Is Disney's Star Wars Franchise In Trouble? (cosmicbook.news)

Posted by EditorDavid on Saturday January 19, 2019 @04:04AM from the don't-get-cocky dept.

Disney's Han Solo movie was the first Star Wars movie to lose money. But is there a larger problem? dryriver writes: Comic book news website Cosmic Book News reports that even though Disney put bucketloads of Star Wars out there in 2018, revenues from all things Star Wars have actually fallen, according to Disney SEC filings. Disney made more Star Wars money in 2017 -- when only Rogue One hit cinemas -- than in 2018, when Solo, Last Jedi and SW Battlefront 2 were released.

A Rian Johnson-led Star Wars trilogy appears to have been delayed or cancelled entirely. Rumored spinoff movies for Bobba Fett and Obi-Wan Kenobi appear to have been put on the backburner or cancelled. Disney's CEO has confirmed that the Star Wars movies are being slowed down.

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I never understood by 110010001000 · 2019-01-19 04:20 · Score: 5, Funny

I saw that one SW movie where Princess Leia went through space like Superman. I was wondering at the time: how did that EVER get through any editing process? Did people really look at that and say "hey, that's pretty good?". It was just weird, and I have a low bar for movies. That scene was possibly the worst scene I have seen in any movie, ever. It was just bizarre. I wasn't really paying attention to the movie until that point.
1. Re:I never understood by thegarbz · 2019-01-19 05:08 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Finally, something we agree on. How do you feel about the lava battle in Episode III?
  Still a better love story than Twilight.
Re:No surprise here by phantomfive · 2019-01-19 05:15 · Score: 3, Funny

1 good movie, 2 mediocre movies, 2 mediocre TV shows, and 1 more or less bad movie
Which one is the good movie?

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