Because they’re pretentious idiots that think they know better than we do.
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Does anyone else think Galaxy’s Edge is a misfire?
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Andrew C
You know what's funny?
It’s crazy. It just is.
Ayla
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You don't know what literally means.
AdventureHasAName
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You're criticizing the poster for not commissioning Drew Struzan to make concept art for his message board post?
That’s how you know AI is going to be incredibly useful in society like the advent of the internet and computers.
Those that don’t figure out use cases and just complain at any thought of it will fall behind, get fired, and complain instead of adapting.
John Lasseter famously was a hand-drawn animator until he discovered the capabilities of CG animation.
George Lucas was big into practical effects until CG could do things. That doesn’t mean the old mediums are bad, they should continue, but to just blanket be opposed to AI, that’s just very silly.
If we’re talking about AI filmmaking exclusively, not every animator is truly gifted, and the same will be true that not every artist that uses an LLM will be able to create something truly interesting.
What it does do is allows people to work exponentially faster so productivity explodes, and you can do a lot of things at once that only someone with a 100+ person team could, and that’s just in a work context, you can just use LLMs in generally to do so many random things. Like helping to visualize a random forum post.
Really good for synthesizing ideas too just in general.
The bottleneck right now is literally just energy, so if we build nuclear, solar, and continue drilling oil, the other complaints are pretty much a moot point.
As we speak, China has a higher enmissions level per capita over Europe now. While China is building more nuclear than the rest of the world combined, China is building significantly more solar than that because the understand how important AI is and they need cheap energy to do it.
If we don’t go all in on AI, China will literally control the entire world. No one will be able to compete with a 200-IQ, god basically. We have no choice but to continue even if we ignore everything else.
Tha Realest
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“Vaguely Star Wars and evocative of Mos Eisley” does not code as “original.”
SWGE opened in Summer 2019. Since it’s opening, one film set in that era has come out, and no TV series or other mass media entertainment (unless you count a Meta Quest game) has been used to continue the sequel saga or the sequel saga’s characters. So, it’s a faceplant.
Incidentally, when Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy bragged her film would be the next theatrical Star Wars film released by Lucasfilm/Disney, many surmised the date would've been this Coming Friday, Dec. 19, 2025. Who has their tickets?
Tha Realest
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Even worse - Disney Parks did commission John Williams to compose Star Wars theme music specifically for SWGE. And it’s rarely played.
Shut down Rise of the Resistance. Retheme it to “Rise of the Rebellion”. A good first step to reinvigorating the area. Work on music, kinetics, and in-area character mix next.
It may sound crazy but it would generate far more buzz than the current lackluster land does (but it doesn’t include Bob’s Star Wars so it has a snowball’s chance in hell of happening). GE has visual depth, without a doubt. Beyond that? Not a lot that captures attention.
It may sound crazy but it would generate far more buzz than the current lackluster land does (but it doesn’t include Bob’s Star Wars so it has a snowball’s chance in hell of happening). GE has visual depth, without a doubt. Beyond that? Not a lot that captures attention.
I remember when it came out on Spotify haha.
And it’s like, you mention ANY counter and people just come up with some excuse. It’s like okay, excuse all you want it doesn’t change the fact it’s idiotic.
For the 10th anniversary this is a no-brainer, especially once the Door Coaster opens because the ILL won’t be as necessary to pull in revenue. Depending on how successful Harry Hausen’s is (I’m sure it will be) adding a burlesuque dinner show, a couple animatronics and points of interest in the southern forest part of the land, walk around characters from the entire saga, consistently, a projection mapping show, music throughout the land, plus a minimal retheme of Rise, you could literally have an entire marketing push for the park, and it would keep the whole park fresh into the 2030s. I assume Indy at the park is next but I’d imagine that’s a ways off, so this would be a perfect stopgap.
I mean it would be a slam dunk to market it and Frozen: Ever After alongside all their other updates shows they have an appetite to refresh rides again which is awesome. I imagine Space Mountain/Imagination will happen eventually, but for the cost and marketing push Rise just seems crazy. If it’s successful they could recreate it at Disneyland and add a coaster, the park needs one there a lot more than HWS post Door Coaster, and then they could focus on expanding with another land big picture while Disneyland focuses on refreshing Tomorrowland and adding a single ride, you know?
If Iger is out of the way Josh (as CEO) would probably listen to fans. He’s not perfect (gives actor vibes and is very cutthroat), but I do sense he’s way more in-touch with the audience, so I wouldn’t rule it out. The pivot to Villains Land and the way they are approaching it (I mean it’s literally designed from the classics for fans unlike Galaxy’s Edge), with far less cuts and a much, much more ambitious scale.
What I’m really curious about is if they’d include any Star Wars in a second Shanghai Park. Doubt it though, not very popular in China.
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lazyboy97o
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Realizing that people [often hypocritically] misdiagnose the issue isn’t making an excuse. Understanding why things happened a certain way isn’t making an excuse.
networkpro
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- In the Parks
- Yes
She comes from a Pakistani culture so her viewpoints necessarily wont engage a typical US entertainment consumer. Look at the body of her work and it doesnt resonate with everyday western life, which sadly to say is reflective of most of the Disneywars media that's been produced. There have been a few that have captured a solid following like Andor and The Madalorian , but most have not, so a hollow splashed concreteland shell is just like the current state of the Star Wars IP.
Goofyernmost
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And a whole lot more, like myself, couldn't care less what era they used. If it was entertaining, that is what I go there for. The rest of you all can get things tied in a knot over imaginary things that really don't matter to the possible enjoyment of the attraction. If that means that boomers are out of touch with fantasy, so be it. If the show is good, who the make believe characters are is completely irrelevant. And I think that the show is very immersive and technologically advanced to the point of awesome and yet there doesn't seem to be anything that some don't find a reason to complain about..
flynnibus
Premium Member
But the decision to go with sequels was almost 5yrs before that… when the sequels were still very much influx
ChrisFL
Premium Member
Overall I don't think it would be very difficult to convert this to OG Star Wars, so much in fact I almost wonder if it was planned that way in case they had to "switch" back, OR is it just that the sequel series just isn't unique enough when it rehashes the original movies as far as heroes/villains types, stormtroopers, ships, etc.
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
This is so much deflection that Mr laforge is gonna have to boost power to the shields
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
yeah…they pooched those and had no where to go with the land
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
It’s the right move…they’ll never do it
The OT is timeless now…which lends itself well to theme parks
Is pirates “technical wizardry for young fans”?
:does it still work?
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
…but that’s not Star Wars
The longevity and appeal of Star Wars is how it was made in the time it was made…
That’s what sticks
Generally i agree with your point…but this franchise is always the outlier
It’s the highlight of Hollywood folly to buy it and have a bunch of Gen Zs sit in a story room and decide “we can go anywhere we want with it…”
And the most simple of polling - had they bothered - would have put that myth to rest
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
Star Wars is the quintessential NATO franchise. That’s not an opinion…look at the numbers. It’s time and place