I’m not arguing the fact, it’s just interesting to see how little (comparatively) some films made. But they carried forward anyway instead of being reactive. By Phase 2 it was clearly in the groove.
Solo was a game changer because they spent too much on it. They had to fire the directors and essentially refilm most of the movie with a new director and that shot up the cost. If that hadn’t happened I think it would have made a profit and we would have gotten another film. I think they should try some lower budget side films, which like the Mandelorian are not tied to the saga, and see how they do.
I find it interesting that Frozen II, which has been out longer, has a lower domestic gross than TROS. But it’s international gross is twice TROS. But none of the Star Wars films have done that well internationally (as in double the domestic gross).