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hawkiowa Mar 22, 2026 +261

A New Hope never gets old.

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notafishhy Mar 22, 2026 +58

I can’t wait to see it in theaters next year.

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2infNbynd Mar 23, 2026 +25

I saw it with a live orchestra playing along last year it was incredible

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Khiva Mar 23, 2026 +8

I just wish someone would do like a soft remake of it. It's been long enough, right? Maybe switch a few characters around, completely obliterate everything it achieved and if we're lucky, scatter some mystery boxes around. So long as they go in without a plan, then there isn't a single thing that can't go according to plan, right?

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darthstupidious Mar 23, 2026 +4

I'm so excited to take my daughter to go see it next year! She hasn't seen (any) Star Wars or been to the movie theater, so I'm geeked to check both boxes at the same time... with the best movie of all time.

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MattMason1703 Mar 22, 2026 +21

\*Star Wars

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RatchetHero1006 Mar 22, 2026 +26

A New Hope is a perfectly valid way to refer to it. It was what Lucas originally wanted to call it before the studio told him to cut it down. As early as a 1981 re-release was the subtitle added.

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flavorade_man Mar 23, 2026 +2

Thank you, I hate it being referred to as a new hope. It’s STAR WARS!!!

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samcuu Mar 23, 2026 +1

No shit, then it'd be An Old Hope.

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Dayzlikethis Mar 22, 2026 +106

TIL Disney has tripled its investment since 2012.

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StillStanding_96 Mar 22, 2026 +17

That’s shocking to hear. Are they counting Disney+ subscriptions in that figure?

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mikeyfreshh Mar 22, 2026 +17

Probably also includes merch and other revenue streams

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StillStanding_96 Mar 22, 2026 +4

Oh I’m sure it includes everything they can think of, and ignores as many losses as they can write off

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samsaBEAR Mar 22, 2026 +12

Surely the park alone at Disney World must have recouped what they paid for the whole IP

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StillStanding_96 Mar 22, 2026 +8

That probably played a big part in it. Even though they built Galactic Starcruiser, ran it for 18 months, and then demolished it, that still only lost them $300million. But Galaxy’s Edge is a moneymaker

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Fart_BWAP Mar 23, 2026 +2

How is that shocking to hear? If if the new movies hadn’t made a mint, the real money has always been made in merchandising, and god knows Disney has been successful with that.

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Khiva Mar 23, 2026

Do kids play with toys of the new films? If anything I'd think it'd be Marvel stuff. Or Robux.

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Fart_BWAP Mar 23, 2026 +1

Yes.

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Alex3884 Mar 23, 2026 +6

It’s complicated. The films cost money to produce and, altogether, generated roughly 1-2 Billion in profit. Not revenue, profit. Merchandise is tricky as well because Lucasfilm doesn’t keep the entire revenue sold; at best, you’re looking at standard royalty rate of 30% which, based on revealed numbers, adds an additional billion or so. The parks are interesting because, as someone else said, Galaxy’s Edge is making money. It’s not making profit though. It cost another billion or so to renovate and while initial visitation was strong, park attendance as a whole has been trickling down with the cost of living and post-pandemic scarcity. And Disney Plus wasn’t profitable at all until about a year or two ago; those shows were a net loss. The reality is, Disney has recouped its investment but only just within the last year or two. Profits made on the investment are negligible at best and are slowly declining as the brand loses the public eye.

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I-seddit Mar 23, 2026 +6

You're missing the fact that a lot of the "expenses" weighed against "income" are in fact spent to themselves. This makes it even more complicated to calculate.

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Alex3884 Mar 23, 2026 +1

Except we have the exact figures for how much was spent on the films, including tax write offs, and the final totals for each. For merchandise, Lucasfilm spends nothing as the brand is licensed out and they only receive their royalty cut. We also have the exact figure, more or less, of how much was spent to create Galaxy’s Edge.

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I-seddit Mar 23, 2026 +1

That's not my argument. What we don't know exactly is how much profit they take in from "what was spent on films" that went to companies that they own and could charge themselves whatever the hell they wanted. This is normal hollywood level accounting, I'm just pointing it out because it affects your argument (not in any profound way, but you missed it).

