Did Disney FORCE Lucasfilm to CANCEL The FAILED High Republic?

[@brianmurphy6480]

Only one thing can save Lucasfilm now: a massively expensive marketing campaign for "The Acolyte," coupled with millions of mass-produced, uninspired toys that no one will ever buy or play with. C'mon, Kathleen! Don't change horses midstream now! You're so close to crushing it! 🤣

[@schnecks2180]

Yeeeeees, DEW it, Kathy!

[@5mowFa11]

Hell yeah! I'm thirsty for new content to c00ns00m

[@Mouse_Metal]

:D

[@crabhater9373]

Sounds about right. She's so close! Surely she'll hit it big this time!

[@STB-jh7od]

Yeah, crushing Lucasfilm

[@3Storms]

It's not Star Wars. It's "women of all human colors versus evil men" while LARPing in the SW universe while the extent of the creativity goes to a f'ing sentient rock named Geode.

[@TheMyrmo]

Aboard a ship named... "The Ship". It seems like parody.

[@redrum3405]

The only woman who has made both massive wealth and blockbuster fame in fantasy is JK Rowling and they hate her.

[@SaraNightfire1]

I called it in Mandalorian s3 ending. All women's main characters are good, and all male main characters are bad. My best friend who loves Rebels denies it because of the main character in Rebels is a boy, but still.

[@jddi1527]

Yep

[@yourstruly4817]

Good. Twice the woke, double the broke!

[@nunyabizz8730]

Brilliant and well said!!!!

[@jeff5534]

Every time I hear about one of these failed projects from Lucasfilm I’m absolutely shocked by the budgets involved, how can they have spent a billion dollars on a series of like 12 books?! It’s unbelievable how poor their cost control is, I mean seriously where is that money going? I get that publishing isn’t cheap but there’s no way I can believe that’s a reasonable price for that project!

[@longtsun8286]

My guess? Kathleen Kennedy is embezzling money Disney earmarked for 'Star Wars' projects, on God knows what- Ferrari supercars? luxury beach side condos? hookers and blow?

[@qwqwqwqw99]

They are basically looting the company. Spending what they can before the suits realize the entire staff is incompetent.

[@The_Lucent_Archangel]

Probably some Steven Seagal style money laundering, alongside basic incompetence in budgeting.

[@morewi]

Wouldn't be surprised if a lot of movie/TV show money was pushed into the high Republic budget to hide the real cost of failure

[@ZeroOmega-vg8nq]

Gotta pay those rooms of story writers despite being worthless hacks

[@darkwoods1954]

Imagine taking a girls franchise like Barbie or Disney Princesses and trying to make it a boys franchise. It would turn the girls off and boys still wouldn't want to buy and play with Barbies. This is what Disney have done with Star Wars and Marvel but in reverse.

[@dcb1138]

Exactly !!!

[@greenliongirl07]

After the Barbie movie, I say do it. Turn Ken and friends into action heroes while Barbie is busy with her hundreds of careers trying to find herself. Plenty of opportunities to make a story out of that, and it can't be worse than TLJ.

[@darkwarwick]

@@greenliongirl07 We are Kenough . hahahaha

[@Knight_Kin]

Did you just assume everyone's gender?

[@graveyardshift6691]

@@greenliongirl07 Ironically turning Ken into various action heroes wouldn't take away from his primary role as a dress up doll. Suave 007 Ken Jungle Vietnam Ken Mercenary Ken Undercover Business Ken Buddy Cop Ken Super Sentai Team (Power Rangers) Ken Ninja Ken Cowboy Ken Medieval Knight Ken Fantasy Hero Ken Super Ken +More!

[@ANonymous-mo6xp]

Lucasfilm: It's not for you. Also Lucasfilm: Why is no one buying it?!?

[@JohnFourtyTwo]

The canceled EU book The Heart of the Jedi sold more print on demand books than all The High Republic combined.🤣👍

[@Alita6able]

Got two copies of the HotJ

[@Edgemaster16]

When heart of the jedi sold more than your entire high republic series you know you done f'ed up.

[@JoKoBod]

HotJ isn't even a real book. Its nothing but terrible fanfiction, and you can't really compare the salse since it released AFTER, not at the same time nor before LotJ.

