Disney's accountants have very powerful magic, but the fact remains that Disney is trashing all the Lucasfilms IP at an alarming rate. Lots of cancelled sequels, projects on hold, and the movies that do get released get lukewarm receptions from lifelong fanboys who should have been ecstatic for it.

> Disney is trashing all the Lucasfilms IP at an alarming rate.

Seems a bit unfair to blame Disney for upholding the work started by George Lucas.

Are they even capable of trashing Lucasfilms IP to any degree greater than that already demonstrated?

You're not going to see me defending Lucas's slop, but I think the fanboys have a lot more goodwill for even the worst aspects of the prequel trilogy than they have for Disney right now.

I won't defend either nor step on the judgement of the true fans, etc.

However we are both commenting on a sub branch headed by a comment:

    Colossal losses of Disney ...

You mentioned Rian Johnson and his work on Part two of trilogy ?? (I honestly don't bother with anything past the original version of the first film) Star Wars: The Last Jedi.

Regardless of its trashiness in the eyes of fans it still box officed $1.334 billion after a budget < $320 million (according to wikipedia).

Let's agree that it was slop ... but it was slop that made bank for Disney.

I think this kind of analysis basically exemplifies the MBA disease Hollywood has. They think that as long as they can show a profit, things are going fine. But in the meantime fans are catching on and goodwill is being burnt. The fanboys become less fanatical and the performance of future movies begins to suffer.

We are in furious agreement it seems.

I'm only commenting here to counter the upstream claim that "going woke is sending Disney broke".

I'm seeing the counter position that "pushing trash is pumping cash" (for now at least).

The thing Disney added to the mix is massive overexposure. Getting 3 movies every 20 years, even if they're bad, doesn't instill a sense of fatigue like an annual release schedule and several continuously running TV shows do. I have a hard time understanding people who are still excited for this stuff. Even if something looks promising it's just item n+1 in an endless conveyor belt of content.

The MCU suffers from largely the same problem.