....Aaaaand more SILA footage:
Even more from our favorite lady blogger today, who I assume has finished all her Christmas shopping and can spend time bringing us cool stuff like this...
They're so confined by their own canonity that they can't even include many important things from the original trilogy. What's a Star Wars Land without any Darth Vader? Or Yoda? People are going to expect to be able to see certain things and may be disappointed that they cannot. At some point, they have to stop bowing before the superfans to appeal to the general public.
I don't think they're striking the right balance.
Star Wars (1977) has existed for 40 years and generations have been raised on it. It's considered a movie classic. The film is undeniably iconic around the world. Empire Strikes Back is praised as one of the greatest sequels all time. Return of the Jedi is good.You think it's the superfans that would prefer Kylo Ren rather than Darth Vader? Not the general audience (and their children for whom Star Wars is a new thing) that's breaking box office records these days? I'm not following your logic.
Star Wars (1977) has existed for 40 years and generations have been raised on it. It's considered a movie classic. The film is undeniably iconic around the world. Empire Strikes Back is praised as one of the greatest sequels all time. Return of the Jedi is good.
The Force Awakens was divisive, although I love it, and has only been out two years. The Last Jedi still isn't even out for another few hours at the time of posting this. We have no idea what Episode IX will even be called yet.
While yes, The Force Awakens did gangbusters, and The Last Jedi will probably do the same, the prequels did pretty well financially but they did not hold up at all. Imagine if Disney had started construction on a land themed to the prequel trilogy in 2000 and opened it in 2004? It'd have been a huge mistake. While I don't think the new trilogy will be hated like the prequels were, it feels like they're putting the cart in front of the horse a little bit. I'm all for risks, but unless the next two movies in the trilogy are praised higher by the general public than the Original Trilogy, then they're just playing it stupid imo.
You think it's the superfans that would prefer Kylo Ren rather than Darth Vader? Not the general audience (and their children for whom Star Wars is a new thing) that's breaking box office records these days? I'm not following your logic.
Besides, The Force Awakens replaced Avatar as the top grossing movie of all time.
It's the superfans that would prefer the land stick to one trilogy or the other and exclude popular Star Wars elements either way for the sake of canonity.
Many regular people would want everything they most associate with Star Wars, which differs across generations, but includes Darth Vader for sure.
In my opinion.
They're so confined by their own canonity that they can't even include many important things from the original trilogy. What's a Star Wars Land without any Darth Vader? Or Yoda? People are going to expect to be able to see certain things and may be disappointed that they cannot. At some point, they have to stop bowing before the superfans to appeal to the general public.
I don't think they're striking the right balance.
Jedi Academy doesn't sell itself has hoghly themed.Its just a theme park. You can meet Darth Vader and Kylo Ren at the same time. You meet Darth Vader and Darth Maul at the same time in the Jedi Academy. Whats the difference?
Its just a theme park. You can meet Darth Vader and Kylo Ren at the same time. You meet Darth Vader and Darth Maul at the same time in the Jedi Academy. Whats the difference?
Have you finished purchasing all of the bobbles and trinkets for you're friends and family?
Is the Mickey & Friends parking structure still visible from ROA?
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