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‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ Soars On Tracking To Potential $170M+ Four-Day Weekend
Deadline ^ | May 3, 2018 | Anthony D'Alessandro

Posted on 05/03/2018 9:41:36 AM PDT by EdnaMode

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That seems too high for a standalone movie that many fans aren't too enthused about. And it's going up against Deadpool. But there are some fans who would watch a 2 hour Star Wars test pattern. :P
1 posted on 05/03/2018 9:41:36 AM PDT by EdnaMode
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To: EdnaMode

Like the NYTimes and book rankings (where publishers would ghost purchase books) I believe Disney is doing the same with tickets as a marketing ploy.


2 posted on 05/03/2018 9:43:37 AM PDT by Skywise
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To: EdnaMode

From what I’ve seen in the trailer, the quality of the writing is lower than usual, even for a Star Wars movie. Not to mention the wretched acting (as expected).


3 posted on 05/03/2018 9:46:47 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy
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To: EdnaMode

Lifelong Star Wars fan here and I could not possibly be less excited about Solo. It’s a movie that never needed to be made.


4 posted on 05/03/2018 9:48:06 AM PDT by Ciaphas Cain (Progressives are turning America into "Harrison Bergeron" if conceived by Ayn Rand.)
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To: EdnaMode

I see “firefly” as a form of “the former adventures of Han Solo”.


5 posted on 05/03/2018 9:48:20 AM PDT by robroys woman (So you're not confused, I'm using my wife's account.)
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Disney has ruined the franchise.


6 posted on 05/03/2018 9:48:29 AM PDT by FLT-bird (..)
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To: EdnaMode

The first time in my life I saw all of this “pre-release” sales hype was with that recent movie with the black superhero. This is the second. I’m seeing a trend.


7 posted on 05/03/2018 9:50:29 AM PDT by robroys woman (So you're not confused, I'm using my wife's account.)
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To: FLT-bird

Disney has ruined the franchise.


All of the latest ones are a LOT better than the first episodes (before “a new hope”).

At the end of the day, they are just movies. And as movies go, they are not all that bad. I say this as a guy that saw the very first movie in the theater 27 times.


8 posted on 05/03/2018 9:52:03 AM PDT by robroys woman (So you're not confused, I'm using my wife's account.)
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To: FLT-bird

Lucas ruined the franchise with the horrendous prequel trilogy, but Disney’s ethnic cleansing poured gasoline over the remains and lit it on fire.


9 posted on 05/03/2018 10:09:50 AM PDT by thoughtomator (Number of arrested coup conspirators to date: 0)
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To: EdnaMode

Sorry Disney, SW is as dead to me as the nfl.

I am surprised “Solo” didn’t make his back story that he was born a female and had sexual reassignment operation at age 11 or so.

People who still watch SW movies after them almost destroying the canon in “the farce awakens” (aka “A New Hope 2.0”) and the crapped all over it in “lost plot” (aka “Empire 2.0.”) baffle me.


10 posted on 05/03/2018 10:18:51 AM PDT by freedumb2003 (robert mueller is an unguided missile)
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To: EdnaMode

I’m a SW fan who was not too enthused (Han without Harrison???), but I’m looking forward to seeing what they’ve done with the character. I’ll go.


11 posted on 05/03/2018 10:20:19 AM PDT by freepertoo
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To: EdnaMode
But there are some fans who would watch a 2 hour Star Wars test pattern. :P

And then record a 3 hour youtube review explaining exactly how it ruined their childhood.

12 posted on 05/03/2018 10:21:02 AM PDT by pepsi_junkie (Russians couldnt have done a better job destroying sacred American institutions than Democrats have)
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To: EdnaMode

You could not drag me to a Disney Star Wars movie. They have all stunk. I watched the first 2 out of curiosity and hated both. It will be a cold day in hell before I watch another Star Wars or Star Trek movie. Both franchises have been irreparably destroyed.

Young people have no clue how awful these movies are because their standards are so low after 2 decades of mostly dreadful rancid movies coming from hollywood. I cant remember the last movie made after 2015 I really liked and was satisfied after.

Hollywood is dead. Nothing but crap cmes from them anymore. Really dismal.


13 posted on 05/03/2018 10:24:13 AM PDT by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (For what profits a man if he gains the world but loses his soul?)
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Disney only finished ruining what Jar Jar Binks began.

To me, there are only 3 star wars movies.


14 posted on 05/03/2018 10:25:25 AM PDT by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (For what profits a man if he gains the world but loses his soul?)
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To: robroys woman

Agreed!

I loved that show.


15 posted on 05/03/2018 10:26:20 AM PDT by T. Rustin Noone (the angels wanna wear my red shoes......)
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To: EdnaMode
a 2 hour Star Wars test pattern

That pretty much sounds like Hayden Christensen's acting in episodes 2 and 3.

16 posted on 05/03/2018 10:26:33 AM PDT by sipow
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To: freedumb2003

Back when “The Force Awakens” was in theaters, I oberheard two guys talk as they passed me in a parking lot.

“I can’t stand that new Star Wars movie - it put me right to sleep!”

I wanted to yell out “That can’t be! ‘The Force Awakens!’”


17 posted on 05/03/2018 10:27:13 AM PDT by MortMan (The white board is a remarkable invention.)
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A space western... I’ll see it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPEYpryMp2s


18 posted on 05/03/2018 10:28:17 AM PDT by Rio (I was deplorable when deplorable wasn't cool.)
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To: EdnaMode

They lost me after the “cute teddy bear” film. But I don’t put anyone down for liking the SW movies. We all have our favorite forms of escape.


19 posted on 05/03/2018 10:30:08 AM PDT by Huskrrrr
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To: Freedom_Is_Not_Free

Really, only 2-1/2 movies. The Ewoks were pretty bad. That being said, I did like “Rogue One.”

Also, I’d like to get the original trilogy on Blu-Ray untainted by the CGI (and the Hayden Christensen cameo) that Lucas added to the re-issue.


20 posted on 05/03/2018 10:31:46 AM PDT by kosciusko51
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