Disney Buys Lucas Mark Mayerson writing for mayersononanimation:

That takes money and oxygen away from original projects that potentially could become as big as Star Wars or the Marvel Universe. The company is clearly committed to milking existing intellectual property and acquiring more of it than creating new intellectual property. And so much of what Disney is buying is from the last century.

At the end of the day all this is just a way to make money. Goerges rate was 4.05 billion.