Fan's EPIC Takedown of Disney Star Wars Hotel Earns Media Praise!

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[@BlazingOwnager]

I never thought I would be entirely entertained by a four hour review of a dead hotel, but Nicholson is just great like that.

[@orbitalair2103]

yes, it was very good. and i was impressed with her depth of research (of the games tests, and other tests they ran before the hotel) and her ideas on how it COULD have been an over the top experience. However her spot on analysis of the business challenges, really should have killed this hotel before it even started. unless they just wanted a tax write off.

[@mattp6089]

She's on my channel ignore list for her glowing review of The Last Jedi because that means we clearly have polar opposite tastes in entertainment, but I've heard people are endorsing this particular deep dive so good on her I guess!

[@nadtz]

I've never watched any of her videos before but that video was great. It's pretty rare for me to sit and watch an 'influencer' video for anywhere near that long but watching her pick apart the idea, marketing and experience apart the way she did was good stuff.

[@RupertMDoc]

@@orbitalair2103 A company can only take a tax write off if it spends the money (though some accounting grey area exists). Then it just means a portion of revenue they don't pay taxes on. Essentially Disney spent hundreds of millions to build a LARP hotel. However, they can't count that as an expense because they got something of value out of it: a profit generating hotel. It wasn't until they shut it down could Disney write off some of the costs of building the LARP hotel, which saved them some money on taxes... but not nearly as much as they spent on the thing initially.

[@ValyrianPrince]

@@mattp6089she was tryna be different.. she saw rise of skywalker and she changed her tune

[@baahcusegamer4530]

The audience has spoken. We aren’t buying the crap anymore.

[@sssspider]

Literally… lmao

[@ShirleyTimple]

You lie. Everyone here knows you fans will eagerly buy whatever they place in front of you or else they wouldn't keep plopping these turds on your eager plates. The fact you're even here proves you're too far invested to shop responsibly when Star wars is concerned

[@markmorris7123]

They don't care..They don't want us watching...They're just making shows fir LGBTQ and young people.

[@alexneff]

We are but we will complain about it

[@RaikenXion]

@@alexneff I think what we have here is a mixture of casual fans mainly, who very much want to keep supporting Disney in the hopes they will turn things around for the starwars brand, and some loyal or possibly just mainly superfans who will always support and love off anything Disney makes with the *Star Wars* name on it. Most or pretty much all the passionate fans have now fell into a state of serious apathy toward "Disney Starwars". They're the ones that wont watch anything now, and definitely not buy up any spending their good, hard earned cash on. These fans just keep protesting how bad it all is, because they still love *Star Wars* itself and just want Disney to get the message that they need to fix up and start treating it properly, with respect; and just basically not interfere when they have good, talented Creatives like Jon Favreau who come in and actually try hard to make something awesome. Like we had for two seasons of the Mandalorian.

[@Radioman-pv5np]

Her best observation in the whole video was when she said, "The Starcruiser offered just enough content to fit in a TikTok video." I guarantee that's what the short-sighted idiots at Disney were thinking. "All we need to do is give the Tik Toker's content and it'll work!" Glad I didn't waste the money.

[@Imaculata]

I think her best point was that this severely overpriced hotel didn't offer the service and quality of even a basic cheap hotel. Plus is never could have been profitable. And that is mind blowing. If you run the numbers, there is no way this project could have ever worked. It is too expensive to operate, too expensive to draw in guests, and too shallow of an experience to justify the price. Plus just a really poor hotel, and the experience barely worked.

[@dayoldbread1696]

Avengers campus here at California adventure feels like it went through the same thing. Like if a bunch of greedy Disney execs just said “it’s marvel just do it lazy and on the cheap because guests will come in droves to see it regardless of quality!”

[@RaikenXion]

Yes that right, Disney keep focusing way too much on the short-attention span, normies. When what they should be doing is actually focusing on simply making GREAT STAR WARS; if you show real love, devotion and care for the brand; i.e. if as a Exec and Producer/Boss, you just simply hire all the right people, talented individuals who are very good at their job AND love *Star Wars*; then if you simply just step back, don't Interfere and just let those people work their magic, you're going to end up with something special like Mando Season 2 and that end Finale episode. It seems Disney were aiming purely for the rich, smug socialites and young clubbers types, who like to go to bars etc. That type only when they went about making their "Galactic Starcruiser". All the concept art shows this really. And those are not people who actually really love STAR WARS. What Disney keep getting wrong here is they don't see or follow this saying it goes - "If you build it they will come." This means basically if you take the time and care to actually craft some truly great STAR WARS. You havnt even got to specifically listen to us Fans, just *Listen* solely to the o.g. Creator who started it all. Invite George Lucas into your office and get advice from him, and the original teams of creative individuals he had around him. IF Disney were to do that and just take that honest approach they would have had huge success from this IP by now. But sadly, because Disney have this kind of indifferent attitude toward George, i mean he even said it in those interviews he did say - "they don't want me around" I mean that just says it all. And because Disney absolutely have this incredibly resentful and very spiteful attitude toward us Passionate fans; and i'm not talking about the casuals here. I mean the fans that know the Lore inside out, that have read most those oldskool EU books, that collect all the collector's merch, Hot Toys figures that would cost like $200-300, games, merch everything. It these types of fans that Disney have this very antagonistic attitude toward. TLJ was absolute proof of that and just pretty much every decision Disney have made with this brand since. Disney are like this toward us fans - "No, YOU people will like what WE GIVE YOU!! How dare you all not like how we made the Kenobi series! Infact, you're all a bunch of horrible, Racist people. Sure, we could have made a mini series about the Reva character, and made her a compelling, original character with her own story to tell; a insightful indepth look, into the life of a Inquisitor, snatched from their Order as a child, and brainwashed, corrupted to the darkside by the Emperor, trained by Vader, someone who never even cared for the Inquisitors. And Reva could be a sympathetic character who always harbored designs to take down Vader. But we're following wokeness here, because that's the way of things in Hollywood. This is about social engineering, and so we don't want you fans getting into actual, truly well written Black and Ethnic characters in the starwars universe. Because we need to keep everyone Divided, NOT come together ALL Loving a IP in unison. Look here, we are the HOLLYWOOD ELITE, WE Dictate what the rest of you Peasants can like. You people follow and serve us with your $$$$ WE don't serve You!! WE the Hollywood Elite tell everyone else what is Right and what is Wrong here. And we're NOT letting go of our power because that's all we have. We just want all you Older Fans gone, why don't you guy just F-off here! You're really screwing up our Fascist plans. We're trying Real hard to Brainwash and Condition the young minds, the 20 somethings and under into this ideology we keep pushing, and all you OLDER FANS keep standing in the way, Exposing us! Just go away and let us carry out our designs on the younger generations. We had them ALL at The Force Awakens way back in 2015, and you older fans just had to screw it all up for us didn't you! Well us Hollyweird Elite and at Disney, WE HATE YOU ALL!!!!!! erm not you kids and teenagers though, we love you plz, come and taste the Rainbow. WE just want you younguns to come in and be what WE want you to be, Genderless, lacking any INDIVIDUAL THOUGHT and just Robotic; yes that's it, with your heads all shaved to one side, and multicolored hair, and using your pronouns like well trained puppets." But really, that's Disney REAL Dark attitude and mentality, how they really see us Fans. This is why us passionate Fans have to stay strong and keep doing what we're doing. Keep being a spanner in the works for Disney; by not Financially supporting anything of their "Disney Starwars", but instead keep sharing our honest thoughts and OPINIONS. We don't need to even be crass or derogatory, no need to throw literally petty insults, but just keep winding Disney up and letting them dig themselve a deeper hole here. Just look how much they've alienated themselves from even the Mainstream now, it's awesome to see.

