A closer look
Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss famously rushed the final season of the wildly popular fantasy series because they were incredibly eager to start working on a new Star Wars trilogy for Disney. They crammed complex character arcs and massive geopolitical plotlines into six poorly lit episodes, resulting in a universally despised finale that completely erased the show from the cultural zeitgeist almost overnight. In a beautiful twist of karmic justice, the massive backlash to their terrible writing ultimately led to Disney quietly cancelling their Star Wars project, leaving them entirely empty-handed and widely hated by nerds everywhere. It is the ultimate modern parable about the dangers of abandoning your loyal audience for a bigger paycheck, only to discover that burning bridges with dragon fire usually leaves you standing in the ashes
