1) It Won’t Be As Good As Star Wars: The Force Awakens
As of right now, there hasn’t been any word on screenings of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, but that hasn’t stopped a number of sites from revealing that they’re not hearing some troubling things about the movie. The general consensus appears to be that it simply isn’t as good as Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and that’s something which deeply concerns Disney.
Regardless of the complaints and comparisons to A New Hope, Abrams’ film grossed over $2 billion worldwide (only the second film in history to do so) and was generally loved by critics, so Rogue One flopping would be a huge disaster.
Simply put, the studio can’t afford to have their first Star Wars spinoff earn a “Rotten” score and fail to earn upwards of $1 billion. It’s this fear of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story not living up to The Force Awakens which has seemingly led to many of the changes mentioned in previous slides being made, hence why extensive reshoots have taken place to bring the two releases closer to each other in tone. If Disney is afraid to take risks with these movies as they look to re-create the success of the TFA, we may very well have years of inevitably inferior efforts to look forward to.
While we wait for more updates on the film to surface, be sure to drop us a comment with your thoughts and if you haven’t done so already, take a look at the video below to start getting familiar with some of the characters you’ll be meeting once Edwards’ movie hits theatres.