Disney Wants to Release a New Star Wars Every Year Indefinitely

[Atmos Duality]

Meh. My interest in the new Star Wars shed its last spark the moment they announced J.J. Abrams to direct.
That announcement made clear Disney's plans to do the fucking obvious, and milk the most popular and valuable franchise in history for all it's worth and then some.

As Lucas demonstrated, you can make a fucking mint selling merch even off a crap film (let alone THREE), if audience standards are low enough. And oh boy are they lower than ever.

 

[Hiddelgreyk]

Dear Disney: NO.

Thank you for your attention.
Oh wait. You're never going to read this. And even if you did, you wouldn't care either way.
Enjoy your heaps of cash that you're gonna make regardless, because screw art and/or artistic integrity, right?

 

[Hiddelgreyk]

To be fair, Disney is responible for the Marvel Cinematic Universe

If Disney hadn't made the marvel movies what they are, I would have discounted this outright. Even so, I can't help but be skeptical. But hey, if they can bring us something equal to Captain America 2 or Guardians of the Galaxy it'll be totally worth it.

And as others have mentioned, nothing disney does can be worse than what lucas was doing. Although the higher cost of all star wars toys is kind of pissing me off (the second the disney logo hit, everything went up 15-20%).

and I agree with flying whimsy on this.
I'm still cautiously looking forward to The Force Awakens, But Star Wars (as well as Marvel, as much as I love those movies right now) could definitely go Assasins Creed on us, and it almost inevitably will at some point. The question is, how long will it take?

 

[Grouchy Imp_v1legacy]

I'm sorry, but back when the Prequels came out all I ever heard from Star Wars fans was how much the movies sucked, not because they were bad, but for contradicting EU books and comics. I witnessed an hour long rant about how George Lucas betrayed everyone by including Guido, and how that ruined the comics and novels he's been reading that chronicled his live's saga.

Oh, and every time I check something on Wookipedia, every article I've ever looked up has a section of how a novel/ cartoon/ comic/ game/ movie contradicts parts of the backstory, or how the creative teams knowingly ignored pre-established material because it came in the way of telling their own story.

So, you claiming that the EU was this magical perfect thing is just the same as someone claiming that Batman Arkham Knight had a flawless PC port.

Firstly Episodes 1,2 and 3 weren't poor because they contradicted the EU, they were poor because they contradicted Episodes 4,5 and 6*. Secondly I never claimed the EU was in any way perfect, which is why I said I'd be happy if it were streamlined, but there's a huge difference between streamlining source material and ignoring it completely.

[sub][sub]* Also Midichlorians.[/sub][/sub]

Let's face it. A lot of the lore of the EU was utter crap. I say this as a major Star Wars fan who grew up with the original trilogy. I have read almost every single book of it and re-read the good ones numerous times (i.e. Anything written by Zahn) but there is absolutely no way that I would want to see a movie that tried to incorporate all of that. I mean, just look at this [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Timeline_of_Legends_media]!

The original actors are about 30 years older than in ROTJ, so that would be somewhere around just after the Yuuzhan Vong war or getting into the Dark Nest trilogy if they kept that same time frame. Do you really want to hear Han tell someone that Chewbacca died when a moon fell on him to explain the lack of his presence to those who didn't read the books? It would feel cheap and pointless.

While I regret the loss of some of the EU (Thrawn trilogy and X-Wing series), the EU as a whole was just a jumbled mess that is better put out to pasture. If there's a few cameos of characters thrown into the new movies as a nod to the EU fans, great, but trying to fit all the crap in just for the sake of continuity really isn't worth it.

True, but see above comment re streamlining. There ended up being a lot of material written for the EU, and some of those writers were better than others, but just because the EU needed trimming does not mean it should have been discarded completely. I dunno, I'm just not keen on seeing the likes of Thrawn, Jade or Karrde popping into films as fan-service cameos.

Ultimately I'm interested to see the new trilogy, and I'll head into the cinema to watch them with an open mind (alright, 80% open) but this yearly release schedule for upcoming films after 7,8 and 9 has me a little worried that we'll end up getting quantity over quality.

 

[chozo_hybrid]

...I, um...

I read the source article, and there doesn't seem to be any proof that this is going to be a thing. It talks about a lot of things, but in the end there's no given proof that it's been greenlit or anything. The only thing that says it's gonna happen is "Well, look at Marvel/DC/Transformers! They're doing it, so popular wins, right?" That, ladies and gentlemen, is what I believe is a Bandwagon Fallacy - everyone else is doing it, so it must be right. Either that, or slippery slope in saying that it's only a matter of time.

I mean, c'mon - the article linked provides more evidence of a new Indiana Jones film than it does of a serialized Star Wars. Let's keep our heads, shall we?

I see I'm not the only one whose bullshit alarm went into full alert.

I'm only sad that I was wrong in my initial assumption that the source would be some random analyst.

Agreed, this is pure rumor if I ever saw one. If true to an extent, it could mean some interesting films, but like all things, too much and you can potentially kill your franchise. We'll just have to wait and see.

 

[Loonyyy]

Not beyond Disney's reach, and it'd be nearly beating DC and Marvel at their own game.

Marvel is Disney.

It's been owned by Disney since 2009. The recent Marvel films have been the product of Disney. This is just more of them applying that same business model. Which everyone seems to be happy to lap up when it's more Marvel films.

