# Petition: Disney, please sell the rights to 'Monkey Island' back to its creator Ron Gilbert

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**Category:** Adventure/Lucasfilm Games\
**Created:** [May 5, 2017, 8:13pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/petition-disney-please-sell-the-rights-to-monkey-island-back-to-its-creator-ron-gilbert/76 "2017-05-05T20:13:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![RonGilbert](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/rongilbert/32/7_2.png) [@RonGilbert](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/RonGilbert)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2019, 4:06pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/petition-disney-please-sell-the-rights-to-monkey-island-back-to-its-creator-ron-gilbert/76/195 "2019-01-31T16:06:44Z")

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> [@dangerouslee](#):
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> It always saddens me to see the pessimism regarding all of this… from everyone including Ron.

I’ve said this before… it’s not pessimism, it’s being realistic. I don’t spend my days bemoaning not being able to make a MI3a. I’ve moved on, but still keep my eyes and ears open and if the opportunity arises, I will certainly jump on it.

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