Bob Iger: No Disney Logo Before Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Star_Wars_The_Force_Awakens_trimThose of you wondering if The Force Awakens would open up to Disney’s iconic “When You Wish Upon A Star” fanfare now have an answer – no, it won’t. The man giving the answer? None other than Disney CEO Bob Iger himself!

 

According to Star Wars Junk, Iger recently held a Skype discussion with over 500 college students. The Force Awakens was inevitably brought up, but all he said was that Disney’s logo and fanfare would not be present before the movie, though Lucasfilm’s logo and fanfare would be. The Lucasfilm logo, of course, does not have the Twentieth Century Fox anthem set before it, since Fox has absolutely nothing to do with the production of this film. For those unfamiliar with the Fox-free Lucasfilm fanfare, it sounds like this (although it might be a bit different in the new movie, since John Williams is composing new material):

 

 

It’s not too surprising a decision, considering that Disney’s Marvel Cinematic Universe movies also forgo the Disney logo in favor of the logo of Marvel Studios, the subsidiary producing the film. The only question this raises is the matter of whether or not we’ll see the Bad Robot logo pop up before “A Long Time Ago, In A Galaxy Far, Far Away…” or if they save it for the end of the credits.

 

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Grant has been a fan of Star Wars for as long as he can remember, having seen every movie on the big screen. When he’s not hard at work with his college studies, he keeps himself busy by reporting on all kinds of Star Wars news for SWNN and general movie news on the sister site, Movie News Net. He served as a frequent commentator on SWNN’s The Resistance Broadcast.

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Grant has been a fan of Star Wars for as long as he can remember, having seen every movie on the big screen. When he’s not hard at work with his college studies, he keeps himself busy by reporting on all kinds of Star Wars news for SWNN and general movie news on the sister site, Movie News Net. He served as a frequent commentator on SWNN’s The Resistance Broadcast.

66 thoughts on “Bob Iger: No Disney Logo Before Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

  • October 8, 2015 at 8:40 am
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    Nice… that’s awesome. I’m still a fan Disney. Just don’t screw up the most important aspect. The movie!

  • October 8, 2015 at 9:15 am
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    My preference would be that there is no bad robot logo at all. If its before the movie, that will be pretty disappointing. After the movie would be ok but I still prefer no logo at all.

    • October 8, 2015 at 4:01 pm
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      I agree.

    • October 8, 2015 at 6:52 pm
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      Yeah, I think most of us are hoping for Lucasfilm to announce the movie right after the trailers, and then bam right into it. Just keep it “pure”. I kinda assume JJ’s enough of a fanboy to leave himself out of it, but we’ll see.

      That said if it has to be in front of the movie, it won’t be a huge deal to me as long as they get it out of the way first, then have Lucasfilm going into the main title. After the movie I don’t care either way.

  • October 8, 2015 at 9:29 am
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    Had a feeling this would be the case. Seeing the Disney castle before a true Star Wars film would just be so weird.

  • October 8, 2015 at 9:41 am
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    I’m impressed – well done Disney! Hopefully Bad Robot follows suit… A Star Wars film is one of the rare times when the movie experience begins with the opening credits/music, nice to see they are respecting that.

    • October 8, 2015 at 12:43 pm
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      Probably will do. It’s likely to just open with the Lucasfilm logo and then straight into the movie like the Marvel films do.

    • October 8, 2015 at 4:50 pm
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      What did Bad Robot do with Star Trek? I can’t remember. Begining or endinig credits?

      • October 8, 2015 at 8:36 pm
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        Beginning for both Star Treks. That was a different situation, though, those were a complete reboot whereas this is a continuation. So we’ll see, I think it could go either way.

  • October 8, 2015 at 9:45 am
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    & I’m Grateful For That . Mesa Also Very Thankful Jar Jar Stinks Will Not Be In Film As Well .

    • October 8, 2015 at 7:22 pm
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      Know what’s depressing? Jar Jar is the only character in the Phantom Menace with a coherent arc.

      • October 9, 2015 at 2:06 am
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        And you know what is even more depressing? Jar Jar is one of the few characters in The Phantom Menace who isn’t a bland hunk of wood.

  • October 8, 2015 at 10:37 am
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    Seeing that intro makes me pumped.

    • October 8, 2015 at 11:23 am
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      This is gonna be good.