[@DBialy]

@@dayoldbread1696 Not unlike their films.

[@dayoldbread1696]

@@DBialy true 😂

[@perceivedvelocity9914]

I normally only watch 15 minute videos on KZbin. I watched all 4 hours of the Star Cruiser video. She did a great job.

[@asdfate1]

Jenny made more money on that one video than disney has made on their entire lucasfilm investment.

[@jesterssketchbook]

lolol heres hoping

[@SnowRevol54]

​@@jesterssketchbook sap part is even if she earns no money from ads she still earned more then Disney from basicly every SW project, cause they all lost money.

[@martinjrgensen8234]

Lol no. Don’t be silly

[@PuffPuff903]

That is not even a little true

[@makeyourmark00]

Disney is now double the size but made less money last year than in 2009 when the bought Marvel (3 yrs before Lucasfilm). That's only $2.3B Net Rev on $89B Gross(!!). That is absolutely crazy. Their stock should be $15-20 not $100.

[@attichatchsound-bobkowal5328]

FYI Janny Nicholsen's hard work was rewarded with Disney getting that video de-monetized.

[@Cj-xl3jv]

Lmao no way. Fuck that entire company

[@universalcollective427]

Jenny Nicholson has 49 thousand paying patreon supporters, a month. she's the 7th largest patreon by active subscription. she could not care less whether that video was demonetized. Do the math.

[@pjtorresjr]

The Emp-Iger strikes back

[@muddlewait8844]

@@universalcollective427She also does a whole one-hour video every month for all her patreon users, regardless of level. Best value for two bucks a month on that platform, and that’s saying something.

[@timothybernardi68]

@@universalcollective427 It's amazing that there is such a large community of "hate-Disney-at-all-costs" people who would actually pay to view more of this content. Accurate or otherwise.

[@thefunnyhatter7390]

2:40 To answer the question around this time stamp; Because Kathleen Kennedy is in charge of all of this and she doesn't want to display all of Star Wars. She wants to display HER Star Wars.

[@rogopdp7c]

The force is female and ghaye.

[@mattegan3439]

The sheer fucking hubris :D

[@HossBlacksilver]

​@@rogopdp7c You forgot lame.

[@jetzenijeboer4854]

Do you think that maybe iger deliberately allowed kennedy to screw up so that he can end all of the woke stuff and say it was the shareholders who wanted it and not him?

[@MrSeriousGuy]

So true, she's been around Greats for so long it's gone to her head. She's good producer but she meddles too much in the projects to fit her "vision". When Spielburg stops wanting to working with you, there is a problem.

[@Princess_Feona]

Did you hear about the slew of copyright claims Disney is throwing at Jenny to try to get the video taken down?

[@Azurie-e9s]

AND FAILING MISERABLY

[@kdog3908]

Typical. Rather than take it as free feedback they try and bury it.

[@RaikenXion]

They're facing Lawsuits left-right-center too, Disney have been filed lawsuits from quite a number of female employees over inequality of pay. Even recently it's came out that main lead star Amandla Stenberg got paid less than some of her co-stars, that squid games dude and Manny Jacinto I think. Also many other male stars from the previous shows, the late Ray Stevenson, Ewan McGreggor and Pedro Pascal all got paid much more than Stenberg did; along with the lawsuit from Gina Carano and that Female Executive Producer who settled with Lucasfilm out of court over her not being paid right for her work on the Acolyte last year; this is not a good look for Disney at all. Especially when they are the ones always banging on bout this "Female Empowerment" poltics.

[@Bagman07]

I hate their woke censorship

[@tutuadefolalu3661]

Regarding the pay disparity, Amandla will probably lose. Of course she got paid less, no one knows who she is. The others mentioned have more experience and are a bigger draw for the audience. I swear, acting is the only job where you can come in with less experience, less accolades, but demand to be paid as much as the top people. It’s like a bench player wanting as much money as Lebron James.

[@orthopedix6202]

Jenny did good works on her journalism, 4 hours was a lot to go thru but it should be a wake up call to Disney HR you lost the magic imaginers.

[@ryeshack]

Disney doesnt recognize the OT and Prequels as SW. It's all about their own Rey agenda.

[@BlazingOwnager]

This many years later and I still have no idea why "The Resistance" was not The Republic Navy in TFA. It's just so dumb.

[@HomestarCrawler]

Fans have it the exact opposite way.

