Solo’s failure scared Disney executives who presumed that every Star Wars movie would be a billion-dollar cash cow.
I haven’t seen Solo, but blame it’s failure on Rian Johnson, who used The Last Jedi to kill the Star Wars mythology.
Kathleen Kennedy hired Rian Johnson, and should be fired for having done so.
Replace her with Peter Jackson.
Despite the hobbit movies, he showed his brilliance with the LOTR trilogy.
I did not go see Solo because of The Last Jedi...I’m a huge Star Wars geek and have been for quite some time. And Rian Johnson and Kathleen Kennedy managed to make me disinterested in the franchise after seeing The Last Jedi...which is no small accomplishment. Complete disregard for the established storyline, characters, lore, etc. Everything potentially interesting in Episode 7 was discarded like it wasn’t important, lowering the quality of that movie as well, and of course it dumped upon Episodes 1-6 and turned everything into a parody of itself. Rogue One is the only decent movie Disney has put out under its tenure that truly respected what is was supposed to be and the writers cared about continuity.
Grace Randolph gets it right - the SJWs decided to come into our house and just trash the place...they “culturally appropriated” our Star Wars.
Kathleen Kennedy and Rian Johnson both need to be shown the door as well as their allies. this current sequel trilogy should be scrapped and 7 & 8 should be declared “legends” and removed from canon. Otherwise, I doubt I’ll be all that interested in seeing any more Star Wars films in name only...