Beyond that, until the release of The Force Awakens in 2015, half of all Star Wars movies ever made (a.k.a the prequel trilogy) had ranged from mediocre to downright bad.
Looking back, it’s almost impossible to fathom that a new Star Wars movie could fail, but Star Wars: The Force Awakens traveled a rocky road to become the hit that it is today.
It’s worth remembering that Star Wars: The Force Awakens was not always a guaranteed success for Disney and Lucasfilm.
Long-awaited sequels have developed a nasty habit of letting fans down in recent years, and the possibility of the seventh Star Wars movie collapsing under the weight of its own expectations was always a prevalent concern.