A TV show! 3 new movies! Disney is giving us all the Star Wars and what is happening?
Star Wars fans have been waiting for a live-action TV show for so long, they never would have guessed that the announcement of its development by Disney would go barely noticed.*
But that's exactly what happened Thursday. Disney CEO Bob Iger revealed the company is working on a Star Wars TV drama to help launch its upcoming streaming service, just as CBS has used Star Trek Discovery to sell CBS All Access subscriptions — and the fact barely registered with Star Wars fandom. Why?
First of all the news — revealed on a Disney investors call — happened to drop at the same time as Lucasfilm's own huge reveal, and there's reason to believe that timing was deliberate.* Read more...