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posted by Fnord666 on Sunday June 24 2018, @10:27PM   Printer-friendly
from the solo-failure dept.

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: 2) by chewbacon on Monday June 25 2018, @12:58PM (2 children)

    by chewbacon (1032) on Monday June 25 2018, @12:58PM (#698098)

    I enjoyed it. Liked the young Lando. Best part about it? First Star Wars movie I got to see with my son and, afterwards, he had lots of questions which lead to a drive home with lots of discussion about the saga. We watched episode 4 the next day. And that’s what I’ve been hoping for with Star Wars becoming relevant again, becoming sort of an authority on the saga with new fans. “Yeah, that movie was cool, but here’s something also cool from back in the day...”

    Even if they could make the films over again with the same glory as the originals from 30+ years ago, they’d strike old fans differently simply because they are living different lives now. It’ll never be the same, get over it and stop campaigning against the saga.

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by coolgopher on Monday June 25 2018, @02:04PM

    by coolgopher (1157) on Monday June 25 2018, @02:04PM (#698124)

    Smells like an astroturf from Chewbacca's cousin ;)

  • (Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Tuesday June 26 2018, @10:39AM

    by JoeMerchant (3937) on Tuesday June 26 2018, @10:39AM (#698681)

    God help us if it's ever the same, with major competition in the theater being "Smokey and the Bandit" - three network channels on the rabbit ear TV at home, no internet - not even dial up BBSs yet. As kids we used to go outside because it was just too boring in the house.

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