#Phonepunk#
Banned
Rian's movie came in under budget and on time. i'm sure that is all that matters to them. he made a bottle episode of Star Wars, with minimal sets and lots of interiors. it's like shooting for TV when you don't have the budget and you contrive a story where your characters are all trapped in one room. all their other SW films have been budgetary/creative boondoggles so I'm sure his kind of "Yes Man" consistency is appealing to them. also his film showed how it is possible to Both Sides the good/evil people and have it accepted by a mass audience, preparing folks for future Star Wars with moral relativism. this is necessary cos Lucas's anti-war stance is no longer the series M.O. and they see no issue in glorifying fascism as long as it's the fantasy kind.
plus he is good at trolling, he actually engages the trolls, and he trolls back, through his movie. this keeps TLJ relevant, even if it's people arguing that it sucks. I think he still has his films, and they will be made, and probably successful, cos it is the largest company in the world with the most profitable property of the last century. the films being crap or not, well, that will be up for debate (but based on Canto Bight, it's probably a yes).
any potential lost revenue or toy sales from the lack of new characters in TLJ doesn't really matter, they own the rights to everything, and are content to rake in the marketing dollars from putting C-3PO on a bag of lettuce or whatever. Rian didn't fail to create anything new because that was never the plan. the plan was rehashing old shit, killing Snoke just sped that up faster.
plus he is good at trolling, he actually engages the trolls, and he trolls back, through his movie. this keeps TLJ relevant, even if it's people arguing that it sucks. I think he still has his films, and they will be made, and probably successful, cos it is the largest company in the world with the most profitable property of the last century. the films being crap or not, well, that will be up for debate (but based on Canto Bight, it's probably a yes).
any potential lost revenue or toy sales from the lack of new characters in TLJ doesn't really matter, they own the rights to everything, and are content to rake in the marketing dollars from putting C-3PO on a bag of lettuce or whatever. Rian didn't fail to create anything new because that was never the plan. the plan was rehashing old shit, killing Snoke just sped that up faster.
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