Is a new ‘Star Wars’ movie every year for 5 years too much?

There’s nothing that franchise diehards want to see more than a decent "Star Wars" movie. After being burned not once but three times by series creator George Lucas’s misguided and mostly unfortunate prequels, folks who grew up loving the original trilogy of galaxy-gallivanting movies really just want "Star Wars" to be good again. Is that so much to ask from Disney?

The vaunted studio, which bought Lucasfilm (and all of the properties it owns) from Lucas last year for the monster sum of $4.05 billion, seems game to provide "Star Wars" fans with those much improved movies. The House of Mouse is set to debut an all new "Star Wars" series starting in 2015 – one that will reportedly include members of the original trilogy cast – and has put top people in charge of developing those films.

Mega producer Kathleen Kennedy (“Back to the Future,” “Jurassic Park”) is overseeing the whole operation at the newly owned Lucasfilm, with top-tier cine-maestro J. J. Abrams taking on directing duties for “Star Wars: Episode VII” and Oscar-winning screenwriter Michael Arndt writing the movie (based on a story outline by – sigh! – George Lucas).

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Disney has also announced plans to develop spin-off "Star Wars" movies – films not necessarily connected to the main plot of the new trilogy that focused on specific characters like Yoda, Han Solo and Boba Fett. For those standalone pictures, they’ve brought back series vet Lawrence Kasdan (the guy responsible for writing “The Empire Strikes Back”) and “Sherlock Holmes” screenwriter Simon Kinberg. That means starting in 2015, there will be a new Disney-produced "Star Wars" movie every year until the end of the decade. That’s a lot of action in a galaxy far, far away.

But is that too much "Star Wars", too soon?

As far as movies go, "Star Wars" geeks are a deprived lot. There’s no disputing that. Separated by more than a decade, the two trilogies churned out one “episode” every three years – and by the time “Episode VII” hits, it will have been a full ten years since “Revenge of the Sith” hit theatres. That’s a long time. Granted, Disney is probably very eager to try to earn back that $4 billion they spent buying the "Star Wars" and "Indiana Jones" franchises from the Flannelled One, but producing five movies in less than five years just seems like overkill.

Part of what makes "Star Wars" special as a franchise is that the movies weren’t regularly produced and released. A new hyperspace-flying, lightsaber-swinging, force-filled big screen adventure was an event in the truest sense of the word. Yes, the prequels were terrible, but that didn’t stop millions of people from lining up for midnight screenings around the world. That enthusiasm for the series is sure to help Disney recoup their costs, especially when you consider that, adjusted for inflation, the first six movies in the series have grossed nearly $5 billion at the box office, not including home video and merchandising sales. The brand is a cash cow, but Disney’s accelerated plan could cheapen the "Star Wars" experience and lead fans already disappointed by the last round of movies to jump spaceship. A big franchise like this can only succeed in the long run if it keeps those people happy.

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The approach is similar to the multi-year plan that the studio is undertaking with their Marvel comic book movie properties. The “Iron Man” series and “The Avengers” have proven hugely successful, but one-offs starring superheroes Captain America and Thor have met with varying degrees of success. As the studio expands that cinematic universe to include lesser known characters and stories, they’re bound to run into a box office flop or two.

The same could easily be argued with the future "Star Wars" franchise. Sure, a movie about the briefly seen cult favourite character Boba Fett would be cool – but would any non-fans really go see a movie about a faceless space bounty hunter? If they keep "Star Wars" big, bold, and broad, the studio will ensure the series remains special for regular moviegoers and super fans alike.

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And speaking of super fans... While no plot details are currently known about the new "Star Wars" trilogy, that’s not to say that people don’t have ideas for the future of series. Actor/comedian Patton Oswalt is one of those people. An avowed "Star Wars" fan (but one who, with good reason, reviles the prequel movies), Oswalt put his fandom to good use on an upcoming episode of the NBC sitcom “Parks & Recreation.”

Seen in this extended outtake from the April 18 episode, Oswalt's character hilariously filibusters the Pawnee, Indiana city council with his ideas for what Disney needs to do for "Star Wars: Episode VII," even finding a way for Disney to bring the heroes of the Marvel universe into the fold.