What if "Star Wars" never happened ?

[kennermike]

Without Star Wars you never would have seen Battlestar Galactica or any of the other space-oriented spin offs. I doubt 3 3/4 inch figures would have caught fire and I doubt that the Star Trek movie franchise ever would have got going. Star Wars broke the industry perspective that science fiction was just about poorly written stories only desired by nerdy kids who couldn't get out of mom and dad's basement. It also changed the marketing strategy for how movies are merchandised. Almost every film now is premarketed, prepackaged, and pre-sold to toy companies before the first frame of film is shot.

well said!

[MIB41]

Without Star Wars you never would have seen Battlestar Galactica or any of the other space-oriented spin offs. I doubt 3 3/4 inch figures would have caught fire and I doubt that the Star Trek movie franchise ever would have got going. Star Wars broke the industry perspective that science fiction was just about poorly written stories only desired by nerdy kids who couldn't get out of mom and dad's basement. It also changed the marketing strategy for how movies are merchandised. Almost every film now is premarketed, prepackaged, and pre-sold to toy companies before the first frame of film is shot.

[HardyGirl]

BITE YOUR TONGUE!!

[TrueDave]

What would things had been like if Star Wars had never happened? It was more than a movie. It was a cultural juggenaut. Changed everything. How things are done.

Movies, Comics, Toys, Television, Business . .

I dont mean Darth Vader and Yoda impact i mean the business pattern for a blockbuster, the success greenlighting other Sci Fantasy projects, the Hollywood focus on Family Fantasy for the next decade, Sure Lone Ranger, the Beatles and Howdy Doody were big but . . .

What do you think?