IT'S A TRAP!  Apparently, Disney has bought Lucasfilm, which means George Lucas made $4 billion today.  This turns over to Disney full control of the Star Wars and Indiana Jones IP, as well as giving Disney ownership of Industrial Light & Magic and Skywalker Sound and buttressing Disney's interactive operations with LucasArts.  Share your hopes (Indy ride at Disney World!) and fears (cuddly animated Ewok movie!) in the comments.

ETA:  Disney's press release also states that "Star Wars Episode 7" is in the pipeline for 2015, with more to follow. No word on plot or how it will deal with the substantial existing "Expanded Universe" canon such as the Thrawn story.

added by Bonin on Weds: Linda Holmes with twenty stories sure to run when SW7 opens; did Disney buy Lucasfilm cheap?

DOUBLE-TAP:  Public Policy Polling surveyed 1200 registered voters on Halloween, and ...

• Chocolate bars (62%) easily the most popular candy, followed by "something else," candy corn, fruit-flavored snacks, and candy apples.
• Only 36% wish they could still go trick-or-treating.
• More Americans believe a black cat is good luck than bad.
• 37% believe in ghosts, but only 26% have seen one (including 49% of 18-29 year-olds surveyed).
• Zombies top vampires and werewolves (there wolves!) as the scariest monster, but if folks had their choice they'd prefer to be turned into a vampire or witch (including 9% of male respondents).  Also, the older one is, the more likely one is to be afraid of vampires, and less likely to fear zombies.
• If zombies took over the world and human civilization collapsed, 32% believe they'd still survive for a year-plus; 27% assume they'd be goners within a week.  Per the crosstabs, men are more optimistic.
  

UNLIKE THE SHOW, WE HAVE NOT YET SUCCUMBED TO WANDERING AROUND WITH CROSSBOWS: I don't have power yet at home, but do at the office, so it's time to talk about NBC's kind of bizarre spring schedule.

• The Voice and Revolution will take an extended hiatus from January through the end of March--replaced on Monday with The Biggest Loser and a soap-y drama with Victor Garber.
• Once Parenthood wraps for the year, its slot will be filled by Smash, with Betty White's Off Their Rockers filling between cycles of The Voice.
• Thursday is in flux while Up All Night and 30 Rock finish their runs, but will ultimately settle in as Community/Parks and Rec/The Office/1600 Penn.

No changes to Wednesdays yet, though you have to assume Chicago Fire is probably not that long for this world.

SANDY, BABY, IS NOT LOOSENING UP:  Nine ways to extend your smartphone's life, even if the power's out. (I know Matt has lost power. For once, things are as bad as expected.)

ROLLIN' WITH THE HOMIES:  In case there ever is a Broadway again, you should know that Amy Heckerling is working on a musical adaptation of Clueless.

GIGANTES!: Obviously, 2010 was more exciting for the sheer novelty of it, but that was a hell of a run.

TRY IMAGINING A PLACE WHERE IT'S ALWAYS SAFE AND WARM. "COME IN," SHE SAID, "I'LL GIVE YOU SHELTER FROM THE STORM":  Good luck, fellow East Coasters. Check in as appropriate.