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Alex3884 Mar 23, 2026 +1

https://www.forbes.com/sites/carolinereid/2025/10/19/revealed-the-star-wars-movie-with-the-highest-profits/ We have exact numbers

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I-seddit Mar 23, 2026 +1

I read the article. You still don't get it.

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Alex3884 Mar 23, 2026 +1

Can you explain it like I’m five? Because maybe we aren’t talking about the same thing.

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I-seddit Mar 24, 2026 +1

We kinda aren't, let me see if I can do it. Yes - I'm not arguing with your numbers. But I am arguing with what "profit" is when reported by the producers/owners who also own the means of production and marketing. Disney's situation with the Star Wars IP means that they control both. So "hollywood math" works to hide the extra profit they get by expenses they set that are to themselves. When they control both, they can charge themselves enough to reduce "profit" at the movie level, yet increase profit at the other level. That detail is NOT in discussion, nor is it provided to Forbes or anyone else. That is it. That's my point. If this doesn't make sense, please don't bother to reply - I don't really want to continue to be invested in explaining anything further. Honestly, I believe you're trying to understand - but I can't be sure.

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Aggressive_Chuck Mar 23, 2026 +2

That's only a 8% annual gain. Pretty much on par with the stock market.

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ToonMasterRace Mar 23, 2026 -7

Total BS when you account for inflation and what exactly that means (such as their inclusion of Disney+ subscribers into it, or reselling old games/merchandise/comics/books from before they bought it). TFA did well but everything else has been diminishing returns and Star Wars isn't nearly as profitable or popular as it used to be. The franchise never recovered from TLJ, nor will it ever.

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CrispyHoneyBeef Mar 23, 2026 +5

Ok dude

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Hour-Emu-394 Mar 23, 2026 +2

An overwhelming majority of the fanbase said the franchise would never recover from the prequels back in the early 2000’s. Sure disneys trilogy was just as mediocre as episodes 1 & 2 but Andor and Rogue one are the best Star Wars content released since the 80’s.

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Fart_BWAP Mar 23, 2026 +3

This fandom’s gonna be stuck with these loons for the rest of eternity, isn’t it?

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ToonMasterRace Mar 23, 2026 -1

You’re way too defensive over people not liking Disney slop

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Fart_BWAP Mar 23, 2026 +2

This from a guy with “Master Race” in his username handle.

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ToonMasterRace Mar 23, 2026 -2

Calling people who don’t like certain Star Wars movies racist is so 2017

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raiseyourglasshigh Mar 22, 2026 +22

On its 50th anniversary it will be as old as Metropolis was when it first came out. Hard to imagine there’ll be a science fiction film as consequential as either of them released that year to follow the trend.

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rchlgrn2 Mar 22, 2026 +41

how much longer is it gonna get

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mrtuna Mar 22, 2026 +19

It will increase by 1 every year.

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PoliteQueef Mar 23, 2026 +2

Source??

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StillStanding_96 Mar 22, 2026 +3

Until there’s not a single penny to be wrung out of it

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Turbo__Sanwich Mar 22, 2026 +51

Longest production in cinema history. Still filming after 50 years. Incredible

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notafishhy Mar 22, 2026 +10

George Lucas would still be tweaking it if he could.

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richard-564 Mar 23, 2026 +7

I misread that as "twerking" for a second, and now that's what I'm picturing.

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CaptainKino360 Mar 23, 2026

Not my proudest fap

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FileHot6525 Mar 23, 2026 +5

Who’s says he isn’t? I’d bet almost anything he has a cut no one has seen, hidden somewhere at his ranch.

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N0r3m0rse Mar 24, 2026 +1

I'd be interested to see it honestly.

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N0r3m0rse Mar 24, 2026 +1

No one forced him to sell star wars, he chose to give it up.

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brager1990 Mar 22, 2026 +29

Great movie!

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I-seddit Mar 23, 2026 +7

While it was being filmed, it was NOT called "A New Hope".

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flavorade_man Mar 23, 2026 +4

Still isn’t called a new hope to me

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CountFew6186 Mar 22, 2026 +15

That movie is just called Star Wars.