[@JohnDman2020]

​@@JoKoBodfan fiction? Dude it was literally a completed EU novel that wasn't released.

[@JohnFourtyTwo]

@@JoKoBod It’s true that it wasn’t officially released but it was originally commissioned as part of a two-book and accompanying comic series by Lucasfilm prior to the Disney purchase. It’s far from fan fiction and the writer was finished writing the manuscript in 1992 but didn’t hear anything from Lucasfilm until 1995 when the book and comic series were canceled due to problems with the other writers. It was put on the internet in 2015 when Joe Bonjiorno edited it. In 2021 unfortunately Disney-Lucasfilm decided to squash it when they found out it was beating their High Republic series into the dust. The writers for the other book in the series never finished their novel and I don’t think the comic series was ever written either. However certain elements were used in the sequel trilogy like Artoo having a backup of Threepio’s memory and Threepio becomes a badguy until he gets his memory back and the rogue imperial element is very similar to the First Order. I agree this book is a bit rough in places but it’s better than the worst of the EU and infinitely better than High Republic. With a proper polishing and tweaking it would fit nicely in the EU.

[@tljscrewjob6397]

I hope this is true. That would mean that even Disney is realizing that woke doesn’t have a big enough base to be profitable.

[@strikeforcealpha9343]

YUP

[@neilprice513]

Kathleen Kennedy has been put on "Gardening Leave" and 5 Lawyers and accountants are now in charge of Lucasfilm, answering directly to Bob Iger. Rumours/leaks are there are some financial shenanigan's with missing and/or misappropriated funds. Possibly leading to criminal charges. A lot of it surrounding the High Republic show "The Acolyte"

[@AllBlackAirpods]

Disney been realized it

[@CanalTremocos]

It's not just the current population size. The movement became a purity contest. Even the people that are into it now will eventually leave because of the toxic environment. So the customer base is bound to get even smaller with time.

[@ShadowDurza]

But what about the Barbie Movie's success?

[@Larry]

Last Star Wars thing I bought was Jedi Survivor, but because I loved the last game, I couldn't care less about it being connected to Star Wars, because as soon as Lucasfilm make a show based on it, they'll shove Kal Kestas out of the way, turn him into a bumbling idiot/coward, then have him play second fiddle to some terrible written mary sue that they've just made up and shove down our throats and shame us into acception, otherwise were all bigots/-ists for not liking.

[@darthgamer9861]

Ello’ you! yeah, at this point getting attached to anything Star Wars is like being in an abusive relationship.

[@WCBs]

How would you rate that game?

[@discobroccoli198]

It’s funny how people say things like this like it’s actually happened before when it hasn’t.

[@jddi1527]

Yep

[@v8matey]

Looks at the M-She-U Male characters are all replaced by women and poor acting.

[@barrybend7189]

The old Republic eras had history of 4000 years the sundering of the Jedi, the birth of the modern Sith, the jedi Civil war, sith shadow war, multiple smaller stories that are history to famous planets, the age of darkness that is the great sith war all the way to the Russan Reformation era. What does the High Republic have?

[@TheMaleRei]

Jam or am! Geode! Mental illness haircuts!

[@darthgamer9861]

Charlie Brown: “a rock”

[@farharbor3178]

Diveristy twice. Representation. Anti-war. Dinosaurs. That's what they had. This entire endeavor was fucked by that infamous whiteboard (and more correctly by the kinds of people they staffed that room with). This project never had anything beyond 'representation' of various essentialisms and 2020s social politics as an impetus -- which could never be functional. They didn't start with a burning story to be told, or a wandering mythos to unravel, a cast of charismatic and complimentary characters. They started with a checklist of what they wanted to see in star wars..... so they set about inserting all of it into star wars and wagging the IP around to accommodate it. Unsurprisingly .... trash came out.

[@villie86]

Please don't give Disney any more ideas of what they can still destroy in the franchise.

