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Star Wars Thread: Episode II
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It’ll be on D+ within weeks, people will wait it out.
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It’ll be on D+ within weeks, people will wait it out.
This is the way.
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Pretty certain the catch-up aspect will be zero as there will be:
- Opening crawl
- Bit with Thrawn, his creepy witches with green fire and zombie stormtroopers
- Cut to Din and Grogu, clearly the good guys here.
There, all done, now watch the film.
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It’ll be on D+ within weeks, people will wait it out.
I know I will. But that’s not exactly great for the movie’s box office. Might as well just have made it directly for streaming, like Todd said.
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If it has sequences that make the case for it being a full film, stuff that can’t be done at the TV level, that’ll help too.
Again though I think the lines are increasingly blurry here. What the Star Wars shows have managed to do in terms of visuals is pretty astonishing, it often feels like movie-level stuff.
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It’ll be on D+ within weeks, people will wait it out.
You under-estimate fandom, it could still make a decent amount of cash, probably nowhere near a billion, but people will want to see it.
Feels like you’re arguing with yourself there ;)
It’ll be interesting to see how many people this gets. I think the continuity-heaviness Filoni generally tends toward will turn off people who haven’t watched the shows, and half of the audience who did watch the shows probably doesn’t like them enough at this point to go see the same stuff in a movie. I know that’s pretty much where I stand, at least. Just fandom isn’t going to be enough to make the box office.
Unless it’s a really good, exciting Star Wars movie. In that case, of course, all bets are off. But they haven’t yet managed to make one of those since the eighties, have they.
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“But they haven’t yet managed to make one of those since the eighties, have they.”
I enjoyed the hell out of Rogue One, but thats about it.
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Yeah, the ones I liked best were Rogue One and Solo.
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I watched the first two episodes of The Acolyte. It’s pretty good. For about three minutes. Because those three minutes involve Carrie Anne Moss, and ripping off the teahouse scene from Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon.
After that opening scene it totally nosedives, the whole thing is just so clunky and uninteresting and badly written and acted. I can’t believe that you could be given the keys to Star Wars and come up with something this generic and uninspired. If it didn’t have the SW name on it then nobody would be watching it (or even making it).
Really unexpectedly poor.
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I liked it well enough, but the Wuxia stuff is the definite highlight. The mystery/drama side of things is OK but quite generic.
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Ouch. Sigh. Dammit.
It’s OK, looks good but…
You have Carrie Anne Moss as a Jedi Master and make that a big deal in the trailers, only to kill her off in the first 5-10 minutes is one hell of a bait and switch. It left a nasty taste in the mouth that I found hard to get past.
The next problem is its attempts to conjure ambiguity. At this point I’ve seen about 20 years of Jedi deconstruction stories and few worked well. John Jackson Miller’s Knights of the Old Republic run was an excellent exception.
And then there is Vernestra, who gets done over in the worst way possible. Not since Kyp Durron in New Jedi Order has a character been so badly boxed into an unsuitable role.
Oh and Kelnacca? The High Republic gave us Wookiee Jedi, with robes and sabers and they are damn cool. Kelnacca? It’s a Wook running around in the buff.
It’s on D+ so yeah, I’ll see how it concludes despite its villain being both one dimensional and pathetic.
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I found it mediocre at best. It just felt so uninspired. The story and characters are cliche. I have seen this before, numerous times. I don’t mind seeing the same story again, but at least make it feel different. A half-assed attempt in the Star Wars universe doesn’t cut it.
They really did miss the opportunity to homage Police Squad!. In PS, the celebrity guest star died in the opening credits and was never seen thereafter. Just have a big-name celebrity show up each episode only to die in the first five minutes. That would have been fucking hilarious.
I think it’s way past time for Disney to sit down and have a come-to-Jesus moment with Star Wars (and Marvel for that matter). I, personally, am tired of basically “prequel” series and movies. Let’s move the franchise forward and go past the sequel trilogy. Let’s start building the future, and explore the unknown.
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I gave up Book of Boba Fett after one episode, lasted through all of Obi-Wan Kenobi, but looking back that was only because the first episode was pretty good, and it mostly looked fine. The writing, directing and action was about as good as one of the instantly forgettable filler episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. You might think that they at least would be able to match one of the good episodes with the money they have available…
So I have not even tried to watch Ahsoka or The Acolyte. I will watch season two of Andor of course, because that was good for real.
