It seems that way now, but im sure they had plans to use that further before Solo flopped.
Also people are always complaining that the films dont reference/integrate the EU enough. So I applaud them for finally acknowledging the other canon material in such a big way.
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Registered: Feb 2013
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Re: Potential Disney/Lucasfilm projects...
No, they couldn't.
And if Episode 9 gets boycotted like Solo was, then Star Wars fans won't have to put up with any retarded garbage that Disney puts out.
Eventually they will have to sell the franchise to a company that would bring back the old EU for profit, and then Disney will be made Non-Canon (which it already borderline-is).
I doubt Solo was actually boycotted on a large scale. Just the excitement wasnt there for a kinda pointless spin off just a few months after TLJ disappointed so many.
Im sure Episode 9 will make at least as much as TLJ. Even though Im personally not excited one bit for it.
I expect it has to do with the fact that the film looked and was bad. Plus, it came out after TLJ which was undoubtedly an incredibly divisive film (despite what many may say).
The calls for boycotts and the like played a very little part.
Registered: Feb 2013
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Close - but no cigar.
Actually, no one wanted to see a movie in which Han Solo was portrayed by Alden Ehrenreich.
- The fans wanted Anthony Ingruber to play Solo - but Disney (big surprise) didn't listen to what the fans wanted.
All of that, plus the film looking like shit anyway as ares834 said, plus people generally waking up to the Non-Canon garbage mess that is Disney "star wars" convinced Star Wars fans it wasn't worth wasting their hard-earned cash on.
It just made the boycott, very, very easy.
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