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re: Bloomberg - Star Wars Is Struggling to Win Over the Next Generation of Kids
Posted on 8/7/19 at 7:50 pm to Cs
Posted on 8/7/19 at 7:50 pm to Cs
Here's what happened, and it's clear as day for everyone to see, Kathleen Kennedy failed the Star Wars franchise with her SJW bullshite. Instead of using these movies to bring the old trio back together for one last hurrah before passing the torch to a new and younger generation, Kennedy wanted minority characters to take over the new trilogy from the very beginning. Why? Muh diversity!
I've been a Star Wars fan since I first saw the original trilogy around 1994 or so. I fell in love with the characters of Luke, Han, and Leia...just like all those who came before and after me. In the sequel trilogy, I'm pretty sure I wasn't alone in wanting to see Luke, Han, and Leia take a leading role in the first couple of movies before the torch got past toward the end of the trilogy.
Instead, we get three new lead characters who, admittedly, most of us don't really care about. They are good actors and have done well with the material they have been given, but their arcs have been nothing short of shite. And the characters from the OT were shat on from the very beginning. Han went back to being a scoundrel smuggler and we're never given an explanation as to why. Leia became a candy arse unwilling to lose even one pilot when she had no problem sacrificing the lives of her forces for the greater good in the OT. And Luke? What more needs to be said. They completely destroyed that character and there's nothing short of time travel in Episode IX that can save what they did to him.
TL;DR - Kathleen Kennedy is the reason for the failure of Disney's Star Wars venture. Lucas sold the franchise to the wrong freaking person.
I've been a Star Wars fan since I first saw the original trilogy around 1994 or so. I fell in love with the characters of Luke, Han, and Leia...just like all those who came before and after me. In the sequel trilogy, I'm pretty sure I wasn't alone in wanting to see Luke, Han, and Leia take a leading role in the first couple of movies before the torch got past toward the end of the trilogy.
Instead, we get three new lead characters who, admittedly, most of us don't really care about. They are good actors and have done well with the material they have been given, but their arcs have been nothing short of shite. And the characters from the OT were shat on from the very beginning. Han went back to being a scoundrel smuggler and we're never given an explanation as to why. Leia became a candy arse unwilling to lose even one pilot when she had no problem sacrificing the lives of her forces for the greater good in the OT. And Luke? What more needs to be said. They completely destroyed that character and there's nothing short of time travel in Episode IX that can save what they did to him.
TL;DR - Kathleen Kennedy is the reason for the failure of Disney's Star Wars venture. Lucas sold the franchise to the wrong freaking person.
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Posted on 8/7/19 at 7:56 pm to RollTide1987
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Lucas sold the franchise to the wrong freaking person.
I genuinely wonder if he regrets it or if he's just laughing at their failure with his four billion.
Posted on 8/7/19 at 7:57 pm to RollTide1987
If Lucas had sold to Warner Brothers, the DCEU and Star Wars would have been in much better places and you could make a case that FOX would still be around and may even be in a better position since they were a rumored buyer for Warner Brothers before they did an about ship and decided to cower to the Mouse.
Posted on 8/8/19 at 8:25 am to RollTide1987
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TL;DR - Kathleen Kennedy is the reason for the failure of Disney's Star Wars venture. Lucas sold the franchise to the wrong freaking person.
TL;DR reply.
He didn't sell it to Kathleen Kennedy though. He sold it to Disney.
Kathleen Kennedy is probably going to go down in history as one of the greatest producers in the history of Hollywood. Movies that she helped produce have made 11 Billion dollars world wide. Including, I daresay, some of this board's favorite flicks.
The problem is Kennedy is not an idea person. She worked with Spielberg and Lucas as the detail person. They would come up with an idea and she'd make sure they had everything they needed to get the job done. She's a master, maybe the greatest of all time, at the production side of making movies.
That isn't what you need as the head of the studio though. You want someone bursting with ideas. You want someone like Kevin Feige. Then you hire someone like Kathleen Kennedy to ride herd on those ideas and make sure they make it to the screen.
She is the wrong person for the job. You don't hire a horse jockey to be the center for your NBA team even if he has won a slew of Kentucky Derbies. The lion's share of the blame goes to Disney... and George Lucas.
It was Lucas, after all, who hand picked Kennedy to be his successor. The plan when she was hired was George would lay down a broad vision for where the Star Wars franchise would go and then Kennedy would do what she does best and get it there. After a couple of years Lucas could "retire".
Instead he sold the company four months later.
As for SJW bullshite... that really isn't a hallmark of her career. Kennedy produced a handful of Oscar bait movies but she's mostly gone with big budget action stuff. I don't think anyone here would label Indiana Jones or Jurassic Park as SJW movies.
She's also well past her prime. She's part of the Lucas/Spielberg family and you will notice that Lucas is retired and Spielberg hasn't been setting the world on fire of late.
Disney needs to ease her out the door and go with someone younger who has a real fire and passion for the franchise.
Posted on 8/8/19 at 5:33 pm to RollTide1987
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TL;DR - Kathleen Kennedy is the reason for the failure of Disney's Star Wars venture.
This is correct.
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Kathleen Kennedy failed the Star Wars franchise with her SJW bull shite. Instead of using these movies to bring the old trio back together for one last hurrah before passing the torch to a new and younger generation, Kennedy wanted minority characters to take over the new trilogy from the very beginning.
This is also correct.
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Lucas sold the franchise to the wrong freaking person.
This is incorrect. Lucas sold Lucasfilm to Disney; however, they collectively went with the wrong person to spearhead the studio.
Posted on 8/9/19 at 9:13 pm to RollTide1987
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They are good actors and have done well with the material they have been given,
But they don’t hold a candle to Harrison Ford, carrie fisher. Alec Guinness, James earl jones or peter cushing. Even puppet yoda is a bettter actor than those three.
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