[@martinjrgensen8234]

That is just wrong. They have made so much content set around those eras

[@Vespyr_]

All the fake fans who keep propping this up too who because the originals came out before they were born dismiss it as worthless.

[@officialmonarchmusic]

@@BlazingOwnager Because JJ Abrams was singlehandedly intent on erasing the prequels, which he hated, and repeating ANH beat for beat, name for name, blueprint for blueprint. And to think people somehow hate Rian Johnson and not him...

[@michaelpipkin9942]

By Grabthar's hammer, by the sun's of Wovan, you shall be avenged.

[@Spectacular_Insanity]

Still a better story than any of the slop Disney has vomited out. 😂

[@HugoStiglitz88]

Wait, what is that from?

[@Qualman701]

​@@HugoStiglitz88galaxy quest

[@andyforbes5553]

"I'm Mad as hell, and I'm not taking it anymore."

[@lilmovieperp3599]

yes u are...

[@andyforbes5553]

@@lilmovieperp3599 You can't make me fool

[@ddoucette]

(Disney+) Network

[@automatedrussianbot8043]

disney copyrighted Jenny's video, and she gotta wait for like a month since they are not responding to copyright claims, scum move

[@universalcollective427]

Jenny Nicholson has 49 thousand paying patreon supporters, a month. she's the 7th largest patreon by active subscription. she could not care less whether that video was demonetized. Do the math.

[@thebikewatcher9819]

​@@universalcollective427but the point remains. Disney is being petty.

[@timothynovelo7569]

@@universalcollective427She probably does care because they are striking her work and that has its own pride and honor attached to it. Also, the money for that video is rightfully hers.

[@BlazingOwnager]

I'd much rather go to a Galaxy Quest theme park tbh

[@mattkd76]

I stopped developing my own Star Wars Trilogy, because I found myself rewriting the entire story just to fit into the lore of Disney's Star Wars. The Rise of Skywalker was the film that totally crushed me, because Rey's godlike abilities to Force-Heal totally eliminated any stakes that came before, during and after her completed story arc, whatever the hell that was. That was the moment I said "Screw Disney Star Wars. I'm done".

[@RaikenXion]

The only way to make a truly great Starwars Sequel Trilogy, is either to work purely off of George Lucas's own treatments, or to basically do Exactly what Rian Johnson did to the *Lore*, take his whole tactic of "Subverting Everything" and as you're writing your own story, you basically make sure to SUBVERT EVERY SINGLE DETAIL, of JJ's and Rian's ideas from their sequel movies. E.g. where JJ stupidly decided to make a "Resistance" another underdog band of the heroes, going up against another "Empire" that somehow reformed itself as the First Order. Instead you do the opposite to that and make the *New Republic* a massive, technological military that built itself up from the "Galactic Rebellion". Another easy e.g. here is where Rian stupidly made Luke a coward, hermit who hid away while Snoke was out there and left his sister and friends at risk of the FO. Instead you "subvert" Rian's cynical idea, and make Luke a WISE, JEDI MASTER, who TRAINS his students; Not just Rey but Finn also, and builds them up to be ready to help him and his friends take on the "bad guys". E.g. no.3 Instead of the dumb, lazy incompetent "First Order" *Subvert* that by coming up with a whole NEW THREAT to the Galaxy. Also can I just say Rey suddenly turning the tables back on and outright defeating Kylo Ren in the first movie out the gate really destroyed any stakes, because it completely scuppered Kylo as being anykind of "threatening villain." TROS just simply added to the problems that were already there previously, like Luke being a coward and Snoke getting killed off. Sidious being brought back also made it where there was no stakes at all, because if his physical body can be destroyed, but then all that keeps happening is his Blue Aura/Mist just comes out, and finds refuge in some other place out in the Galaxy, specifically within a cloned body; where are the stakes for such a villain there?? That basically means that Palaptine is immortal then. Rey only has to show a moment of weakness at any one, single point and she's open for Sidious' blue mist/aura to inhabit her body and conscious. Rian and JJ are simply both as dumb as eachother.

[@havocstormbringer1503]

I refuse to be treated like a consumer by Dizney or anyone else. I am not a hog in a pen that will eat any slop shoveled to it. I am a customer with taste and they need to earn my money.

[@houndofzoltan]

For six grand Princess Leah (or Han depending on your preference) should be paying you a night-time visit.

[@mrrictus]

Seggsss!

[@corydrichmond]

and Leiah better be in the Slave girl out fit.

[@Ideo7Z]

​@@corydrichmondit's modern Disney run by Kathleen Kennedy. It'll be Han Solo in the slave Leia outfit calling you transphobic for not liking the breakfast buffet...

[@azorahigh3218]

or chewbacca

[@JimmyAgent007]

@@azorahigh3218 only wearing his medal

[@_buttonmasher]

If i were disney i would just hire timothy zahn, james luceno, and drew karpishyn to make all the starwars content……they made all the books and everyone loves those…..

[@RaikenXion]

Only one problem there for Disney, those 3 talented individuals you just mentioned are all - "White Males" and going by what that Senior Disney VP said Disney doesnt hire the *White Males* in key positions for their big franchises anymore.

[@jimdraven2432]

Thank you for saying what I've been thinking for years. Established science fiction/fantasy writers who basically built the Star Wars EU & gave us it's rich & unique tapestry. I agree with you 100%

[@Vespyr_]

Disney doesn't like to share with authors. They hate giving residuals to anyone. This is partially why they're trying to bury the OT and Prequel era Star Wars as best they can in the future. It's why the made Luke and Kenobi into weak leads, and buried Anakin's sword at the end of "Rise of Skywalker." It was really a "Death of Skywalker". It's why they're very anti-Jedi as well. Why they can't mention Yoda anymore. They don't want to share residuals with Lucas. The sooner they can move on from it the better in their eyes. THIS is why they got rid of the EU. They don't want to share with Timothy Zahn. James Luceno, etc. They want to own the work.

[@RicoRaynn]

I'd also throw Michael Stackpole into that mix. The X-Wing series was a fantastic shot of the normal people in SW. Which could be a killer series and not have to worry about focusing on the older stars. We literally could have had this and it would have been a million times better than what we've gotten from the random Starbucks hires that Disney threw millions at simply because of their skin color or who they like to take to bed.

