Around the time the first "Mystery Box" dropped, the one that killed the new Jedi Order before the movie even fucking started and blew up the New Republic and its not-Coruscant capitol with an asspull of a "Death Star, but bigger, the franchise was a toy juggernaut and raked in billions from that alone. By "Rise of Skywalker," Abrams cut that to a fraction of its previous take but he's such a failing-upwards failson that he's still getting work.
Around the time the first "Mystery Box" dropped, the one that killed the new Jedi Order before the movie even fucking started and blew up the New Republic and its not-Coruscant capitol with an asspull of a "Death Star, but bigger, the franchise was a toy juggernaut and raked in billions from that alone. By "Rise of Skywalker," Abrams cut that to a fraction of its previous take but he's such a failing-upwards failson that he's still getting work.