JokerRulez

This comment gives us all a chance to look at the larger audience of current and potential Star Wars fans.

However, we are off topic with this so I won’t elaborate much…

fmalover said:

I don’t get why TLJ is so divisive.

The challenge for all of us is to accept there are many viewpoints, many different from our own. You, sir, like or love the film and that’s fine, but you need to accept that many did not like it, just as I am accepting that you did like it.

I hated it. Hate. Refuse, can’t, watch it a 2nd time. Nearly walked out the 1st time. Further I will not ever see that ‘Solo’ nonsense. Never.

But your’s and my opinions only really matter as anecdotes to the larger story and clearly many, many fans had a strong negative reaction to it.

JokerRulez

Here’s the HUGE gamble Disney is making:

fmalover said:

Right now, the only thing I’m really looking forward to regarding Star Wars is Rian Johnson’s SW Trilogy, after all Johnson has earned my full trust with TLJ. I wish I could say I’m looking forward to The Mandalorian, but I don’t have Disney+.

Can anyone create a whole new SW experience that is still , … well, Star Wars?

There is no guarantee of success. Will mediocrity be enough? It’s the only way the film franchise can continue long-term so they’ll invest hugely in this while exploiting all other avenues to milk the franchise (TV, theme parks, comics, etc.).

Oh, in my opinion Rian Johnson is the wrong guy to do this next piece of work given the divisive reaction to his only entry. Need a uniter rather than someone always looking to subvert expectations.

JokerRulez

I think we are already seeing this. Yes! Good prediction.

SilverWook said:

I fully expect there will be some subtle and not so subtle return to form shade thrown at TLJ in the coming year as we get closer to Episode IX. I don’t think that’s Disney’s official corporate stance though.

Ryan-SWI excellent post.

Disney did kill Star Wars with the ST, anthology and The Resistance. Been too long since I’ve been in this forum. Good discussion. Thank you to all.

Star Wars was always a limited story and Disney has so-far focused on milking the fans of the OT. That has dried up and leaves us asking what’s next?

The SW franchise has one huge challenge in front of it and no guarantee anyone can provide an answer. What do you do when all your recognizable characters are gone?

In new product design we find it useful to look at similar products and past performance to predict future results. Let’s look at the Batman franchise by way of compare & contrast. 4 films, plus 1 great animated film, and the franchise was dead with Batman & Robin c. ‘96? How to continue? Give some time and reboot. Same character reimagined. Success! Massive box office with Nolan’s work.

Star Wars can’t do that. Is Disney going to recast Luke Skywalker and “reimagine” the character with new stories? No. The task for SW is monumentally more difficult than the Batman reboot. They have to create a whole new intellectual property rooted, loosely tied to, the current SW.

They are smart to tinker on a smaller scale such as the TV properties and the theme parks (those parks make more money for Disney than all their films). This is a long haul type of problem. I’m betting they can’t create something great again for maybe decades with the SW IP and we will see more cash grab safe outings ala Christopher Robin using the Winnie the Pooh property. Or more Nutcracker type grabs. Is a “Mary Poppins Returns” level of anticipation possible for a new SW film? Eventually, yes, but there is no guarantee they will ever get there. Regardless how well IX does the real challenge is in what comes next?

That’s my analysis.

J.W. Gant aka JokerRulez

Congratulations Mike on a great show, great monetization options for your proprietary process, and for Star Wars and all that happened in that regard.

Well done sir.

Good luck with all yet to come.

Thank you for the update.

J.W. Gant

Correct Cobra Kai, and neither does it automatically mean it’s bad news.

No news is good news guys.

Patience.

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God bless America I’ve been totally unable to get through the registration process for that forum. Again and again and again. Some weird error.

Any quick notes in here would be appreciated.

Swazzy said:

I just got accepted onto the forum. Didn’t realize how many updates I’ve been missing…

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You’re kidding me?

They actually left the door open for something special at this showing? Hmm. Cool!

Thank you for the investigative work. Keep us posted please.

Even in catastrophically bad motion pictures there are oodles of very talented people doing outstanding work.

Looking to Independence Day to judge Legacy is not worth our time. The Vimeo videos tell me all I need to know to want more.

Mike states many times in the Vimeo videos the final coloring, etc won’t be complete until the entire restoration is complete. We haven’t seen the finished product yet.

However, he also makes it clear no one has seen this quality a version outside of the folks who made the movie. The final version likely will look a bit “new” to all of us.

Mike,

Thank you for the update and the Q&A. For my perspective I all but abandoned all things Star Wars after the SE and PT. It took a lot to tear down a fan from the 70’s and 80’s who used to live and breath this great fantasy universe. Your project gives me hope.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart and good luck with the forthcoming final phase in your effort.

Best Wishes,

J.W. Gant

Anyone else having trouble with file part 19 from uloz?

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I want to chime in to say thank you very much to the team for this amazing work.

–JokerRulez