Thread:MockingJester/@comment-30014014-20180324234030/@comment-27950421-20180716164029

Not exactly Hound. Solo was actually a loss in the box office. From what I heard they didn't make enough back in theatres to make back what they spent in production. Even the nostalgia wave is wave isn't enough to keep the current trends in star wars going. Especially with how bad the prequels were. The fact is the star wars fanbase was a bit jaded going into these new movies and the mentality was that these movies would have to be pretty good to make up for it. Instead we got some preachy, mary sue bullshit with more plot holes than bad fanfiction. The fact that the market is already flooded with movies riding the nostalgia train didn't help.

Word on the street is that Kathleen Kennedy, the president of LuacasArts, is in some pretty hot water with Disney because over this drop in profits. Apparently the woman thinks that strong female characters is somehow a unique concept despite the numerous examples of such characters throughout the sci-fi genre. Ellin Ripley and Sarah Connor were both dudes I guess.

It's not too late to save StarWars, but it's losing its value very quickly. EA hasn't been helping much either.