[@ScaryStoriesNYC]

Every time you say the High Republic, I hear Towelly from South Park. Actually I hear the Clownfish TV guy doing his Towely impersonation. "The HIIIIIIIIIGH rePUBliiiii--"

[@Hybris51129]

The thing is that while this is a era of peace you can have the Jedi going after smaller enemies. Regional crime syndicates, pirates, corrupt government officials, etc... there are enemies to be had against the common order that is the Republic. You can take for example a Jedi and their padawan through these scenarios and met exotic outer rim aliens that are all but unheard of in the core territories that could easily provide a viable challenge in facing. The fact that LucasFilm had this much fodder to work with and the budgets to make it happen and still fail is so hard to believe. This is beyond incompetence, this is planned malice at work.

[@theguybehindyou4762]

It could be the type of story where we follow a master and padawan as the former teaches the latter how to handle different situations throughout the galaxy, giving us an idea of how the jedi think and operate, as well as what different settings and cultures are like outside of wartime. Easy worldbuilding right there! It's not that hard, disney.

[@graveyardshift6691]

So.... the Jedi Apprentice series that chronicled the adventures of Obi-Wan Kenobi and Qui-Gon Jinn that followed when Qui-gon first took him as a padawan up to Episode One. There was also a similar series that chronicled the adventures of Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker in the same vein between Episodes 1 and 2.

[@Cogz]

@@theguybehindyou4762 its hard when everyone hired has no creative talent for expanding the lore in meaningful ways or writing & designing characters beyond a reflection of real world sociopolitics

[@Cogz]

Its mainly incompetence as they fail even with their own material they're trying to push

[@bkondrk]

"It's not about the money, it's about sending a message."

[@crowbar_the_skull]

I'm sick of people with the mentality of college sorority sisters writing Star Wars.

[@longtsun8286]

I know of female FANFIC WRITERS who write better work than all the "professionals" Kathleen Kennedy hired for Lucasfilm- combined! Your statement is an insult to college sorority sisters, just as calling Kathleen Kennedy "dumber than a rock" is an insult to rocks.

[@JOECURR1488]

SAY JEWISH IT ALL IS...

[@crowbar_the_skull]

@@longtsun8286 You know what I mean...

[@badshootykat5574]

Too many chickflix too much, too much! Make Chik n Fillet instead!

[@williamfries65]

LucasFilm says: why lose millions when you can lose billions?

[@salvatoreschiano900]

The High Republic: 2020 - 2023 The Old Republic: 2003 - 20## LoL ...

[@tristynbishop6158]

We all love KOTOR and the Old Republic

[@salvatoreschiano900]

@@tristynbishop6158 This is the Way!

[@tristynbishop6158]

@@salvatoreschiano900 KOTOR IS THE WAY! KOTOR IS THE WAY!

[@salvatoreschiano900]

@@tristynbishop6158 "I(We) Have Spoken!" 🤝

[@Darth_Lex]

Whatever happened to, "A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away. " This sets the stage as this story is not downtown LA.

[@TerribleFire]

How on earth can KK still have a job after blowing over 5 billion

[@kevinfisher5492]

Damn, I was so looking forward to "Geode: A Star Wars Story."

[@darthgamer9861]

I remember a co worker telling me a friend of his loved high republic. a week later I heard nothing about high republic again. same with rings of power. I am frequently told that shit is good, and then they don’t talk about it again.

[@higherground9888]

Low attention span

[@v8matey]

Recommend black mirror to them. 😂

[@death-king1834]

Star Wars: The Old Republic: Epic tales of the great and mighty wars of the ancient Jedi and Sith Lords in their prime battling across the stars. Star Wars: The High Republic: Literal rocks, lame ass space vikings and in a era where nothing major or exciting happens.

[@JoKoBod]

Thats literally the majority of SW. Prequels the event was inevitable because EP4, 5, & 6 happened. The Old Republic and Dawn of the Jedi nothing happened because it doesn't overall impact the plot of the outcome of the movies.

[@death-king1834]

@@JoKoBod But there's actual conflict in these timeframes and everything has some effect in the future movies. The end of the old Sith leads to the likes of Darth Bane creating the Rule of Two which eventually brought forth the rise of Palpatine who then invoked the Sith 1,000 Revenge Plan against the Jedi, destroying the Republic and founding the Empire. What could there possibly be that's of ever even slight importance in the High Republic timeframe?

