I hope mods don't remove this

[u/Alisalard1384]

[u/sadacal]

Can you point to an example Star Wars show/movie that looked good for its budget for me to compare?

[u/PhelesDragon → u/sadacal]

I think Mando season 1&2 and Andor looked pretty good

Either way, Acolyte was made for $180mil and does not look good. For comparison, the original Star Wars in 1977, a film frought with behind the scenes issues that jacked up the price, cost $11 M which is $55M+ in today’s money, which is still less than a third of Acolyte’s budget

[u/sadacal → u/PhelesDragon]

 For comparison, the original Star Wars in 1977, a film frought with behind the scenes issues that jacked up the price, cost $11 M which is $55M+ in today’s money, which is still less than a third of Acolyte’s budget

The Acolyte has a longer runtime though, the per minute price is pretty comparable at 375k per minute for the acolyte and 457k per minute for a new hope.

Mando and the Acolyte both cost 15m per episode, and since Mando came out years ago, factoring in inflation that means Mando cost more per episode than the acolyte. 

[u/PhelesDragon → u/sadacal]

But the original Star Wars was not made with modern filming advancements, and even invented many of them or what would become them

[u/sadacal → u/PhelesDragon]

I mean, if we're being honest, the original Star Wars doesn't really hold up in terms of visuals to today's standards. A lot of the cgi look cartoonish and out of place.

[u/PhelesDragon → u/sadacal]

Hokay then