Why Disney Star Wars Failed (And How To Save It)

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STAR WARS IS FALLING APART, and it needs to be saved from Disney (especially under the reign of and Kathleen Kennedy). I've been wanting to write a Star Wars video essay for a while now, about how the most iconic franchise in the history of Hollywood go burn to the ground so fast with the sequel trilogy (The Force Awakens, The Last Jedi, and The Rise of Skywalker), The Mandalorian Season 3, The Book of Boba Fett, Solo: A Star Wars Story, the Obi-Wan Kenobi series, and so many unreleased projects.
Kathleen Kennedy is running Star Wars and Lucasfilm into the ground, and instead of just yelling about WHY STAR WARS SUCKS or WHY STAR WARS IS DEAD, I wanted to really dive in and discuss why this series is failing at the moment, and why a Taika Watiti directed spin off or a Mandalorian and Grogu movie isn't the answer we need.
We will be discussing Why You Can't Turn Star Wars Into Marvel, Why Lucasfilm has ZERO confidence in moving forward with any new Star Wars movies or shows, Why Kathleen Kennedy isn't choosing the right filmmakers for Star Wars, and Why New Star Wars projects are just bad to begin with.
So with all of that being said, this is my video essay about Why Star Wars is Falling Apart.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:57 Aura Sponsorship
3:43 Failure #1
07:37 Failure #2
10:36 Failure #3
14:15 Failure #4
18:48 Outro
star wars is dead
star wars explained
star wars is lame
star wars is ruined
star wars is a dead franchise
star wars is bad
star wars is falling apart
disney star wars sucks
disney ruined star wars
disney ruined everything
the acolyte
the acolyte trailer

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@chaseazarian 5 ай бұрын

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@OrlandoOrtiz570 5 ай бұрын

"Is falling apart"? .... Present tense?

@chaseazarian 5 ай бұрын

It *did* fall apart…but it seems to not be turning around anytime soon lol

@Jakemealer 5 ай бұрын

CLERKS 2: UPDATED 2024 "There's only one trilogy and it ain't of the ring, it's of the Jedi" "Yea Randall, people LOVED the Disney trilogy"

@chaseazarian 5 ай бұрын

Still can’t believe Clerks 3 didn’t mention it too smfh

@Doofwarrior88 18 күн бұрын

I feel like when the rights to star wars is in the public domain we will get someone To make a truly honest, good star wars movie

@kendrathompson5207 4 ай бұрын

What made Episodes 1 to 6 great was the attention to detail that George Lucas gave those films. I'm not convinced that another director will have the same love and patience

@chaseazarian 4 ай бұрын

I agree with the first part, but I think there are plenty of talented people who love what Lucas created, and I'm sure some of them out there would make something AWESOME if the higher ups at Disney gave them a shot (with creative control of course). I appreciate the comment!

@Steel-101 5 ай бұрын

Awesome video man 😎👍🏼. The main thing that really made me hate the Disney Star Wars timeline, is how they killed off the Skywalker/Solo bloodline. George Lucas‘s original script for a sequel trilogy gave proper closure to this family. I’m not saying every single Star Wars story should involve the Skywalkers but at least give them a proper ending and give hints that the bloodline will continue for future stories. Bring back Mara Jade! Ok rant done. Lol 😂

@chaseazarian 5 ай бұрын

Great point man! I think that's a whole other video for me to make hahaha, the fact that there wasn't even one scene with the three originals is INSANE in hindsight! Thank you for th comment!

@Steel-101 5 ай бұрын

@@chaseazarian You’re welcome 😎👍🏼. Your channel is awesome!

@chaseazarian 5 ай бұрын

@@Steel-101 Appreciate the comment and the support!

@patriciaa65 4 ай бұрын

@@chaseazarian Apparently JJ thought the old characters would overshadow the new ones. So.... just give them a proper send-off together??? GAH. Even if the sequels were retconned somehow, they can never bring Han, Luke, and Leia together. I'll always be salty because of that.

@chaseazarian 4 ай бұрын

@@patriciaa65 I’ll always be just as salty about it Patricia hahaha! They had their chance, thank you for the comment!

@morxsum693 5 ай бұрын

All of the problems you mentioned are really on point. It's really hurting to see this franchise go nowhere while shooting themselves on the foot multiple times. I really agree that Lucasfilm needs to have more confidence, bring in people who are actually passionate and have a good track record and tell a good f story. Just like Marvel, they have to treat it as an event, something that can only be seen once in a year or so while also being different from Marvel since Star Wars doesn't really need individual stories to support the bigger episodes.

@chaseazarian 5 ай бұрын

Glad we are on the same page once again man! I really do feel like bringing in a big time name everybody trusts like Nolan or Del Toro would do wonders to anticipation again, but only time will tell if that will be a reality. Thank you for the comment as always!

@morxsum693 5 ай бұрын

@@chaseazarian my pleasure. As someone who wants to be a filmmaker and son of a dad who was a huge fan of Star Wars, I want the franchise to succeed again.

@Tyler_W 3 ай бұрын

Excellent points. Doesn't help that they pretty much did the Skywalker saga dirty, marginalized Han, Luke, and Leia in their prime, and then tossed them aside after either turning them into lossrs or giving them zero character growth. They either don't matter to the bigger picture aftsr ROTJ or were made the reason why things only got worse.

