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Originally Posted by YorkeDaddy
You're neglecting the power of children and marketing to a comical degree. And the fact that the movie has been widely praised and the vocal minority of supernerds like Bat is not indicative of what the masses actually think. Doesn't mean Bat's opinion is wrong or whatever the ****, just means that subsequent movies are undoubtedly and undeniably going to = $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
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Sure,
VIII will make a lot of money, and I do have a feeling it will be much better than this one due to changing directors as well as amping up the action and story now that everyone is reintroduced and back on board with the franchise.
But consider how many Star Wars movies Disney is planning on pumping out over the coming years:
The Force Awakens - 2015
Star Wars: Rogue One - 2016
Episode VIII - 2017
Han Solo - 2018
Episode IX - 2019
Boba Fett - 2020
They already have the next five years loosely planned out, and because it's Disney, we know they're not gonna stop. I may have been a little too harsh on
Force Awakens, and it might be better with a second viewing, but Disney is going to cram SW down everyone's throat for the foreseeable future.
That can either be a good thing or a bad thing. They could handle it like they've handled the Marvel franchise, which I hope they do, cause I love SW and don't want to see it become the Hollywood version of
Call of Duty where a new movie every single year starts wearing people out over time, especially if the quality degrades along with it.
All of those films listed will make boatloads of money in comparison to anything else that will be out, but my lukewarm opinion of
The Force Awakens plus the fact that Disney is going to pump at least one SW film out every year does have me concerned. I have a sinking feeling that SW is going to become a yearly assembly line product that never tries anything new and is simply a safe product for the masses and no more under Disney's handling. It may be extremely profitable for now, but it could decrease with each film over time if they keep going down a certain path.
Not all of us are fanboys hating on the film. Some of us are just legitimately concerned for this franchise and Disney's potential handling of it.