I went to a Yankees game two years ago. I'm actually not a big Star Wars guy (or a Yankees guy!) but it was Star Wars Day. And I found it very curious that all their references and associations were EXCLUSIVELY towards the original trilogy. Nothing from the shows, nothing from the prequels, nothing from VII-IX. It was like a bunch of references from 1987. If I were a Star Wars fan, I would have been so pissed. All the Yankees were given vaguely SW-themed names (Juan Soto became Juan Solo) and the opposing Tigers were simply all Stormtroopers. LAME.
I think baseball more than any other sport leans into it’s nostalgia. Or at least MLB does. It’s the enforcement of the unwritten rules and no fun allowed. Did you watch the WBC? The vibes between Team USA and the rest of the world who actually seemed to have fun are night and day. But MLB still caters to an older fanbase that thinks batflips are a crime against humanity.
It’s the same thing how Disney is changing Galaxy’s Edge at the parks from a very specific time and place in the Star Wars universe to a more generic Star Wars Land type thing to try to lure the fans that think Jar Jar or Rey in “their” movies are abominations. Going to disney ain’t cheap these days. The older fans who grew up with the OT are the most likely to be able to afford it. The legacy characters are still the money makers.
I went to a Yankees game two years ago. I'm actually not a big Star Wars guy (or a Yankees guy!) but it was Star Wars Day. And I found it very curious that all their references and associations were EXCLUSIVELY towards the original trilogy. Nothing from the shows, nothing from the prequels, nothing from VII-IX. It was like a bunch of references from 1987. If I were a Star Wars fan, I would have been so pissed. All the Yankees were given vaguely SW-themed names (Juan Soto became Juan Solo) and the opposing Tigers were simply all Stormtroopers. LAME.
I think baseball more than any other sport leans into it’s nostalgia. Or at least MLB does. It’s the enforcement of the unwritten rules and no fun allowed. Did you watch the WBC? The vibes between Team USA and the rest of the world who actually seemed to have fun are night and day. But MLB still caters to an older fanbase that thinks batflips are a crime against humanity.
It’s the same thing how Disney is changing Galaxy’s Edge at the parks from a very specific time and place in the Star Wars universe to a more generic Star Wars Land type thing to try to lure the fans that think Jar Jar or Rey in “their” movies are abominations. Going to disney ain’t cheap these days. The older fans who grew up with the OT are the most likely to be able to afford it. The legacy characters are still the money makers.