> Since 2014 -- when Chief Executive Officer Bob Iger laid out plans for three episodes and “at least three” spinoff movies -- films have needed reshoots, rewri

> Since 2014 -- when Chief Executive Officer Bob Iger laid out plans for three episodes and “at least three” spinoff movies -- films have needed reshoots, rewrites or changes in director. Hearing that a movie has had the director replaced, and a sizeable percentage of the movie reshot, has become a red flag to avoid. It would be easy to dismiss this as a Disney-specific issue, if Warner and others weren't also guilty. These become like a Frankenstein's monster of plot, cutting back-and-forth from one mood to another so quickly that the movie feels tone-deaf. There is a rumor that there was no overarching storyline planned for these 3 last episodes - the "plans" alluded to in the article are merely that 3 movies would be created. This lack of storyline planning has allowed the "creative disagreement" between directors of Episodes 7 and 8. Controversy has become another red flag - where the movie isn't good enough to stand on its own merits, and has to leverage some cause. Particularly egregious groups even dare leverage the "if you're not with us, you're against us" trope. > The company is dealing with reports that its next stand-alone “Star Wars” movie may be delayed and an effort by one faction of fans to remake “The Last Jedi,” which came out in December. There was a "defeminized" cut of The Last Jedi that removed whole characters and the Canto Bite side-quest, but there was only enough story left to make a 45-minute bite-sized Star Wars TV show episode. This group would have to add a lot more content than merely embellishing and tightening the current plot. > The franchise also hasn’t proven it can connect with Chinese audiences, a key market for the film industry. Moviegoers in that country don’t have the same nostalgia for “Star Wars” and prefer to see Marvel films. Viewing a back-translated sub/dub of Episode 3[0] may shed some light on this - so much of the movie is driven by character or plot, while Marvel movies are more action-driven. Marvel stories are more generic, so are easier to follow without understanding the words. It's similar to how Ong Bak[1] has a generic "retrieve the MacGuffin" action movie plot, and is quite watchable untranslated. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XziLNeFm1ok https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XziLNeFm1ok [1] https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0368909 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0368909