  • October 8, 2015 at 11:09 am
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    Seeing as JJ is only involved in 7 and not the others, I would think Bad Robot would be snuck in at the end, as Bad Robot’s not really a saga-wide thing. I wouldn’t be surprised if this is exactly what you see, just black, lucasfilm, “a long time ago…” and STAR WARS.

    On another note, I sincerely hope John Williams makes a new piece of music for the beginning, this music shown here is just SO vanilla, (:P

    • October 8, 2015 at 2:13 pm
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      I thought he was a producer for 8 and 9?

      • October 9, 2015 at 2:05 am
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        He is a producer for 8 and 9, just like how he isn’t directlng Star Trek Beyond, but it remains a Bad Robot production.

  • October 8, 2015 at 12:27 pm
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    Forgot what ever comes first, it’s the film that matters. Having the 20th Century Fox intro didn’t help the Phantom Menace!!!

    • October 8, 2015 at 2:43 pm
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      Well, that wouldn’t have happened anyway since the CANON Imperial Palace is the former Jedi Temple.

      • October 8, 2015 at 3:58 pm
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        I know, the imperial palace is just so classic and awesome looking.

      • October 8, 2015 at 11:35 pm
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        Could there not have been several palaces? Saddam Hussein had several.

  • October 8, 2015 at 1:21 pm
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    I wouldn’t have cared, seeing as how they would surely have altered it to suit the Star Wars Universe.

    • October 8, 2015 at 6:49 pm
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      Lol yeah, by putting it against a black starfield with a space battle going on in the background and a lightsaber fight on the ground, and instead of a shooting star arcing over the castle it would be the Millennium Falcon.

  • October 8, 2015 at 1:44 pm
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    I’m rather fond of the 20th Century Fox opening. For me it’s the signal to sit down and start munching away al the sweets I got and come back to the place I love.

  • October 8, 2015 at 2:14 pm
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    As a kid I used to run to the TV when I heard the Fox fanfare because I thought Star Wars was starting ha ha

    • October 8, 2015 at 2:41 pm
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      Me too!

    • October 8, 2015 at 3:25 pm
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      Yep, same here. Since 1977, the Fox fanfare has always had that Pavlovian effect on me. Even my “Story of Star Wars” record that I had as a kid began with it.

      It won’t be the same without it.

      • October 8, 2015 at 3:54 pm
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        They could always do a Quentin Tarantino* and do it anyway, since many of us old-heads have that connection hardwired!

        *He’s used Shaw Brothers ‘Shawscope’ emblem as a nod to his 70s kung-fu cinema love…

        • October 8, 2015 at 4:48 pm
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          Yeah, except the Fox Fanfare is something the general public has heard of. Quentin uses old, obscure stuff.

        • October 9, 2015 at 7:42 pm
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          Unfortunately, the Fox Fanfare, unlike most music, which is protected by copyright, is actually a registered trademark. If it were simply a piece of music Disney could have used it (while paying what would likely be an extremely steep royalty), but as a trademark they couldn’t use it even if Fox were okay with it, as it would create “market confusion.” Shawscope likely was not trademarked, or if it were, during the long period it wasn’t used its trademark would almost certainly have lapsed.

    • October 8, 2015 at 3:38 pm
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      Ditto.

  • October 8, 2015 at 2:24 pm
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    I wouldn’t mind for the bad robot logo, afterall it appeared before star rrk too, and didn’t affect the movie…

  • October 8, 2015 at 3:04 pm
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    Usually the Bad Robot Animation come with the end credits.
    There might be a silent Logo of disney and Bad robot before or after the LFL Logo Fanfare.

    • October 8, 2015 at 6:40 pm
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      Iger said no fanfare OR logo so I think it’s out entirely from the beginning, but they might put a silent logo after the end credits. For the beginning, I’m fairly certain they’re gonna want to go from Lucasfilm into “A long time ago” and the main title. Bad Robot would break that up so I think it’ll either be shown first or just after the end credits.

  • October 8, 2015 at 3:29 pm
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    I really hope they do something different with the new Lucasfilm fanfare. A recycled old piece of SW music with a jump cut in the middle is pretty damned weak sauce, especially when it’s replacing something as iconic and perfect as the Fox fanfare.

    Whatever music they use for the LFL fanfare will, after all, essentially be the beginning of every Star Wars movie from here on in, as the Fox fanfare was for almost 40 years. To just stick any old thing in there would be a swing and a miss, IMHO.

