{"id":549,"date":"2026-04-17T23:28:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T23:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yasbou.com\/?p=549"},"modified":"2026-04-17T23:28:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T23:28:00","slug":"former-employee-says-disney-wanted-the-new-star-wars-trilogy-to-erase-the-original-disney-cosmic-book-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yasbou.com\/?p=549","title":{"rendered":"Former employee says Disney wanted the new Star Wars trilogy to erase the original | Disney Cosmic Book News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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After the fired software engineer spoke out about Disney’s company culture and DEI, other Disney employees also came forward about issues with the company and Star Wars.<\/p>\n

Former Disney employee and conservative author Peachy Keenan is currently slamming Disney’s Star Wars strategy, saying the company is of <\/em>disneyland galaxy’s edge<\/em> An attraction that revolves around the wrong version of Star Wars from the beginning.<\/p>\n

Keenan said he was at Disney at the time of the land’s launch, writing marketing writing related to the rides, hotels, marketing and website, and spoke of deep dissatisfaction within the company with the direction of the project.<\/p>\n

“I’m not exaggerating when I say I felt a crushing disappointment, almost a sense of betrayal, that everything was in the new IP instead of the original IP,” she posted on X.<\/p>\n

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Disney favored the new trilogy over the original trilogy.<\/h2>\n

Keenan says Disney made deliberate choice to build star wars land<\/em> Not as a symbol of the original trilogy, which fans actually wanted, but in the hope that in the age of sequels, fans would forget about the original.<\/p>\n

“Disney made the decision to invest this money to support the new trilogy, believing that the new trilogy would erase the old trilogy in the minds of fans,” she said. \u201cThe level of arrogance around this is at a level that belongs in the history books of the business world.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her comments hit at the heart of what fans have been discussing about Disney’s Star Wars for years. galaxy’s edge<\/em>that Disney spent a huge amount of money on Star Wars; galaxy’s edge <\/em>Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Leia, and Darth Vader barely appeared, with new characters and Batuu taking center stage.<\/p>\n

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Keenan criticizes Disney’s sequel trilogy’s treatment of legacy characters<\/h2>\n

Keenan also weighs in on the sequel trilogy itself, saying that Disney ruined the original heroes in the process.<\/p>\n

“They created a trilogy that destroyed the OG characters. They promoted an excruciatingly annoying Mary Sue boss lady, added Han’s pathetic loser son, a divorced Leia and Han, a disillusioned and bitter Luke, and then killed off Luke, Han, and Leia,” she said.<\/p>\n

The post directly tied the land to Disney’s larger Star Wars plans, with Keenan claiming that the company sought to promote a new trilogy at the expense of the characters that built the series.<\/p>\n

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Disney’s Star Wars era ended in failure<\/h2>\n

Keenan went further and said the fallout also affected the people behind Disney’s Star Wars era.<\/p>\n

“The result: J.J. Abrams’ directorial career is over. Rian Johnson is in tatters. Kathleen Kennedy finally steps down as Lucas’ director. Chapek is out. Disney movies are trash,” she said. \u201cThe greatest entertainment IP ever created was set on fire to appease the egos of the geniuses who bought it and thought they could surpass the genius of the original.\u201d<\/p>\n

her post frame galaxy’s edge<\/em> As part of a much larger collapse, Disney made a failed bet to replace the old Star Wars with a new version. Just recently, it was revealed that Abrams will be closing and downsizing Bad Robot’s production offices in Los Angeles and moving to New York.<\/p>\n

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Disney’s latest changes to Galaxy’s Edge come too late<\/h2>\n

Keenan also responded to Disney’s change in policy: galaxy’s edge<\/em> And it brings back some of the more familiar elements of the original trilogy.<\/p>\n

“And it’s too late. Nobody cares that Darth is walking around again to John Williams music. The new Leia face character is similar to Brenda from Human Resources,” she said.<\/p>\n

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The comments come as Disney plans to loosen up Disneyland’s old sequel-era setting. galaxy’s edge<\/em>brings more classic characters and music related to the original film.<\/p>\n

Lucasfilm is also on sale The Mandalorian & Grogu<\/em> next month Star Wars: Starfighter<\/em> It’s coming out next year. Daisy Ridley’s plans to continue Disney’s Star Wars trilogy as Rey are in doubt. Also, I recently saw the news that Disney has canceled the Kylo Ren movie.<\/p>\n

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I was at Disney when Land launched. In fact, I personally wrote much of the copy for the Star Wars Land rides and Star Wars Hotels in marketing materials and websites. <\/p>\n

To say there was a devastating disappointment, I almost felt betrayed… https:\/\/t.co\/tP32CXTV1a<\/p>\n

\u2014 Peachy Keenan (@KeenanPeachy) April 17, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n