Lucasfilm's Misdiagnosis of Solo Shows They're Of Touch With Star Wars

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Times have been tough for Star Wars on the big screen lately, and Lucasfilm's failure to maintain a firm theatrical slate shows how out of touch their approach to Star Wars movies has gotten. Numerous Star Wars projects lack release dates, have seen multiple delays, been indefinitely delayed, or been outright canceled, and Lucasfilm's concern over the negative reactions to its creative decisions is a big reason they're losing touch with how they should be approaching Star Wars movie production.

Lucasfilm once had an ambitious plan to release at least one new Star Wars movie every year, but following the polarizing reaction to Star Wars: The Last Jedi and lukewarm or negative reception of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker's overly-safe conclusion to the Skywalker Saga, Star Wars' movie slate began to disappear to the point where there's skepticism as to which of the few films currently officially in development will actually see the light of day. Lucasfilm's Star Wars movie problem started long before The Last Jedi, though. Every single Disney Star Wars movie except for The Last Jedi had significant and highly publicized rewrites and reshoots late in production as Lucasfilm tried to adjust course in response to criticism.

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Unfortunately, in their focus on serving a fan base, the franchise risks becoming iterative, overly self-referential, and out of touch with what the Star Wars brand was meant to be. Star Wars as we know it exists out of a refusal to deliver fans what they wanted, resulting in one of the biggest pop-culture feuds, covered in documentaries like The People vs. George Lucas. So long as Star Wars prioritizes mass appeal and fan service over daring