Solo Headed To Become A Flop? Yep, It Flopped.

[Jon-Erich]

Soundwave said:

Actually I don't agree "any Star Wars spin-off would make a billion dollars".

Solo sure as hell wouldn't and I would've said that 5 years ago too. Obi-Wan movie won't either. Boba Fett won't either. They should cancel both of those films for now and focus on the trilogy films. 

These spin-offs rely too much on Star Wars nerds, that's not big enough of an audience alone, the general audience isn't interested enough to watch these kinds of movies and quite frankly the characters aren't *that* interesting. Deadpool is fucking interesting, you don't need to be a Marvel/comic book fan to be entertained. But Obi-Wan? Dude is not that interesting, you can't make an entire movie around him and expect $1 billion plus.

Darth Vader IMO is the only Star Wars character that could reliably bank $1 billion with a side story based soley on them and even then that script better be good, and I mean Darth Vader not whiny ass Anakin. 

It's really hard to say. I think the reason Rogue One made a billion dollars was because it was the first anthology film. People were curious. As for Solo, Han Solo as a character is very popular, but I think two things were hurting that film's chance. First, a lot of fans felt burned by the Last Jedi. Second, Solo had been getting a lot of bad press on the internet over the last year. The sad thing is while some of that bad speculation was true, it didn't seem to have any negative impact on the film. I personally enjoyed it more than anything else Disney has done with Star Wars. The Force Awakens was pretty much a remake of A New Hope and you could tell what was going to happen and when. Rogue One was okay, but the main character was the least appealing part of the film. I actually liked the idea of the Last Jedi taking the series in a bold new direction, though what they did made absolutely no sense. Also, the previous film is the one that should have gone in a new direction, not the middle film.

People are talking wether Kathleen Kennedy will keep her job or not. I think it actually depends less on the performance of the movies and more on the performance of the merchandise. Toy sales have been on the decline, though I don't think it is clear on wether that has to do with fans feeling dissatisfied by recent Star Wars installments or if it has more to do with the changing demographics. Kids don't play with toys like they used to. Still, toys or no toys, merchandising is the key. Disney relies on that more than they do on there success of the movies.