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  • Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks created Oswald the Lucky Rabbit in 1927. 1 / 7

  • The character helped launch the then fledgling Walt Disney Studios. 2 / 7

  • However, Universal, which distributed the films, took the rights to the character. 3 / 7

  • ... leading Disney and Iwerks to create Mickey Mouse. 4 / 7

  • Disney regained the rights to the character in 2006, and a new report... 5 / 7

  • ... based on the resume of SpongeBob SquarePants writer Christopher Painter... 6 / 7

  • ... claims he'll get his own Disney+ series in 2020. 7 / 7

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