Disney Star Wars General Discussion

[Rob]

Continuing to beat a dead horse. It has been revealed that The Acolyte went way over budget at $230 million.

Disney Reveals Star Wars Show ‘The Acolyte’ Was Over Budget At $230 Million

Disney has revealed that its controversial Star Wars streaming show The Acolyte came in "over the production budget" with its costs hitting $230.1m.

www.forbes.com

 

[johnjm22]

Disney has revealed that its controversial Star Wars streaming show The Acolyte came in "over the production budget" with its costs hitting $230.1 million (£172.7 million) when it was only part of the way through post production.

So it was even more than 230M?

I skimmed the article but didn't see any explanation for the excessive costs.

The show felt like it had been through re-writes and re-shoots. I'm guessing that's the reason.

 

[x Tame Impala]

If you tell a good story, nothing else matters. If you tell a bad story, people can't help but notice and exaggerate the negative qualities.

There's plenty of terrible dialogue, dumb moments, bad character development, etc...in the original trilogy. None of it matters because the movies were fun and the story was cool.

 

[Osprey]

I skimmed the article but didn't see any explanation for the excessive costs.

The show felt like it had been through re-writes and re-shoots. I'm guessing that's the reason.

I read the whole article and got the impression that the author was more interested in defending the show and its cost than in critically examining why it was so expensive.

Reportedly, re-shoots occurred as recently as last November and December. That's after the UK filings in September (according to the article), so the cost of those re-shoots and the post-production work on them should be on top of the $230M.

Star Wars: The Acolyte had reshoots this month (Exclusive) - Bespin Bulletin

Exclusive! Six months after principal photography wrapped on the High Republic era series, The Acolyte is received reshoots in the United Kingdom.

bespinbulletin.com

 

[Shockmaster]

The only difference between Lucasfilm under Kathleen Kennedy and a steaming pile of horse shit is that the latter doesn't require throwing billions of dollars away.

 

[MadDevil]

The only difference between Lucasfilm under Kathleen Kennedy and a steaming pile of horse shit is that the latter doesn't require throwing billions of dollars away.

It's like a GM being with a team for a decade, going through multiple head coaches, and making the playoffs like twice. At some point the GM needs to go and you need to bring in somebody else.

What I worry about is them replacing the GM with the assistant GM, who then makes the same mistakes the GM made.

 

[PeteWorrell]

The only difference between Lucasfilm under Kathleen Kennedy and a steaming pile of horse shit is that the latter doesn't require throwing billions of dollars away.

It's crazy how the Star Wars brand has been devalued. It went from theatrical blockbuster to small screen direct-to-video.

Most people would get lambasted and fired over it but it seems like Kennedy is coated with some chemical compound as nothing ever sticks. She can just do whatever she wants.

 

[Sad People]

The only difference between Lucasfilm under Kathleen Kennedy and a steaming pile of horse shit is that the latter doesn't require throwing billions of dollars away.

Its wild to me that she still has a job.

 

[MadDevil]

So Disney spent over $370 million on The Marvels and $230 million on The Acolyte? Who the hell is signing off on these?!

 

[shakes the clown]

So Disney spent over $370 million on The Marvels and $230 million on The Acolyte? Who the hell is signing off on these?!

D.E.I.

 

[KallioWeHardlyKnewYe]

D.E.I.

Deleted my response because it's just not worth the fight.

Time to just ignore this thread.