Yep. Many pages back I initially went with the film reaching 700mil or 800mil easily but there would be no way it would reach 2bil or even 1.5bil. But with the loss of the Chinese market and the surprising reception and fuck up that is Galaxy's Edge, I really don't know what to expect anymore with this film and I'm ready to be surprised.
Also more bad news relating to waiting periods at the Galaxy's Edge park:
The waiting time on the Falcon the other day was at 30 minutes but my associate said it only took about 20 or 15 minutes to get through the line (its now on par with the Monsters Inc ride). It may rarely rise to 60+ minutes depending on the time of day but that usually doesn't last as long as the sign says and its only really about a 40 minute wait or so when its like that. And 10 minutes of that wait is due to the length of the ride's game itself.
The Droid Depot which during the reservation period had a 2-3 hour waiting period, and then a 30-60 minute waiting period after the public opening is now down to a 0 minute waiting period with the store now deserted half the time.
The Docking Bay 7 restaurant went from about a 1-2 hour wait, to 30 minutes to just 10 minutes or so now with 15 at most.
Ronto Roasters went from 1 hour, to 30 minutes to 10 or 5 minutes.
Kat's Kettle went from 30 minutes, to 10 minutes to 0.
The soy m;lk stand went from 45 minutes, to 30 and then to 5-0. The m;lk's reception is no longer as well received as it was during the reservation period, likely due to that the reservation period visitors were mostly rich fucks who are used to the taste of soy tard cum and farts. Brilliant idea there to serve fake tard cum instead of frozen lactose-free milkshakes, Mr. Chapek. Seriously, an easier alternative would've been to just make the blue one real m;lk and make the green crap soy-based.
The Lightsaber shop/training went from 4 hours, to 1 hour and now just at 30 minutes, which is mostly because the "class" lasts half an hour.
The First Order, Resistance, Pet shops are pretty much the same. Just people showing up to look at the expensive merch but not buying anything or at least nothing too expensive.
Jewels of Bith is empty. People pass by and may look into it but that's about it.
Toydarian Toymaker is pretty much the same. People only go in to take pics of the cool shit you can't buy (podracers and a miniature of Jabba's sand barge which I can post pics of if you all want).
Blackspire Outfitters is the same.
Dok Ondar's store is empty too most of the time which is a shame since that's the one part of this park I've found to actually feel Star Wars-ish. Most of the crowds just seem to gather around the Falcon, the restaurants, in the streets or only go into shops to take videos and pictures most of the time.
The Rise of the Resistance ride (aka the Kylo Ren ride) which isn't even open yet was initially estimated to have waiting periods that would last 8 hours or more. Now the estimates have dropped to 4-5 hours.
To think Disney wanted to enforce a shitty 4 hour time limit on customers thinking they'd be overcrowded. My associate even spotted people in jedi robes the other day so I guess the clerks didn't even bother to stop them from putting it on when they bought it. Whether or not the troopers got to them later though is anyone's guess but this might be a sign of Disney getting desperate and being lax on the rules. My friend initially did buy a robe but he was only able to wear it on the first day he was there (I can try and ask him if he can push his luck and wear it again but I doubt he'll go for it). He also spotted a girl cosplaying as Padme in AOTC (minus the blaster and cloak thing) with no repercussions. There's also more videos popping up on youtube criticizing the park, and even diehard disney shills are having a hard time defending it (
this one in particular is a good example, and on a side note he thinks TLJ introduced blue tard cum...).
Despite all this, I have some
news that might be considered good everyone. I've rounded up and collected some HD pics from Dok's store that might be worth seeing since like I said that seems to be the only store with anything worth seeing.
If the movie should underperform or receive poor reviews, I already know what to expect from nu-Lucasfilm.
"We at Lucasfilm are shocked but not surprised. The reasons for why IX turned out this way can clearly be blamed on..."
A: Star Wars Fatigue
B: Russian Bots and The Alt-Right boogeymen
C: Sexist bigoted fanboys
D: Our movie wasn't woke enough
I'm going with A since that's the most likely excuse they would use should the film underperform in order to save face with investors.
