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Disney May Be About to Overexpose Star Wars And Marvel
Disney+ just announced dozens of new projects
Disney just showcased nine new Star Wars TV shows and twelve new Marvel ones. That’s on top of Marvel’s usual movies and some upcoming new Star Wars flicks. The studio wants to build up Disney+, but with the potential for overexposure and diminished quality control, this is not the way.
You can find the full list of shows here. The actual content varies in promise. I will happily watch Ahsoka and the Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special. On the other hand, there’s Obi-Wan Kenobi, which brings back Ewan McGregor as Obi-Wan and Hayden Christensen as Darth Vader. Disney swapping original trilogy nostalgia for prequel trilogy nostalgia is vindicating for us young people, but it’s still empty nostalgia.
The real problem, however, is the quantity. There’s too much of it. The release schedule is unclear, so some of these might be years away. Kenobi is a miniseries and others might be, as well. But that’s still exponentially more time than either franchise has demanded from its fans before.
This has consequences. Firstly, it reduces the uniqueness of every installment. Love them or hate them, the prequels, The Force Awakens, and The Avengers were events, widely anticipated, watched, and discussed. They were shared, by all of us. Even…
