I'm sorry, but fans are looking SO HARD for a reason to hate Kathleen Kennedy that it becomes absurd. You're even trying to denigrate Andor, universally critically acclaimed and clearly better written, acted, directed, and produced then anything Star Wars has produced since the OT, because it fails "from a general audience buzz standpoint" - however you're discerning that. You're also treating a franchise that was an absolute pop culture joke after the derided PT and is chock-a-block with risible garbage in the vast majority of the EU as though it has been consistently successful, praised, and beloved for most of its existence. It hasn't been. It is in a better state right now, today, then it has been since 1983.
Nah he gets it for this one IMO. I don't love Iger but the blame IMO is squarely placed on Chapek and creative designers. And who gave thumbs up for keeping the barges in place. Chapek put his name on it. I'll let him. He isn't responsible for all the changes but Harmonious is his.
Disney’s minimum wage increased to $15/hr in 2021. Ask any DVC owner, they can go on for days about the impact of wages on dues. And they do.
Are they annoyed that there is a direct correlation between wage rises and dues, or are they annoyed about the wages going up?
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Agreed. Also, I dislike Chapek's business decisions. I don't hate the man personally. I don't even know him personally. For all I know, he's a perfectly decent guy who's just a bad choice to lead Disney. But I do not wish him ill.
You really don't need to look that hard. I personally liked Andor I didn't denigrate it at all. I see no real excitement outside of the bigger fans. I've said many times, my circle isn't the end all be all. But no one in my family or friends or people I work with have watched. And they all watched Mando, Kenobi and Fett. That doesn't make it bad but is that what Disney wants?
Sorry, but I went to star wars weekends multiple times. In no way was star wars a pop culture joke. That's the statement of someone desperate to defend Kennedy. The prequels had their issues for sure. So when the sequels make the prequels look like oscar winning material, that says something.
I've never been a supporter of the EU as a whole. There was a lot of trash in it just like with marvel comics. But within it, there was some absolute gems. The knights of the old republic story is better than everything in the Disney era. No chance that star wars is in the best shape since the OT. That's just nonsense.
So if people thinking Kennedy is not right for star wars is not based in reality, then what is it based in? What are these other factors? Personally I blame her and Iger. They both stink. But Kennedy is the head of Lucasfilm. Iger might have taken responsibility for the solo release debacle. But I never heard him take responsibility for the terrible story decisions that Kennedy approved. It was her plan, it didn't work. And people don't like her because she's been an absolute dill hole to the fans.
I’m a casual Star Wars fan at best. In fact, I’d never seen any of the films until my partner, who’d grown up watching them, showed them to me ten years ago. I suppose the point I’m trying to make is that I’m not burdened by nostalgia when it comes to the franchise; it’s all relatively new to me. To my mind, the sequel trilogy is considerably better than the prequel films. (My partner agrees, for what it’s worth, though he absolutely hates The Rise of Skywalker.)
I think this is astute.
Andor is terrific. I loved it. It will sell exactly zero toys and hasn’t exactly made much of a deep cultural penetration. Sadly, those things are what motivates much of Disney’s handling of IP.
Pretty sure you can do that at the first aid office.
