# Is anyone else scared how Disney is going apeshit with planned Star Wars spinoffs? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 24, 2013, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-scared-how-disney-is-going-apeshit-with-planned-star-wars-spinoffs/651278 "2013-02-24T19:07:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![tellyworth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/977dab/32.png) [@tellyworth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tellyworth)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-scared-how-disney-is-going-apeshit-with-planned-star-wars-spinoffs/651278/21 "2013-02-24T22:06:41Z")
> [@The\_Lurker\_Above](#): > > You saw the Kinect Star Wars game put out by LucasArts? With the Galactic Dance-Off mode? A thousand times this. Tell me again how Disney is going to [ruin Star Wars](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lg_FoEy8T_A). ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-scared-how-disney-is-going-apeshit-with-planned-star-wars-spinoffs/651278/22 "2013-02-24T22:20:11Z")
If there’s ANYTHING that would kill Star Wars, it would definitely be overlicensing. Can you IMAGINE if they authorized dozens of spinoffs about the main characters, their rivals, friends, acquaintances, people they briefly encountered in a cantina, their children, descendants, distant ancestors, and their families celebrating Life Day? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Lurker\_Above](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@The\_Lurker\_Above](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Lurker_Above)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-scared-how-disney-is-going-apeshit-with-planned-star-wars-spinoffs/651278/23 "2013-02-24T22:21:30Z")
> [@tellyworth](#): > > A thousand times this. Tell me again how Disney is going to [ruin Star Wars](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lg_FoEy8T_A). I actually prefer [this one.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvafvTnji-Y) It lacks the Star-Warsified lyrics, but its got this whole ‘Come to the dark side. We throw killer raves!’ thing going. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-scared-how-disney-is-going-apeshit-with-planned-star-wars-spinoffs/651278/24 "2013-02-24T22:23:24Z")
> [@tellyworth](#): > > A thousand times this. Tell me again how Disney is going to [ruin Star Wars](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lg_FoEy8T_A). If anyone can look at that and think Disney is going to somehow cheapen the franchise they are out of their minds. ---
**Author:** ![Pitchmeister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pitchmeister/32/3459_2.png) [@Pitchmeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pitchmeister)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-scared-how-disney-is-going-apeshit-with-planned-star-wars-spinoffs/651278/25 "2013-02-24T22:33:44Z")
> [@tellyworth](#): > > A thousand times this. Tell me again how Disney is going to [ruin Star Wars](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lg_FoEy8T_A). I believe I have just lost 10 IQ points. No way in hell am I watching that other video. Who wrote those lyrics? I fear I may never be able to watch Empire again. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-scared-how-disney-is-going-apeshit-with-planned-star-wars-spinoffs/651278/26 "2013-02-24T22:37:37Z")
> [@RealCamz](#): > > I quote Yoda to girls sometimes. > They never appear as impressed as I think they should be. Wow. Feb. 2013 Join Date and yet this is one of the greatest things I’ve read on the SDMB. Welcome, **RealCamz**! ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-scared-how-disney-is-going-apeshit-with-planned-star-wars-spinoffs/651278/27 "2013-02-24T22:54:27Z")
2.5? ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-scared-how-disney-is-going-apeshit-with-planned-star-wars-spinoffs/651278/28 "2013-02-24T22:57:40Z")
> [@Cubsfan](#): > > Is anyone else scared how Disney is going apeshit with planned Star Wars spinoffs? Not in the least. ---
**Author:** ![Pitchmeister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pitchmeister/32/3459_2.png) [@Pitchmeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pitchmeister)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-scared-how-disney-is-going-apeshit-with-planned-star-wars-spinoffs/651278/29 "2013-02-24T22:58:16Z")
> [@BMalion](#): > > 2.5? Many people view Jedi as the least of the original trilogy and the first step on the path that led to Jar Jar Binks - especially the whole Ewok sequence. ---
