.As part of the testing process I thought I’d kick off the traditional Star Wars thread.
The Obi-Wan Kenobi series with Ewan McGregor has been confirmed for Disney+ to begin shooting next year.
There’s also been new footage previewed from Rise Of Skywalker, although it’s not online
https://io9.gizmodo.com/new-star-wars-the-rise-of-skywalker-footage-featured-r-1837449069
Sounds like it could be interesting.
I assume that Lawson was sincere at not wanting to revisit the character because, well, there wasn’t much character to revisit. If he’s back it should be because Wedge will have something interesting to do in the story?
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Which is what audiences want too; interesting stories about interesting people.
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Everyone wins, except the First Order, hopefully.
I assume that Lawson was sincere at not wanting to revisit the character because, well, there wasn’t much character to revisit. If he’s back it should be because Wedge will have something interesting to do in the story?
I look forward to my family purchasing a “Han Solo in carbonite” coffin for me when the time comes.
You know you’d totally be into that. 
Looks gorgeous, but I have little doubt the saga will go out with a whimper and not a bang.
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Can’t imagine what it would be like the sequel trilogy had had competent leadership and writers, who could tell an original story that didn’t shit all over the movies that came before it.
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(Speaking of shitting on things… Patriots 24, Jets 0…)
It’s unlikely I’ll enjoy it as much as The Last Jedi, but I’m looking forward to it.
I was the first person to book a ticket for the first non-midnight screening at my cinema.
This better be good otherwise im going over to JJs house and beating him up.
I am not expecting this to save the sequels. I am sure it is going to be a good enough movie in its own way, but Abrams hasn’t yet managed to create any movie that was better than okay, for me.
Yeah, due to all that blue milk shit.
Saw it a short while ago, it’s…. OK. They’ve managed the impossible of rendering me indifferent to the return of the Emperor, which shouldn’t be possible.
Nor do I see any benefit in secrecy for a final film, TFA I can see the reasoning even if I disagree with it, but here? Doesn’t add up.
No. It’s Disney’s Star Wars that is dead inside.
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It’s just a bunch of perfunctory crap to sell tickets to a theme park and put merchandise on store shelves. There’s no story there. When the Mouse bought Lucasfilm seven years ago, they didn’t have any interest in extending the story, developing the universe, or anything remotely interesting. They just cleared the classic characters off of the board and made them into failures in order for the new Disney cast of characters replay the same story.
Bwahahaha. You do realize what franchise created the merchandizing game, right?
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Also, one of the classic actors would only come back if they agreed to kill them and another is only (presumably) being killed off because she actually died.
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TFA and TLJ were incredible films. There’s a lot of rewriting of reality to fit a narrative of people who just didn’t like the direction these films took for whatever reason. That’s fine but that doesn’t make them any more or less commercially motivated than previous films.
What remains hugely weird to me is the difference in presentation between the films and the supporting material. It’s like there are two STs, which also happened on the PT. The PT films sparked off some great stories I’ll go back to. The actual films? Not so much.
The ST supporting material has rendered the FO far better but only a niche audience benefits from it. Then again, that material also attempts to fuse OT and PT, which the ST films are very wary of. Maybe they want to downplay this and are content to keep them as niche products.
The one thing the trailer does convince me of is that going the route of Darth Puppy Eyes wasn’t a good idea.
Oh and they’re not shuffling off the FO any time soon.
This board (and the MW boards before it) were as deep a dive into fandom as I care to go. Whatever arguments are being had elsewhere can stay there.
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Here, as far as I can see, the new films were received with disappointment by most, but certainly not all, and the prequels are seen as failures with odd bits and ideas that deserved better films around them.
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I want to like the next film, it’s Star Wars, but I’m cautious about being too optimistic…
I stand by my prediction – within 10 years, the defining Star Wars nerd debate will be whether Empire or Last Jedi is the best movie to that point.
Agreed. It’s crazy how similar those films are in structure especially how they function in their respective trilogies. Jedi is my favorite of the Original Trilogy. So I have high expectations for this film.
Evil Ronnie is scary
You should see Angry Ronnie.
Bwahahaha. You do realize what franchise created the merchandizing game, right?
Thunderbirds.
Amateurs.
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Has everyone heard the story of Mark Hamill and his original contract for the films? Supposedly, he made sure that his contract included that he receive one of every piece of merchandise made for the film. He thought that would be a poster and a mug. Then, Star Wars turned out to be the merchandising juggernaut that it is. I don’t know what he’s done with them. I think he’s made various comments over the years but it seems like it’s been a while since it’s addressed.
No you big softy. I know a good cuddle with a puppy will sort out your anger.
Imagine if something happened to said puppy.
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I stand by my prediction – within 10 years, the defining Star Wars nerd debate will be whether Empire or Last Jedi is the best movie to that point.
Agreed. It’s crazy how similar those films are in structure especially how they function in their respective trilogies. Jedi is my favorite of the Original Trilogy. So I have high expectations for this film.
Evil Ronnie is scary
You should see Angry Ronnie.
what does Sidious need a fleet of Death Star Destroyers for?
Except that the argument frequently is “the prequels were good actually, unlike the sequels”, which is what I’m talking about.
I don’t think I’ve ever heard that argument. I mean, okay, I don’t talk Star Wars much outside of The Carrier, but still.
(My impression of the mainstream opinion here would be the one Steve summarised.)
‘Return of the Jedi’ was an uplifting victory. If you show that victory to have been flawed and only temporary, then you should show why that is the case.
Well, yeah, that should’ve been the sequel trilogy. You start with a new golden age, with the first new Jedi having great adventures and starting to bring justice and freedom to the galaxy. And then there’s the big new/old threat, and the cracks begin to show. The first movie ends triumphant, but still on a note of vague dread, and the second one shows the new Republic under serious attack from this new threat – big action and adventure, but with a cliffhanger that leads to the third movie, in which, well, the new threat is defeated and the New Republic continues to grow.
But that isn’t what they did. They wanted to tell the story of the underdogs again, and so they blew up the Republic at the start of it all and turned the heroes into rebels again. And once you’ve gone down that road, what’s the point of telling the story of how it all fell apart? You’re stuck with the decision to tell the same story again – underdogs against Empire. Telling the story of how we got to that point was excruciatingly boring already the first time (the Prequel Trilogy); I certainly don’t want another Prequel Trilogy that shows the New Republic falling apart and Ben turning into Kylo Ren. I don’t care because the whole plot is such a forced repetition of the OT anyway that I’d rather just get it over with.
Maybe the next set of movies will finally open up the Star Wars galaxy to new stories.
