![]() ![]() Disney gives us thrills and fun, and we give them money, and wait for the cycle to repeat, as it does, consistently. As I’ve noted before, Disney, for all its sins, consistently drives to entertain, and drives to entertain intelligently, meaning that it doesn’t see its audience as a mark but as a partner. ![]() ![]() The Disneyfication of the Star Wars universe is now complete, and this is a good thing. In fact, for two films running the folks at Disney have produced two really top-notch Star Wars films, a feat that has not been managed in thirty-five years - or possibly ever, depending on whether you believe the original Star Wars, as epochal as it undeniably was, is actually good, which given its pastiche-heavy, merely-serviceable plot and script, and leaden acting and direction, is debatable. Three, there’s an awareness that Disney did in fact manage that revitalization, not just once, but twice now - and thus “Disney, not fucking it up again” (emphasis mine).Īnd this random dude in Piqua, Ohio was absolutely correct: Disney yet again did not fuck up Star Wars. Two, that there is an awareness that at least on the movie front, the Star Wars brand was in deep trouble after the prequel trilogy and needed substantial revitalization Perhaps this is not as inside pool as it might have been, given how much and how enthusiastically Disney has been plastering Star Wars all over its branding and theme parks, but it’s still notable that it was basically the first thing to come out of the mouth of some midwestern dude and not, say, a wannabe screenwriter in Burbank ![]() One, that even in the wilds of Piqua, Ohio, people are aware that Star Wars is a Disney property now. ( NOTE: This review of Rogue One is spoiler-free but I will be allowing the conversation in the comment thread to contain spoilers, so if you haven’t seen the film yet, you might want to skip the comments for now.)Īs I walked out of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story last night, the male half of a couple behind me turned to his partner and said “Disney, not fucking it up again.” Rogue One, or, the Disneyfication of Star Wars is Complete (and This is a Good Thing) ![]()
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