Official: STAR WARS THREAD. These are the droids you're looking for. **WARNING MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS

[Texasmade]

I missed being an extra in Powder by 1 year. Rest of my soon to be theater club buddies got roles as the school bullies harassing that albino kid.

Later also tried auditioning as an extra for the Ben Affleck WW2 flick but they only wanted Asians. Bummer.

I missed being an extra in Robocop 2 by about 25 years.

 

[Texasmade]

I was the superstar of this music video.
I'm the guy wearing the top hat in the Saurat painting on stage. ( about 5 seconds total of screen time )

You want to timestamp that sh1t. I'm not sitting through 4 min of this.

 

[brokencycle]

In San Antonio on a work trip. Some of the folks in my group got to meet Harrison Ford last night as he’s here filming something called “1923.” They are filming in some of the older hotels here.

My luck to have been out watching the debate!

You deserve missing out for watching the debate.

 

[hpreston]

In San Antonio on a work trip. Some of the folks in my group got to meet Harrison Ford last night as he’s here filming something called “1923.” They are filming in some of the older hotels here.

My luck to have been out watching the debate!

That is awesome (for your coworkers)

1923 is the TV series that serves as a prequel of sorts to Yellowstone. Season 1 (of 1923) was decent enough... would watch season 2.

 

[classicalthunde]

I can only imagine how cranky he would have been...very jealous

 

[beargonefishing]

I was almost on the hindenburg but missed it by thousands of miles and 50 years.

 

[venividivicibj]

 

[smittycl]

https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1835691384570782178

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/16/...e_code=1.LE4.2YwE.TWNCqa3oSxbO&smid=url-share

 

[mhip]

I have a few prints by these guys, good stuff...

 

[SixOhNine]

Setting aside any discussion of the show's quality, holy sh!t, that's a lot of money.

Exclusive: Star Wars "The Acolyte" Real Costs Exploded to $230 Million According to New Tax Documents

EXCLUSIVE: United Kingdom tax documents filed by the Walt Disney Company’s UK branch reveal that Lucasfilm and The Walt Disney Company spent over 172 million GBP (231 million USD) on the production of The Acolyte, a prequel series set in the Disney Star Wars universe. In an interview with Vanity...

thatparkplace.com

And Andor cost $360 million? Damn, I hope that's for both seasons.

 

[classicalthunde]

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[classicalthunde]

And Andor cost $360 million? Damn, I hope that's for both seasons.

100% worth it

 

[SixOhNine]

Andor was phenomenal, don't get me wrong, but it didn't look like a show that cost 180 million per season (again, being optimistic that the $360M was for both). And if Disney spent roughly $600M producing 30ish hours of its two lowest rated shows, then there are a lot of serious problems that will need to be fixed.

 

[classicalthunde]

Andor was phenomenal, don't get me wrong, but it didn't look like a show that cost 180 million per season (again, being optimistic that the $360M was for both). And if Disney spent roughly $600M producing 30ish hours of its two lowest rated shows, then there are a lot of serious problems that will need to be fixed.

Is it objectively crazy to spend 180 million on a TV show while we have larger systemic societal issues, absolutely. Is it likely a risky business proposition to spend 180 million dollars on a streaming show where the ROI is difficult to calculate, also probably yes.

But, I just think the cost of film productions are just wild right now overall. Take a comp of acclaimed mid-tier action films from the same era like Extraction (streaming) or The Northman (box office) and you're looking at a budget of ~70 million for a 2 hour film. Now, Andor does cost 2.5x more, but is also 6x the length with equal or better actors, writing, production value and special effects.

In a SW specific context, I imagine that Andor comes out to be the cheapest per hour of live action finished product. It also is also by far the best post-Disney SW content as well.

 

[smittycl]

Andor was phenomenal, don't get me wrong, but it didn't look like a show that cost 180 million per season (again, being optimistic that the $360M was for both). And if Disney spent roughly $600M producing 30ish hours of its two lowest rated shows, then there are a lot of serious problems that will need to be fixed.

They should hire the Godzilla Minus One guy.