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blankdreamer Mar 22, 2026 +3

What a great article. I can never get enough of the creation of Star Wars. It took Lucas two years to write the script and boil it down into what seems so simple but is genius. He would cut little bits of his hair off as a nervous twitch it was doing his head in so much.

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russ-in-a-box Mar 23, 2026 +4

That definitely makes me feel a bit old

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HilariousCow Mar 22, 2026 +18

You mean “Blue Harvest”?

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StillStanding_96 Mar 22, 2026 +38

Blue Harvest was Return of the Jedi wasn’t it? And if I remember right, it had the subtitle “Horror beyond imagining!” 😂

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xavPa-64 Mar 22, 2026 +11

Supposedly it was to prevent price gouging from vendors who’d try to charge more for everything if they knew their buyers were the ones making the new Star Wars movie. I wonder if that’s still common practice in the industry

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StillStanding_96 Mar 22, 2026 +17

They sure do. Avengers: Endgame was code named Mary Lou

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Morgan-Moonscar Mar 22, 2026 +4

Batman Begins was "Rory's First Kiss" The first Avengers was "Group Hug" Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets = "Incident On 57th Street" Titanic was "Planet Ice"

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rube_X_cube Mar 22, 2026 +7

Yup! The funny thing is that the Blue Harvest logo used the Star Wars font.

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craig_hoxton Mar 22, 2026 +2

> Return of the Jedi Which was Revenge of the Jedi in early versions.

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I-seddit Mar 23, 2026 +2

Wish I had grabbed one of those original posters.

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kevronwithTechron Mar 23, 2026 +1

Until George Lucas realized how much money he could save on ink by removing two letters from all the merchandise.

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Canadian_Samurai50 Mar 22, 2026 +4

Blue Harvest was also the Family Guy episode

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Deathstroke317 Mar 23, 2026 +1

And to take it a step further, there was a rumor they wanted to make an actual Blue Harvest movie layer starring Carrie Fisher, but it didn't work out.

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Trid1977 Mar 22, 2026 +8

“Blue Harvest" was a fake movie created by Lucasfilm to protect the filming of Return of the Jedi from paparazzi

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Legal-Perception3008 Mar 22, 2026 +3

50 is too much

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Adorable_Ad6045 Mar 23, 2026 +3

And George Lucas's American Graffiti A New Hope came out 3 years before that!

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dirbofficial Mar 22, 2026 +37

“Star Wars” began filming 50 years ago today. “A New Hope” didn’t exist until 1981.

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StillStanding_96 Mar 22, 2026 +16

Sure it did. It just didn’t have that name yet.

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Merickson- Mar 22, 2026 +4

You mean "**The** Star Wars."

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BusinessYou1657 Mar 23, 2026 +3

That’s the reboot.

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Trid1977 Mar 22, 2026 +7

Nope. Just Star Wars

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ItchyMcHotspot Mar 22, 2026 +8

Drop the “the.” It’s cleaner.

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I-seddit Mar 23, 2026 +3

Oh, here's your appletini's...

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ichabod01 Mar 22, 2026 +2

I have not heard that name in a long, long time

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used_bryn Mar 22, 2026 +2

That's mean if you watch the premiere at 0 you will be 50 this year

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DaddlerTheDalek Mar 22, 2026 +2

The beginning of something big.

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ttubehtnitahwtahw1 Mar 23, 2026 +2

we gonna celebrate when it was half way done filming too? or when filming wrapped?

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Gemnist Mar 23, 2026 +2

“Did you hear that? They’ve shut down the main reactor! We’ll be destroyed for sure”!

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NextSkirt6915 Mar 22, 2026 +3

Crazy to think it was made before CGI. The trench run still holds up better than most modern effects.

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sheetofice Mar 22, 2026 +4

It’s just Star Wars.

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MattMason1703 Mar 22, 2026 +2

Starring Luke Starkiller

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MusicFilmandGameguy Mar 22, 2026 +1

And Han Solo the frog

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jwktiger Mar 22, 2026 +1

Crazy they did all the filming, effects and editing in 14 months

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ActorsEverywhere Mar 22, 2026 +1

Jesus, how long is it gonna take them to wrap this thing?

