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Lucasfilm "Licking Their Wounds" But Not Halting 'Star Wars' Development
Mild spoilers in TFA about certain characters that appear in the film.
Disney and Lucasfilm are reassessing their plans for future Star Wars movies in the wake of the disappointing performance of Solo: A Star Wars Story, which is having to fight to make much more than $350 million worldwide, sources tell The Hollywood Reporter. "They haven't slowed down development," says a source with knowledge of Lucasfilm's thinking, "but they are licking their wounds."
Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy and her team are regrouping and figuring out the direction of the movies beyond the final installment of the main series of films, Star Wars: Episode IX, which is scheduled for release Dec. 20, 2019. "It doesn't mean those spinoffs don't happen," says another insider of Solo's underperformance globally. "It just means they're trying to figure out how to make, and market, them differently."
[...] "They were developing anything and everything," says another exec. "It was a case of them stuffing so much sausage and not try to break the casing."
Meanwhile, Han Solo's blaster was sold for over 0.1% of the film's gross.
Also at Collider, Space.com, and Forbes (archive).
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 25 2018, @09:46AM (2 children)
Please, while it may be overrated, for years or possibly even decades there will be young ones (or once young) who will scream "Witness Me!" before they attempt something potentially suicidally Stupid+Awesome (application of edible chrome spray optional but encouraged if there's a high chance of failure). See: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=witness+me%21 [youtube.com]
That's the legacy of that Mad Max movie, even if it doesn't actually "Ride Eternal, Shiny and Chrome. " ;).
The original Star Wars series has added much: "Use the Force", "I find your lack of faith disturbing", Imperial March theme, etc.
The Last Jedi and similar? Crap that add nothing maybe only remembered as negative examples. Not even so bad that it's good.
MEDIOCRE crap, MEDIOCRE!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Fbry0X7OmM [youtube.com]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 25 2018, @11:17AM (1 child)
They added this very useful one: http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/its-a-trap [knowyourmeme.com]
And there's also: “Fear is the path to the dark side…fear leads to anger…anger leads to hate…hate leads to suffering.”
(Score: 2) by kazzie on Monday June 25 2018, @07:33PM
Look again: GP said that "The Last Jedi" added nothing, not "Return of the Jedi".