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StealThisSheen posted...

My assumption is that they saw how well Marvel does with such a quick release schedule and figured... Hey, Star Wars is even bigger, right?

The problem is Marvel doesn't do spin-offs. Every movie connects, so people are more likely to not want to miss them. A spin-off that has nothing to do with the next mainline movie is much more skippable, and it came out around movies people chose to see over it.

this actually isn't the reason Marvel works. People not wanting to "skip" movies is not what makes the movies successful, and thinking that way belies a fundamental misunderstanding of its success. the connecting thing is awesome, but the reason it works because it's a bunch of different standalone franchises that happen to connect.

Any individual franchise in the MCU could be released by themselves and be a solid movie with a good take. Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, Guardians of the Galaxy, Ant Man, Spider Man, Doctor Strange, Black Panther.... being in the MCU undoubtedly helps them, but the reason the whole thing works at all is because they are all solid movies with their own themes and styles. Then they come together and make awesome super movies like the Avengers, Civil War, and Infinity War

But the thing is that the fanbases from these films are not all the same. Not everybody who sees Thor is gonna see Captain America. Not everybody that sees Guardians of the Galaxy is gonna see Doctor Strange. There are LOTS of fans of just individual franchises that show up to the team up movies. That's why the team up movies have such higher takes than the individual ones. A fan of Thor will go see the Avengers, but that doesn't mean he's gonna see The Winter Soldier.

Honestly, only nerds or people who get passionate about the movies make sure to watch every movie. That's why guys like Lopen don't understand the success of Black Panther. To him, person who is savvy about the MCU, it's just another story. But to millions of people who don't watch this shit, it's a really cool story about an alternate ancestry for them - it's a home. Every MCU franchise, or even movie within a franchise, does something unique or interesting to draw in people. Ant Man is a heist movie. Winter Soldier is a spy thriller. Guardians of the Galaxy is a space comedy. These all draw in different crowds.

Some people will be like Han and say "okay, this shit is all good, I better go back and just watch it all", but for the most part, lots of fans have only seen bits and pieces of the MCU, and this drives at the important part: It's important that things *SHOULD* be skippable.

If someone has seen the Guardians movies and the Iron Man movies and thinks "well, there's a lot of people I don't know in Infinity War... I guess I shouldn't go see it", that's a failure for the movie. Instead, the movies are made so you can just watch them all individually and enjoy them. People who have seen everything else appreciate them MORE, but it's not a requirement. It doesn't matter if you saw Ant Man before Civil War. He's just a guy that shows up and is pretty funny. Everyone gets it. Just because he has his own movie doesn't mean you have to see it. He literally doesn't matter.

To make it a requirement would kill the box office take. If Star Wars tried to take that approach it would only make them worse off.
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