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- Sam Favate
For a while it seemed that audiences' thirst for a trip to the Marvel universe, or the Star Wars universe, was insatiable. I still think that had Solo not come out mere weeks after the third Avengers movie (and right after Deadpool 2), it would have been a success. There's just so much time that average people will go to the movies, especially in the summer when there are all sorts of other activities.
That said, while I think Star Wars could have sustained a one-film-per-year policy (I think the audience would support that), I don't think that's the case now. With Disney+ letting us visit that universe for weeks at a time every year, a Star Wars film is going to have to be something spectacular to get billion-dollar audiences. The same is true for Marvel. I think audiences will support three or so movies per year, but then throw in three D+ series per year, and again, there is only so much time average people have for these things. (I say "average people" because I'm not talking about the HTF types for whom cinema is a kind of religion - myself included. That's not a criticism!)
To some extent, I'm still 10 years old where Star Wars is concerned and I want as much as I can get. But the reality is I'd rather have less Star Wars and have it be great. Andor was great - like phenomenally great; it's pretty much the best Star Wars has ever been. I love the Mandalorian, but so far this season has taken a while to get going.