**Author:** ![Declan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-scared-how-disney-is-going-apeshit-with-planned-star-wars-spinoffs/651278/30 "2013-02-24T23:06:06Z")
Disney paid beaucoup bucks for the franchise, I would imagine that its shareholders want to see an immediate return on their money or close enough. As for me , the first star trek movie sucked, but it got its foot in the door. The only thing I see thats going to be missing, its the twentieth century fox opening. Declan ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-scared-how-disney-is-going-apeshit-with-planned-star-wars-spinoffs/651278/31 "2013-02-24T23:12:28Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > Woops, you are absolutely right. Still, a vast improvement over Lucas. Yes, he is. I believe he cares enough to do the best job possible, which is key. I figure it will be a huge mix of good and bad movies, which is fine. It will be nice to get some good stuff out of the franchise. ---
**Author:** ![WotNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@WotNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WotNot)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-scared-how-disney-is-going-apeshit-with-planned-star-wars-spinoffs/651278/32 "2013-02-25T00:02:09Z")
> [@Cubsfan](#): > > Ever day it seems there are more rumors about yet another SW spin off movie or TV show. Han Solo, Bobby Fett, Old Luke, Young Han, KOTOR spin off, TV show. > > Are they trying to kill the franchise or what? > > Yes I know it boils down to them wanting to make as much $$ as possible, and that is their right, but I can only assume the quality is going to take a shit. I think the key word here is “rumors”. So far as I know, nothing has officially been announced yet, or even decided – other than JJ Abrams being attached to a film of some sort. Even if some of the rumours actually have some basis in fact, all it means at this stage is that someone (who?) has suggested it, and that it may be under consideration (by whom?). Look at it this way: most of the people making important creative decisions about this at Disney are likely to be in their mid-40s to mid-50s. They’re very probably the fans of the first three films that loved them so much they got into the business hoping to make something like that. Odds are, they get it better than Lucas. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-scared-how-disney-is-going-apeshit-with-planned-star-wars-spinoffs/651278/33 "2013-02-25T00:08:09Z")
I would love, love, LOVE for an adaptation of the story and characters from KOTOR (the first game). Hell, you could probably make a whole trilogy out of that alone. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-scared-how-disney-is-going-apeshit-with-planned-star-wars-spinoffs/651278/34 "2013-02-25T01:04:51Z")
It’s like Christmas. You know when you got that really awesome toy and you played with it all day for a few days and wouldn’t play with anything else? Then a few weeks later, you still like it a lot and still play with it but not all the time? It’s like that. They"ll calm down a bit but they got a new toy and they want to play with it a lot right now. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-scared-how-disney-is-going-apeshit-with-planned-star-wars-spinoffs/651278/35 "2013-02-25T01:49:07Z")
I want a Porkins movie. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-scared-how-disney-is-going-apeshit-with-planned-star-wars-spinoffs/651278/36 "2013-02-25T02:04:29Z")
I want a Rogue Squadron movie, a Droids movie, a Bounty Hunters movie, and a live action Ahsoka Tano movie. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-scared-how-disney-is-going-apeshit-with-planned-star-wars-spinoffs/651278/37 "2013-02-25T02:27:44Z")
> [@Cubsfan](#): > > … but I can only assume the quality is going to take a shit. The Star Wars franchise has been defined by money grubbing and declining quality since 1980. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-scared-how-disney-is-going-apeshit-with-planned-star-wars-spinoffs/651278/38 "2013-02-25T02:29:03Z")
> [@BMalion](#): > > I want a Porkins movie. I want a Jar Jar Binks: Rescue Ranger cartoon. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-scared-how-disney-is-going-apeshit-with-planned-star-wars-spinoffs/651278/39 "2013-02-25T02:30:46Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > I would love, love, LOVE for an adaptation of the story and characters from KOTOR (the first game). Hell, you could probably make a whole trilogy out of that alone. I can’t wait for the part where the main character spends five hours playing Pazaak and rifling though people’s apartments looking for stims. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-scared-how-disney-is-going-apeshit-with-planned-star-wars-spinoffs/651278/40 "2013-02-25T03:47:12Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > I can’t wait for the part where the main character spends five hours playing Pazaak and rifling though people’s apartments looking for stims. 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-scared-how-disney-is-going-apeshit-with-planned-star-wars-spinoffs/651278.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-scared-how-disney-is-going-apeshit-with-planned-star-wars-spinoffs/651278.md?page=3)