Disney and LucasFilm are banking big on Rogue One being a box office success that’ll prove that Star Wars can exist beyond its episodic structure.

The idea behind future Star Wars movies may lie outside of rolling in a new trilogy every few years and more on anthologies.

Expanded movie universes. Marvel started it, and just about everyone else is copying them. There’s a lot of potential money in creating one big movie that has various spin-offs, with everybody from Superman to King Arthur getting in on the act now. But Paramount also wants some of that pie. Especially a pie that is more than meets the eye. …

With Twilight Breaking Dawn Part 2 out soon, I’ll be arming myself with all manner of weapons, as the last time that I sneered at the films in public, I was almost torn apart by a coalition of Team Jacob and Team Edward fangirls. Man, those tween nails were sharp. It’s pretty much clear that the franchise has been a …