At this point, that is the only explanation that makes sense. Disney spent billions of dollars to acquire Lucasfilm. Billions. Not hundreds of millions. Billions. And then they basically set fire to all of the IP. Did they they make some money on those first few movies? Of course they did. Have they made enough money over all to recoup those billions? Even if you add in whatever they are making on merchandising and the parks? I doubt it. (Remember, they lost another billion or so on that Star Wars themed hotel.)
Apparently Disney-Lucasfilm released a TV spot for their upcoming Star Wars movie during the Super Bowl. I didn't see it, because I am continuing my multi-year streak of not watching anything NFL. (OK, I was having dinner with friends once when an NFL game was on, but I was not paying attention to any of that.)
This is the Nerdrotic Daily video EPIC BACKFIRE! ‘Mando & Grogu’ Super Bowl Spot Gets SLAMMED as Biggest Flop of the Game
Disney-Lucasfilm, under the direction of Kathleen Kennedy, has not released a theatrical Star Wars production since 2019. And then we get this.
So they decide to make Mandalorian and Grogu, which are two derivative characters. It is a derivative Boba Fett, and a derivative Yoda. It was originally sold as this western bounty hunter show, but it just became the cute little baby Yoda show. Look at the cute little baby Yoda doing the cutesy-pootsy toy stuff.
Sounds like a great idea to spend a couple of hundred million dollars on.
The video is just under 7 minutes.
Personally I gave up on Star Wars after episode 1, and Jar Jar Binks. As Gary says in the video, it is still a dead franchise. It is fun to point and laugh.
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