Having merchandise from the other films doesn't satiate the desire to have merchandise from this film for the collector. In fact, having a collection of merchandise from the other films actually drives the desire to have the merch from this film so your collection is complete. The collector that bought all that previous merch is a guaranteed sale for new merch, not a satiated non-consumer no longer looking for new goods. Plus the middle generation that maybe hasn't been interested in Star Wars since they were kids and saw the prequels, but the excitement drives them to become new collectors and consumers of merch. And the current consumers of the brand that watches the cartoons. Plus first generation fans/kids where this is their first Star Wars movie. This is an evergreen property that continues to drive consumer interest across all three of those segments.
Disney is going to make bank on this franchise big time. If anyone thought Lucas squeezed this as much as he could just wait until the Disney machine kicks in
I saw a commercial for Star Wars cosmetics the other day........ for chicks who really want to get their Geekfreak on.
Yup. And just wait til Daisy Ridley's first sex tape hits the internet. That'll double box set sales.
What's with the lack of Luke Skywalker on posters, trailers, and promotional items for The Force Awakens? We know he is in it.
lol, ok so I guess you're going to do your spoiler best to tell everyone he turns into the next Darth Vader which is on the poster well done
From all reports Luke is not in the movie until the very end and the story is basically about the search for Luke Skywalker. Han's revelation to the characters that "it's true, all of it," seems to support it. Despite George Lucas' nonsensical special edition celebration at the end of ROTJ that because the emperor was killed the Galaxy went into immediate celebration and was free from tyrany, that obviously has not happened. Not only that, the Jedi and Luke Skywalker are seemingly only regarded as stories, hence the need for Han to inform than that they are not stories, they are true. The title "The Force Awakens" also is consistent with this. The force has been absent from the Galaxy, despite the return of the Jedi that defeated the empire. But now it is awakening. For it to be "awakening" it had to be absent. Since Luke is the only remaining Jedi, that absence would be his absence.
I just noticed something on the poll....... HOW IN THE F#@K DOES "REVENGE OF THE SITH" HAVE MORE VOTES THAN THE ORIGINAL STAR WARS?!?!?!?!
How do either part 1 or 2 have any votes at all. I can admit when Phantom Menace first came out I really really liked it, but I was also an idiot high school kid. Looking at that movie now, I can't believe I ever liked it. The new trilogy was complete trash all the way through.
For me RoTJ rocked because you got to see Fett fight. And no way he died in the stinkin' Sarlacc. Anyone who says otherwise can kiss my Mandalorian armor-clad ass. As for the Ewoks, I'm honest to say that when I was 10 they were cool. But I'm not 10 anymore (except for my maturity level) so yea, they kinda hurt an otherwise good movie. And Leia in a metal bikini was nice too. Even as a 10 year old I got what that was all about.
Yea people, geez, what a bunch of losers. Now let's all get back to arguing over Star Wars like the Ewoks like mature adults.
Empire Strikes Back. Leia calls Han a bunch of things ending with a "scruffy looking nerd herder." Han starts to bristle and says, "who's scruffy looking?" Yea, I'm a dweeb.... and I still even have one of my action figures. Boba Fett of course. My fav quote: "No disintegrations!" "As you wish"
ROTJ is fine, the Ewoks are fine. Even as an adult I don't find them outside the realm of what had been established in the first two films. Attack of the Clones is the worst for me. Greasy diner chef alien who knows all the underground secrets, "death sticks" and "Jedi business," and the fact that Lucas recycled shitty ideas he originally wrote into the first draft of ESB -- a screenplay so bad it required bringing in a new writer and starting from scratch.
