Well the reason it doesn't feel like a culmination and end of the saga, is because it isn't. They keep telling us its the end, but I believe it's more of a marketing ploy than anything else. They know they have a herculean task to tie it all together at this point.Grain of salt...but this is good...
It's Weird That We Don't Know What 'Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker' Is About
The end of the Skywalker Saga is allegedly nigh, but it sure doesn't feel like itwww.google.com
The only reason it beat Endgame is because the massive influx of people crashed websites and they were down for hours. From what I’ve read it only topped first hour sales. Add to that it was only from one website. Not that it didn’t do great, but it isn’t as impressive as it seems. I was watching ABC News tonight for a second and the guy was like “Wow broke a record.”That whole thing is strange to me. They are saying it beat end game by 45% on one website. Now, I honestly have no clue what that site is, but I have a tough time believing that is not an outlier. I'm not surprised at it having big presales, I just dont see it being 50% more than end game.
Just to go a step further on it, I bought end game tickets right when presale started. By that night, the entire Thursday night was sold out (along with a few other times during the weekend). I just went and looked at star wars, and a little over half the seats are still available for the thursday night screenings. Anecdotal I know, but again, I just have a tough time buying it being on end games level.
Couldn’t agree more, Jay...The only reason it beat Endgame is because the massive influx of people crashed websites and they were down for hours. From what I’ve read it only topped first hour sales. Add to that it was only from one website. Not that it didn’t do great, but it isn’t as impressive as it seems. I was watching ABC News tonight for a second and the guy was like “Wow broke a record.”
Please.
An indicator of how well it will do is views on YouTube. In the first 24 hours Endgame amassed 250 million+ views, Star Wars maybe 15 million. Star Wars is just not as great as it once was. This is one thing Disney got wrong. I truly hope it rebounds to what it use to be. Now that Marvel essentially cleaned the slate we need Star Wars to pick it up a bit.
The only reason it beat Endgame is because the massive influx of people crashed websites and they were down for hours. From what I’ve read it only topped first hour sales. Add to that it was only from one website. Not that it didn’t do great, but it isn’t as impressive as it seems. I was watching ABC News tonight for a second and the guy was like “Wow broke a record.”
Please.
An indicator of how well it will do is views on YouTube. In the first 24 hours Endgame amassed 250 million+ views, Star Wars maybe 15 million. Star Wars is just not as great as it once was. This is one thing Disney got wrong. I truly hope it rebounds to what it use to be. Now that Marvel essentially cleaned the slate we need Star Wars to pick it up a bit.
Did anyone ever consider coming up with a good story for the trilogy first and then hiring a team to make the story come to life? I know that sounds like a crazy idea....
I have a confession: I buckled and read the reddit leaks
I hope they’re wrong
Yeah...but how would they have known?I guess Disney thought they could vomit something on screen and we'd all be there with spoons to slop it up just because they slapped the words Star Wars on it.
It’s difficult to express the answer in words... to be honestAt this point, does it really matter?
Read them a few days ago. They're pretty bad.I have a confession: I buckled and read the reddit leaks
I hope they’re wrong
What’s scary is they’ve had prolly 90%+ of the details right for game of thrones and the last half dozen or so marvel moviesRead them a few days ago. They're pretty bad.
I’m in the same ballpark. I’m not gonna “reward” Disney with Pre-Sale considering how they’ve faired so far. Prior rewards with episode 7 has made the issues worse. Life has consequences.We opted not to book in advance, I'm like "Let's just see it when we see it." I don't want to hold my A-List reservations up for the next two months. If it's a full theater and I can't go, oh well. I'll just watch something else until it calms down. It's more enjoyable then anyway.
If it is great...I’m sure I’ll go in the first week or so. If it’s mediocre...I will not.
Well...back to those rumors/leaks...You largely seem to feel the same way I do about these characters....is there really any way it could be truly "great" to you at this point? I'm not sure what exactly they could do that would make me care about the fates of Rey, Poe and Finn now. TLJ was the first SW film I didn't see in the theater, so I doubt I'll be rushing to see this one, unless somehow against all odds JJ has come up with something that's a must-see. The trailer certainly doesn't make me think that's the case though.
Edit..oh yeah I waited for DVD on ROTS too....Attack of the Clones was so horrendously bad it scared me off. But I ended up liking ROTS fairly well by prequel standards.
Well...back to those rumors/leaks...
If you want to prepare yourself...I can synopse/tell you what my gut says it will be.
But I’m always wrong about Star Wars (just kidding...I’ve had it pegged since I was like 9 years old...which is why I was screaming “NOOOOOOO!!!” At 2:30 am in May, 1999 outside of a carmike cinema in state college, pa....sometimes you just “know”)
Again...Haha no I will at least pass on spoilers, maybe at least salvage some level of surprise.
And yeah the Phantom Menace disappointment was pretty crushing, but now I'm not really invested in any modern movie enough to even get that disappointed anymore. Intensely rabid fandom of any kind pretty much makes me roll my eyes now. And probably 90% of what I watch now is pre-90's movies anyway. The endless grey onslaught of CGI these days has lost me.
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