Disney buying Lucasfilm

[eldaec]

Why would they want to separate it from clone wars?

Afaik the only thing wrong with clone wars is that it reminds people that the prequels exist. They fixed that by removing Anakin and adding TIE fighters. What can possibly go wrong?

[tazelbain]

There is certain demo that the prequels are Star Wars. And it doesn't matter to them that prequels are bad. Where is business sense in Disney throwing that demo out? Doublely so when keeping it doesn't conflict with their post-RoJ movie plans.

[Wizgar]

I'm certain that part of the contract with Disney was that they couldn't declare the prequels non-canon. Shame.

Oh please, Disney went out of their way to declare the Clone Wars cartoon canon, a show where Darth Maul comes back from the dead with robot legs and teams up with his long-lost brother who wields a black-bladed lightsaber. Right now that shit is canon and Mara Jade and Thrawn and all our old nerd shit is dust in the wind, because kids. Those little weirdoes fucking watch Return of the Jedi and refer to the Emperor as Darth Sidious. I've heard them do it man.

[eldaec]

The prequels are superior to the vast majority of the EU shit that has never been Canon and Disney recently declared never would be Canon.

[Sir T]

But... MANDALORIANS!!!

[Lakov_Sanite]

Fuck boba fett.

[Nevermore]

Yeah! Fuck that guy!

[Merusk]

Why would they want to separate it from clone wars?

Same reason Skylanders are sub-branded each year, instead of released with the same packaging.  Because it's a different piece of the property and on DisneyXD and not Cartoon Network now. The distinction is made for casuals like parents and 'savvy' grandparents, not the target audience. 

That distinction can be leveraged to make sure they buy the right new merchandise.  That keeps the target engaged and happy. 

Did you never get an offbrand or wrong-brand toy instead of what you wanted and your grandparents or parents said, "What's the difference?" Lego vs Megablox or worse, Sega vs Nintendo.

[Sir T]

Yeah! Fuck that guy!

Much to the annoyance of Fett fans, Disney is rumoured to be trying to turn the mercenary bounty hunter into a hero for the spin-off, and is struggling to make him fit within the conventional morality of Star Wars films.

 

[tazelbain]

Classic. Now all they need to do is cast The Rock and their transformation to the dark side will be complete.

[eldaec]

Why would they want to separate it from clone wars?

Same reason Skylanders are sub-branded each year, instead of released with the same packaging.  Because it's a different piece of the property and on DisneyXD and not Cartoon Network now. The distinction is made for casuals like parents and 'savvy' grandparents, not the target audience. 

To be honest I think it is separate enough for that, and also close enough to bring the customer base that was happily watching the old stuff.

From the trailer it looked like a by-the-numbers sensible thing to make.

[Merusk]

Well now I'm just all kinds of lost as to why you asked the original question. I thought you were responding to my, "They want to separate it from the CGI Clone Wars,.." statement when you asked why.

Yeah, it's separate enough to avoid all that. My initial comment was a complaint from a design perspective, as the style looks odd to me. Stretched out and rounded vs. stretched and angular.

[eldaec]

I read your post as saying they didn't separate enough. But I might have half read it after a couple of beers or something.