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Originally Posted by acdcguy

Not dead but is dying. Toy sales are down. There's no denying that. If Disney isn't careful it could be completely dead after Rise of Skywalker debuts.

Toy Sales are going down across the board due to a bunch of factors. Rise of Skywalker would have to bomb completely to even harm Star Wars, and even then we'll still have the Disney+ shows guaranteed to keep momentum going for a while. But you could say that about any franchise.

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*sequels. I see. You are quite young. Probably not even an adult yet. I can see why you argue with emotion. I remember that phase.

Thanks Dexilay for already replying to this bit for me. But while I'm sure you think you sound like some kind of wise Jedi Master, you just come across as a condescending tool. Doesn't matter how young I am, that doesn't somehow make me less right than you.

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Billy Dee Williams, Carrie Fisher, James Earl Jones in Empire Strikes Back. But Yeah keep telling yourself it's about "bigotry."

Not a fair comparison to having Rey, Poe and Finn being front stage (especially when I can still remember "StOrMtRoOpErS aReNt BlAcK" discourse from 2015), plus a much wider diversity in background characters. Plus, this.

ALSO
http://www.acriticalhit.com/fans-rea...kes-back-1980/
Here's a source of some letters, including a fan review that proves Empire wasn't so beloved when it came out. So yes, we can basically guarantee that the same arguments would have happened.

Anyway, I'm done. There's no winning with this, so I'm just gonna go and be positive about a film instead of sulking.