[@thiefofa1073]

@@Vespyr_ Thank you for explaining so I didn't have to. Another small (stupid) example is C3P0 in the Last Jedi - they made one of his arms red in colour so they didn't have to pay any residuals to the previous creator(s), and thus could launch C3P0 as a separate new toy with 100% royalties going to KK + gang. This is similar or identical to why stuff in the new Star Trek (the Kelvin timeline, the weird Klingon look) is so bad, and is due to the 50% licensing rule between Paramount and CBS. Coincidentally enough the agreement has strict rules and agreements about toys too. TLDR greed wins in the end over lore, fans and content.

[@Necropheliac]

It’s crazy how they dumped so much capital into this and then dropped it like a hot potato. If I was a Disney stakeholder I would be so pissed off.

[@turboteabag08]

I don’t even like Star Wars, but after the Acolyte disaster I can’t get enough Disney SW’s downfall

[@helenjourde9033]

IKR?! Schadenfreude is more fun than watching anything DEIsney has put out in the last 4 years.

[@martinjrgensen8234]

You sound like a bad person

[@makeyourmark00]

Ditto. It's sad that their stock is being held up by Wall Street. It's $100 but should $15-20 as they made less money last year than in 2009 when they started all this and bought Marvel, despite over doubling their size!

[@kowalski3769]

Hahaha!! Me too! I can't get enough.

[@lilmovieperp3599]

sad

[@danielroden9424]

they pinched pennies to cut out residuals to Lucas or anyone else in an attempt to make the new stuff cool and forget about that old stuff and drove away anyone who wanted that era. pure undistilled fiscal malfeasance.

[@Bastion83]

Also in part due to Kennedy's ego, but you arent wrong.

[@dlewis9760]

Nerdrotic did a video on that at the time.

[@crazyralph6386]

@@Bastion83precisely! She was flat out told that nobody will pay the price of a cruise to see Rey and Kylo duel while you eat hospital food. She was still angry cause nobody cared for the sequels, and wanted it her way. Despicable woman.

[@ZUGTFO]

SIDE NOTE, my wife was involved in that HEIR TO THE EMPIRE Anime trailer, she animated the 3D models for it ;)

[@Spectacular_Insanity]

I never heard if it until this video. Sounds super awesome!

[@ericp1139]

Disney pretty much spent $250 million for a Jenny KZbin video. I initially shuddered at the runtime of her video, but ended up watching it from start to finish. Also, KK’s objective to erase original Star Wars and supplant it with her fanfic.

[@officialmonarchmusic]

That's been greatly exaggerated. She's mostly just super incompetent

[@timothybernardi68]

Her contract is done in 2024.

[@ericp1139]

@@timothybernardi68 I’ve been hearing that for years…

[@timothybernardi68]

@@ericp1139 You've been hearing foe years that her contract is done in 2024?

[@ericp1139]

@@timothybernardi68 every year I hear her contract it done, but she always gets extended.

[@jeffmcdonald4225]

Jenny is brilliant. It's a long video, but a must watch.

[@TigonIII]

You actually nailed it with the Harry Potter and Diagon Alley, as the Wizarding World park wouldn't have been as popular if they had based it on Fantastic Beast and not had any thing from the Harry Potter movies.

[@MastersofHumility]

I think she makes a good point that Disney (and many other businesses) have shifted from "charge a lot but give them a good experience" from "give as cheap an experience as possible and charge whatever you can get away with."

[@steventcunliffe]

Poor Jenny, I felt for her few people are a bigger Star Wars fan and she saw close up the ugly callous insensitivity of what modern stars wars has become

[@anonvoila4883]

The actual LARPing session is thinking you wasnt scammed out of $6000

[@nooby165]

the choice to have the hotel be between tlj and rise makes perfect sense since it was about Kennedy's ego and legacy above all else

[@officialmonarchmusic]

Not really. Reliable sources show that Kennedy never made that call. It was Iger

[@glennwelsh9784]

It all boils down to Disney stubbornly trying to sell you what it wants to sell you rather than Disney giving the fans what they want, and then Disney defensively blaming the fans for not wanting to buy what they're selling.

[@jesterssketchbook]

the NYT is writing articles about youtube videos now? lolol i loved Jenny's video btw - especially that part about her not being able to see the stage during her meal

[@CoinSlotKitty]

Well since they stopped being journalists, they need to piggyback off of real journalists

[@pk13910]

When Disney bought the Star Wars IP, they thought they could do it better. Their arrogance didn't let them see that they were throwing away a money printing machine. So much wasted potential.

[@ZUGTFO]

Watched all 4 hours and it was informative as VERY Entertaining and they should HEED HER WORDS she has EXPERTISE they are not tapping into . . . .

[@Mofflin1]

Inb4 Disney tries to take legal action against Jenny for blowing the lid off of their shell game.

[@dcpack]

I mostly enjoyed Cookie's giggling in this.

[@brianhernandez589]

Bob Iger does not care what the customer wants. If you don't like what they offer, don't go. They just assume someone else will. Gone are the days of Disney entertainment quality. Here are the days of fleecing everyone for as much as possible all at once so the income can be wasted on uninspired trash and vanity projects. He should have stuck to getting the weather wrong.

[@totallytomanimation]

How far off do you think it is before Disney pulls all the old Star Wars movies for streaming to drive traffic to their new material. If you can't watch the original movies, then the new stuff cannot be compared to it and seen as soulless junk.

[@cttommy73]

To say Star Wars hotel is "LARPING" is an insult to LARPING. People who LARP at least put in effort. Disney did none of that.

[@galacticwisdom7389]

The Nickolson documentary is pretty amazing because when you first see the 4h + length you go "wooo ... no way" but it is so interesting and entertaining the whole time it goes like a blink of an eye. Thanks for this recap and extra stuff you share.

[@Grombrindal]

To be fair, Jenny is so small that they probably just didn't realize she was there. That could explain the poor customer service, they didn't see her!

[@electricfishfan7159]

That’s why they sat her behind a beam too.