[@graveyardshift6691]

@@death-king1834 Rebuilding the Republic for one and reinventing lost technology from the Dark Ages of the Republic. There's also considerable rebuilding that needed to be done given how the Sith Rampaged across a destroyed galaxy which would also result in a lot of archeological digs that may result in Jedi getting involved or unleashing Force Horrors into the galaxy. You think those Jedi temples we've been raiding across multiple games like Jedi Knight and Fallen Order just 'happened' to place themselves for the sake of convince? Also there's already an entry into the High Republic Series before the High Republic was even a thing. The Jedi Apprentice series which chronicles the life of Obi-Wan during his years as Qui-gon's padawan. There's a lot they could do with the High Republic but you're right in that they squandered it.

[@knoober3756]

Just proves your intelligence level. Everything has to lead into what you know. Bro what?? The Nihil win😂😂😂 the old republic stuff has no hold on the films at all besides loose connections that are vague as hell. It’s almost like the High Republic having characters you know in them. I bet you’re pissed that Han doesn’t mention death troopers in ANH. Almost like it’s all fan fiction to begin with.

[@leslietarkin]

I read the first HR adult & young adult books. Geode, a rock that can pilot a ship is up there. The stupidest thing I read was the Jedi igniting their lightsabers inside the cockpits of their aircraft in order to power them up and use the weapons systems.

[@soundwavegamer2321]

Wait a minute so your telling me that the Jedi discourage the making of blasters that use Lightsabers to power them, but Star fighters using Lightsabers as therapies power source oh no that’s fine. The Darth Vader comics came out before they High Republic and they didn’t understand their own canon enough to ensure this wasn’t a thing. WHAT IS THE MCU AFTER PHASE 3!

[@leslietarkin]

@@soundwavegamer2321 Yep.

[@anonymousposter3570]

VERY VERY VERY VERY OLD NEWS. KK didnt have the authority to announce any of the projects she announced at Star Wars Celebration. Iger told her all Star Wars projects were on indefinite hold a few days before Star Wars celebration.

[@cesiumkid4235]

9:10 "The people at Lucasfilm are not hired because they're talented... ...they're just people with useless college degrees that can't get work anywhere else." Excellent insight!

[@death-king1834]

It's utterly laughable. They were really pushing for this to be like the next Shadows of the Empire like all the way back in the 90's, and the idea of comparing Shadows of the Empire with the likes of the High Republic is like comparing the works Shakesphere to I Am Not Starfire.

[@patricklechner1]

Shadows of the empire is awesome

[@longtsun8286]

​@@patricklechner1I agree.

[@patricklechner1]

@longtsun8286 personally though I also liked The Force Unleashed games

[@asa318i]

Pro Tip: Just watch Episodes 1-6. Forget about anything after that

[@yourstruly4817]

Forget what?

[@hansworst5172]

Guys, rogue one was good

[@grega7323]

I would add the animated Clone Wars seasons to that list.

[@thedude3065]

I'm not going to forget The Dark Forces Trilogy YOU CANT MAKE ME

[@Mastervgl]

Addendum: Watch episodes 1-6, Legends content, and older games. Ignore anything to do with Disney.

[@gbblackknight]

My sister bought me a High Republic book for Christmas last year. I tried not to let on how gross I was feeling inside. The book still sits unopened and unread on the floor in a corner, collecting dust.

[@gabrielescaringi9444]

disown her

[@kosmas173]

So she bought you a nice firestarter 😊, very nice

[@gbblackknight]

@@kosmas173 Yup! Pretty much!

[@striderfox71]

This is a class A example of why I couldint care about the writers strike. Our A.I can and has written better content then our current useless flock of ideologically pushing zealots called "writers".

[@RuggerDez]

I’m now 50 and I use to love seeing that LucasFilm fanfare you would see at the beginning of Star Wars. Now…I shake my head and roll my eyes.

[@DarthArachnious]

The High Republic needed a video game at launch. The multimedia projects like Shadows of the Empire and The Force Unleashed were huge successes.

