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Completely disagree that Disney would hold back on a Star Wars toy that could sell for the holidays when they've been taking a huge hit in that market since 2017. They would sell their own children to make money on Star Wars toys again.
Also found this from a toy manufacturer.
Great cover up to assuage shareholders to try to save face for their incompetence. What incentive do they have to keep baby Yoda a secret for their newly launched streaming service that they want people to subscribe too? Why would they also forfeit money during Christmas season when the Star Wars toy line is basically a black hole the past 2 years?NewlyRetired said:
I would guess the buzz of baby Yoda all at once to drive subscriptions is much more valuable in the long run than selling the toys short term.
Why not both? How many people are really going to see a product show release and think anything of it and then weeks later it's on the show. Then boom product is ready for the holidays and you sell millions of units at the height of popularity. Now your banking on people waiting until May and still caring about Baby Yoda. If they can get new episodes out by May then maybe. Don't see that happening though.
Ummmmm.... Isnt this basically the best argument in favor of "they really wanted to keep it a secret"???
I mean they made toys for hunchback, atlantis, etc. I mean they make toys for some of the rides that aren't even that popular.
I know that's what you are saying.
My main point is that the leaders of Lucasfilms are incompetent. This seems to support that.
You think that they made the mandalorian the flagship of their new streaming service and thought it wouldnt be successful?
he hates much of the newer Star Wars stuff in general so his schtick is to believe that every one is dumb and stupid at Disney to support his opinions.
Either they bank on it being a success but don't have any plans on merchandising it right away to capitalize on the popularity or they hoped it was going to be a success but held off for fear of wasting more money on toys that won't sell.
There’s a lot of SW stuff that has arguably been mismanaged by Disney, but I don’t believe it is even a little bit plausible that they just failed foresee that baby Yoda would move a lot of merchandise. Whether the surprise was worth the lost merchandising revenue is another question, but there’s no question it was one that was considered.
You can buy toys for the nightmare before xmas. Today. They have some stuff at the parks for sale that you just scratch your head.
Disney bought lucas films for 4 billion dollars, I would love to be so incompetent that my company gets bought out for 4 billion dollars. Since then Disney star wars movies have grossed over 4.8 billion dollars at the box office and this one will put them over the top so please explain to me this incompetent part again. On second thought, please don't.
Yes you don't want me to get into it here. Basically they have cost themselves billions in how they mismanaged the IP.
the point i was sarcastically trying to make is why would anyone give two cents about whether a company worth $266 Billion makes a few more million off a toy they may or may not have forgotten to get produced in some #### hole country by virtual slave people just in time for the holidays.
in the latest news, a porn company is selling vibrating seats for the Peloton just in time for Christmas!
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Just for the Star Wars universe, or as a show total?James Daulton said:
And if I could be Siskel to your Ebert, I'd say I totally disagree and give it 4 out of 5. It's been amazing seeing this story play out and the ride has been great. Cast is amazing and it's the only show left that I actually look forward to each week premiering.
I think you have this backwards. Serial means there IS an overarching plot. Episodic means no major overarching plot in most episodes.
From his mouth, it seems like they are still working this out. I am guessing they had some idea, but are still working out how to go forward.
Yeah. I would think that most shows in season 1 didn't have the entire arc figured out at that point. Even the greats like Breaking Bad didn't seem to have a plan for what was to come.
