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Originally Posted by blankall
Don't really see the purpose of that. A crossover event? That would be a huge challenge, as unlike Marvel, they would have to come up with entirely new characters.
I like the idea of having lots of characters in a shared universe and having cameos with multiple characters is great. However, I'd prefer if the focus in Star Wars remained on individual storylines.
If anything, having Star Wars influenced by Marvel is a major part of why the new trilogy was so cringy at times. We don't need the quips and subversion in the Star Wars universe. Star Wars also already has a fan base that will allow Disney to print money. They just need to keep focusing on making good Star Wars content that is true to its source. Making Star Wars in to Marvel or Pirates of the Caribbean is only going to further off put their existing fan base.
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as far as Marvel route goes, I don't mean Joss Whedon style one-liners and visual gags. Star Wars should stick to a similar tone as the OT or Mandalorian as much as it can. I meant borrowing Marvel's structured buildup to huge event tentpoles. everyone watched the crap out of the Avengers movies cause they had invested in at least some of the individual threads leading up to them.
I don't even think new characters should necessarily be a problem, if anything people complain that there's been too much Skywalker/Solo/Organa as it is. as long as you've got characters in the Star Wars template, i.e. a lighsaber dude, a blaster chick, some dry british wit droid, a grunting alien, then the audience will able to pick up on those pretty easily. I doubt that the majority of the Marvel moviegoers had read even a single comic book page going into those films, and might only have known the names of the biggest characters by cultural osmosis.
they can try keeping all the movies separate from each other and they will still make money as long as KK isn't screwing with them, but they'll never reach the same highs without a Thanos at the end. today's audience is very much attuned to the serialized format, so might as well take advantage of that. and maybe it doesn't even have to be movies at all. do it all on TV and take the Disney+ subscriptions to breathless new heights.