After the disappointing box office returns for Solo: A Star Wars Story in 2018 – no reflection on the quality of the film but rather the result of lacklustre marketing and questionable scheduling – the big screen future of the Star Wars series has faultered. Speaking at todays Morgan Stanley Technology, Media and Telecom Conference,Bob Iger discussed a number of Disney brands including the galaxy far, far away, and his tone was clearly one of caution.
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As far as Star Wars, Iger said “disappointing” box office returns in 2018 for Solo, one of two stand-alone films integrated among three “saga” installments, “gave us pause” in terms of the feature pipeline. Executives determined that “maybe the cadence was a little too aggressive,” he added. Disney is “still developing Star Wars films,” Iger continued, but “we’re going to make sure when we make one, it’s the right one. So we’re being very careful there.”
Iger was clear to point out how “extremely successful” the Disney Plus series have been, but there’s no doubt the future of Star Wars on the big screen – it’s true home – is under a phorensic microscope.
Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in '81 and been a presence online since his first webpage Fanta War in 1996. He currently contributes to ILM.com and SkywalkerSound.com, having previously written for Star Wars Insider, StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Build The Millennium Falcon, Starburst Magazine, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia and Model and Collectors Mart.
He is a four-time Star Wars Celebration Stage host (the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since it began in 2015), the Daily Content Manager of Fantha Tracks and the co-host of Making Tracks, Canon Fodder and Start Your Engines on Fantha Tracks Radio.
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After the disappointing box office returns for Solo: A Star Wars Story in 2018 – no reflection on the quality of the film but rather the result of lacklustre marketing and questionable scheduling – the big screen future of the Star Wars series has faultered. Speaking at todays Morgan Stanley Technology, Media and Telecom Conference,Bob Iger discussed a number of Disney brands including the galaxy far, far away, and his tone was clearly one of caution.
Alex J. Berliner/ABImages
As far as Star Wars, Iger said “disappointing” box office returns in 2018 for Solo, one of two stand-alone films integrated among three “saga” installments, “gave us pause” in terms of the feature pipeline. Executives determined that “maybe the cadence was a little too aggressive,” he added. Disney is “still developing Star Wars films,” Iger continued, but “we’re going to make sure when we make one, it’s the right one. So we’re being very careful there.”
Iger was clear to point out how “extremely successful” the Disney Plus series have been, but there’s no doubt the future of Star Wars on the big screen – it’s true home – is under a phorensic microscope.
Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in '81 and been a presence online since his first webpage Fanta War in 1996. He currently contributes to ILM.com and SkywalkerSound.com, having previously written for Star Wars Insider, StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Build The Millennium Falcon, Starburst Magazine, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia and Model and Collectors Mart.
He is a four-time Star Wars Celebration Stage host (the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since it began in 2015), the Daily Content Manager of Fantha Tracks and the co-host of Making Tracks, Canon Fodder and Start Your Engines on Fantha Tracks Radio.
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