How I'd fix Star Wars

[LuisCarlos17f]

If it was true then all the NSFW publishing based in SW would be totally banned. The fan fiction should be wellcome as "free advertising".

And it is legal when it is no-profit intentions. And what about videos in youtube? For example battle simulations, like clone army vs Warhammer 40K Orcs.

Of course they have to protect their IPs but they are killing their franchises. They should allow fandom to show they type of fiction these would like.

 

[Older Beholder]

I'd much rather see a new Space Opera universe that draws on Star Wars tropes as well as Star Wars' own inspirations - Lensman, Hidden Fortress, Dambusters, Flash Gordon, John Carter et al. I remember how awestruck I was by the start of the TV series Andromeda - I want that kind of feeling, not endless retreads.

Zack Snyder is working on 'Rebel Moon', I think it comes out at the end of the year.
Which sounds like a Star Wars inspired, non-Star Wars movie.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Zack Snyder is working on 'Rebel Moon', I think it comes out at the end of the year.
Which sounds like a Star Wars inspired, non-Star Wars movie.

Just hope its good enough to break the monopoly.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Video games like HALO and Mass Effect seem to do a good job creating new military sf universes, even if successful film adaptations are rare. Hollywood is in a bad rut right now but a new space opera universe is surely possible.

Well, we had Halo on TV and it was pretty meh. And ideally, a new franchise shouldn't be too tied up on "military". There are a wide variety of stories that can be told in space.

But the issue is cost. People forget that the original Star Wars was low budget, and therefore could be risky. If it had flopped, little harm done. But it's unlikely a low budget movie could achieve blockbuster status these days, because of the cost of advertising and audience expectations with regard to FX.

 

[Ryujin]

Well, we had Halo on TV and it was pretty meh. And ideally, a new franchise shouldn't be too tied up on "military". There are a wide variety of stories that can be told in space.

But the issue is cost. People forget that the original Star Wars was low budget, and therefore could be risky. If it had flopped, little harm done. But it's unlikely a low budget movie could achieve blockbuster status these days, because of the cost of advertising and audience expectations with regard to FX.

Then you might be surprised to see what people like Ian Hubert are doing with apps like Blender.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Then you might be surprised to see what people like Ian Hubert are doing with apps like Blender.

No, I'm familiar, and this is actually the problem - people are so used to seeing apparently perfect FX on computer screens that they won't accept anything less than perfect on a movie screen.

 

[LuisCarlos17f]

To break the hegemony of space fantasy is not easy. If it was then the rest of studios had tried it.

And literature? Writters realises the sci-fi is a genre what gets old very poorly. Maybe the strategy should be space fantasy with an intentional vintage look.

Movie studios would rather betting for known franchises from videogame industry, and I don't blame them.

There was a Flash Gordon's movie in the 80's, whose soundtrack is very famous thanks Queen. Some years before there was a cartoon serie. A second cartoon serie was produced in 1996, and a new action-live serie in 2004.

The remake of Gallactica worked relatively well, but the plot didn't allow more space for spin-off beyond "humans vs cylons".

* An adaptation of the TTRPG Fading Sun? Of course, and also a remake of "Exo-Squad".

* Teorically space fantasy should work as cartoon show, but in the last decades these aren't the stars in the children TV channels.

 

[Velderan]

If it was true then all the NSFW publishing based in SW would be totally banned. The fan fiction should be wellcome as "free advertising".

And it is legal when it is no-profit intentions. And what about videos in youtube? For example battle simulations, like clone army vs Warhammer 40K Orcs.

Of course they have to protect their IPs but they are killing their franchises. They should allow fandom to show they type of fiction these would like.

How are they killing their franchises by not allowing fans to use their IPs? That makes absolutely no sense.

Nintendo is probably just as protective of their IP if not more and they're printing money with how successful their IP are. Zelda just sold 10 million copies of a $70 game in 3 days. Mario just made over a billion dollars in the theaters. They still produce hardware that sells quite well BECAUSE of the IP that is exclusively used on it to make games.

Protecting and restricting access to IP is a 100% valid strategy.

 

[Ryujin]

How are they killing their franchises by not allowing fans to use their IPs? That makes absolutely no sense.

Nintendo is probably just as protective of their IP if not more and they're printing money with how successful their IP are. Zelda just sold 10 million copies of a $70 game in 3 days. Mario just made over a billion dollars in the theaters. They still produce hardware that sells quite well BECAUSE of the IP that is exclusively used on it to make games.

Protecting and restricting access to IP is a 100% valid strategy.

And if you don't actively protect an IP, you can lose the ability to do so.

 

[LuisCarlos17f]

They are killing the franchise when they are releasing titles not wellcome by the audience. The age of peak popularity ended long time ago.

10 Signs Star Wars Is A Dying Franchise

Despite numerous TV shows in the works and inevitable future film installments, Star Wars seems to be running itself aground.

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And it is not only Star Wars, but also Willow, Pixar and Marvel Superhéroes. They aren't releasing the titles liked by the audience. This is not only a slowdown. The company is closer to the bankrupt most of fandom could imagine.

* The TTRPG by Edge Studio is "frozen", and I guess when the deal ended, Disney will want to publish its own TTRPG using a remade version of Marvel RPG.