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

Posted by EditorDavid on 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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  1. No surprise here by kelarius · · Score: 4, Interesting

    They've dumped hundreds of millions (billions?) into this franchise and produced 1 good movie, 2 mediocre movies, 2 mediocre TV shows, and 1 more or less bad movie, not to mention the controversy surrounding the games so far. I'm not surprised that Disney is looking to roll back their investment, it's been profitable but it wouldn't take too many more bad projects to kill off the brand. They're getting out while they're still ahead.

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    1. Re:No surprise here by PopeRatzo · · Score: 5, Interesting

      Did anyone NOT think Disney would muck up the Star Wars franchise? They made a huge investment and wanted to score big, fast. They got a little slapdash about the whole thing and didn't put in the care and love required.

      Disney is not a good company. They are to good movies what Monstanto is to good food.

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  2. I think it comes down to one thing.... by MikeDataLink · · Score: 4, Interesting

    STORY. Star Wars in the 1970s had a fantastic story arch. The current batch of Star Wars movie (sans Rogue One, and Solo) have had no heart and soul. Only a bunch of special effects that are unimportant if the story is good.

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  3. Screwed up Last Jedi. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Interesting

    They seriously fucked Last Jedi for me, and technically them as well.
    The scene where Leia and Poe were on that ship preparing to escape should have been totally different.
    Considering the fact Carrie, you know, died, they should have reshot that scene to make Leia knock out the Admiral, put her on the ship, then had this back and fourth between Skywalker over the force about how she shouldn't do this, make it some really sad scene about the past and embracing the new generation, and she "needs to do this".
    Then BOOM, ship obliterated, Skywalker fallen to his knees broken inside, and THAT is what eventually gets him involved with the battle.

    Now they have to deal with doing the CG of a dead actress and voice. Great one, you morons.
    Such a trivial thing to edit that one scene and it would have made the whole film even more impacting emotionally.
    "b-b-but we have 2 other films with her involved!!!".
    Do what any other company does, fucking adapt.
    I'm not weirded out by the fact, I think it is amazing what we can do with CG now, but it was still the inferior story-line. They missed out big time.