    • October 8, 2015 at 4:23 pm
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      That piece of music — the ending from the Empire Strikes Back credits music — is one of my favorite bits of Star Wars music. I was so excited when I heard it start over the Lucasfilm logo — and then so devastated when it was cut to hell.

      • October 8, 2015 at 9:29 pm
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        I just hope they don’t cut the film’s soundtrack to hell like Lucas did for Episode II.

      • October 8, 2015 at 11:50 pm
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        I understand, but it’s not like they could’ve played the whole thing. They only had a few seconds. Either way, the fact they have John Williams doing a new score for the film means they’ll almost certainly have him create a new fanfare for the logo.

    • October 8, 2015 at 6:54 pm
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      While I’d also like to hear something new composed by John Williams to be used for all future Star Wars films, I actually don’t mind this current one at all, even if it is just a chopped up piece of score. But then, I also don’t really care that the Fox logo and fanfare are gone. I care about the film itself, not so much about some production company’s stamp tagged on the front. /shrug

  • October 8, 2015 at 3:54 pm
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    No Disney Logo before Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

    Instead there will be a laughing Goofy running around in the opening crawl playing with the letters.

  • October 8, 2015 at 3:59 pm
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    Interesting decision from Disney…. But it works for the Marvel movies m/

  • October 8, 2015 at 4:31 pm
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    I would have been fine with the Disney logo. Disney gave us the Pirates of the Caribbean movies, and IMO they captured the spirit of Star Wars more than the prequels ever did. Disney also gave us this epic Marvel universe of interlinked movies. Now they are finally bringing us Star Wars sequels. I would have been proud to see their logo, though I’m kinda glad it won’t be there as it doesn’t fit very well thematically.

    • October 8, 2015 at 5:02 pm
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      that wouldn’t make sense to put the Disney logo at the beginning. It’s Lucasfilm that made the movie, which happens to be owned by Disney.

    • October 8, 2015 at 6:35 pm
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      I disagree. Pirates of Carribean are crap. It is really a blasphemy to put them in the same sentence with Star Wars.

      Disney Logo would be out the place in Star Wars.

  • October 8, 2015 at 5:41 pm
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    They could license and bring back the Fox Fanfarre…

    • October 8, 2015 at 11:35 pm
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      Bet that would be costly.

    • October 9, 2015 at 7:49 pm
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      It were a copyright, they could, but it’s a trademark. Legally, Fox couldn’t license it even if they wanted to, because by trademark terms it would be considered misleading and introduce marketplace confusion.

  • October 8, 2015 at 5:56 pm
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    Shame about the Fox fanfare.

  • October 8, 2015 at 6:06 pm
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    I want the original Bad Robot animation at the end of the credits to scream BAD ROBOOOOOT like at the end of every single episode of LOST ^^

    • October 8, 2015 at 6:46 pm
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      This!

  • October 8, 2015 at 6:50 pm
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    As long as the film is good I don’t care what logo/music they play before it starts.

    • October 8, 2015 at 7:33 pm
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      It’ll add insult to injury if it’s terrible, though 😛

  • October 8, 2015 at 8:35 pm
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    Mesa thinkin johnny compose a new bombad fanfare okey day?

  • October 8, 2015 at 9:24 pm
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    John Williams is clever enough that I think he could compose a new logo fanfare that perhaps utilizes some existing Star Wars motifs, but is orchestrated in such a way as to evoke the old Fox fanfare. For instance, it could still begin with a militaristic drum roll off – add a high brass melody, bring in the strings halfway through, and end with a bang! That would be pretty satisfying (and completely legal).

  • October 8, 2015 at 9:24 pm
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    What about… woooooooooooeeeeeeeeeeeeAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!
    THX

  • October 8, 2015 at 9:27 pm
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    That’s not new. It’s cannibalized from the end credits of Empire.

    • October 9, 2015 at 1:46 am
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      It’s new in the fact that it wasn’t at the beginning before this year.

      • October 9, 2015 at 4:02 am
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        I hope it’s just a temp. I love that track in V but it’s too associated with that film for me. It’s a problem I have with the Rebels soundtrack which I like for using old themes but Kiner straight up plagerizes direct cues from the films rather than put his own new spin on them like Williams does with every film.

  • October 8, 2015 at 10:08 pm
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    Lucasfilm should do an MGM style logo, but with a Wookie roaring instead of a lion.

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