[@fladder1]

Pity that the article is behind a pay wall. I sat gladly with full attention through all 4 hours of her video. Very interested in what the mainstream media had to say. Thanks for giving an insight!

[@TheFatalHalo]

Jenny's review was EPIC! I loved it. So well written, researched, and presented. I'm only going to KZbinrs for stuff like this anymore.

[@technocore1591]

Disney has to pay Lucas a % when they use any OT / Prequel stuff which is why they try to push their own Star Wars stuff hence the hotel and Galaxy’s Edge focus on the sequel.

[@Mr-mopar]

I would love to know what they have lost on the toys alone it must be in the billions.

[@TigonIII]

Well, it was Hasbro that had payed top dollars for the licensing, which came out and said that the toy sales had tanked so much that they had basically overpayed for the license, which is why I guess there haven't really been all that many/much toys produced in these later years, as that contract has been up for renewal as far as I remember.

[@ddc163264]

The Starcruiser wasn't even two days! It started after 10am and basically didn't really get going until 1pm, then you got ONE whole day and had to be out by 10am the next day. If the pixie dusters and blind keep giving corporate disney their money for this junk , then it'll keep being done. The other problem was a lot of what was put behind this huge paywall was promised to be in the Star Wars land and wasn't there.

[@Imaculata]

Honestly, not just the hotel, but also the idea of Galaxy's Edge being an immersive experience, has been doomed right from the start. You can't immerse yourself in Star Wars, if you are surrounded by fellow tourists wearing Mickey Mouse ears. And as cute as it is that all the staff talk in-universe, it just doesn't work.

[@brunomadeira8432]

Disney probably could evade paying royalties by not using the stuff people actually cared about and wasn't made by them. The thing is, they forgot that the first step was actually getting revenue.

[@user-zn5qm2yq9h]

That's exactly what I heard. The original plan for Galaxy's Edge was to be themed after Mos Eisley, but allegedly the plan was scrapped after construction started and the new plan was to have it themed based on the Disney sequel trilogy. Word on the street is that the order for the changes came directly from Kathleen Kennedy.

[@timothyhenegar7484]

The problem both with Starcruiser and Galaxy's Edge is that the idea is sound in concept. But instead of focusing on a large Star Wars theme park which could have been set in different Eras. Say like Clone Wars, Galactic Civil War, New Republic, and TFA. Instead of fleshing it out more, they just buy scrapy hotel and slap lipstick on a pig. Only to call it Star Cruiser, and take a corner of Disney property, throw in the Millennium Falcon, create a 🐂💩 world naming it Baku, and BAM! You now have Galaxy's Edge. This is the problem with Lucasfilm and Disney. They're Imagineers without any imaginative creativity. Heads up if Disney wants to see a really good example of proper theme park or event? Wasteland Weekend in the Mohave Desert in California. It's practically a Mad Max Burning Man event. Plus 100% contributed by the community. Even fans bring out their own vehicle creations. That's how you do a REAL immersive theme park experience.

[@RaikenXion]

They made a hotel that first off looks spotlessly CLEAN, which ofcourse if you're staying in anykind of "themed Hotel" you're gonna want it to be, but that just went against the main aesthetic of what *Star Wars* has always been, the - "used future" where things look incredibly technological, with lights on buttons, etc but it's all got a fairly run down look to it; like it's been in service for ages. I just think overall the hotel idea itself was a bad one. Especially what they had, a starcruiser where every room has to have fake windows, to simulate being in "space", which means computer screens running like 24/7, along with all the amenities, the bar, lougne etc constantly, daily, that's simply gotta cost a small fortune to run daily in energy bills. Not to mention a family or friends, literally saying in a room with no real windows; so again extra costs for the air-con too. All that drove the prices up immensely. Anyone with common sense would know that whole idea just would not work, but hey this is "Disney" they live in their own bubble, and so obviously actually believed this attraction would draw in a whole slew of Celebs, and "Rich People" from the valley and wherever else; but again, that all comes from *Star Wars* actually being hella COOL and *Popular* and their Sequels simply were not lol. What would have worked better would have been to just make the starcruiser a actual like attraction that the audience can take part in, or atleast more like their stage shows, and the audience just sit and kind of watch this whole feature theme, play sort of thing play out between the "Resistance & FO" attacking this big, starcruiser they're on. Something like that could have worked quite well and have the show last anywhere from say 1 hour to 1:30 mins maybe.

[@jnzooger]

The hotel was a brand new build just behind the batuu lot. They had to put it that close for the immersion of the “shuttle pod” box trucks that transported you from the hotel to the park.

[@RaikenXion]

3:00 That's because way back around 20:15/16 as the plans were all set and construction had began on what would become the - "Galaxy's Edge" theme park, Bob Iger and the other Disney bosses and contractors had already originally planned to make their Starwars theme park based purely off of the 6-Movie George Lucas Saga Films; and that specific area and what you see there in those clips was originally meant to be Tatooine. Apparently it was originally going to be much bigger and each area would be set from key places in George's 6 movies, but Kathy Kennedy got inside Iger's head and convinced him to scrap their previous plans, and just make it one big, original area set purely in the Sequels Trilogy era. Kathy's words were something like - "why aim your theme park at the 40s/50s older fans when you can make a new theme park set in your own movies, aimed just at all the newer, younger generation of fans." The one thing Kennedy or Iger did not account for was what if their OWN (make it up as you go along) "Disney Starwars Sequels" were not a huge resounding success; instead they became mega Divisive, which is why that intended "new generation of younger fans" most of which have switched off and lost interest in the sequels era now. What was even dumb about "Galaxy's Edge" is that it's set specifically inbetween TLJ and TROS, with no real "backstory" that helps fill in gaps and gives fans and audience a good understanding of what took place in that single year between those two movies. Also doesn't help when you have a bad movie that most fans detest, and another messy, rushed movie that most just have no real vested interest in. Overall it's really backfiring on Disney now where starwars is concerned, because most Fans have fell into complete apathy for the Disney starwars brand now, and this is only going to get worse when Kennedy's "Rey movie" rolls along. Disney think they're going to be able to use the "Mando & Grogu* movie to ride somekind of wave of excitement and "good will" and draw the fans straight into their Rey movie; it's just not going to go like that their SOLO movie should have taught them that already. So again, this just shows how clueless and arrogant they are in Hollyweird town.

