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.
The Mandalorian was supposed to be a back door Boba Fett show. It kind of returned to Starwars roots adaptating Lone Wolf and Cub Japanese films much like A New Hope adapted The Hidden Fortress.
ReplyDeleteThe main character was a competent, cool, unashamedly good guy who is trying to be a good dad while still adhering to his faith in a difficult galaxy.
The episodes were formulaic but well executed, at least until season 3, and the series built to a very cool conclusion with the return of Luke that was leagues better then what was seen in the movies.
The downfall of course was season 3 where KK, angry the show outperformed everything she did, pushed the main characters aside for a princess Mandalorian and spent most of the episodes making the main character look bad by comparison, and only in the finale did he get to be back to his normal levels of competence.
It just goes to show that the decline of Starwars was entirely a leadership issue, where Kk constantly trashed what customers wanted and pushed product that didn’t appeal to anyone.