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The thing that gets me about the Starcruiser is has anybody involved in the proposal/greenlighting process for that project ever gone to any kind of fandom convention or been actually IN fandom (not even specifically Star Wars) in any way? Attended San Diego Comic Con or DragonCon or Worldcon or anything like that as a fan? I feel like if they had, they would have made some kind of LARP or escape room type of experience as an add on to Galaxy’s Edge that would have had a much lower price point while still being a premium experience that would have appealed to the fans that I think they were hoping to attract with the Starcruiser. A lot of hardcore fans are not super rich or have huge amounts of disposable income but they’d spend money on a cool LARP experience or something that was more affordable (see all the people buying the lightsaber experience).The Starcruiser seems very emblematic of a corporate MBA type moneygrab mindset that doesn’t actually understand the IP they’re working with, the fanbase, who the audience is, how much they can afford to pay, and how much they’re willing to pay for a thing.
The thing that gets me about the Starcruiser is has anybody involved in the proposal/greenlighting process for that project ever gone to any kind of fandom convention or been actually IN fandom (not even specifically Star Wars) in any way? Attended San Diego Comic Con or DragonCon or Worldcon or anything like that as a fan? I feel like if they had, they would have made some kind of LARP or escape room type of experience as an add on to Galaxy’s Edge that would have had a much lower price point while still being a premium experience that would have appealed to the fans that I think they were hoping to attract with the Starcruiser. A lot of hardcore fans are not super rich or have huge amounts of disposable income but they’d spend money on a cool LARP experience or something that was more affordable (see all the people buying the lightsaber experience).
The Starcruiser seems very emblematic of a corporate MBA type moneygrab mindset that doesn’t actually understand the IP they’re working with, the fanbase, who the audience is, how much they can afford to pay, and how much they’re willing to pay for a thing.