@sirvilhelmofyonderland 4 ай бұрын

I’ve been out since Revenge of the Sith. I pity any that went beyond that

@rekunta 5 ай бұрын

It sucks, but I’m just grateful we have the original (unaltered) OT. Nothing Disney can do will ever take it away from me. I simply don’t consider Disney to be canon.

@chaseazarian 5 ай бұрын

I feel like that's how most of us are feeling hahaha, we'll always have the originals, but mannnnn the ending of VI hits so much different now for me now knowing what comes after. Thank you for the comment!

@EAS76 5 күн бұрын

It sounds like a 70s variety show: The Mandolorian & Grogu Hour, brought to you by Folgers coffee.

@theforcedragon3781 4 ай бұрын

I Hope they will try to bridge the gap between Episodes 6 and 7 with shows and possible other movies. Like what clone wars did for The prequels

@chaseazarian 4 ай бұрын

I feel like they are trying with the Mandoverse stuff but time will tell, I just don’t know if that will ever make up for the sequel trilogy for me lol! Thank you for the comment!

@theforcedragon3781 4 ай бұрын

@@chaseazarian I understand and I do agree that there is a lot of flaws that The Sequels have. I just hope the Fans would be more Excited about Star Wars again instead of Fighting each other. Not saying your doing that just the fandom as far as I have seen has been like that. And No problem! God bless you 🙏

@betterlatethannever4529 2 ай бұрын

18:08 let’s be fair. She’s certainly not the reason those films were great. She’s the equivalent of the group member that did the least work on the project and still gets credit for how well it turned out.

@thejediofuspartii538 5 ай бұрын

Andor is right there, you know. But ok, I guess? 🙄

@chaseazarian 5 ай бұрын

Not my favorite (well of the Disney+ shows probably, but in terms of all TV not really). I think it’s a step in the right direction, but I think the franchise deserves even better than that, and I think if they get the right filmmakers it will happen. Thank you for the comment!

@Azure_Fire 5 ай бұрын

I have to disagree with the Marvel comparison...or well I mean that Star Wars is like Marvel, and it's been so before Disney came along. Since 1991, there have consistently been new Star Wars stories in forms of books, comics and video games. And even though Lucas was not involved, Lucasfilm was, and there was an effort to keep everything within the same canon. The only difference now is that those stories are being told through live action rather than print. And sometimes knowledge of those stories is good. Revenge of the Sith made no effort to explain who Grevious was or where he came from. But I did know when I saw that movie in 2005 because I watched the Clone Wars tv show that came out in 2002.

@chaseazarian 5 ай бұрын

Very valid point right here! Admittedly I never got too deep into the book side of things, so I'm sure there are way more educated than me to talk about that. I think the key difference is you could enjoy those first six episodes without having a single piece of knowledge from any of the other books, shows, or comics...whereas with this upcoming Mando and Grogu movies, you'll NEED to watch all of those shows to know what is happening. Thank you for the comment, great perspective!

@paskowitz 5 ай бұрын

Help us Tony Gilroy, youre our only hope. Andor is literally the only good thing to come out of the SW IP... since Rogue One. Hopefully Acolyte strikes a more serious tone. I don't have a problem with Rey or Daisy Riddley... I just want to see new shit with not shit writing.

@chaseazarian 5 ай бұрын

Tony Gilroy is doing a solid job with Andor! Hoping the Acolyte delivers on what the premise is promising, appreciate the comment!

@bigdavexx1 2 ай бұрын

I agree that moving the story to an entirely different time or place would make better stories. But what's the point in it being a Star Wars story at that point? Would Firefly or Alien be somehow improved with Star Wars branding?

@TheGlowingManYT 5 ай бұрын

I did really enjoy Star Wars Visions at least (haven’t seen Andor)

@chaseazarian 5 ай бұрын

I only watched a couple episodes of that, but probably need to get around to watching the rest at some point 👍 Thank you for the comment!

@Bladestar7 3 ай бұрын

Whoa. I'm an Eagles fan. that hurts. It Hurts because it's true.

@MorroWolf 5 ай бұрын

Andor is actually great what's wrong with you chase

@Steel-101 5 ай бұрын

I’ve heard that the writing is good but the problem is that it does nothing original. In other words it uses the same “rebels vs Empire” idea that Disney is obsessed with. Seriously man it’s just overdone to the point where it’s irritating. Even “The Closer Look” guy mentioned this problem as well.

@chaseazarian 5 ай бұрын

I’m glad most people love it! For me it’s a decent/solid show, but I think most of the other Disney+ shows are so disappointing that it makes it feel better than it actually is if it makes sense? Like I wouldn’t put Andor in the same conversation of a Game of Thrones (most of GoT anyway) or Breaking Bad you know? And I think the best franchise out there deserves that treatment. Thank you for the comment!

@buidseach 5 ай бұрын

There are good characters in Disney Star Wars, but they keep killing them off and demeaning the old ones like Kenobi and Bobba !

@chaseazarian 5 ай бұрын

I agree! I think Kylo Ren is great and even Rey was cool enough for me, but they didn’t give those characters enough + ruining the old characters did not help at all. Thank you for the comment!