Hatbox Ghostbuster
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By EU are you talking about the books? Because thats just another aspect of SW I could never get into.
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News Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge - Historical Construction/Impressions
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TROR
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Yeah but the all sucked. Even the EU stories with the Skywalkers sucked. I was so happy when they erased the EU to start fresh. Then they gave droids force powers and they let Marvel start making comics and now it all sucks again.
Phroobar
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Books, comic books, video games. There is a lot of crap but some hidden gems in there too.
Hatbox Ghostbuster
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Gotcha. Yeah...that's all gotten a pass from me. Save for 1993's Rebel Assault on PC, baby!
Phroobar
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Avatar and the Force Awakens did.
George Lucas on a Bench
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Not adjusted for inflation.
TROR
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Phroobar
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Actually Star Wars did if adjusted for inflation.
Phroobar
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Frankly my dear I don't give a damn.
George Lucas on a Bench
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And they can just transfer the E.T. Adventure to Disneyland, right by The Haunted Mansion.
Phroobar
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Great, more third party IPs. No thank you sir.
George Lucas on a Bench
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"You know, we're never gonna do The Haunted Mansion over and over again. Nobody can."
My greatest achievement so trivialized. Might as well sell it off. We'll never be able to revive it. Nobody can.
George Lucas on a Bench
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Anyone else notice that Haunted Mansion Lucas is dressed exactly the same as Phantom Menace Lucas? Titanic, George Lucas and The Haunted Mansion all coming together.
Curious Constance
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It is possible that the further they get from the Skywalker stories, the more and more people lose interest in the series. Especially the casual fans who are only going to see Darth Vader or Yoda.
I'm also going to put my good name on the line and predict that the Hans Solo movies all but bombs. I don't think it will bomb, but I bet it doesn't do NEAR as well as the new movies have done so far.
I'm also going to put my good name on the line and predict that the Hans Solo movies all but bombs. I don't think it will bomb, but I bet it doesn't do NEAR as well as the new movies have done so far.
dweezil78
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Maybe, maybe not. Ten years ago, for the most part, blockbuster comic book movies were almost exclusively limited to Batman, Superman, Spider-man, and the X-men (with a few exceptions). Who would have ever guessed that a decade later a somewhat obscure character like Black Panther would be absolutely crushing it at the box office? The reality is, we don't know what we don't know. All it takes is for one inspired script by some unknown newcomer with a blank slate and a big imagination to introduce some new bada$$$ character/story that the public latches onto and wants to see more of.
TP2000
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Wow. Finally that kid from Fullerton Junior College got his drone act together! Where do I send the pizza and the case of beer?
cheezbat
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People like it because it's something new, fresh, and decent. I think the general public is beginning to tire of sequels, reboots, and repeated ideas. Hollywood has gotten real boring over the past number of years. Heck, I was a total cinefile. I'd see a movie every week...sometimes two a week in theaters. I easily watched 50-65 movies a year in the theaters. The past three years I've seen maybe an average of 5-6 movies a year in the theater. I've heard the same from numerous friends of mine.
TROR
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I'll take you a step further and say it flat out bombs.
Both Rogue One and The Force Awaken's budget were nearly $300 million so it's safe to assume Solo's budget will be the same. Now factor in they had to reshoot 90% of the movie. While that doesn't mean they had to create many (if any at all) new sets or models, that's still a lot of labor, time, and resources that are being exhausted. I think it's safe to say such extensive reshoots cost a minimum $50 million to $75 million. For argument sake, let's just say that totals to $350 million.
Usually an ad campaign for a movie costs double the initial production budget (not always, but it's a safe bet), so let's go ahead and say they put aside $250 million to advertise this movie. Well, now we have this controversy with the posters for Solo being direct rip offs of a French artist's work from a few years ago which will likely end up in new posters entirely causing just more problems. We'll just throw on $5 million to redo the posters, distribute the new ones, and remove the old ones as well as throw away the ones already produced. Already, the budget (I'm guessing) this movie is at is $605 million when all is said and done.
Let's talk about box office now, though. With all the negative press surrounding the movie's changing of directors, bad trailers, plagiarizing posters, etc., it's certainly going to hurt the box office. Also, coming off a divisive film with The Last Jedi could hurt it as well. Lastly, the movie's going to tank in China. At best, with all of this information, I see this movie making $750 million worldwide. Now, that doesn't seem like a bomb if it cost $605 to make, right? That is still some profit, right? Wrong. Remember, movie theaters get approximately 20% of the ticket sales. If it does make $750 world wide, that's $150 million being taken by the theaters leaving Lucasfilm/Disney with $600 million.
Of course none of these numbers are definitive or have any complete basis, this is all conjecture, and honestly it's entirely possible the film cost more than what I pegged it at here and it could also make more (though I see no way it could make over $1B WW).