[@dlewis9760]

I think Nerdrotic awhile ago on the SW section of the park said, Disney would have to pay George Lucas if his stuff was used. They could stiff him on royalties if they used their IP. No idea if that was true. Your supposition also makes total sense.

[@officialmonarchmusic]

@@dlewis9760 That's a theory. It has not been proven

[@officialmonarchmusic]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't in Iger who suggested the sequels? The Imagineers gave a few pitches for possible Star Wars lands, and then Iger said he wanted it to be themed to the new films for a tie in? I remember hearing about how he eagerly set up a call where JJ read them the plot of TFA through the phone

[@RaikenXion]

@@dlewis9760 I heard something about that a few years ago too, about how George would get royalties or something, but i'm not like business knowledgeable. Thing is thinking bout it, how does that even make sense when George sold his IP and whole Company to Disney? I do think there has been somekind of spite gone on regards Iger and Disney overall, because Bob Iger had led George to believe through the Contract they signed, Iger would be abliged to use George's stories, and Lucas was of the belief that Iger would make films from his *Treatments* of episodes 7/8/9 and "Adapt" movies from the many stories he had of the *Expanded Universe*. What's stupid here about how Disney handled all of this is when they acquired the *Star Wars* brand, they had a video-games producer/developer in George's - "LucasArts" and LA made some truly awesome and very creative starwars games back in the day. All Disney really had to do was simply honor George by Faithfully adapting his treatments into solid sequel trilogy movies, with really good scripts/dialogue. If such movies were faithful to George's story ideas, EVERYONE would have loved them, us fans, the normies, critics and George. Disney would have simply been able to literally print $$$$$ by this point. Then all they had to do was make their "starwars theme park" based off of the memorable locations from the PT and OT Films; and at a later point, just add more attractions which would be from new and original places from the adapted Lucas sequels movies they made. With such successful Films that most everyone loved, this would then fuel their theme parks, also it would create a cascade affect, where Disney could then use the "LucasArts" division to make tons of video-games based off of their movies, as well as such things as BF series, "Fallen Order" etc. This would also drive tons of Merch and Toy sales for Disney. The EU books, all Disney had to do was not cancel them, but allow authors to come in and write more stories set in the *EU Lore*, and Disney would only have to announce that the "Expanded Universe" will be considered a secondary Canon, like A-Canon for their movies, tv shows etc. And all the EU stuff would be catagorized as - B-Canon; that way they would still have all the oldskool fans onboard.

[@RaikenXion]

@@officialmonarchmusic It's really just all about treating the IP, George the o.g. Creator and the Fans with respect and Disney would have stood to make a sh*t pot full of money from Starwars by now. The fact Disney never did this, but went about it all backwards, and were way too focused on making everything THEIR OWN VERSION OF. Like e.g. they cancel the long running and successful "Clone Wars" animated series, just to replace it with something that's their own brand original series, but using the same animated style as George's CW. Which was called - "Rebels". They shut down LA dev, when all that needed was maybe just a slight restructuring and it would have still made Disney $$$$. But no, instead they shut it down and License out the "Starwars" IP to other, big, greedy companies like EA. They disrespect the "Legacy Characters", when really as soon as their first hired writer - "Michael Arndt" couldn't find a way to bring in iconic "Luke Skywalker" and not have him completely overshadow the new, original characters. They should have hired a really talented writer/director like Joseph Kosinski, who knows how to respect source material, and balance Legacy Characters with new generational characters. Instead Disney doesn't know or care to do this, they're so motivated by "Profit" like Sharks to blood, they just rush in. Bob Iger was only interested in making his money back from acquiring "Lucasfilm" ASAP, that he came up with the strategy to make a new starwars movie every year. But making something as important as a - *Sequel Trilogy* to the hugely beloved, even sacred - ORIGINAL TRILOGY, is something that has to take time, that they simply can't rush into, but needs to be PLANNED and carefully Crafted. But no, Iger didn't think like this, he and Kennedy just thought of the genius idea to draw back oldskool fans with loads of Nostalgia, making a "SAFE" first movie out the gate that would rely heavily on just copying, and rehashing most of the classic ANH movie. Then once they had the fans where they wanted them, and JJ had created this snowball affect of "Speculation" off of his "Mystery Boxes", Disney would have the absolute genius plan to pull the rug right from under those very same fans they had worked up into such a excited hype and expectation; by making a massively DIVISIVE and SUBVERTING second, Middle movie in Rian's TLJ. And Disney's attitude and idea at that point was, they have the backing of the metoo movement, and so IF any Fan so much as criticizes their TLJ movie, that fan will be branded a "ist & phobe" by the mainstream media, and heavily attacked and shouted, shamed into liking it by the huge, angry "Intersectional Feminist Crowd". For a company to take such a position and approach as that toward a franchise and it's long-term, loyal Fanbase, that shows not just absolute stupidity and even arrogance, but it shows that company had a "Agenda" in mind right from the very start.

[@briandaniels603]

A recent pattern I’ve noticed is that the names being picked for some of the characters and places seem to be less inspired and more random or tongue-in-cheek. For the Sequel trilogy, Finn is obviously so simple it’s generic. Cameron? No! Make that Poe Dameron! That’s quirky enough. Rey is a derivative from the Spanish equivalent of “king.” Now with the Galactic Starcruiser, the Halcyon is an uncommon word in our lexicon but it doesn’t sound exotic. And the singer Gaya? A different spelling for the Hellenic Greek Earth Titan Gaia. Finally with The Acolyte, the two main characters of Osha and Mae. The latter could’ve been pulled out of a fishbowl for all I know and as for the former, well there wouldn’t happen to be a government organization under the acronym of OSHA, would there?

[@timothybernardi68]

1:38 - "This Star Wars hotel: That is one of the worst concepts that Lucasfilm and Disney have done ...?" According to whom, exactly? Specifically referencing Ms. Nicholson's video, one social media commentator noted "72,000 people did Starcruiser. In her 'deep dive', she found 68 people who were dissatisfied that she could screenshot. 0.09%." Oops!

