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Why Disney failed with Star Wars, but succeeded with Marvel and Pixar

posted 5 years ago by TMC-4 (19574)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHaXavGyrVw

“Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker” will end both the Skywalker saga, and the sequel trilogy made under Disney. So far, the Lucasfilm acquisition arguably hasn’t worked out for them nearly as well as hoped. With the benefit of hindsight however, we can pinpoint where things went wrong, and why Lucasfilm failed under Disney ownership, whereas both Marvel and Pixar thrived.

In this video, we will go through the interrelated Pixar, Marvel and Lucasfilm acquisitions, and uncover why the Lucasfilm acquisition alone failed, what Kathleen Kennedy had to do with it, and if there is any path forward from here.

[–] Sandman81 (1505) 5 years ago

Are we sure it failed?

[–] darkpast (8322) 5 years ago

making billions is not a failure

[–] Recognizer (386) 5 years ago

*groan* "failure" is subjective, and depends on which metrics you are using. Money is one, but it's not the only possible one. If it fails to keep an established fanbase happy, then it can also be considered a failure. Or it could be argued to be a creative and artistic failure.

TL;DR - Making billions doesn't make something good/successful.

[–] Martoto (4467) 5 years ago

I can't remember the last time the fanbase was happy.

[–] TMC-4 (19574) 5 years ago

https://www.datalounge.com/thread/25196045--star-wars-the-rise-of-skywalker-2019-is-legit-the-mess-that-everyone-is-saying-it-is....-i-am-so-heartbroken.

There was absolutely no reason to do a trilogy if they weren't going to follow Lucas's blueprint, and they didn't have an overarching storyline planned out. Colossal failure of leadership on Iger, Alan Horn and Kathleen Kennedy's part.

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