Discussion How many new SW films should there be PER YEAR?

How many new SW films should there be PER YEAR?

After reading some speculation on another website about how LFL might have 9 post-IX films already in development that they want to release soon, and on the other hand, how some fans felt there wasn't enough time between TLJ and Solo, I feel this is a good question to ask.

Personally, I think it should be a max of 1 new movie per year, and I'd personally be fine with the old pattern of a new one every 3 years that the OT and PT followed.

 

No more than a movie every 1.5 years. 2 would be ideal.

 

One per year. Though part of me misses the old 3 year pattern, going out to see SW as an annual ritual has been a lot of fun too (though if they wanted to make it some other time of the year than the middle of the Holidays, that would be swell). Also, I'm not getting any younger, and I'd rather not wait three more decades to see what Disney's LFL has in store.

 

If it must be every year, no more than one. But I do think maybe one every other year wouldn't kill them.

 

As much as I love Star Wars and want to see as many films as possible made, Solo's BO result has reinforced to me that anything less than one year between films can potentially lead to the "fatigue" factor. And if the fatigue sets in and every film does not do well at the BO, eventually "new" Star Wars will be no more because Disney is a business and not a charity.

For me, I think one per year should account for any "fatigue" factors and generate enough of a return to satisfy Disney's executive board and its shareholders. Just release the film at the right time.

 

One a year seems good, but when you look at the likelihood that by the time IX comes out there'll two regular television series as well, and we tend to think there'll at least three within a few years (live action and two animated)... that's a lot of onscreen content. We still don't know what's next on the slate film-wise or what the gap is set to be... and they may have been waiting on SOLO's results to make that determination.

 

1 movie a year tops.. imo

 

A new movie every two years, one per year at the absolute most. The moment they start doing two in the calendar year, is the moment we see the series take a shift towards Solo's box office on a regular basis. Five months was too little time between two movies, it doesn't matter if they were technically released in different years.

 

2-3 years for saga films and use high quality tv series for anthology stuff. Make us wait for the epic movies and keep it to xmas time (it seems just right then).

 

It's not about how much you release every year or every other year, it is about the quality and doing them right. The prequel trilogy had each movies come out every three years and alot of people turned out disappointed. 1999 2002 2005

Not bashing, just trying mention about results, but I did not vote becaues it comes down to quality regardless on how much you make year or by waiting longer.

 

1 movie every two or 3 years. But 1 a year is fine. More than that is just oversaturating the market and the fans.

 

Agree about the quality. But it's also an anticipation thing: sometimes the journey is as (or even more) exciting than the destination. The speculating and slow drip of information beforehand is as much a part of the experience as the movies themselves. I look back fondly on all the discussions with people on and offline when the prequels were being made and they were each served with a healthy dollop of time and breathing space between each release.

 

2 movies. One big, Saga or new RJ trilogy and second small like Solo (of course with budget less then 100 mln). One should be blockbuster and second for hardcore fans.

My personal limit is I think two movies and two 10 ep live action series per year.
And lets face it, I am close to 50. 1 film per 3 years would mean that I will die before something really big is happen in SW universe.

 

Once every time there's a story that needs telling.

 

Which thread are people talking about this in?
https://io9.gizmodo.com/report-there-may-be-as-many-as-nine-star-wars-movies-i-1826900837

 

The threads talking about the RJ trilogy, GoT show runners SW trilogy, the IX forum,and the Kenobi thread and Fett thread.

 

As many as they can create GOOD story's for.

Marvel can do a few a year so I dont see why star wars cant.

 

That is what I am guessing.

I don' believe in oversatuation. If marvel can pull it off starwars can.

It just comes down to creating good storys.

 

Star Wars =/= Marvel

1. We have different fan bases
2. We have different expectations
3. We fill in different niches


To compare to Ancient Greek times...
* Marvel is filling in the niche of all those different plays, like Antigone, Oedipus Rex, etc.
* while Star Wars is supposed to be filling in the niche of Grand Mythology, like: Ouranos vs Cronus vs Zeus, the stories of Prometheus and the Flood, the Labors of Heracles, Jason and the Argonauts, the Trojan War, etc.

 

I used to think we should eventually get to 2 per year-thinking that it wouldn't be too much, since Marvel does 2 or even three a year successfully. But after Solo, I think it's apparent that SW is a different animal in this case. I will say it takes away from the anticipation of the upcoming movies, if we have one every five or six months...I mean from a marketing standpoint alone, it's SW in your face all the time: on TV, FB, on shirts, coffee mugs, soup cans, Cheez It boxes, everything-but it would be ALL the time...not sure I'm up for that.

 

I think once every 2 years or three years I really think part of the reason for the bad Solo Box Office was Star Wars Burn out if these rumors of Star Wars A Star Wars Story films going on a hiatus are true and Focusing on Rian Johnsons Trilogy and the Trilogy by the Game Of Thrones guys then I agree with the decision It makes them more of an event film series with out the burn out. I am sure they will eventually bring back the spin off films.

 

1 movie per year. I still think they can make it work if they stay in December.

 

Yes 1 movie per year but released in December & every so often leave it for 2 years to freshen it up & also lower their standards as in don't expect a billion dollars ww every time........

 

I believe Pixar does 1.5 a year. 1 new film and they try to do a equal from a previous film every other year. I don't see why Star Wars can't do something similar with the right strategic plan.