[@ekij133]

Someone (KK) saw 'West World' and demanded that they create a Star Wars version of it. But we don't have the technology to do that and the actors to customers ratio has to be _very high_ to do that well.

[@agesflow6815]

Thank you, Nerd Cookies Daily.

[@RobinJohnstonphotography]

They don’t know what their doing with this franchise. They saw it as a cash cow where fans would just suck anything up.

[@emptyarthaus9535]

6k for 2 nights?!?! The sheer greed...

[@Big_Mike001]

Why did they put both the hotel and the park in the Disney SW continuity, as opposed to the places everyone wants? The same reason Wizards Of The Coast is pimping the narrative that the original creators of Dungeons & Dragons were racist, sexist, and I'm sure they'd squeeze in homophobic if they had the chance: They're trying to hide the fact that this entire thing that people love is NOT their original creation, it's something they bought the rights to.

[@robertcabuto3284]

One thing Disney loves to do with new attractions is give more importance to the grand opening press events. They set the dates too far in advance assuming there will be no delays with the construction. That backfires on them, so they scrap a lot of the promised features, leaving a luckluster, disappointing and sometimes unfinished attraction.

[@houndofzoltan]

The tide is turning... is actually the phrase.

[@MickyChowMein69]

I quite like her videos. She's a funny little thing bless her lil cotton socks. Cheers for the vid.

[@zerstorer335]

I really think they’d have done better to buy / build a modestly sized cruise ship, dress it up to look like a Star Wars ship, had the crew look like Star Wars characters, etcetera, and run it under the Disney Cruise Lines Model. (You know, the one where a family of four could get five nights for under six grand.) Heck, it could act like a traveling mini-convention if they wanted to do that. And if there was enough interest, maybe they could have a different ship for each trilogy. Instead, they wanted $6K for 2 nights.

[@nathanrussell-raby5460]

The Star Wars Park might as well be Galaxy Quest with how little Star Wars is in it.

[@GHOSTDOG58]

I'm old enough to remember investigative journalists, the people whose job it was to dig up information and report the facts. I had thought they had all died out until I discovered Nicholson's videos. The fact that she can speak for 4 hours about a topic, and have it be entertaining, and have millions of views for such a long video, AND have that video covered by the New York time, speaks volumes about her abilities as a writer and even an entertainer. If you haven't watched her stuff, please go check them out. You won't be disappointed.

[@Tdr-jv2nc]

Disney has completely ruined something that I love that means so much to me

Jenny didn't take it down. She's not a mob hitman.(hitwoman?). She just reported about the experience she had during a very expensive vacation, in her very recognizable style. And the hotel had already been shut down.

[@shanenolan5625]

Thanks Elaine

[@DJ_Force]

Amazing that Disney bought the words most beloved IP, and then spent billions to walk away from not only the most loved characters but also their fans.

[@jasonjones7461]

That is an amazing video, incredibly in depth. She doesn't make alot of videos but when she does they are usually really long and highly detailed.

[@jakebreaker]

Fans: "I guess Revan isn't canon anymore. :(" Disney: "Coca-Cola is canon, now! :D"

[@Zan_Jayna]

Disney didn't buy Starwars. They rented it. They have a 25 year contract to use it. They are allowed to create their own new trademarks. When they use the old characters they have to pay a licensing fee to Geroge Lucas and the original Lucasfilm. That's why they're so intent upon forcing everyone to like the new themes. The rights might revert to Lucasfilm in 13 years or Disney could renew the contract. Disney is specifically forbidden to distribute copies of the 77 Holiday Special and the three original theatrical films.

[@SlapstickStooge]

All sides of the SW audience are saying "Enough is enough Disney" Put more effort into SW, hire professional writers and artists instead of activists. Instead of making attractions designed to milk their customers for all their worth, make attractions that'll make them want to come back again, give us/them a good memorable experience.

[@LoneWolf_Cub_Ogami_Itto]

I long abandoned this and ALL properties & subsidiaries of Walt Disney Company. I went to the sources of George Lucas, which a lot of classic Japanese Samurai cinema. I forgot all about SW, who's Luke Skywalker when you have Ogami Ittō Assassin Lone Wolf & Cub At your service. Or Sanjurō Kuwabatake in Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbō or Sanjurō Tsubaki in Akira Kurosawa's Sanjurō. Katana & wakizasbi or Naginata staff has grown cooler to me than Lightsabers, and they're actually real and do as shown. That's where I'm at with it, caring about SW leads to broken dreams and disappointment. So much out there to find to be doing all the chasing Chairman Mickey Maos' tricks.

[@santiago451]

Sad to learn that even the NYT doesn't know the plural form of "medium."

[@christopherpoet458]

Okay, let's be clear. A "star wars" themed hotel is not a bad idea. It could be a lot of fun. However... failure to proceed efficiently or within the interest of interested parties is what happened here. 6k for a two night stay? - Why... I had better be getting my own talking functional droid assistant for the duration of the stay with a price tag like that. And please do not downplay "larping". Most kids who love Star Wars would give up an arm and a leg to "Larp" Star Wars for a couple of days. But there is a difference between an immersive expiearance and a fancy decorated room you can't do much in.

[@Tsukasa829]

Holy biscuits a more off the cuff Cookies. I like hearing you finally going "okay im just upset so professional voice off... Listen up.."

[@Vespyr_]

A Star Wars Hotel that doesn't include ANYTHING from Pre-Disney era Star Wars. Garbage.

[@ABCDyeahyeahyeah]

She gets praise from the media because she was/might still be a huge Disney Shill. She was flown out to the TLJ premiere, loved the movie, and blocked me when I called her out for it a few years later. For example there are a lot of articles that criticize the current situation and then end with “if only the fans hadn’t revolted against the Last Jedi and Rian Johnson”!

