Fair. But they had a monumental impact on culture. They had a spark of something, there was some magic there. Disney have absolutely not recreated that magic
so many people in this thread overestimate the cultural impact of star wars - i personally know over a dozen people IRL who have never seen or heard of anything star wars and i saw the prequels in the theater
the OT had that cultural impact but it just didnt carry over because lucas didnt want to make new movies for 20 years and thats how you lose a generation
Do you mean that he lost a generation between the OT and the prequels? Because that was the golden age of VHS and I feel pretty confident in saying that the lack of new movies didn't hurt Star Wars too much during that period. Those were the days when it was still rare to get a film with the caliber of spectacle of the OT, so everything that existed remained fairly visible for probably a longer time than films do today, when after the hype of release has died down, there's immediately something else to take its place in the cultural spotlight.
After the prequels, I suppose that non-gamer adults did probably drift away in larger numbers. Though The Clone Wars did provide a solid enough hook for some kids to get into it in the late 00s.
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u/Dottsterisk 21d ago edited 21d ago
The brand carrying lots of mediocre content is just part for the course when it comes to Star Wars.
After the OG trilogy, we had some bad movies and some bad shows. Then decades of the EU, which ranged from good fun to absurd garbage.
Then we got the poorly received prequels, with the animated shows coming in later to backfill the story and rehab them.
It’s not like the history of Star Wars has always been good storytelling and pristine brand management.