XPost: rec.arts.sf.starwars.misc   
   From: YourName@YourISP.com   
      
   On 2017-12-23 06:30:28 +0000, Mr. Man-wai Chang said:   
      
   > On 23/12/2017 5:09 AM, Your Name wrote:   
   >> The franchise doesn't need silly knock-off reboot movies to attract new   
   >> audience. It's been doing that for decades all by itself simply as fans   
   >> grow up and watch the movies with their children (and grandchildren).   
   >   
   > I don't know how far this could go. New-born might not find Star Wars   
   > philosophy interesting.   
      
   Obviously it's when the kids are old enough to watch them.   
      
      
      
   > BTW, TV stations in Hong Kong periodically rebroadcast old movies   
   > including Star Wars.   
      
   It's Christmas time, which means broadcast TV here in New Zealand plays   
   a pile of movies (partly due to regular shows having a break) ... so   
   that means the entire Harry Potter series played one-per-week, yet   
   again.   
      
   Occasionally they play the Star Wars movies, normally around teh time a   
   new one was released, but they haven't done that in a while. Probably   
   something to do with Disney's buyout changing the rights.   
      
      
      
   >> What the fans wanted were new stories which fit within the established   
   >> universe. Not lazy-ass, "Politically Correct" recreations of the originals.   
   >   
   > Hollywood is always about selling peoples called stars, right? And toy   
   > manufacturers want to cash from Star Wars by selling items.   
      
   Star Wars tends to use mostly unknowns, so "stars" doesn't really come   
   into it. As for toys, they'll sell those no matter what the sotry is,   
   so rehashing the originals isn't relevant there either.   
      
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