What Star Wars Teaches Us About Office Politics

How the Trilogy of Trilogies reflects the Good versus Evil battle in everyday office interactions

As fun as it would be to geek out on deconstructing the socioeconomic intricacies and differences between the elected rule of the Old Republic against the totalitarian Galactic Empire propagated by the Sith Lord Palapatine, this article is not focused on the world of Star Wars. What this article is about is the incomprehensible and strange logic behind money and political decisions for storied franchises that drives commentaries like this:

• Why $1bn box office for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is a massive failure for Disney
• Star Wars: Analysts reveal the REAL reason why Han Solo movie failed at the box office
• Has Disney’s “Star Wars” Acquisition Been a Failure?

Are these articles serious?

Unfortunately, that answer is yes even as unfathomably baffling as it may seem.

There appears to be a general consensus via media articles that the whole Star Wars universe is failing in some way. Financially? While somehow the Solo movie seems to have lost money while making $400 million worldwide, every other Star Wars movie is in the top 100…