[@fishjones4618]

On the inverse, why Shadows of The Empire succeeded was that it was spearheaded by a filmmaker (Lucas) who marketed it as if it were another movie with tie ins like a novel, comics, a soundtrack, video games, a toy line, everything except the movie. It was fresh, it was novel, it was innovative, and it worked. There’s none of that coming from The High Republic. Much like with the rest of LFL, their goal seemed to be, “Make a bunch of stuff, slap the Star Wars label on it, and watch the money flow in”. And it didn’t work because there was no plan or strategy out side of BRAND RECOGNITION!!

[@longtsun8286]

I still have the Steve Perry novel, and am regretful I didn't buy the comic book side stories when Dark Horse Comics still had the 'Star Wars' license. Prince Xizor remains an AWESOME villain, one worthy of facing off against Luke Skywalker AND Darth Vader.

[@MrlspPrt]

​@@longtsun8286 hold my Kenner's Dash Rendar (sadly, two years younger my nephew got the Outrider although he wasn't even a fan). I remember those times when people got excited about Shadows of the Empire. Lucas was a creative man on the technical side, he changed movies and I remember how Light & Magic was crucial for many movies like Terminator 2.

[@thedude3065]

Shadows of the Empire was such a mainstay in Star Wars that it has an official soundtrack

[@animegamesmoviesandotherst3037]

The fact that these budgets are so different, but they are all telling the same story for the most part. Women good men bad, forced diversity, and wokeness.

[@Gdsryrox]

High republic was Disney trying to do an Old Republic, without all the interesting lore, conflict and interesting characters.

[@dixieflatline1189]

Imaging pumping $1Bn into anything, only for your new products to sit in boxes unsold…… It must be the “fans” fault?

[@mitchellalexander9162]

Look at the consequences that have been wrought from genuinely believing that you have Great Power with no responsibility to the Consumer.

[@jameharris098]

The problem with Disney is that the brand is for kids and war isn't in the Disney brand so I was expecting them to try to star wars without wars not realising kids like Sci Fi with war.

[@edgarnava384]

Imagine working just to fill up your ego... I want a job like that, god-like protected plus unlimited money.

[@Aristocles22]

It's not a stretch. The Galactic Starcruiser Resort is shutting down. The "High Republic" sales fell by 95% since launch. And while new movies have been announced, there's no actual work being done on them. They also cancelled a ton of other previously announced movies. I think everyone in Hollywood knows that, as a financial matter if nothing else, Star Wars needs a reset. Sure, some material from the Kennedy years will be kept, but they're clearly trying to axe most of it. Getting rid of the High Republic is like taking out Italy in World War II. Getting rid of the "sequels" is like taking out Germany. Getting rid of everything else woke in Star Wars (most of the live action shows and the Resistance cartoon) is like knocking Japan out of the war. As for the resort going down, that's like taking out one of the lesser Axis powers, such as Romania, Bulgaria, or Hungary.

[@brianyoung2272]

Don't worry, the High Republic will forever live... in our memes.

[@longtsun8286]

I doubt it will. The High Republic is so FORGETTABLE, what memes it generated, fades from memory the moment someone sees a meme from 'Chainsaw Man' or other popular manga/anime. Seriously, the High Republic is to memes what bottled water is to drinks.

[@greenliongirl07]

Or at least in Ollie's . . . Unless they won't take it.

[@Butterfly-ql4pg]

Pre-TPM stories in the EU: Tales of epic wars and legendary Jedi and Sith that have gone on to become fan favorites Pre-TPM stories in Disney canon: Hey, everyone, this ship's navigator is a giant rock

[@StarryDrukhari]

The High Republic, more than anything else, probably represents KK's vision of what Star Wars should be.

[@matthewdavies2057]

It sure is the least Star Wars so you're right.

[@maxmazzotti6651]

We already have a great Star Wars era set before the prequels. It’s called the old republic.

[@topcat7323]

Well it lasted longer than the starcruiser hotel at least. 🙃

[@91MoonKnight]

Please destroy all of it. Let Star Wars die with what little dignity it has left.

[@andreasgoransson]

Imagine writing for the greatest sci fi IP in the world and selling 500 books. And the Acolyte-don’t get me started.

