Originally posted by:lordjedi
I don't know about you, but I keep hoping they'll stop talking about SW and finally move on to something else. Ya know, just like he said he would after Ep 3. I think as long as he keeps talking about SW, the fans will keep getting hyped up waiting for "the next big thing". Mind you, the fans I'm referring to are probably mostly hanging out on TFN, still buying SW toys and other collectibles, and watching the 6 movies in order from 1-6 (typing that was hard, especially since I don't even acknowledge the existence of 1-3). The rest of us have moved on. Yeah, we still watch the original trilogy from time to time, but we're not analyzing every frame and every shot and we're certainly not buying the umpteenth repack of some Anakin Skywalker figure.
If Lucas would just move on, so would everyone else. Maybe once the cash starts to dry up, he will move on to something else, but I'm not holding my breath.
I don't know about you, but I keep hoping they'll stop talking about SW and finally move on to something else. Ya know, just like he said he would after Ep 3. I think as long as he keeps talking about SW, the fans will keep getting hyped up waiting for "the next big thing". Mind you, the fans I'm referring to are probably mostly hanging out on TFN, still buying SW toys and other collectibles, and watching the 6 movies in order from 1-6 (typing that was hard, especially since I don't even acknowledge the existence of 1-3). The rest of us have moved on. Yeah, we still watch the original trilogy from time to time, but we're not analyzing every frame and every shot and we're certainly not buying the umpteenth repack of some Anakin Skywalker figure.
If Lucas would just move on, so would everyone else. Maybe once the cash starts to dry up, he will move on to something else, but I'm not holding my breath.
SW will never die from a merchandising end, which I believe is the only reason Lucas keeps the train going with the EU books and TV series. He has learned from his mistake in the 1980's, that even though there is no new movies coming out, there is a market for SW stuff.
I don't care about this stuff, most of the fanbase like us doesn't care, but most of my friends kids got some type of SW toys for Christmas, and look at the way Transformers toys sold to kids this year, do you think it would have been as big if there wasn't a movie to get those kids into it? I honestly don't have a problem with Lucas milking the series for all he can get, cause in the end, supply=demand, and someone out there is still buying this stuff, so you have to concede that there is a market for it. Remember what Mel Brooks said in Spaceballs when he was playing the Yogurt character, "Merchandise, it's all about merchandising!!!!"