Following the acquisition of Lucasfilm by The Walt Disney Company in 2012, it was announced in January 2014 that the "Star Wars" comics license would return to Marvel Comics in 2015. Disney had purchased Marvel's parent company, Marvel Entertainment, in 2009. Meanwhile, with the sequel film "" in production, most of the licensed "Star Wars" novels and comics produced since the originating 1977 film "Star Wars" were rebranded as "Star Wars" Legends and declared non-canon to the franchise in April 2014.