 

[pookie101]

in the end it wont be a permanent state of affairs simply for the fact audiences with get burned out on it. its not far off happening with superhero movies.

with the marvel universe stuff i went from being hyped to it all blurring together, to ill catch a movie if its on tv sometimes

 

[talker]

I knew this would happen! and they said I was mad! MAD!!!! Who's coming with me? I have signs and monk's robes premade! The end is nigh!

 

[Dead Metal]

I'm sorry, but back when the Prequels came out all I ever heard from Star Wars fans was how much the movies sucked, not because they were bad, but for contradicting EU books and comics. I witnessed an hour long rant about how George Lucas betrayed everyone by including Guido, and how that ruined the comics and novels he's been reading that chronicled his live's saga.

Oh, and every time I check something on Wookipedia, every article I've ever looked up has a section of how a novel/ cartoon/ comic/ game/ movie contradicts parts of the backstory, or how the creative teams knowingly ignored pre-established material because it came in the way of telling their own story.

So, you claiming that the EU was this magical perfect thing is just the same as someone claiming that Batman Arkham Knight had a flawless PC port.

Firstly Episodes 1,2 and 3 weren't poor because they contradicted the EU, they were poor because they contradicted Episodes 4,5 and 6*. Secondly I never claimed the EU was in any way perfect, which is why I said I'd be happy if it were streamlined, but there's a huge difference between streamlining source material and ignoring it completely.

[sub][sub]* Also Midichlorians.[/sub][/sub]

Source material? The movies are the source material, the EU were derived from the movies, the movies have always been the main thing, and never cared for the EU. The first ever book in the EU was imminently ignored by the second movie.

 

[BloatedGuppy]

Star Wars has continued to make more money then physically exists on Earth, so maybe they have the right idea after all.

Fun fact, apropos of absolutely nothing...I saw an infographic a few days back estimating Star Wars lifetime earnings as a franchise at 9 billion. Which seemed quite low, so I checked again and found a higher number...28 billion. Blizzard's "World of Warcraft" is estimated to have made some 15 billion to this point in time (~10 years). Which I find staggering.

Eh, what did people think was going to happen?

Agreed, particularly since this news was announced shortly after Disney's purchase of the IP, and no one seemed particularly surprised at the time. I have no idea if everyone experienced collective amnesia or what happened.

Given Disney's treatment of...and success with...their Marvel franchise, this was always the most likely outcome. And as people rushed to point out to me when I was moaning about Ant-Man 2 and over-saturation, you don't have to go see them. You can't get over-saturated by something you're not watching. Part of the issue with super hero films is that between Marvel and DC and the individual Spider Man and X-Men franchise holders, not to mention whatever abortions the company holding the Fantastic Four rights felt like belching out at any given moment, it seemed like the ONLY tent-pole movies we were getting any more were super heroes. We weren't talking one a year, it was like six to eight a year, and few or not alternatives. I'm pretty sure the public can endure one Star Wars film. And "one a year" will probably end up being closer to one every 1.5-2 years.

Star Wars Holiday Special

You bite your tongue. The Star Wars Holiday Special is BRILLIANT.

 

[Glaice]

Fine, drive what made this series great into the ground and you'll see diminishing returns once the ticket sales slowly decrease and loss of interest.

 

[Something Amyss]

Well they're both milking, but at least when they're drawing on the EU we'd have a better chance of the milk being good. For a time.

Assuming they took one of the handful of good stories.

Which, by the way, they can still do.

 

[Erttheking]

Star Wars Holiday Special

You bite your tongue. The Star Wars Holiday Special is BRILLIANT.

....ACK! BloateGuppy has been replaced by a Terminator! Skynet has risen! Judgement day is coming!

THE END TIMES! THE END TIMES ARE HERE!

 

[Leg End]

Marvel is Disney.

It's been owned by Disney since 2009. The recent Marvel films have been the product of Disney. This is just more of them applying that same business model. Which everyone seems to be happy to lap up when it's more Marvel films.

Owned by Disney but Disney mostly keeps their hands off of the company that seems to be making money just fine without intervention. Mostly everything you've seen from Marvel is still what they would have done otherwise and Disney is just reaping the rewards of owning the company that has some of the best toy potential out there.

Well, probably sans the cartoons airing on Disney Channel and such. Actually, that ties into what I said so... I don't know anymore.

 

[Syzygy23]

I'd think Disney of all companies would understand the meaning of "Over-saturating the market".

 

[Something Amyss]

Fine, drive what made this series great into the ground and you'll see diminishing returns once the ticket sales slowly decrease and loss of interest.

What made the series great was campy actors performing in a hybrid of spaghetti Western clones and Samurai clones with space combat by via WW2.

It has nothing to do with the frequency of the movies. The original trilogy were brilliant B-movie camp.

 

[Something Amyss]

I'd think Disney of all companies would understand the meaning of "Over-saturating the market".

Because they do it so often?

 

[Kajin]

Fine, drive what made this series great into the ground and you'll see diminishing returns once the ticket sales slowly decrease and loss of interest.

So the only thing that made the series great was the fact that the movies were spaced out somewhat between releases? THAT'S the master secret that has made star wars an enduring pop culture phenomenon for the past several decades?

 

[TheMann]

Oh, man seriously? Please tell me this is just an exaggeration. I mean every year?!! How the fuck does Disney think they can do that and still keep the stories cohesive or ever relevant? That's ridiculous.
Maybe it'll be something like this, only replace "The Jonas Brothers" with "Star Wars".] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TF4_4g1B2Ug] Maybe it'll be something like this, only replace The Jonas Brothers with Star Wars.
Oh well, maybe they'll a least make a decent trilogy before they ruin it.