They also dropped the ball on Solo by letting it come out 5 months after TLJ

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Feb 5, 2019
12:05:10pm

Kajdin All-American

AND not marketing Solo very well. There was very little fanfare associated with the Solo release

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I'm surprised the Disney marketing machine let Star Wars TLJ happen

mudpupper

2/5/19 11:51am

Because Social Justice and Women are Awesome, Men Stink was the driving force.

SandYFan

2/5/19 11:54am

RE: Because Social Justice and Women are Awesome, Men Stink was the driving

durandal

2/5/19 11:59am

Kathleen Kennedy happened

MasterLump

2/5/19 11:56am

Was that the blue-haired, elistist boss lady? Yeah, turns out SJW’s are more

Misteak

2/5/19 11:59am

No she's the Star Wars CEO who was very open when she was hired about being

darkcoug

2/5/19 12:17pm

Rey is barely marketable. There is no connection because she hasn’t had the

Misteak

2/5/19 11:57am

Yeah, the Rey thing is puzzling.

WJCougar

2/5/19 12:04pm

Not as worthless as the asian chick.

Cougarclaw

2/5/19 12:56pm

True....so Finn and Rose together are a total waste.

WJCougar

2/5/19 12:57pm

Disney really messed that up. When Luke tossed the lightsaber behind him, it ruined it.

RSL

2/5/19 1:08pm

Dropping it would have been a better way to show Luke was rejecting what was coming for him.

SpiffCoug

2/5/19 1:16pm

What do you mean?

RSL

2/5/19 1:23pm

I'm saying, if RJ wanted Luke to reject his past, dropping the saber would have accomplished the same without

SpiffCoug

2/5/19 1:35pm

Oh, yes. I agree 100%.

RSL

2/5/19 1:53pm

My 6 year old daughter loves her. You’re probably not the target market

Mike Honcho

2/5/19 1:11pm

My daughters love her too (ages 11 & 13). They both loved TLJ.

chilango

2/5/19 1:33pm

REmember Rose? the mechanic that made fin sound dumb for sacrificing

v1k0u6

2/5/19 12:03pm

They also dropped the ball on Solo by letting it come out 5 months after TLJ

Kajdin

2/5/19 12:05pm

And it was a good movie

cougarmanguy

2/5/19 12:11pm

It's definitely a solid Star Wars movie. The connection to the greater plan is puzzling but as a standalone

YIsForBrigham

2/5/19 12:36pm

And now we'll never know how it integrates into the big picture

Kajdin

2/5/19 12:39pm

The more I think about Solo, the less I like it.

Left Shark Coug

2/5/19 12:21pm

On top of that they purposely mocked and flipped off lifetime Star Wars fans.

Gerald-DeGroot

2/5/19 12:08pm

You deserved it.

scootsy

2/5/19 12:20pm

They chose to ignore Lucas in favor of fan service films.

Seasider

2/5/19 12:08pm

Except they didn't even favor fans. They took everything fans loved and

MasterLump

2/5/19 12:10pm

They took the hero from the first movies and the best liked character from the first

cougarmanguy

2/5/19 12:10pm

It achieved a global box office of over $1.3 billion on a budget of $300 mils.

chilango

2/5/19 12:13pm

On the contrary,

cougarmanguy

2/5/19 12:16pm

And yet it’s the worst pure “Star Wars” movie ever. Weird.

Gerald-DeGroot

2/5/19 12:16pm

Episodes I and II would like to have a word with you.

chilango

2/5/19 12:28pm

They were bad. But at least they were Star Wars movies instead of some crappy

Gerald-DeGroot

2/5/19 12:33pm

I've noticed that, generally speaking, those who were young (early 20s or

chilango

2/5/19 12:45pm

TLJ was a better “movie” than Ep 2. It was NOT a better pure Star Wars movie.

Gerald-DeGroot

2/5/19 12:50pm

Neither did I or II, especially I. Episode I was awful in every way, and II was

chilango

2/5/19 12:54pm

I was COMPLETELY with you until the rest of your post. I ALMOST gave you a thumbs up.

RSL

2/5/19 12:51pm

And it should have made much more and licensing sales were way down for it.

mudpupper

2/5/19 12:18pm

Maybe so. But almost any business would take that ROI in a heartbeat.

chilango

2/5/19 12:20pm

But it still lost. Fans everywhere dropped interest overnight. Their strategy of

Division Bell

2/5/19 12:39pm

FYI, Cinemascore gives Phantom Menace an A-. It's not a high bar to get an A.

Still Questing

2/5/19 12:23pm

Good point, that was a truly terrible movie.

chilango

2/5/19 12:24pm

Also, best to compare apples to apples

maizecoug

2/5/19 12:31pm

Ah yes. It was the Alt Right that convinced us all the movie is worthless

YIsForBrigham

2/5/19 12:37pm

Everyone was going to see TLJ, everyone. Hype going in was huge.

Tygger

2/5/19 12:42pm

I'm not saying it was as good as TFA or Rogue One. It wasn't. Just pointing out

chilango

2/5/19 12:48pm

But also alienated a great portion of their audience, likely causing them to

MasterLump

2/5/19 12:52pm

It was a commercial success due to hype. Look at what it's done to a following

Kajdin

2/5/19 12:53pm

I didn't realize how bad it was until I got out of the theater, also.

RSL

2/5/19 12:58pm

here's how it should have ended

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