levels of "ownership". It perfectly possible to write a contract that gives Ron Gilbert the right to make any game he wants with the franchise with minimal oversight and forbids the original owner from making any use of the IP, while turning over a certain amount of money for the privilege, and that may satisfy him creatively, while also satisfying the money guys (since I imagine they're otherwise making a whopping hundreds and hundreds of dollars a year on the IP rights otherwise).