Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker was far from a flop, but it failed to meet Disney’s sky-high financial expectations. That, in combination with the tepid critical and audience response, will have the Mouse House and Lucasfilm asking what went wrong.
My opinion is that a combination of risk aversion, executive meddling, over-compensating for the online backlash to The Last Jedi and the failure to properly plan out the Sequel Trilogy all had their part to play. Now, however, we’re hearing that Disney’s first reaction on how to pull Star Wars out of its slump is simple: more Darth Vader. Lots more Darth Vader.
Sources close to Wgtc – the same ones who told us about the Rey/Palpatine twist from Rise of Skywalker months before it hit theaters, and that [Spoilers] would be revealed as a traitor in the film – say that several future Star Wars movies set...
My opinion is that a combination of risk aversion, executive meddling, over-compensating for the online backlash to The Last Jedi and the failure to properly plan out the Sequel Trilogy all had their part to play. Now, however, we’re hearing that Disney’s first reaction on how to pull Star Wars out of its slump is simple: more Darth Vader. Lots more Darth Vader.
Sources close to Wgtc – the same ones who told us about the Rey/Palpatine twist from Rise of Skywalker months before it hit theaters, and that [Spoilers] would be revealed as a traitor in the film – say that several future Star Wars movies set...
- 1/27/2020
- by David James
- We Got This Covered
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