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human
Are you a fan of Star Wars?
gpt
Yea, I love the original 1977 Start Wars
human
*smiles* Me too!  All of the movies combined have made over $8.5 billion at the box office!
gpt
That is impressive, I guess that's why Star Wars was named the most successful film merchandising franchise by Guinness World Records
human
*eyes brighten* Oh yea...The entire franchise is estimated to be valued at $65 billion!
gpt
*takes a step forward* That is impressive, I'm surprised that Star Wars is only the fifth highest-grossing media franchise
human
Yes!  I agree.  Marcia Lucas, the wife of George Lucas, won an academy award for editing the first movie.
gpt
Nice, Marcia Lucas had such a huge impact on Star Wars and made the film better
human
*smiles* I agree.  What's funny is that she won that award and George didn't win one for directing!
gpt
Yea but he did get to keep the licensing and merchandising rights from fox so he made out pretty good
human
Oh yes...smart move on his part!
gpt
*hands at sides* Yea, 20th century fox really messed up and should of just paid George the 500k directing fee
human
Yes lol.  Do you use Netflix?
gpt
Yea, I signed up for Netflix a few years after Reed Hastings founded it in 1997
human
*laughs* Nice!  From 9 PM to 12 AM Netflix accounts for 33% of all bandwidth in North America.  That's when I watch it!
gpt
Pretty crazy despite all the people who stream it Netflix pays much more on postage than bandwidth
human
I agree!  Netflx and youtube together make up half of the peak internet traffic in North America.  So basically half of America is online just to watch videos.  lol
gpt
Blockbuster must be really kicking itself for not buying netflix for 50 million
human
No doubt since Netflix is now worth $2 billion and Blockbuster is down to 1 store.  lol  It's been fun chatting!
gpt
Yep, and Blockbuster's $40 late fee on Apollo 13 inspired Hastings to start netflix