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[IrishJedi]

Agreed 100% on the power of nostalgia. Had TFA not been a direct sequel to ROTJ there's absolutely no way it would have grossed $2 Billion in one month.

I agree with that. The same can also be said for the success of JURASSIC WORLD.

 

[LoveMinusZero]

Wor-Gar comes in at the end to break it up and put the kids to bed.

 

[hen88]

There's another angle to this I haven't seen discussed here yet. And that's this: Now, more than ever, Lucasfilm & Disney understand the power and appeal of nostalgia, particularly when it comes to STAR WARS. Some believe (and I tend to agree) that there is value is letting certain things simmer down for a while in order to re-build mystique and then tap into any nostalgic connection it may have when it returns. The Prequels/Clone Wars have been so ubiquitous for the past 16 years that it's hard to get or feel nostalgic about any of it. LFL sees and understands this, too. It's not an evil, malevolent intention to bury the prequels forever... They'd just like to slow that way down for a while in order to gauge its true long-term appeal within the zeitgeist. If PT stuff demand grows, it'll return in a big way. But, again, not likely for at least 5 years or so. Until then, it'll continue the new normal: it'll trickle out.

I agree with your thinking. Also - there's too much excitement about the new trilogy to go too far backwards (for now). Since the OT directly links to the new films, it stands to benefit more in terms of marketing than the PT. As for figures, I think Hot Toys will focus on getting the TFA Han Solo and Poe Dameron out next. I don't really see them doing any more figures from ANH. Maybe R2-D2 and C3PO, but the timing isn't right since SS just released their versions.

 

[SNIKT1950]

I agree with that. The same can also be said for the success of JURASSIC WORLD.

TFA is a much better film. Still wish Rian Johnson was helming both VIII & IX.

 

[Wor-Gar]

Wor-Gar comes in at the end to break it up and put the kids to bed.

No, but this argument is a bit like the blue/brown Han coat. People just have different viewpoints, like old Ben said.

It's ironic because the one place that spreads more misinformation that anything else -- the internet -- is also the first place people scream "source" for proof. Of course, they will also pick-and-choose what "source" they believe, so what's the point?

No matter what you presented in your argument, someone would deny its authenticity. If you present an article that states "Disney is holding back on PT", then the other person will simply then question that author, or that source, or say that's one article and provide another that says the opposite.

 

[Glennfett]

It would make sense for Disney to slow down on PT era stuff since that was a lot of what we had gotten from 1999 til 2012.
OT was amongst all that as was EU.
ST comes along and anything that would relate closely to that and the Legacy characters means revisitng the OT more fully interspersed amongst the ST merch.
No way would Disney back off from the PT....just look at SSC offerings from last year, even Maul is back.
Hot toys have burned through the core OT characters from ANH at lightspeed and are now doing that with TFA.
I would assume TESB will be next, then ROTJ with the major characters of the PT trilogy interspersed amongst all of this.
I grew up in the OT era and am not naive enough to think Disney is blocking PT...

 

[SNIKT1950]

No, but this argument is a bit like the blue/brown Han coat. People just have different viewpoints, like old Ben said.

It's ironic because the one place that spreads more misinformation that anything else -- the internet -- is also the first place people scream "source" for proof. Of course, they will also pick-and-choose what "source" they believe, so what's the point?

No matter what you presented in your argument, someone would deny its authenticity. If you present an article that states "Disney is holding back on PT", then the other person will simply then question that author, or that source, or say that's one article and provide another that says the opposite.

If the guy had linked me to one article where a Disney executive vaguely mentioned putting the PT on the backburner he would have proved his point and I would have admitted being blind to this proposed marketing move by Disney. He didn't because he honestly has no proof whatsoever and every time I introduced actual proof to suggest the PT is still very much in the picture his response was "You're dumb and can't see what I can see."

The focus right now seems to be appropriately on the new film(s) but they're still making room for some PT & OT stuff.

 

[LoveMinusZero]

 

[SNIKT1950]

When HT announces a PT figure, does your head immediately explode or do you have to wait for it to be up for PO?

Hope you caught my Cronenberg reference btw.

 

[LoveMinusZero]

I hope it's a Battle Droid or Nute Gunray.

 

[devilof76]

No, but this argument is a bit like the blue/brown Han coat. People just have different viewpoints, like old Ben said.

Except that Irish knows what he's talking about.

 

[SNIKT1950]

I hope it's a Battle Droid or Nute Gunray.

Nah, it'll be Rune Haako.

 

[Khev]

I do think it's interesting that in the kids' section at Barnes & Noble they have two Star Wars shelves; one labeled "Original Trilogy" and one labeled "The Force Awakens."

Also there was that one "the circle is now complete" Walmart ad narrated by James Earl Jones. Where they had the flashback to 1983 with the kid getting the Luke figure and then him grown up giving his daughter the Lego TIE. Kind of funny that even the toy marketing was acting like there have been no SW films since ROTJ.

 

[SNIKT1950]

I do think it's interesting that in the kids' section at Barnes & Noble they have two Star Wars shelves; one labeled "Original Trilogy" and one labeled "The Force Awakens."

Also there was that one "the circle is now complete" Walmart ad narrated by James Earl Jones. Where they had the flashback to 1983 with the kid getting the Luke figure and then him grown up giving his daughter the Lego TIE. Kind of funny that even the toy marketing was acting like there have been no SW films since ROTJ.

Nostalgia is a brilliant marketing tool.

That Battlefront commercial with the guy jumping out of his office window into the X-Wing literally got me to buy a PS4 just so I could play the game.

 

[pixletwin]

Is it not evidence enough that Disney (Lucasfilm, whoever) is de-empathizing the PT when they put the kibosh on HT's Anakin figure? Remember that?

Me too.

 

[devilof76]

And when was the last time we saw a clone from Sideshow? Bomb trooper?

 

[SNIKT1950]

And when was the last time we saw a clone from Sideshow? Bomb trooper?

SSC unveiled TPM Darth Maul just two months ago.

 

[Khev]

Honestly I think the only reason that Disney didn't "de-canonize" the PT is simply because they've already been made. They have a choice on either profiting from having six SW films out on blu-ray or three. Of course they'll leave the PT as canon to keep them in circulation and make that extra money. I do think it'd be pretty hilarious if they slapped the "Legends" banner on the top of them but obviously it wouldn't be worth the trouble.

Plus Darth Maul is an icon in and of himself which is why we're seeing the SSC figure mentioned above and his supposed appearance on the Rebels TV show.

 

[Wor-Gar]

Disney will make a killing marketing the PT blu rays to all the kiddies that grew up on it. Like it or not, the PT ain't going anywhere. And will just grow stronger with time.

 

[devilof76]

SSC unveiled TPM Darth Maul just two months ago.

In clone armor?