[@dylanlevey9847]

The reason that you don’t see any of those characters - Vader, Luke, Han, Leia - at Galaxy’s Edge is because those characters were created by George Lucas. Disney didn’t create them, so Disney is trying to crow about the characters they DID create, which were really poor carbon copies of pre-existing characters. It’s overcompensating for a poor product. And as for the “Legacy” of George Lucas? They don’t care about that - as far as I understand he has NO sway in what the Haus of Maus do.

[@der_peevmeister]

It still blows my mind that Disney owns arguably the biggest money printing IP in history (other than religion, heh…) and they’ve shit the bed with it at every turn. Absolutely mind blowing.

[@CoinSlotKitty]

Anyone remember when Jenny had a Star Wars interview show? I thought it was hilarious.

[@davidstair9657]

I get a secret joy in watching the arrogant giant take repeated hits, stumble backwards, aaaaand in the next while… FALL!! It’s like watching the demise of Napoleon.

[@lilmovieperp3599]

you must lead a charmed life lol

[@nickelsdimes8643]

KK really wanted to prove to everyone that her vision of SW is much superior and more inclusive that what was created by GL but what actually happened was, she showed everyone she was the wrong person to be given the rein on LF and GL made a mistake when he chose her as his successor. Her vision of SW was vastly inferior and much, much more divisive and exclusionary. GL was a visionary while KK was a blind reactionary who lack vision and talent. 🤷‍♂️

[@mhochoa]

Yeah, I just recently went to Disneyland here in Kommiefornia, and she's right. While it is an incredibly detailed area, there is nothing from any of the original movies there, which to me shows how out of touch everyone is so out of touch with the franchise and they don't care or give a damn about the lore and canon of the franchise, as well as the fans. This really saddens me as someone who saw Star Wars in 1977 and is a die-hard fan. This crap just breaks my heart.

[@juanitajones6900]

The problem with the Galactic Starcruiser had nothing to do with Lucasfilm, as far as I'm concerned. It could have been a good thing. The real problem was Disney Parks and the way they handled their theme parks and hotels.

[@groovyengineer]

It's abusive, They're projecting their toxicity on to the fans.

[@TheSpazztech]

People undervalued (my self included) the love and care the George Lucas and his team put into Star Wars. Once Disney took over, that went out the window. Star Wars isn't a beloved story that millions of people love and care about. It's a product to be sold and exploited in any way that is profitable. Add to this a political and social agenda that the large majority of the fan base despises, and you end up with a dead franchise, and a fan base that just doesn't care anymore.

[@coryscamihorn1811]

I'd go to a Galaxy Quest theme park.

[@pnw.joshua]

WHY DOESNT MCDONALDS SELL BUCKETS OF SPAGHETTI AND BLANKETS!?!?!? If it’s not what you want, then don’t spend money on it. Seems simple.

[@BenFrankarts]

As a democrat, I feel like this is what’s happening to my party. They are ignoring us and just giving us any ol product and saying the alternative is worse. Whether that’s valid or not, we have a right to demand better and all we get are cold leftover politicians. Too big to fail becomes too stale to succeed. This is happening across all aspects of American culture.

[@whollymindless]

I want a cool Star Wars experience, but they went off the rails so far that it isn't recognizable anymore. Jenny's story was heartbreaking.

[@chrisandrew7577]

Galaxy Quest is one of the best movies ever made if you haven't seen it. Truly made FOR fans, seemingly BY fans (of a fictional Star Trek type show)

[@voodoochile333]

It's a good movie . Don't go overboard.

[@TheScottThomas]

Boba Fett, Jango Fett, Vader, Yoda, Leia, Luke, The Emperor, R2 and C3PO.... I mean you can go on all day.

[@watchvidjedi]

I'm so glad you made this video. I've watched several of Jenny Nicholson's videos and her passion for Star Wars is evident and engaging. I watched the first 15-20 minutes of the video you reference but didn't have the time to watch the whole thing. It is refreshing that a mainstream media outlet took the time to actually do some journalism as opposed to the usual "istaphobe" criticism that someone with my skin colour and front bits would usually be instantly dismissed for by raising the EXACT same points. Disney has gone awry in their contempt for their PAYING fans. It has to stop. I hope that the fact that a young attractive woman fan has raised many points that are the same points that others have made publically (ie Critical Drinker, Nerdrotic SW Theory et al.) will give other mainstream outlets AND DISNEY ITSELF pause for thought before they wave away all criticism as the work of bots or nasty white racist woman hating men! Star Wars RIP 1977-2015

[@TT-rt2kh]

The reason they only have/had stuff from the sequel trilogy is surely due to their licensing agreement with Bad Robot

[@shanenolan5625]

6k is outrageous

[@thatHARVguy]

Expected bs when the theme parks charge adult rates for kids 10 years up.

[@RaikenXion]

It's also "not fair"

[@mardukmd6729]

id MUCH rather stay at home than be reminded of the last jedi. the thought that ANYBODY would actually pay for that fills me with a deep sense for concern for the human race.

[@ArcaneMelody107]

You know you’re fully valid with your comments when it’s from a four hour long yt video pops off so hard huge media outlets are praising you. Good for her (it was super enjoyable to watch and listen to)

[@jokergordon8446]

Disney hates the old Lucas based canon, and want to rewrite the world with their view. 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@treydixon5399]

I'm glad to hear NC sentiments on this. I was never a rabid SW fan but the original trilogy was undeniably great. Movie after movie, series after series are being pushed on the fans with zero passion.or respect for the actual Star Wars IP. I've been watching YT clips of the Stormtroopers and it's very funny. It pokes fun at a lot of Star Wars stuff but you can tell that the creators actually like SW. What is so wrong with finding writers, actors, and directors who like the fictional universe you are in?

[@mxvega1097]

Sheer fkn hubris. Disney LFL promises magic, adventure, and escape and constantly delivers cheap, debased and mundane experiences. Call it "The Hypocrisy Gap". And because they never admit a mistake, or acknowledge legit criticism, it just gets worse.

[@Hoganply]

I know they're going for an exploratory theme of sorts with the title, evoking 'uncharted space', but by Luke's own description the 'Galaxy's Edge' is the furthest from whatever bright centre the universe has. Seems it was more lore-accurate than Disney intended.