MagicHappens1971
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Are you being serious?The last time Ashoka was in a theatrical Star Wars movie, it tanked at the box office. It was the worst reviewed pre-Disney Star Wars movie ever.
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The Mandalorian & Grogu (Lucasfilm - 2026 Theatrical)
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Phroobar
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Yes. Will the public show up for a movie with these characters when they have never watched the CW, Rebels and the Disney+ shows? "Everyone" hated season 3 of Mando because is relied on Bo-Katana. However her story directly built on CW and Rebels. If you watch it from that perspective, it was a great season because it was her redemption.
MagicHappens1971
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This was basically the introduction to The Clone Wars franchise and was geared towards children. Ahsoka is now a fan favorite.The last time Ashoka was in a theatrical Star Wars movie, it tanked at the box office. It was the worst reviewed pre-Disney Star Wars movie ever.
Phroobar
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She is. Thrawn and Ashoka are two of my favorite characters. However if Ashoka is going to be as wooden and unemotional as she was in the Disney+ show, it will be hard to get me on board. The cartoon version was far more fun.
erasure fan1
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You are correct, it doesn't have to be an issue. I just don't trust Lucasfilm all that much to make it work. I don't think multiple saga type films running at the same time is a smart move. And if they are all really stand alone, then they better be stand alone. There can be a lot of pitfalls with the strategy they seem to be going with.
A true vision in my opinion, would be to have 10, 11 & 12 announced and ready. Or make the dawn of the Jedi the start of saga that leads you through the knights of the old republic. I think they need all the focus on getting this right straight out of the gate. And the test the waters approach is a bit risky with this group that's in charge.
A few details in a newsletter from THR.
"Star Wars gave us confusion more than anything else with its Jon Favreau movie announcement. After the very meh season three of The Mandalorian, who was clamoring for a movie? And what happens to season four of the show? What happens to the Dave Filoni-directed movie that was supposed to bring together than Filoni-verse shows?
All good questions and here’s what we know: Pre-strikes, Lucasfilm was intent on making season four of Mandalorian. The scripts had all been written. During the Great Hollywood Break however, things got re-evaluated, with plans shifting to the movie as the priority.
What happens to season four now is unclear. It’s definitely not a given. If the movie is a success, it could lead to next phase of Mando storytelling becoming movie sequels. Box office and fan reaction would determine that.
Sources say that Filoni’s own movie is still on trac at this point, although it is due to come after season two of Ahsoka, whenever that will be. The good news here, for movie fans at least, is that audiences will have their first Favreau-directed big-screen outing since 2019’s remake of The Lion King.
Favreau is not only directing the feature but, according to sources, is also writing the script with Filoni."
"Star Wars gave us confusion more than anything else with its Jon Favreau movie announcement. After the very meh season three of The Mandalorian, who was clamoring for a movie? And what happens to season four of the show? What happens to the Dave Filoni-directed movie that was supposed to bring together than Filoni-verse shows?
All good questions and here’s what we know: Pre-strikes, Lucasfilm was intent on making season four of Mandalorian. The scripts had all been written. During the Great Hollywood Break however, things got re-evaluated, with plans shifting to the movie as the priority.
What happens to season four now is unclear. It’s definitely not a given. If the movie is a success, it could lead to next phase of Mando storytelling becoming movie sequels. Box office and fan reaction would determine that.
Sources say that Filoni’s own movie is still on trac at this point, although it is due to come after season two of Ahsoka, whenever that will be. The good news here, for movie fans at least, is that audiences will have their first Favreau-directed big-screen outing since 2019’s remake of The Lion King.
Favreau is not only directing the feature but, according to sources, is also writing the script with Filoni."
Animaniac93-98
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The ride will be called Grogu's Mandalorian Adventure
Not just pre-Disney…yes even Rise of Skywalker got better reviewsThe last time Ashoka was in a theatrical Star Wars movie, it tanked at the box office. It was the worst reviewed pre-Disney Star Wars movie ever.
Tha Realest
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Seems to suggest the Mando Favreau film was a panic button push rather than part of a plan.
But hey, maybe after a six-year hiatus Star Wars will finally be back in theaters in 2025
MagicHappens1971
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Well the season was probably already written. They just have to readjust and release it as a movie. Cheap? Definitely not. Mando episodes cost ~$25M an episode.
Phroobar
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Four episodes would be $100m which sounds right for a Star Wars movie on the cheep. Remember Wish somehow cost $200m.
It's more history repeating itself. 4 episodes of the Clone Wars as a movie.
MagicHappens1971
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I mean…. Rise of Skywalker cost 400M+. Also respectfully, The Clone Wars animated film does not count as a Star Wars theatrical release.
Phroobar
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IMDb says $275m budget for RoS.
MagicHappens1971
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“The Rise of Skywalker which cost $503.6 million (£421.5 million) to make.” I got this from Forbes. I don’t know where this figure came from.
Also as recently found out, Disney’s inflated budgets also include compensation for the Studio Execs
MagicHappens1971
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And this is from Deadline.
“Disney spared no expense on Rise of Skywalker, with the finale reportedly the most expensive of the latter part of the trilogy with a $275M production cost and total global costs of $627M”
I’m assuming these figures include marketing costs
Phroobar
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Deadline is right. Forbes is completely wrong.
Last Jedi says $317m.
Force awakens $245m
Phroobar
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If Disney took production costs and spent 120% more on marketing for all their big movies than that puts Wish and the Little Mermaid even more in the hole that we estimated.
MagicHappens1971
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This was discussed at nauseam in the Little Mermaid thread when the movie came out. Disney spends 75M - 150M + on marketing for a new film