'Molding Myths and Spinning Fantasies': Read Walt Disney's Obituary From 1966
Dec 17, 2017, 12:51 PM
When Star Wars: The Last Jedi officially opens on Friday, it will represent one more milestone in the long history of [f500link]Disney[/f500link], the company that bought Lucasfilm — and thus the Star Wars franchise — for $4 billion in 2012.
But Friday’s date — December 15 — is important in Disney history for another reason: it's also the anniversary of founder Walt Disney’s death in 1966.