I totally agree TLJ was an abomination and has no place within the star wars lore at all. TFA was bad but manageable, but TLJ is such a bad story, makes no sense on so many levels, ruins iconic loved characters (Mark Hamill knows) and was basically such a goddamn mess it should be discarded in it's entirety. A remake is the only worthy action that could be taken from the studio here.
But I think the only thing Disney is vulnerable to is cold hard cash. And while being a total trainwreck TLJ grossed $1,332.5 billion global so it was actually a big hit. Flopping the most promising spinoff origin movie of the franchise (I mean rog1 made double in the first 10 weeks. imo also a way better movie) is finally some backlash and hopefully a strong message to the company. I just hope they are smarter then DC and actually listen and learn from these mistakes. Cause the starwars legacy should be treated way, way better then this, especially since it involved the original cast.
I hope they do learn from it, but I'm not holding my breath. They are saying it's the fans fault for not liking the film, instead of taking ownership of the mess. It was a bad film by objective standards too, not just how the shit all over the cannon; plot, tone, timing, all a mess.
It still did well because people really did want to see what was going to happen with Luke, Rey, and Snoke. It had mostly good reviews. I saw it opening weekend.
It was a total mess apart from the lore breaking alone, shallow characters without any development, poor story-development, a very poorly implemented and totally out of tone intermezzo on the casiono planet....... a very poor and idiot ending..... I mean why are they happy while their fleet has just been destroyed and they are down to a handful of rebels on the small millenium falcon?? seriously why are they happy????? I felt so shitty walking out of the theater...
Ratings and reviews sure haven't been what it used to be. I can't fathom how TLJ still got a 7.2 on IMDB and even a goddamn 91% on rottentomatoes ...... I mean really.... I used to respect their ratings a decade ago but i'm guessing all the film reviewers are being payed by studios these days.... a motherfucking 91% while audience gave it a 46%.......
"Quality reporting" like this you mean? https://mashable.com/2018/06/03/star-wars-women-more/?europe=true
But on the other hand, here's a counterfactual to ponder: What if Disney CEO Bob Iger had greenlit a movie about young Leia Organa instead of young Han Solo?
In the era where Wonder Woman ($820 million international box office) outperformed every other DC movie, the era of badass princesses in Frozen and Moana and Beauty and the Beast, does anyone doubt that a prequel about the original badass Princess of Alderaan would have lured more people into the theater than a prequel about the no-name kid from Corellia?
Disney needs to own up to the BS that was TLJ; apologize, fire Kennedy, and promise Rian Johnson will never be allowed near another Star Wars movie.