Discussion Star Wars is Struggling to Win Over the Next Generation of Kids

This is a discussion board for a sci fi series, not a college class or government institute. Trotting out charts and graphs is pointless in a place like this, because it always devolves into "Eh, I reject those particular findings." But there are two certain things that can't be denied, which is: Marvel sells lots of toys and Mandalorian sells lots of toys.

 

I definitely agree with you.

 

I don't know about that. They retconned Thrawn, that's a plus in my book and the Clone Wars got a proper send-off.

 

They're winning me over, and I was massively let down by the sequels... to the point where I don't even watch them - I haven't seen either TLJ or TRoS since theatres. They seem to be finding their groove now. Even in the ST days, I thought there was a big disconnect between the ST/Resistance side of things and the R1/Solo/Rebels side - almost as if they were produced by completely different studios.

 

I think that Star Wars will always get new fans. Now, do a lot of kids these days prefer Marvel over SW? Quite possibly. Do they at least watch Star Wars, and are there still dedicated fans? YES! As long as the money rolls in, Disney will keep making Star Wars. I think the reason why a lot of kids prefer Marvel over SW is because they are two completely different things. Jedi refrain from using their power when it isn't necessary. They protect all lives, even those against them. They do their best to resist the darkness in them. Does this seem as "cool" to kids as a bunch of superheroes beating people up? Probably not, but that's why they are two different franchises, belonging to two different genres.

 

If I had to sum up what the "kids" are into these dies from the very small sample size I have of my step-daughter, my friends' kids, and co-workers' kids: it's Roblox and anime (all anime together, all at once as some monolithic entity).

In that regard, everything that isn't a mobile game or Japanese animation must be failing.

Having said that, by the time I become aware of something the "kids" are into, they're usually over it.

 

Ironic. There have been some official manga and like 3 hours of anime released for Star Wars.

Star Wars will be fine. It’s survived 3 generations. It will survive another.