EDITORIAL: Why I Feel Rian Johnson's New STAR WARS Trilogy Could Be A Huge Mistake

I just want to say that in my opinion, over saturation of the franchise is not really an issue. It could be for or because of movies like Rogue One or Solo, that add a bit to the franchise's weight, but not for the main franchise. James Bond used to give us a movie every 2 years almost like clockwork for 50 years. Have we been over saturated with James Bond? I don't think so.

CBM saturation, though, is definitely an issue for non fans, because from all houses, on top of the TV media (let's say 10 shows a year), we get around 10 movies a year as well, and for many people, that's a lot and they're getting fed up with it. Superheroes everywhere. But Star Wars? Not counting one-shots (there's only been one of for now, and another one coming), we're getting one movie every 2 years, and 1 cartoon that's ending this year.

I don't see how that's the same issue as CBMs, or how it could be a "huge mistake" because in the same time lapse, we're getting 15 to 20 CBMs and a metric ton of TV shows. Also, we haven't had any Star Wars movies for 12 years.

IMO, 1 main Star Wars movie every 2 years is a non issue. In fact, it will be eaten like honey cupcakes made of smaller honey cupcakes.

I agree 100% here.

As respectfully as possible, I understand where you're coming from, but I think this take on it is preposterous. Disney creates a new trilogy, again focusing on the Skywalkers, and everybody cheers. All good so far, right? Right, I agree. Then they make 'Rogue One', which is borderline needless since all it does, objectively, is tell you the story of something for which we already know happened. Nobody said that was useless or "oversaturating", but most people agreed it was a good movie. I thought it was mediocre. Still good, right? Right. We knew they were going to make spinoffs already. That includes the Han Solo movie. To their credit, this is covering a story we REALLY don't know, so I think it could be a worthy movie. Oversaturation yet? Possibly. Not yet though.

Oh, but now that Rian Johnson gets a new trilogy that, as of now, could be about literally anything we could possibly imagine, taking place after the current Skywalker saga is coming to an end, oh, NOW it's oversaturation. Yeah...sorry, that's ridiculous. If anybody thought Disney was going to cap off the Star Wars movies with a cute little trilogy starring Rey and Company and then be done with it, they're deluding themselves. Disney is the master of keeping things alive for as long as possible, they've been doing it since the very inception of their company. Their oldest characters have been alive for so long, they're starring in Japanese role-playing games for crying out loud. Haha.

What would you have them do instead? What would anybody suggest they do instead of more movies? Would you prefer them to just stop making Star Wars movies altogether? I don't think they're ever going to do that. It's just too easy to make money. And the smart money so far says that superheroes aren't oversaturated, what it says is that people are noticing the "formula" and want something new, not necessarily something without superheroes.


I could go on and on and on, and bring up things like casting and representation, and rant for several more paragraphs. I won't. I've already written it and deleted it. I just want to add that I have a suspicion the new Star Wars has some very flaky fans who are more passionate about political motivations than Star Wars.

I concur 100%. When exposition goes too far it devalues the content.

I kinda want more, but Disney is straight up milking this franchise. In the long term it will get boring (although I also said that with the MCU, and still like it)