The words “course correction” can be several different things. That loaded phrase was written in relation to Star Wars Episode IX inside a Variety article about J.J. Abrams seeking a multimedia mega-deal. It could just be about Episode IX making 3-4x the money that Solo: A Star Wars Story earned in global box office and thus reasserting the Star Wars brand as a top-tier franchise. It could be, heaven forbid, Abrams and company looking at the online reaction to The Last Jedi (at least some of it from Russian troll bots or otherwise not in good faith) and making sure that Episode IX is a more conventionally “for the fans” installment. Or it could just be an offhand phrase uttered during a long conversation.
Box Office: ‘Solo’ Failure and ‘Last Jedi’ Backlash Won’t Hurt ‘Star Wars: Episode IX’
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? The last Jedi sucked. So they better try to redeem the franschise.
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Star Wars fans can’t be this clueless. Disney screwed up severely.
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It’s hilarious how much they are damage controlling this whole damn mess.
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I just can’t get past the “negative reactions online were Russian bots” bit. https://uploads.disquscdn.c…
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So what this “article” is trying to say is that Disney is going to cater to what the fans actually want to see instead of making a bunch of stupid decisions that divide people (ie: The Last Jedi), yet they will continue the narrative that Russians sabotaged the film. Apparently, Solo has no accuse for failure, other then “Star Wars fatigue”.
So if the vast majority “loved” the last film, why is Disney being so careful with the new film to not piss off the fans? Makes zero sense, other then the fact that Forbes and Disney are full of crap.
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They are milking the Star Wars brand to death with these spin offs and everything else in between. It was best as something released every 3 years with very minimal to nothing in between besides an awesome line of action figures. That’s what made Star Wars special…it left you hungry for more because with the greatest things the saying “less is more” applies. Quit treating it as some expanded cinematic Marvel universe!!
Also, each movie of the new trilogy very much follows storylines and trends from the original trilogy. Force Awakens felt like a rehash of A New Hope and Last Jedi felt like a reboot film of Return of the Jedi that follows the same primary storyline.