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Star Trek and Star Wars have both fallen down the same hole: They tell prequel stories that rely on heavy knowledge of past characters and stories that “fill in” canon instead of moving the story forward past the last incarnation (TNG/DS9/VOY era and SW sequels). Those story “holes” never needed to be filled. Those references to the past were there to give texture to the current stories being told. They didn’t need explanation.
TNG was honestly the perfect series for new viewers. It gave you the information you needed to enjoy the show on its own. If you had watched the original series and movies, great! That will enhance your experience. If TNG is the first time you’ve ever watched ST, great! Everything you need to know it right here and watching the old stuff is optional.
To quote the Dave Mathews Band, the current stuff is “treading trodden trails”. So much of the newer stuff requires an almost encyclopedic knowledge of the franchises. Enough of that! Fast forward the franchises to create a starting point for new viewers and honors and surprises veterans.
It’s time to move forward.
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Ah yes, late stage capitalism at its finest.
The budgets on so many of these projects are ridiculous, yet the end result feels cheap and unimpressive.
Studios are so desperate to satisfy shareholders, they play it too safe. You, more often than not, end up with an unsatisfying product for audiences and it tanks. Instead of making a better quality product at a more reasonable price point, the studios double down on a bad hand and make the same mistakes again.
A little risk may pay off in the long run.
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I’d love for the Acolyte to pick a lane and stick to it. Last week suggested we were going to get a Rashomon-style affair where we’re going to see the tragic events from multiple perspectives, but now this week Mei is all “I’m going to find Osha! That’s what’s important!” with no connective tissue between their encounter in episode 2 and here. There’s a good story somewhere in here, but it’s being told badly.
To be honest, I drifted out of paying attention to the episode to the point I didn’t even know the Wookiee Jedi had been killed until I was watching a review by a YouTuber I like.
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This is the first Star Wars TV show that I’ve just given up on altogether, as the first episodes were so poor. Doesn’t sound like I’m missing much.
Feels like there’s a risk of these shows going the same way as the MCU Disney+ shows and becoming a byword for missable and mediocre.
We need Andor to come back and show everyone what a good Star Wars show looks like.
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The Wook is not dead, he wasn’t even in it – or if he was, he didn’t register and Wooks are hard to miss.
I’ll see how it plays out but…
It was so-so episode with quite a cliffhanger, which might be followed by a flashback episode.
As to Darth Teeth, there’s a clearly better identity, look at those gnashers! Darth American, easy
Really not liking what they’re doing Vernestra, what should be one of its coolest aspects just isn’t. They’re making us wait for the light-whip too.
Yord was severely irritating.
Mae was all over the place, going from referring to Osha as Jedi scum to deciding to turn herself in. Qimir is looking more dodgy too.
Still, will see how it plays out.
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This show is just bland and generic. Story, characters, acting; everything is mediocre and uninspired. It feels like we’ve seen all of this before.
This show just doesn’t feel compelling.
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So, get this:
I missed entirely that they had offed Kelnacca.
i registered the “he’s here” line but not Kelnacca being dead. How? I really don’t know.
So went back and looked at the scene again and I reckon it was the colour combination used, all the brown and black blended him in.
Don’t think I’ll be topping this one anytime soon.
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The Acolyte will be for Star Wars what Secret Invasion is for the MCU.
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At least the Acolyte has had some good fight scenes?
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At least the Acolyte has had some good fight scenes?
Ehhh…
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Well, that was a good fight scene IMO. And possibly the least suprising series of surprises ever.
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Well, that was a good fight scene IMO. And possibly the least suprising series of surprises ever.
You sound surprised.
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This might have been better for me if social media dipwits hadn’t spoiled it to hell.
Still, there was some neat duel choreography, with good use of the sabers for illumination. The addition of cortosis was clever, but it also has the effect of weakening the claims-to-be-Sith, who also happens to have a Magneto-effect thought blocking helmet, and is immune to stun bolts. It’s a bit too tidy.
From this episode I conclude Sith are the kind of individual who gets to Level 100, then spends all their time killing Level 50 others, with gear they can get nowhere. They brag about great they are while tipping the odds to their favour to an absurd degree.
