Ockham's Razor doesn't apply in adversarial situations. We know the big operators purchase these franchises (economic wrappers around fictional universes) to p

Ockham's Razor doesn't apply in adversarial situations. We know the big operators purchase these franchises (economic wrappers around fictional universes) to pursue profit. They modify the stories and characters to optimize profit, they've been doing it for about a century, and they're very good at it.