Doctor Who: The Collection Season 26 (Sylvester McCoy Season 3)

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Originally Posted by Fnord Prefect

Shedding millions of fans both lifelong and casual while failing to attract new, a Star Wars film bombing at the box office, Galaxy's Edge under attended to the point of laying off staff, no one buying the merchandise or comics. Yeah Disney Star Wars is in glowing health.

Galaxy's Edge is actually doing alright. The only reason it's not doing amazingly well was because Disney made the stupid decision to not have any of the rides open when they opened the park. At the moment, only one attraction (the Millennium Falcon simulator 'Smuggler's Run') is open. The big-ticket dark ride attraction ('Rise of the Resistance') isn't due to open until December. That's the park being open for seven months without its central attraction. Imagine if Universal had opened The Wizarding World of Harry Potter for seven months without the central attraction, 'Harry Potter And The Forbidden Journey', being open. At the moment, Galaxy's Edge is just a corner of the park with some nice theming, a simulator, a few restaurants/shops and the occasional chance to see Rey or Kylo Ren but that's it. It's not enough just yet to pull guests away from parts of the park that offer way more to do (IE more than one attraction). We're basically seeing people go to Galaxy's Edge, ride Smuggler's Run and then move on to another area of the park that offers more to do without lingering too long because there is nothing else to do. Besides, attendance at Disney Parks was down as a whole this summer and wasn't just unique to Star Wars. So attendance being down at the parks as a whole and the major attraction not being open for another seven months is the main reason why Galaxy's Edge hasn't kicked off amazingly well yet.

As for your other points, The Force Awakens, Rogue One and The Last Jedi were among the highest grossing films in their respective years, merchandise for those films sold well (reports of TLJ merchandise being on clearance was because the merchandise was released too early and toy stores wanted space for new stock) and Solo bombed not because of 'TLJ backlash' but because it was a film no one had interest in seeing alongside it recasting a beloved character (no one wanted a Han Solo prequel, especially one without Harrison Ford). Disney Star Wars is doing just fine. Disney is raking in billions from it every year and it's one of their best-performing brands alongside Marvel, Frozen, Disney Princess, Cars and Toy Story.