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To: pepsi_junkie
And lest you think Disney won't make such a stupid business decision for such a huge tent pole franchise, I give you Exhibit A: Star Wars.

The four Star Wars movies released by Disney have made almost 5 billion dollars at the box office. Three of those movies were the #1 movie in their years.

16 posted on 03/07/2019 8:37:48 AM PST by Bubba Ho-Tep ("The rat always knows when he's in with weasels."--Tom Waits)
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To: Bubba Ho-Tep
The Last Jedi made money, but the backlash was real. In order to make Rey be the super bestest character ever! they chose to emasculate all the male characters but especially Luke Skywalker. People dont like Rey that much (she has no personality other than "OMG she's so awesome!") but they loved Luke. Degrading him simply to elevate her didn't go over well at all.

The Han Solo movie which immediately followed it tanked so badly that Disney put all the future "in between" movies on hold as a result. For the next movie they had to bring back JJ Abrams hoping he can somehow fix it. If you think all is well in Star Wars land then we just see it differently.

19 posted on 03/07/2019 8:46:59 AM PST by pepsi_junkie (Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
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To: Bubba Ho-Tep
How did that last one do?

Also, to address your point, I paraphrase Adam Smith to say

"Be assured young friend, that there is a great deal of ruin in a fan base."

Star Wars kept F***ing with their fans, and I think perhaps now the fans have had enough. I know this one has, and unless something changes drastically, I will never pay to watch any more movies in the Star Wars Universe, and I am starting to feel the same way about the Marvel Universe.

I am certainly not going to pay to see Captain Nasty bitch, and I very much doubt I will ever even watch it for free at some point in the future.

This character cannot be murdered quickly enough to suit me. Vile, hate-filled nasty bitch needs to go.

25 posted on 03/07/2019 9:10:17 AM PST by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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