I've thought long and hard about this one, and in the end, I have to say that I'm...
Neutral.
I wasn't a huge fan of the TCW series, as a whole. I think it was wonderful for what it was intended for, which are the kids. Sharing our passion with an entirely new generation of fans is priceless, and there were some cool elements, to be sure. But as an adult, I couldn't ever really get into the show because it was way too geared for children for my personal likes, and the dialogue was painful to me. Again, this is just to me, but I think it was perfect for its intended audience. I stopped watching the show after the 1st season. To see it end was really nothing for me since I haven't been following it. I will agree with many of you though, that they needed to wrap up some of the bigger questions before they did so. It'd be like ending LOST in the middle of the final season. That tells me that there was some pretty big in-fighting between the people at Cartoon Network/Filoni and Disney.
My first thought was that Disney was just rounding up their newly acquired license and bringing it back in-house. But then I looked at the remaining line-up on Cartoon Network, and there are quite a few Marvel shows on there still. Disney also owns Marvel, and never did the same with that license, so that again tells me that there was some big time in-fighting that we just aren't hearing about.
That brings me to the concern for the future of the Star Wars film franchise. When I had first heard about the sale to Disney, I was absolutely against it because I was afraid that it would cheapen and degrade tha which we love so much. But I've had time to think about it, and with the moves that they've made, I can't be against it at all. They re-signed all of the big names, which is huge. Continuity was my greatest concern. Then they brought on J.J. Abrahms, and I'm very excited. What he did for the Star Trek franchise was amazing in my opinion. I was never a big fan of Star Trek, but the newest movie done by JJ is still one of my favorite movies in the last decade. I still watch it on a regular basis. So what can he bring to the table for Star Wars? I'm super excited to find out! And let's look at what Disney has done with the Marvel movies since they've taken over. Remember, Spider-Man is owned by Sony currently and X-Men is owned by 21st Century Fox currently. I honestly don't know who own's the Blade franchise. But all 3 have one big thing in common, in my opinon; they started off great and ended on a poor note. Spider-Man 1, X-Men 1, and Blade 1 were pretty damn good, and they got exponentially worse from there on. They couldn't keep up the steam in those engines. Now they've rebooted Spider-Man and X-Men, and are talking about doing the same for The Fantastic Four and Blade. I did like X-Men Origins: Wolverine and X-Men 1st class, so we'll see if they can keep that train chugging along.
But what Disney has done is incredible! They've taken 3 of the greatest Heroes from the Marvel Universe and given them epic films in their own right, and culminated them all into possibly one of my favorite movies of all time, The Avengers. I'm not even really that much of an Avengers fan, as far as comics go, but Holy Jebus, what a spectacle! And that was PHASE 1!!! Now they're starting on Phase 2, and I'm so eager for them to hit I'm already counting down to them all. So what does that tell me about the future of the Star Wars franchise? To me, with the money Disney has to put on the table, and the drive they have for success, and J.J. Abrahms at the helm; the future's so bright, I gotta wear shades
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