“Maybe Disney came to understand that most of their box office comes from last year’s big swath of red across America.”
That and China. I think they ban movies that involve or promote homosexuality? And so they wasn’t willing to lose out on such a massive market and take a hit at the box office. It seems after all his sjw posturing Abrams chickened out in the end.
The Last Jedi isn’t actually made by Abrams, it was made by Rian Johnston. Episode IX IS made by Abrams, however, so I suggest we wait until 2019, at least.
And for the record, I hope he chickens out, because I quite frankly am sick and tired of Disney trying to interject leftist crap into their programming thanks to Iger and Eisner (Katzenberg even).