Ever since Disney bought Lucasfilm in 2012, the studio has tried to release as many Star Wars films as humanly possible since they brought out The Force Awakens in 2015.
They’ve managed to bring out a whole new trilogy in just four years along with two standalone movies – that’s pretty crazy. That’s not to mention things like Disneyland’s Galaxy’s Edge and The Mandalorian which makes its way to Disney+ next month.
Back in the day when the first six films were being made, fans had to wait three years between movies before finding out what had happened next. We had to be patient.
Now, the only actor to star in every main Star Wars film, Anthony Daniels, who plays C-3PO, has shared his thoughts on the matter.
Speaking with The Times, Daniels said Disney went overboard, “I think they did overstep the mark and got overenthusiastic. People became satiated. Star Wars went full tilt and overfed the audience.”
Daniels would know about Star Wars fatigue better than most and clearly he believes Disney tried to do too much too quickly.
But it shouldn’t come as much of a surprise given the fact there were three MCU movies released this year – Captain Marvel, Avengers: Endgame and Spider-Man: Far From Home – three live-action remakes – Dumbo, Aladdin and The Lion King – and three sequels – Toy Story 4, Frozen II, and Maleficent: Mistress of Evil.
Star Wars fatigue was proven when Solo was released in 2018, five months after The Last Jedi. The movie should have performed really well at the box office, and it might have done if it had been released another time. But the movie made $392 million worldwide when most movies in the franchise easily hit the $1 billion mark.
Disney CEO Bog Iger has also admitted to thinking they released too much Star Wars content too fast.
Speaking with the New York Times, he said, “I just think that we might’ve put a little bit too much in the marketplace too fast.
“I think the storytelling capabilities of the company are endless because of the talent we have at the company, and the talent we have at the company is better than it’s ever been, in part because of the influx of people from Fox.”
Iger is pretty sure the space opera will continue indefinitely, especially with all the 20th Century Fox talent they now have access to following that merger.
Following the release of The Rise of Skywalker in December, Disney will likely take their time with their next Star Wars releases.