“Star Wars” creator George Lucas has recently said that he’s moved on from Star Wars, but so have the fans.
Recently, during an interview with the Wall Street Journal about his new Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles, the famous creator of “Star Wars” was, of course, asked about his thoughts on the franchise. If he has “let go” of “Star Wars.”
Here is what Lucas said,
“Disney took it over and they gave it their vision. That’s what happens. Of course, I’ve moved past it. I mean, I’ve got a life. I’m building a museum. A museum is harder than making movies.”
It seems that the director has come to terms with what Disney has done to his franchise and is looking forward to his next big challenge.
Sadly, the fans have seemingly “let go” of “Star Wars” too.
With each new film or show, the viewership seems to decline when it comes to Disney’s $4 billion acquisition of Lucasfilm.
Disney started strong with “The Force Awakens” and “Rogue One,” but when “The Last Jedi” was released, it all started to decline. Even so, the films still made some money.
Then Disney launched “The Mandalorian” on Disney+, and it did incredibly well, but over the years, each show, including “The Mandalorian,” dropped in viewership with each new show. When they got to “The Acolyte” and “Skeleton Crew,” the numbers dropped even more.
As Disney tried to forge “Star Wars” into their own IP, they managed to drive away a lot of the fans who kept the franchise alive and well for decades. Even the once coveted toys don’t sell like they did years ago.
It wasn’t just Star Wars; Disney mismanaged all of the big Lucasfilm franchises,
They also managed to ruin “Indiana Jones” and “Willow” as well.
“Willow” was given a sequel Disney+ show that was taken down and written off within months of its debut.
“Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” ended up costing the company up to $143 million at the box office.
Thankfully, the original “Willow” and Indiana Jones 1-3 still exist (we will not speak of 4). Fans can still watch “Star Wars,” and you can find the original version before the Special Editions if you look for them.
Bringing back the “Star Wars” fandom is a huge challenge that I’m not sure Disney can live up to, and Lucas isn’t coming back to save it.
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