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Spoilers All Things STAR WARS - News, Speculation & Spoilers Thread

Reverend said:
Really? A two season, 14 hour prestige, movie quality show made over the course of several years had a higher production budget than a two hour movie shot in about 6-8 months? And this is newsworthy why exactly?
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Reverend said:
Really? A two season, 14 hour prestige, movie quality show made over the course of several years had a higher production budget than a two hour movie shot in about 6-8 months? And this is newsworthy why exactly?
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It is interesting that it's the most LFL has spent on any project at least to me. Especially given the lower use of aliens that people often associate with Star Wars.
 
It's difficult to believe Andor cost that much. The money wasn't on the screen- someone was paid way too much. Well, many people must have been paid way too much. Star Trek shows look just as good, how are they making THEM so cheap by comparison?
 
Ithekro said:
Location shooting rather than studios or the Volume, I suppose.
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Yup, exactly this (but also what eddie and Myk said). The primary reason why (completely unrelated) Sense8 was canceled wasn't because of bad reviews or bad viewership numbers, but because the extensive location shooting killed their budget (granted, across the globe but still).
 
Yeah, location shooting is always going to be more expensive than stage shooting, for very obvious reasons. Add to that the sheer volume of shooting taking place compared to a movie. Speaking of . . .
fireproof78 said:
It is interesting that it's the most LFL has spent on any project at least to me. Especially given the lower use of aliens that people often associate with Star Wars.
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But it's a false comparison since "project" is such a nebulous term. The entire sequel trilogy was "a project" unto itself. What was the price tag of that whole thing again? Because I promise it's waaaay more than Andor cost, especially when factoring in the marketing budget, and Andor provided easily twice as much content, and the the kind of critical acclaim those movies could only dream about.

So a more reasonable way to frame it isn't: "this whole thing cost more than one single movie!" but rather: "they made the equivalent of six movies for the price of two!"
Funny how suddenly it seems a lot less of a lavish expense, and a lot more like it was an efficient production that the movies should have a lot to learn from. Almost as if the article is deliberately slanted or something . . .
 
Reverend said:
But it's a false comparison since "project" is such a nebulous term. The entire sequel trilogy was "a project" unto itself. What was the price tag of that whole thing again? Because I promise it's waaaay more than Andor cost, especially when factoring in the marketing budget, and Andor provided easily twice as much content, and the the kind of critical acclaim those movies could only dream about.

So a more reasonable way to frame it isn't: "this whole thing cost more than one single movie!" but rather: "they made the equivalent of six movies for the price of two!"
Funny how suddenly it seems a lot less of a lavish expense, and a lot more like it was an efficient production that the movies should have a lot to learn from. Almost as if the article is deliberately slanted or something . . .
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I guess.


I found it interesting in so far as Andor was expensive and people are clamoring for Trek to be made cheaper.
 
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