Nissan awakens Star Wars: The Last Jedi brand partnership
Disney incumbent franchise Star Wars continues to be one of the biggest earners in the movie industry, each year attracting around half a dozen brand partners to tie into the marketing. Nissan is the first to kick off its activity for The Last Jedi, a sequel to 2015's The Force Awakens.
The ad mimics the aesthetic of the movie trailer which largely dominated by the colour red, marking a dark turn in the trilogy. The work from Omnicom’s Zimmerman Advertising serves merely as a teaser for what is to come. Future ads will link the car’s intelligence to the series’ droids, according to AdWeek.
It marks a continuation of the partnership with Disney. Nissan reportedly tied the sponsorship of Rogue One to a sizeable updraft in sales of its Rogue range.
Expect activity from Verizon, General Mills, Royal Philips, Vizio and even Christian Louboutin to accompany the movie in the coming weeks. As a further pointer, here are how brands activated on the previous entry in the series, Rogue One.
The movie will be released 15 December. There is a Han Solo solo movie called Solo to follow in 2018 where it is expected there will be a similar line of partners.