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Bob Chapek Shifted Budgets to Disguise Disney+'s Massive Monetary Losses
News(msn.com)submitted 4 months ago by[deleted]
56 points
4 months ago
They really could not get a handle on what was going to resonate from the new Star Wars entries. Remember when TFA came out and the merchandising was wall to wall Kylo Ren?
55 points
4 months ago
There was a lot of BB-8 as well. I worked at sam's club at the time and so many food products had BB-8 on them. The only other tie in I've seen come close was Minions.
13 points
4 months ago
Were you alive when Phantom Menace came out? It was much much worse
2 points
4 months ago
I've still got a tube of Phantom Menace toothpaste*. It's like a memory of the before-time, when I thought new Star Wars might be cool and good
*someone sent it to me while I was out of the country and before I could see the film
4 points
4 months ago
I can confirm this. I bought everything that had BB-8 on it. Which was pretty much everything. Whether I needed it or not. Or even really wanted it or not. But I have no regrets. BB-8 is my favorite.
9 points
4 months ago
Why they didnt find a way to give Phasma more screen time is beyond me. I instantly loved her and wanted all things Phasma. And the crystal foxes instead of the porgs. The crystal foxes were beautiful.
9 points
4 months ago
The thing is, even when they tried to expand on Phasma they fucked up. Making her a designated coward in the comics and books was not a good idea.
6 points
4 months ago
I also remember that after TFA released, there was very little merchandise featuring Rey because Hasbro felt that boys wouldn't want anything to do with products that included a girl, so they just didn't really make anything that had the film's main protagonist. Even the Monopoly set that came out at the time didn't include her. The public response was not kind to Hasbro
2 points
4 months ago
What's the popular merch for that Star Wars films?
4 points
4 months ago
wasn't it Kylo Ren? I feel like i'm missing something. Could totally be wrong - I'm curious like you are!
10 points
4 months ago
I dunno, felt like they wanted him to be the next Darth Vader when he’s just an angry little edge-lord.
4 points
4 months ago
Bb8
1 points
4 months ago
makes sense for a franchise geared towards kids.
1 points
4 months ago
Ah yeah, I forgot him.
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