This is one of those where you’re just going to have to trust me… I don’t have any references to give you. I’m the first one reporting this. But if you need to see our track record here at That Park Place, we had Encanto’s rise right before anybody else, I had Boba Fett’s ratings readout exclusively before anyone else, and we had Hawkeye’s ratings correct first. None of that is a brag — just context for new readers who wonder why they should listen to this rumor.
Before you get the rumor, here’s a chart to familiarize yourself with. It’s covering the past 30 days of The Book of Boba Fett internet buzz. When this thirty day chart starts covering the past few days (there’s a delay), you’re going to see a massive change. You thought The Mandalorian was popular? Think again. He’s popular. Luke Skywalker is like printing money if you do it correctly. Does this chart correlate exactly to ratings? No. But it’s a great way of gauging interest:
Alright, rumor time:
I’m hearing from some of the same sources that the most recent episode of The Book of Boba Fett (Episode 6) has ratings that will triple any other prior episode for their first 24 hours. Now, I don’t know if that’s being measured in minutes streamed or in episode material watched. But I know there’s big waves behind Disney’s curtains right now as they digest just how popular this version of Luke Skywalker is. He appeared in The Mandalorian and that episode topped everything on any streaming platform in the world. You might think that was a one-off and not repeatable. Disney is now realizing that’s not true. How much some of the executives must now be kicking themselves in realizing they could have been swimming in untold cash had this been the Luke Skywalker that showed up in their movies! I’m not saying that because I want to start a debate… the debate is over. This version of Luke Skywalker shows up and views go astronomical. That’s the lesson.
You want to know how hot Luke Skywalker is in the reporting to me? This episode allegedly beat Encanto in their respective first 24 hours. That’s Encanto, the movie that blew away everything else on Disney+ once it hit streaming.
That’s why when outlets like The Verge say that Star Wars has a “Luke Skywalker Problem“, that’s complete and utter lunacy. You should just laugh at anyone who suggests something so stupid. Disney execs will. It’s like saying the Indiana Jones movies have an Indiana Jones problem.
The market has spoken. The media will catch up later.
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Update 2/4 11:46 PM EST
One of the cool things about this article is that as the hours go by, the chart is updating to show what I said would happen. That’s a neat trick we may use again in the future.
Amazing what listening to your audience and the consumers will do. ?
Crazy right?
Instead of calling them “Manbabies” and “ists/phobes”.
Just read the Verge article. The authority either has an agenda or is tone deaf and didn’t bother scanning YouTube for BOBF 1X6 reactions.
The technology and artistry of deagjng will only get better.
It’d be great to “see” Walt Disney again.
This was a terrific episode to watch. Kind, thoughtful and good teacher Jedi Luke. Just awesome.
…and on the other end of the spectrum, Disney/Marvel just released the “Star Wars: The Halcyon Legacy” comic book. Just when you thought hotel couldn’t get any worse. Wrong. The ship has ties to the no-sales, pandering, abysmal Kathleen Kennedy’s ‘The High Republic’. They just keep digging this hotel hole deeper and deeper..
…oh and ties to the most famous and popular Jedi. One every that every person knows their name. The High Republic granny Jedi Nib Assek! The target audience for a ultra expensive hotel…is who now?
All this just means that they have got to do that Luke Jedi Temple series. Can’t wait to see how they screw that one up.
I listen to Charlie from Emergency Awesome – shilly but not too shilly like other YT heads. He claims Episode 7 will connect to the Sequel Trilogy because Rogu will join Din making him safe from Kylo’s purge, the bamboo planet is where Luke builds the Jedi Academy seen destroyed by Kylo in TFA. Sometimes he can be right like Mike Zeroh so I don’t trust everything he says.
Also, Jon Favreau stated his shows will connect to the Sequel Trilogy. The Mando Boys’ shows are so hard to watch one wasted time with multiple side missions while the other one frail and emasculated while Filoni elevates his characters like Cad Bane, Ahsoka, Din, and others.
Instead of a story group which I hope has been abolished, there should be a committee of ultimate fans of the lore of George Lucas’ Star Wars and the Expanded Universe. I have a new hope that Arnold and Chapek will get Star Wars back on track. But with the rumors of new Star Wars Disney+ shows going the same direction of the M-She-U by creating SW-She-U with mostly female-lead shows of not so popular characters. I hope Boba’s show erases the three Sequels like Doomcock wants but I just don’t see it happening.
Are u a 12 year old with the mshe u cause marvel now has more female characters grow up.
The reason its a problem cause it shows how they cant seem to move away from the skywalkers and star wars is still stuck in the past not moving forward.