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Troyal1 Mar 22, 2026 +1

This was my first Star Wars movie I saw and I’m a 90s kid

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ranassil Mar 22, 2026 +1

Still looks like a timeless adventure from here

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vroart Mar 22, 2026 +1

The movie that changed everything

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NotTheCraftyVeteran Mar 23, 2026 +1

Well shit, I hope they finish filming soon

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TsunGeneralGrievous Mar 23, 2026 +1

Hopefully they have enough footage after filming for 50 years.

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rdtusrname Mar 23, 2026 +1

Looking forward to seeing that Anniversary next year!

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optimalbrain90 Mar 23, 2026 +1

What an incredible article. I’m endlessly fascinated by how Star Wars came to life. George Lucas spent two years refining the script, distilling it into something that feels simple on the surface but is truly brilliant. The process was so intense it reportedly stressed him out to the point where he’d nervously snip bits of his own hair.

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Obvious_wombat Mar 23, 2026 +1

Saw it back just in '77 - along with, probably, a good chunk of the planet. The queues were insane. After SWs it was all Sci-Fi at the cinema for a while.

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Proof_Ad_8147 Mar 23, 2026 +1

Here’s to hope that I get a Star Wars the old republic film before it’s too late or even a film that goes back to the creation of the Jedi order something please within my lifetime. I don’t even care if I’ll have to be 60.

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mitchkramer Mar 23, 2026 +1

I saw Star Wars in the theaters and thought it was great. I saw a new hope later and was not impressed. The first one is really the only one I like.

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CaptainObvious110 Mar 23, 2026 +1

time flies

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IcyKey7 Mar 23, 2026 +1

Even after half a century, the original Star Wars still captures people’s imagination and remains one of the most beloved films ever made. I like it.

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kasimirvendom Mar 23, 2026 +1

And in November it'll be 50 years since Star Wars first stepped into the public, with the novelization written by Alan Dean Foster. Happy Birthday, STAR WARS!

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StrangerWest2756 Mar 23, 2026 +1

50 years is actually wild. it feels like yesterday i was a kid waiting for the new movies to come out. time really flies.

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Ayellowbeard Mar 23, 2026 +2

I’m old and saw this in theatres multiple times when it first came out! It was so mind blowing back then!

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twitch_delta_blues Mar 22, 2026 +1

You mean “Star Wars.”

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GovernorSonGoku Mar 22, 2026 +1

Some say they’re still filming to this day

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flavorade_man Mar 23, 2026 +1

Just call it Star Wars like practically everyone did until like 12 years ago.

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BurnThrough Mar 22, 2026

No, it didn’t. It was just called Star Wars until the rerelease (which had the change to the scrolling intro).

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Deadpoolgoesboop Mar 23, 2026

uM aCtUaLly

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DirtyThoughts07 Mar 23, 2026

well i watched it wen i was a kid , was a very interesting one

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n_mcrae_1982 Mar 22, 2026 -4

And subsequently got robbed at the Oscars!

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FX114 Mar 22, 2026 +7

It won 6 of them!

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Frosenborg Mar 22, 2026 -2

Only about 8,5 years before I was born.. wtf?

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silentbargain Mar 23, 2026 -4

And half the boomer butts in seats are now the type to suck darth vader’s robot c*** for a single midichlorian

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SuperArppis Mar 22, 2026 -7

Ahh, when they are going to remake this and have help from AI... 😏

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cruisin_urchin87 Mar 22, 2026 -8

I was nervous this was an announcement of another trilogy

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zoobrix Mar 22, 2026 +3

No their new idea to breathe some life into Star Wars films is a Mandalorian movie. Which while it could be fun I feel is unlikely to fix the real problem which is a Disney management that cannot pick the right creative people with a vision and then get out of their way so a trilogy with a cohesive well done story arc can actually come together.

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VegaJuniper Mar 22, 2026 +2

Haha, vision. They're in the business of pumping out product.

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Top-Handle4786 Mar 22, 2026 -2

Or maybe El Jorge snuck in another re-re-re-re-release, this time with even *more* """""""""""fixes""""""""""

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DeNiroPacino Mar 22, 2026 -3

Nah, Disney will just remake the original trilogy. They'll recast Luke, Ben, Han and Leia and use AI for Vader's voice. It'll be great.🫩

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