The Future of Saga Films

Episodes 7,8 and 9 are already underway so that train cannot be untracked.

I dont know how true it is but on a podcast i stumbled across recently, there was discussion that Disney may make some long term strategic changes based on the financial outcome of Rogue One. That they might begin to pull away from the Saga Films and make the Stand Alone Films more of their steady diet. The Trilogy approach is not only exceedingly difficult to plan but also somewhat confining from a creative standpoint.

Early indications are that Rogue One is not only a success but that it exceed TFA as a film. And why wouldnt it? The spinoffs allow directors and producers to simply make good films set in the Star Wars galaxy as opposed to trying to mimic Lucas and straying from their own strengths.

The Sagas…sure do it but only if you have something truly worth doing.

TFA made the most money ever domestically. It made the third-most worldwide. It even made the eleventh-most adjusted for inflation, more than every other SW movie except the original.

I don’t know what podcast you listened to but they don’t sound terribly smart.

TV’s Frink said:

TFA made the most money ever domestically. It made the third-most worldwide. It even made the eleventh-most adjusted for inflation, more than every other SW movie except the original.

I don’t know what podcast you listened to but they don’t sound terribly smart.

Well…perhaps it would be more appropo to question the veracity of the podcasters’ source of information. Questioning the intelligence of the podcasters is not on the table. Questioning Disney’s intelligence would be in this case.

How much of TFA’s financial success was 15 years of yearning and anticipation? I have serious doubts as to whether Ep 8 will be able to keep that going. It might fizzle if executed poorly and it might put a damper on ep 9. It’s a difficult task to keep the momentum and quality going for 3 films chained together and TFA is a pretty flimsy foundation on which to build.

I can easily see Rogue One raising the bar of expectations and I have skepticism as to whether the current trilogy can meet it. That is the danger. Trilogies are too much of a commitment. If you make a bad spinoff, you are not on the hook to make 2 sequels.

Well then if anything they should be deciding based on the performance of 8 and 9. The performance of RO should have no bearing on if they do more Saga films, since they clearly have the ability to do both.

And of course your opinion of the flimsy foundation of TFA is merely your opinion, one that a ton of people disagree with.

TV’s Frink said:

Well then if anything they should be deciding based on the performance of 8 and 9. The performance of RO should have no bearing on if they do more Saga films, since they clearly have the ability to do both.

And of course your opinion of the flimsy foundation of TFA is merely your opinion, one that a ton of people disagree with.

Its flimsy. And, assuming its even true, the fact that Disney execs are contemplating a shift would be a potential indicator of their sentiments. Or at least that their ability to sustain production on both ends is not so clear as you claim.

luckydube56 said:

TV’s Frink said:

Well then if anything they should be deciding based on the performance of 8 and 9. The performance of RO should have no bearing on if they do more Saga films, since they clearly have the ability to do both.

And of course your opinion of the flimsy foundation of TFA is merely your opinion, one that a ton of people disagree with.

Its flimsy.

Oh ok cool, I didn’t realize you had sole possession of the facts…

luckydube56 said:

the fact that Disney execs are contemplating a shift

The fact? According to whom?

TV’s Frink said:

luckydube56 said:

the fact that Disney execs are contemplating a shift

The fact? According to whom?

As I said, if true.

If it’s true, the fact that the sun is going to swallow the earth next year is really going to put a damper on the box office for EP 8.

TV’s Frink said:

If it’s true, the fact that the sun is going to swallow the earth next year is really going to put a damper on the box office for EP 8.

I started this thread so that we might have a speculative discussion. Soooo…I suppose the sun would be a factor to consider.

Why so angry?

I’m not angry, I just happen to disagree with most everything you’ve said lately.

You not only diagree with my dislike of TFA but you also dislike like my dislike. What can I say? Its why i joined a forum called “The Original Trilogy”. So far, nothing has come close to the original.

In my estimation, and its purely selfish and biased, Disney should quit trying and failing to extend the Skywalker family saga. And like I say, if its true that Disney execs have considered frequenting that through line less and less, I’m all for it.

Just thought I might hear or read other perspectives. Ones that dont point out the fact that my speculative thread is speculative.

You’ve embarassed my thread. Stop trying to trigger me. Off I go to my Safe Space.

That’s a good point (unlike Frink’s…just kidding Frink. I love you). Is it in fact a greater danger to stray from a galaxy without the Skywalker family at is center? After all, Rogue One is a side story and serves the Skywalker Story.

I’d like to see them start another series elsewhere in the timeline before they go past IX. They ought to do a decade of Old Republic stuff or something before another Skywalker trilogy. Give us a chance to miss it.

Wasn’t the news not that they were pulling away from saga movies, but simply that there’s a big meeting at Lucasfilm early in the new year to plot out the next several years worth of films?

I’m sure I heard that on Rebel Force Radio’s recent interview with Anthony Breznican.