The Mandalorian & Grogu is released this week and is set for the lowest opening weekend of any Star Wars film ever. With the TV shows also struggling, here's why interest is waning.
Yeah that and a couple of books and stuff. Complaining that a fantasy universe has too much depth is like complaining that a strategy game requires too much thinking.
Well, there’s more than I thought. Although half of those I’d basically categorize under the umbrella of the Clone Wars show anyway. And There’s like 2-3 really little kid shows which I doubt are that important to canon. And an abreviated retelling or two of the films for younger audiences.
Edit: it seems we misread the part about the person complaining. It’s Rebecca Harrison, who is writing a book about Star Wars and who tries to explain why people may not be interested in the new movie. I think she means that she did watch it all, but that it has been quite a lot of work, and she expects many people will not do so.
The Han Solo and Rise of Skywalker movies or the Book of Fet proves that’s not true. We don’t want rehashed or retelling or reboots. We want new stories that feel genuine and not forced.
There have been so many poor decisions with this franchise in the last 10 or 15 years since Disney bought Lucas.
Stop trying to tell a story in flashbacks. You’ve tried 3 time with this schtick and failed each time
Stop trying to weave current real life political commentary into a fantasy sci-fi series set in a galaxy far far away. There’s plenty of reality in reality, thanks
Stop the call backs and nostalgia remembers, The Force Awakens was a good opener because it felt like old Star Wars but had potential to do something new, but the next two should have been very different from the original 3 and what we got.
Forget the Palpatine resurrection arc, you screwed up, stop forcing it. The first season of The Mandalorian captured the charm of what made Boba Fett a great character then the Rise of Skywalker screwed it up by forcing the Palp resurrection arc into a very unrelated storyline.
I want post Empire lawlessness and a new hero arc that has nothing to do with Palp or the Skywalkers. I want maifia movie style gangsters with the Hutts. I want political intrigue and mystery with rebuilding of the government. I want badass special ops missions to hunt down former Empire officers and New Republic cleaning up pockets of old Empire strongholds.
“Audience members want rehashed stories of beloved characters, not new stories”
Terrible take.
Also this one: “It has felt like homework to try to keep up with everything, so I wonder if that might limit their audience,”
If your writer complains about having to read, get another writer…
It also confirms what all star wars fans already knew, they dont give a shit about the universe.
We’re up to, what, 11 movies and 2.5 cartoon series, and 3ish short, and fairly simple live action series that are considered cannon?
Compared to the MCU, that’s not bad at all.
Yeah that and a couple of books and stuff. Complaining that a fantasy universe has too much depth is like complaining that a strategy game requires too much thinking.
According to Wookiepedia, it’s 12 movies and over 30 shows. I can imagine it’s a lot to take in, even if you’re only looking for relevant lore bits.
Hell, I’d call myself a fan, and I haven’t even gotten around to watching other than 2003 Clone Wars.
Well, there’s more than I thought. Although half of those I’d basically categorize under the umbrella of the Clone Wars show anyway. And There’s like 2-3 really little kid shows which I doubt are that important to canon. And an abreviated retelling or two of the films for younger audiences.
Edit: it seems we misread the part about the person complaining. It’s Rebecca Harrison, who is writing a book about Star Wars and who tries to explain why people may not be interested in the new movie. I think she means that she did watch it all, but that it has been quite a lot of work, and she expects many people will not do so.
Is it though?
Movie message boards clamor for original stories, but remakes, endless superhero origin stories and sequels that rehash the SSDD rule the box office.
Two of the hugely successful movies in the theaters at this time are Micheal Jackson’s Biopic and The Devil Wears Prada II.
NCIS version 8, Law and Order: version 16, Chicago-verse version 4.1, 9-11:Pork Bend Utah all rule the ratings on TV.
The author is right. Audiences want the big mac.
Stale Big Mac.
The Han Solo and Rise of Skywalker movies or the Book of Fet proves that’s not true. We don’t want rehashed or retelling or reboots. We want new stories that feel genuine and not forced.
There have been so many poor decisions with this franchise in the last 10 or 15 years since Disney bought Lucas.
Stop trying to tell a story in flashbacks. You’ve tried 3 time with this schtick and failed each time
Stop trying to weave current real life political commentary into a fantasy sci-fi series set in a galaxy far far away. There’s plenty of reality in reality, thanks
Stop the call backs and nostalgia remembers, The Force Awakens was a good opener because it felt like old Star Wars but had potential to do something new, but the next two should have been very different from the original 3 and what we got.
Forget the Palpatine resurrection arc, you screwed up, stop forcing it. The first season of The Mandalorian captured the charm of what made Boba Fett a great character then the Rise of Skywalker screwed it up by forcing the Palp resurrection arc into a very unrelated storyline.
I want post Empire lawlessness and a new hero arc that has nothing to do with Palp or the Skywalkers. I want maifia movie style gangsters with the Hutts. I want political intrigue and mystery with rebuilding of the government. I want badass special ops missions to hunt down former Empire officers and New Republic cleaning up pockets of old Empire strongholds.
and stop calling it science fiction. Literally no science in Star Wars.
It’s science fantasy, just like Star Trek.
Using hard science isn’t a metric of what defines science fiction by the way. Hard science is its own genre like fantasy is.
Fantasy is just a genre of fiction, science fantasy is still science fiction too.
You’re trying to be funny, but missing the picture entirely.
you obviously have not talked to a Star Wars fan.
Where’s the bar scene where kooky aliens play kooky instruments?
Where’s the next death star to blow up?
Where’s that lovable glip glorp character?