[@neilprice513]

When the books came out most of them were placed on the shelves already discounted from the recommended price and the price just kept falling until they were either sent back to the publisher or sold to a discount store. The High Republic was a failure before they even released the first book

[@hemaccabe4292]

Imagine for a moment, Disney SW had released a tour de Force (pun intended) of awesome great SW movies and TV series resulting, particularly in the current environment of many entertainment franchises committing suicide, SW being white hot. Then they opened a SW themed hotel that would create an experience that made one feel closer to SW without being hokey or too crazy expensive. They could have kept that thing filled forever. Would have driven business to the parks, sold merch, etc. etc. etc. Instead, here we are and only the dumbest (Disney management) doesn't know why.

[@lmtoad1397]

I still watch the theatrical OT and Indy trilogy. Re-read the Zahn trilogy recently. They can never ruin those.

[@Cornel101]

I'm in the camp of not understanding why the "high republic" was even a thing when we already have KOTOR and the like.

[@robertlandrum1971]

Honestly, they could’ve avoided this issue by just simply starting a book initiative dealing with the Old Republic. You know, back when there were still WARS among the STARS - I mean, that’s why it’s called STAR WARS.

[@EternityKingdomsHeadHoncho]

No, this was better for one reason. You wouldn’t want them to ruin the Old Republic like they did the original trilogy characters.

[@Gdsryrox]

@@EternityKingdomsHeadHoncho Fortunatly most modern star wars writers don't know anything out side the original trilogy time period. If you asked them what they thing of reven they'd probably go 'who'? Wouldn't be surprised if all they know about the old republic is the SWTOR mmo.

[@hammerheadms]

Fart in a windstorm. I peaced out so long ago, that I couldn't care less.

[@B-rex395]

I agree that it’s time to end Star Wars. Nothing of quality is being produced anymore, and it’s waste of everyone’s time and money. Star Wars had a good run: We had the original trilogy, revenge of the sith, the Thrawn trilogy and the rest of the expanded universe, the 2003 clone wars series, and the KOTOR and SWTOR games. But all good things must come to an end.

[@tjmcfadden5137]

If Disney is smart they’ll cancel the High Republic and say bring back the old EU and don’t have lucasfilm mess around with the authors and artists to much

[@patricklechner1]

They were refusing to pay authors royalties

[@tjmcfadden5137]

@@patricklechner1 of course another great move by Disney and Lucasfilm

[@darthgamer9861]

at this point? they wont do that as that would be admitting defeat.

[@bkondrk]

Well, Disney has already demonstrated to the world that they're not very smart, so...

[@Gdsryrox]

It's pretty clear by the fact they are refusing to pay royalties to EU writers that the canning of the EU was purely ego based. They could have easily just kept them on the payrole and putting out new books but Dinesy would rather make 20 cents by them selves then making $500 but split it.

[@aster4jaden]

If this true, it was truly the Will of the Force.

[@0Defensor0]

Oh, I did buy a few new books not too long ago. And by "new" I mean older than I am: the original trilogy books, that were released in the '80s, in quite good condition. The three of them cost me 2 dollars, total!

[@deerfish3000]

Its like playing with your Star Wars toys when you're a kid and then your Mom forces you to play with your younger sister. Your sister wants to make it more fun for her, so she makes up more female characters and comes up with stupid plot ideas that only a girl would care about. Then, she invites her friends over and they come up with even more stupid, woke ideas and eventually take over your toys. That's how I view the Star Wars franchise.

[@Subzerobyrd]

Instead of writing these books they could’ve adapted any of the books into a series like heir to the empire or the bane trilogy and most people probably would be happy with that

[@rengarcia5189]

Everything about this series is off. The muted, Earth tone color scheme, the blatant far-left agenda, the watered-down Force,the over-use of lightsabers, and the paper-thin characters who are obsessed with their feelings. It truly is quite an embarrassing mess.

[@learning2bcivil]

My wife got me a free copy of Star Wars high Republic, I took it to a used book store, they wouldn’t take it. I eventually just gave it away.

[@frankbonura5710]

1. I have not read the high republic. 2. The character that is a rock. 3. I have no interest in the acolyte. The only thing I would buy from Disney is the 4K original theatrical release of the original trilogy. Otherwise, Star Wars and Disney are dead to me.

