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[Anyponedrawn]

Star Wars has lost ALL appeal to me.  Disney has drove it into the ground just like Marvel.  It's all the same green-screen CGI content anymore.

I hope they can take a step back and actually BUILD to the world in a meaningful way instead of just cash grabs.

[Blurr]

Well I think they're on their way towards that. Kathleen Kennedy has stepped down as president of Lucasfilms. Dave Filoni is now the president.

For those of you who don't know, Dave Filoni is the mind behind a LOT of star wars including the Clone Wars show.

[MasterXtreme]

^ I hope you are right, for the sake of the fans.

[Blurr]

The fans are actually pleased about this. Filoni learned directly under George Lucas about everything lorewise when it came to Star Wars. If there was ever any body to fill the shoes of Lucas, the man who started it all, it’s Filoni.

[RainySunshine]

Someone in control doesn't mean they are writing the stories.  Disney is going to want the money and story be darned.  Hopefully the writers and the person in charge truly take the care and time needed for success.

I miss their video game division they used to have.  Some pretty great games.

[NostradamusTheSeer]

Star Wars has lost ALL appeal to me... I hope they can take a step back and actually BUILD to the world in a meaningful way instead of just cash grabs.

Eh, if nothing else the franchise will be ripe for parody for years to come. The Mandalorian and Grogu?  Could you get any lazier with a title? 

 

Oops, wrong baby alien. 

Mel Brooks would be remiss not to make at least one Mandalorian ref in Spaceballs: TNO. As we speak I'm mentally writing a slew of jokes not just about the film itself, but all the "Inside Baseball" arguments and drama going on at Disney.  "Y'know, Jimmy Kimmel was a lot funnier back when he was on The Man Show." "CANCELLED!" [shoots offender with phaser, disentegrating them]
 

[Grapefoot]

Well things aren't looking good. Critics are going at the new Disney film already.  Truthfully, I hadn't even heard of a new one coming either. We will see what happens for the house of mouse. I watched the trailer and it looked fine to me.

Disney's first 'Star Wars' movie in seven years is tracking to be yet another massive disappointment

When The Walt Disney Company bought out Lucasfilm and, by extension, the "Star Wars" universe, expectations were that the two combined companies would make Hollywood’s most popular franchise even bigger.

Instead of going decades between "Star Wars" movies, Disney would put its creative might behind more consistent releases and expanding the universe. The company would release movies as part of the "core" stories, then do films or shows that focused on side characters or other stories.

Initially, it seemed like the approach, led primarily by then-Lucasfilm head Kathleen Kennedy, would be a success. "The Force Awakens" was a gigantic success, and while it didn’t exactly reinvent the wheel creatively, it launched the new Disney era of "Star Wars" with a whopping $937 million domestic box office gross. Adjusted for inflation, that’s $1.24 billion.

Well, with few exceptions, almost everything to come out of the "Star Wars" universe since has degraded the brand and fan expectations. Yes, "Andor" is widely praised. The first season of "The Mandalorian" was a big hit. And "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" has seen its reputation improve since its release in 2016.

On the other hand, there was the remarkably "woke" Disney+ show "The Acolyte," which was canceled after one poorly viewed season. "The Last Jedi" and "The Rise of Skywalker" were widely disliked. Other movies like "Solo: A Star Wars Story" were critical and box office disappointments. And even "The Mandalorian" has seen its impact diminish.

Sure enough, the first "Star Wars" movie in nearly seven years, "The Mandalorian and Grogu" directed by Jon Favreau, is set to hit theaters in May. And with tracking data now hitting the industry, we can see just how bad things have gotten for Disney.

Tracking data shows little hope new 'Star Wars' movie will be a hit

You may not have heard much about it, but "The Mandalorian and Grogu" is a big deal for Disney. The first major theatrical release in the "Star Wars" universe since 2019. The Grogu character was a cultural phenomenon for a year or so, making the streaming show a must watch.

It’s also the first "Star Wars" film set outside the main trilogy since "Solo: A Star Wars Story" in 2018. That movie was viewed as a disappointment when it opened to just over $84 million domestically and grossed just $392 million globally.

Well, this latest attempt isn’t looking much better. Industry website Box Office Theory reported that the opening weekend box office prediction for "The Mandalorian and Grogu," based on pre-release ticket sales, is just $71 million.

Even "Solo’s" opening weekend, adjusted for inflation, would be about $110.5 million in today’s dollars. This latest "Star Wars" release is tracking to come in nearly $40 million behind that. While the film has a lower budget which has been estimated at around $166 million, this is still a disappointment. It may wind up breaking even or turning a small profit, but unless the international market surprises or word of mouth is strong, it won’t be a huge financial hit. And given the poor response to the trailers, word of mouth is more likely to be negative than positive.

Really, Disney has nobody to blame but themselves. Kathleen Kennedy had no plan for where she wanted the "Star Wars" franchise to go. They hired a different director for "The Last Jedi," Rian Johnson, who had a totally different vision and view of what he wanted to make than J.J. Abrams. Then, after fans were furious with his take, desperately rushed back to Abrams to make "The Rise of Skywalker." That film felt rushed, inconsistent, and lazy. Storylines built up in the previous movies fizzled out or were totally ignored, which made the lack of planning even more obvious.

Many of the Disney+ shows, instead of bringing new fans into the "Star Wars" universe, were moderately successful at best, or completely unwatchable at worst, cheapening the brand’s overall image, taking away some of the exclusivity of the trilogy films, and pulling focus away from the "Jedi-Sith" dichotomy. "The Acolyte" was a clumsy, poorly-written mess, an attempt to shoehorn politics into "Star Wars" that was a predictable failure.

So the result of all of these changes, the lack of creative vision and direction, is that fans now approach "Star Wars" with apathy, not excitement. There’s no benefit of the doubt that a "Star Wars" film will be fun, exciting storytelling worth seeing in theaters. And when you lose the benefit of the doubt with your customers, you’re in trouble. Disney’s version of the "Star Wars" brand? Boy is it ever in trouble.

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[Blurr]

Since when do critics always get it right?

[MasterXtreme]

Regardless if the film is good or not, people will give the film tons of money.  It has Star Wars on the title sheet after all. 

[Grapefoot]

Regardless if the film is good or not, people will give the film tons of money.  It has Star Wars on the title sheet after all.

This.

[MasterXtreme]

I like history war movies.

"YOUNG WASHINGTON."

[NostradamusTheSeer]

"YOUNG WASHINGTON."  'Kay... As long as they play it straight--no zombies, no vampires, no having George secretly schtupping Dolley Madison, none of that weird alt-universe/fantasy/spec. history crap the studios have been getting into big now.

[RainySunshine]

"YOUNG WASHINGTON."  'Kay... As long as they play it straight--no zombies, no vampires, no having George secretly schtupping Dolley Madison, none of that weird alt-universe/fantasy/spec. history crap the studios have been getting into big now.

It is being produced by Angel Studios.  They would never do that.  They are as pro-America as they come.