{"id":129236,"date":"2015-12-22T00:52:14","date_gmt":"2015-12-22T07:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/12\/22\/on-the-forever-franchise-of-star-wars.html"},"modified":"2015-12-25T16:29:13","modified_gmt":"2015-12-25T23:29:13","slug":"on-the-forever-franchise-of-star-wars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/12\/22\/on-the-forever-franchise-of-star-wars.html","title":{"rendered":"On the Forever Franchise of "Star Wars""},"content":{"rendered":"

Frankly, if they are all (or even mostly) as good as "The Force Awakens, " I have no problem with an endless series of Star Wars movies. Or Marvel movies. Or whatever. <\/p>\n

I mean, we don't have problems with a TV show being 13 or 26 episodes in a single year, or of shows being renewed for another season. Nobody says, "OMG, another episode of that show this week, too? Why can't Hollywood give us different stand-alone TV shows each week, instead of endless sequels? Where is their creativity?" <\/p>\n

Aside from the time spans involved, it's much the same thing with a movie series. And if they start to suck, the box office will drop and they'll stop making them. <\/p>\n

There's nothing evil about a movie franchise, even if it includes associated one-off movies in the shared universe. And if a given franchise is not your cuppa, well, it's not like there is a shortage of entertainment out there to watch (or read, or listen to, or play) instead.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nYou Won’t Live to See the Final Star Wars Movie | WIRED<\/a><\/span>
\nIf the people at Disney have anything to say about it, the past four decades of Star Wars were merely prologue.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Frankly, if they are all (or even mostly) as good as "The Force Awakens, " I have no problem with an endless series of Star Wars movies. Or Marvel movies. Or whatever. 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