[@Arendvdvenk]

An old mmo SW Galaxies (legends) revived my fandom, I suggest giving it a try

[@otysafiry]

EU books, EU games.... Hell, old Lucasfilm had a great marketing initiative with shadows of the Empire with books, games, and comics all at once.

[@ZeroOmega-vg8nq]

Im so apathetic to SW i didnt even want to play the Kal kestus games because it STILL leads to the sequels

[@justmike3018]

They can keep Lucasfilm as long as they get Kennedy and the Story Group to leave. She and the people loyal to her are the only ones standing in the way of Favreau & Filoni righting the ship.

[@offworlder1]

People have been saying it was a terrible idea from day 1 to get rid of the EU, all they had to do was adapt the Thrawn trilogy.

[@jmace2424]

You would have to be high to buy “The High Republic” 🤣

[@Cortanis001]

What they also need to learn is that one good movie isn't going to inspire faith in the franchise again. Bare minimum, they're going to need to take the High Republic out of the IP and rip the Star Wars name off of it to even begin to earn back faith in the brand.

[@metalspinda9594]

"Cram Burgeram" looked like cramming was his jam...

[@captainyarrr7855]

Please please please sell back starwars to George. I miss the old days of good starwars and less real world politics leaching into all these shows and projects. They had an Icarus with the mandalorian but flew to close to the sun with season 3. Book of Boba was a mess. All the others were just too boring to even watch. Rip starwars.

[@Vaille32]

I’m gay. I identify as a dog. Just look at my profile pic to the left. Ruff ruff. I live this weird shit. I don’t need it in my entertainment. When I watch Star Wars, I don’t want political ideology. I don’t want LGBTQ representation, diversity, feminism, all that crap. I want good entertainment. If that stuff factors into the story in a way that it advances the story, great. But it never does. It’s pure virtue signaling and that makes Disney Star Wars trash.

[@ladydeath4437]

500 copies bought by wokists and don't forget... RAM JAMORAM!!!🤣🤣🤣

[@kaioken654]

Who could have seen that coming?

[@leonardomacleod]

I do not think that the writers for Lucas Film's do not know how to write to good sci-fi but they do not know is to "storytelling" and how to tell a good story.

[@germaholic]

I've read 6 High Republic books. They do have villains, the Nihil, which are space Vikings, but they're not the most interesting villains ever. The books themselves were pretty mediocre and soulless. I didn't hate them for the most part, but they're not must-read material. The exception would be Midnight Horizon, which seems well-liked by High Republic fans, but for me is the worst Star Wars book I ever read.

[@wanderingvagabond1634]

I actually forgot about this series until u made this video. Wasn't most of the High Republic geared toward younger readers as opposed to the old EU books which were heavily enjoyed by adults?

[@muigokublack6487]

Well it was split into two groups: Books for young adults and books for younger kids. Both are failing.

[@Morcaiden]

"Smell the Force in the morning" - so true. Writing the fanfic, waiting for releases, collecting the toya..that's gone.

[@mattdague700]

Hey just curious if I may ask since how Star Wars or Marvel/DC toy sells are not doing very good. I like to know about if you are aware about the “Masters of the Universe Origin” toys like how they been doing compared to Star Wars and Marvel/DC toys?!! I noticed they looked cool as they original I even been collecting them while they been in Walmart.

[@errantvice7335]

I work at a book factory, have for ten months now There’s a display case in the front lobby that showcases some titles we’ve ran there, there’s all the Harry potters, some cringe politician books, but there’s also the first high republic book In the ten months I have been there, we have not made a single Star Wars book, I did find a copy of the Ashoka book but that was made a year or two ago I think it’s joever, high republic sisters

[@FightOstinFight]

The GAY republic is cancelled?!!! Yes!!!

[@gwem1979]

Worst part of star wars? I cannot be the only one who despises the mandalorian, baby yoda and any feloni related wankery. That is not to say high republic is any better mind you

[@fishjones4618]

Are you sure that Jennifer Heddle woman isn’t a resurrected Chris Farley doing a character ? “LAY OFF ME! I’M STARVING!!!”

