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[Omega Male]

Yes that is correct. TIE Fighters were designed to be cheap and mass produced. That's part of why they don't have FTL engines or pressurized cabins. They have to wear spacesuits to fly them.

I'm thinking the Imperial court system isn't very sympathetic to workplace safety claims.

 

[SixOhNine]

That could potentially be a hilarious, probably animated, limited series- some poor, mid-level OSHA worker traveling the galaxy to sites where there were workplace injuries. Interviewing Storm Troopers on disability, writing memos on the complete lack of safety precautions ("None of the walkways have guardrails! None!"). Until finally Darth Vader Force chokes him for shutting down a Death Star for repeated health and safety violations.

The Imperial bureaucracy could be funny as hell...

Edit: I'm sure someone at Lucasfilm had this idea years ago, and George Lucas had them murdered, because Star Wars is serious, not like some Gene Roddenberry trash TV show.

 

[Gibonius]

That could potentially be a hilarious, probably animated, limited series- some poor, mid-level OSHA worker traveling the galaxy to sites where there were workplace injuries. Interviewing Storm Troopers on disability, writing memos on the complete lack of safety precautions ("None of the walkways have guardrails! None!"). Until finally Darth Vader Force chokes him for shutting down a Death Star for repeated health and safety violations.

The Imperial bureaucracy could be funny as hell...

Incident report: "I hit my head on the door because it opened too slow!"

 

[SixOhNine]

Incident report: "I hit my head on the door because it opened too slow!"

"16:43- Trooper Jones taken to infirmary for potential concussion. While on patrol, Jones fell down a flight of stairs in Section 2BX3. Jones stated, 'I didn't see the first step, and I fell. Why are the eye holes in these helmets so small? Seriously, you can't see a f*cking thing.' Recommend Trooper Jones be reassigned immediately to de-icing detail on Hoth."

 

[hpreston]

That could potentially be a hilarious, probably animated, limited series- some poor, mid-level OSHA worker traveling the galaxy to sites where there were workplace injuries. Interviewing Storm Troopers on disability, writing memos on the complete lack of safety precautions ("None of the walkways have guardrails! None!"). Until finally Darth Vader Force chokes him for shutting down a Death Star for repeated health and safety violations.

The Imperial bureaucracy could be funny as hell...

Edit: I'm sure someone at Lucasfilm had this idea years ago, and George Lucas had them murdered, because Star Wars is serious, not like some Gene Roddenberry trash TV show.

Maybe not this exact idea (OSHA Inspector) but the general idea of merging the mundane (OSHA, bureaucracy, etc) and the fantasy world of Star Wars, was green lit by Lucas.

Star Wars Detours was an animated series by Seth Green, that was in the can, I believe, and then cancelled before it aired when Kennedy took over after the sale of Lucasfilm to Disney.

There’s a good interview with Green when he talks about the conversations with Kennedy, and how she approached the show, and the variety of reasons for cancelling the show.

 

[Jr Mouse]

 

[smittycl]

Scored tix to see this in July. Should be fun!

 

[mhip]

That’s hot…

 

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[SixOhNine]

These... are not good numbers.

Disney ‘Star Wars’ Box-Office Profits Fail To Cover Cost Of Buying Lucasfilm

Box office profits generated by Disney's Star Wars movies have fallen $2.8 billion short of covering the media giant's purchase of the sci-fi saga’s creator, Lucasfilm.

www.forbes.com

 

[Jr Mouse]

These... are not good numbers.

Disney ‘Star Wars’ Box-Office Profits Fail To Cover Cost Of Buying Lucasfilm

Box office profits generated by Disney's Star Wars movies have fallen $2.8 billion short of covering the media giant's purchase of the sci-fi saga’s creator, Lucasfilm.

www.forbes.com

I mean they haven’t released a big budget Star Wars film in over four years. You can’t rely on streaming shows to drive the kind of profits they need and the new Indiana Johns movie was a flop. I’m not surprised they have a ways to go.

4 billion is a lot of money and they need to stop having cold feet and get movies into the theaters again.

 

[SixOhNine]

I think what surprised me is how expensive the movies are- over 500 million for The Force Awakens? F*cking hell, that's a lot. Even Rogue One and Solo were over 250 million and they were supposed to be cheap, one shot movies. They need to learn how to make movies that look good (and are actually good), but don't cost the GDP of Bulgaria to make. Maybe ask Denis Villlanueve for some tips.

And sure, losing 150 million on an ill advised Indiana Jones movie definitely didn't help.

 

[imatlas]

Generally about half of the cost is marketing. $250 million in production cost is f ucking staggering, though.

 

[Omega Male]

Zack Snyder's Rebel Moon -- Part Two: The Scargiver only cost $83 million, so that's a f!cking bargain.

 

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