2. It'll Be a Safe Bet
As I've already mentioned, back in the days of the original Star Wars, George Lucas was considered a true maverick, a pioneer even. Movies like Star Wars just
weren't made. Nobody wanted them. Or so Hollywood
thought. A New Hope was probably about as far from a safe bet that you can get before you're backing a three-legged horse at the Grand National. But, out of nowhere (from Hollywood's perspective) it captured the imagination of the entire World and for all intents and purposes, never let it go. Do you think for a second that Disney are going to be as brave, as bold and as risky as Lucas initially was? Of course not. They're going to look at viewing figures, demographic statistics, focus groups and sample audiences; they're going to compile reams upon reams of data in order to tell them exactly what movie audiences want to see. The problem is - and Lucas proved it with Episodes IV - VI - Hollywood gets it
so wrong
so often. Yet, as Disney is Disney, they'll conveniently forget that and continue to make the movie that the figures tell them they should make. Again, it's show
business so of course facts and figures have to be analysed and considered. But this is one situation in which I can't help but feel that the business is going to strangle the show unceremoniously to death.