[@russ254]

she loves star wars almost as much as she loves cookies

[@screenname6829]

The only thing left that excites me for star wars anymore are vs series channels like greyjedi91, antione bandele, jensaari1 and evannova 95 Ive seen high Republic in my local comic shops....in boxes outside the front door. In Brooklyn....where youd be free to grab the box and run. I think thats what the shop is hoping anyway

[@baki484]

Antione Bandele quit covering starwars with all his focus being on Avatar. The only ones who still upload are Jensaarai1 and Evan Nova 95. Grey Jedi hasn't done anything in 5 years.

[@screenname6829]

@@baki484 yeah but the content is still there to scratch that itch for star wars. That there's next to nothing keeping my interest in the IP but nostalgia is just a harsh truth I have to accept

[@baki484]

@@screenname6829 I know I'm anticipating the Jensaarai1 and Evan Nova 95 upcoming collaboration. It's the only guaranteed to be good starwars thing I enjoy under the Disney banner is the jedi games by Respawn otherwise recent starwars doesn't interest me.

[@frankgesuele6298]

If Disney were a horse people would demand someone put it outta it's misery😭

[@mapencila001]

Answers to Questions 1. No 2. Slate and Jamaram 3. No I have been playing the Lego Skywalker Saga. MY opinion it is more on brand than the high republic. The last thing I bought that was Star Wars related was a Chopper figure.

[@leonardomacleod]

At this point like the MCU Star Wars should be restarted to erase the crap they have created so far, like fox did with X-Men Days of Future Past when they erase what happens in the third movie of the X-Men

[@TrustintheLord1975]

“Amazing every word of what you just said was wrong” 😂 NOW I understand the name of the channel!

[@tradesmanhelix]

That “no single main character” on the board leaves me scratching my head. What’s the goal with that?!

[@tokageki]

I read light of the Jedi, into darkness, and test of courage and I really enjoyed them. Didnt even know it was some big publishing push thing, just happened to find it on an audiobook app after thrawn left me salivating for more star wars books. And I've been watching star wars since phantom menace released on VHS.

[@greatazuredragon]

And nothing if value was lost.

[@mrjones5025]

love all the WCBS stuff, especially the Ollie's tours! Just ordered a copy of Stealing Solo, looking forward to it . The High Republic has been even less relevant than the Sequels. The first writer/director who comes along and retcons all this bullshit will become an instant Star Wars legend!

[@KiljiArslan]

I hope Disney is forced to sell Star Wars entirely.

[@sporkenste1n236]

According to fans of the High Republic (yes, apparently they *do* exist, obviously there just aren't enough of them for it to be profitable), the series is "so good". Evidently, none of them have ever read a single Knights of the Old Republic book. I hate what Disney has done with Star Wars. Especially the way they've f*cked with long established lore.

[@ProducerX21]

Whoever shouted out representation and diversity as they were brain storming ideas needs to be held responsible for the complete financial failure of the High Republic

[@mardukmd6729]

that white board lol! looks like something michael scott would use to lead an office discussion 😂

[@riftshredder5438]

If only EA and Respawn could patch out The High Republic from Jedi Survivor

[@MaesterMike]

Great to know how much money Disney and Lucasfilm loves wasting on garbage projects like this.

[@peterpidrak9501]

When under your Star Wars column the force is near the bottom, you got a problem.

[@lostsock9852]

If Sci-Fi fans have a higher IQ, it's clear that the writers of this crap are not Sci-Fi fans.

[@legendg219]

Don't forget Jedi Fallen Order and Survivor, they are masterpieces made by actual Star Wars fans who get Star Wars and are faiththul to Lucas' vision.

[@derdn6179]

you do know that Jedi Survivor has A LOT of elements affiliated with the High Republic... (and it didn't ruin the game)

[@legendg219]

@@derdn6179 Yes and it incorporated it in a way that still felt faithful. It didn't have the woke elements the novels were full of. They done the High Republic better than the High Republic did lol.

[@leemansius6078]

My theory is the original working title was: The Too High Republic- and it was supposed to be a spoof

[@sigurdkaputnik7022]

Just imagine how successful Star Wars as a brand could still be to this very day, had they not dropped the EU-canon, which had organically grown over decades. TV-Shows based on the Zahn-novels would be smash-hits. But no, Disney/LF were too avaricious to license all that 3rd party material. What they have now are social message infused shelf warmers.