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As ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ heads to Disney+, just remember: It’s Han Solo’s fault
These are among the imponderable questions raised by the funneling of sources to streaming providers, with “Obi-Wan Kenobi” — a restricted collection through which Ewan McGregor reprises his function from the second trilogy — because of land on Disney+ in Might.
Certainly, the primary thought consuming the trailer — particularly when these strains of composer John Williams’ “Duel of the Fates” kicked in — was simply how large a gap weekend a film model would have registered on the field workplace.
Alas, we’ll by no means know, as Disney has prioritized producing must-have content material for Disney+, which has outpaced even probably the most bold projections for its progress, reaching practically 130 million subscribers. At roughly $7 a month, that is a complete lot of credit, and “Star Wars” exhibits, like “The Mandalorian,” are clearly a serious a part of that.
Saturating the market was possible an element. Arguably, although, the studio may need overreacted, within the course of underestimating the attraction of the Kenobi character and the lure of getting McGregor (versus a recast newcomer) reprise the function.
Whereas it is enjoyable to take a position and play “What if?,” will probably be nearly not possible to type out whether or not Disney left cash on the outer rim by producing a restricted collection as an alternative of a film. Individuals enroll and keep streaming subscriptions for all kinds of content material, though it appears honest to surmise that “Star Wars” followers will not cancel Disney+ any time earlier than “Kenobi” finishes its run.
The collection, by the way, premieres on Might 25, which occurs to be the forty fifth anniversary of the Jedi knight’s debut in “Star Wars,” again within the day earlier than chapter subheads had been concerned, when folks’s at-home options had been principally restricted to the three broadcast networks.
Would a Kenobi film, launched on that anniversary with the form of trailer that simply broke the web, carry folks out to theaters at this time? Let’s simply say that if Disney had caught to its unique plans, even with all that is occurred to movie-going, they’d be justified in having feeling about this.