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SSj4Wingzero posted...

Indeed. Kathleen Kennedy seems to have made the mistake of giving each directing/writing team *too much* autonomy. I'm not sure how the creative process worked with the MCU, but the movies all sort of fit together in a way that the Star Wars ones did not - my guess is Feige had some sort of an overarching plan on where he wanted the MCU to go and then the screenwriters basically filled in the rest, whereas with Star Wars that was certainly not the case.

I agree that the lack of a roadmap and not giving them the time they needed were the primary issues. There's plenty of shared blame to go around, but I'd place the lion's share on the executions. Michael Arnt was trying to plan out a cohesive saga, but Disney executives insisted that the film be released by 2015. Then only provided 2 years (instead of the previous 3 years) between Episodes 8 and 9. It really was shortsighted.

I'm told a big reason for this is that investors wanted their money back asap. Have movies always been this beholden to what the investors want? It seems shortsighted. You'll get your movie back regardless and the IP will have fare more longevity if the movies excel. I'm not saying Star Wars is dead or not still making money, but the Sequel trilogy ending on such an anemic note feels like a blow that the franchise is still trying to recover from.