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Tue, 08/04/2015 - 4:55pm

Disney Chairman and CEO Robert Iger sounded a little bit like Han Solo today on the company’s earnings call when an investment analyst asked about his expectations for this December’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Great, kid! … Don’t get cocky. Asked to assess the impact of the film’s release, Iger – who acquired Lucasfilm for Disney in 2012 for roughly $4 billion – tried to temper expectations rather than amplify them.

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