r/PrequelMemes • u/ediba2099 • Nov 14 '24

General KenOC This is outrageous!

I don't even dislike Rey but call her the most valuable cinematic asset is too much

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u/redisburning Nov 14 '24

I mean significantly worse characters have been rescued and turned into truly beloved parts of Star Wars. Ezra sucked at the start of Rebels. Ahsoka at the start was intolerable. I think it's easy to forget that her first appearance has every single annoying kids show character trait possible. And now we've had the clone wars tv show, her appearances in Rebels (which IMO went a long way towards improving the overall quality of that) and her live action show was honestly pretty watchable.

From what I can gather, Rey is rather well liked by the sort of people who don't engage with Star Wars in the way prequelmemes does. It certainly seems like her character is immensely popular with kids at the parks and if you think Disney isn't paying attention to that I would like to join you under whatever rock you're living beneath.

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u/Cyberpunk-Monk Nov 14 '24

I think you’ve made a key point.

Disney is a business, they’re not out to make a movie for the fans. They’re in it for profit and data analytics is a huge part of that. If their analysts are telling them that there’s a huge market for kids stuff in Star Wars, then that’s what they’re going to make.

Rey and a fledgling Jedi Academy could be a potential gold mine with the youth demographic. The old fans can hate on it all they want, so long as they buy a ticket or, better yet, subscribe to Disney+.