Despite that Jecki had a damn good go at taking him. Yord? He was irritating, even in this ep.
Mae continues to be a walking personality void, save for being a psychopath narcissist, which is pretty much the same thing.
Still no Vernestra or lightwhip.
Overall? I dunno. I liked it, didn’t love it. There’s three eps left, can those live up to revealing what happened on Brendok and make it work with the sheer build-up it has had? Again, dunno. Do I want to see how it plays out? As a matter of curiosity, yes but I can’t say I’m that interested in the characters.
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Well, it’s a total tease of episode, in more ways than one and next week has to deliver. It was all right for me. I can’t say I’m investing that much week to week, I want the whole picture first.
As to what went on here:
The timing was weird to me. If the events are in parallel, how did Qimir and Osha get to that “unknown world” – yeah, course it is – so fast?
I can buy Osha going more dark than Mae, as a response to Mae steamrolling her for years. It wouldn’t be particularly logical or rational but that is how the dark side works. Few good decisions are made when a negative emotion is in effect, not least as the emotions do cloud perception.
With Vernestra’s ship being called the Cantoros, that puts paid to the Qimir = Imri idea. What happened to Imri? Likely died of old age and Vernestra took Qimir as a padawan, but couldn’t train him as well while dealing with the loss of Imri. Also, lightwhip! Finally.
Good to get cortosis mentioned on-screen too.
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Well I was close with the prediction. Not sure how they’re going to wrap this up in one episode while Osha and Mae are still separated and on different paths. So that suggests planning for a second series and a SHOCKING CLIFFHANGER of Osha becoming Qimir’s acolyte and Mae Sol’s.
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Hmm, there’s an awful lot riding on the last episode.
The mist effect suggests a possible form of body-hopping immortality, which the Jedi are unlikely to respond well to. Then there’s possessing Torbin and Kelnacca which is never going down well.
Lots of subtle HR references here. The obvious one is the hyperspace disaster, but the more subtle is the Mother being force-sensitive and running rampant. While nabbing likely Sith relics, which leads to the Nihil.
Mae remains a little bastard and I’m sceptical the last episode will change that for me.
The episode isn’t the full revelation that might have been expected, which leaves next week finale with a lot to do.
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I think this series would have benefited from being longer. These characters really need to be fleshed out some more. We really needed more time to get to know them. Sol and his “save Osha” mindset just seems to come out of nowhere and honestly, comes across as pervy.
As it stands, I really don’t care about any of the characters or what happens to them.
Well I was close with the prediction. Not sure how they’re going to wrap this up in one episode while Osha and Mae are still separated and on different paths. So that suggests planning for a second series and a SHOCKING CLIFFHANGER of Osha becoming Qimir’s acolyte and Mae Sol’s.
If it is renewed, we’ll probably have to wait 2+ years for the next season to see the resolution.
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Hmm, there’s some neat sequences in this finale but I can’t say it really comes together for me, nor does it pay off the series as a whole.
Where it really succeeds is in illustrating the destructive nature of the dark side. Just about every decision in the show is made under fear, hate, vengeance or other negative emotion. And it wrecks everyone without exception.
The finale has an excellent lightsaber duel, with a lot of neat touches that haven’t been seen before.
Where it is weakest for me is Mae / Osha, neither character really flies for me. Nor is the whole “kill without a weapon” line as clever as it thinks it is.
When it was announced it’d have a wookiee Jedi, it was disappointing that it was not Burry. Given how it plays out though? It’s better that it wasn’t Burry. Meanwhile, what should be one of its best HR inclusions, Vernestra, is its worst. It is far, far too reliant on the “it’s decades later, people change” card. Oh and that last scene cliffhanger with Yoda is an outrageous tease.
I liked Rayvencourt’s position because it does have a logic to it. There is no defence against a Force-user snapping, either with or without the Jedi.
As to the “Plagueis” reveal, it was blink-and-miss-it, even don’t-blink-and-still-miss it as it was both so murky and fast.
A big weakness is its structuring, ep 7 doesn’t work as a penultimate one, but I’m not sure where else to put it either.
One total mystery is what the hell Bazil was up to, file under “who knows?”
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Yeah, I like the show The Acolyte was trying to be, but not so much the show that we got. Decidedly OK.
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So that was a show that was streamed.
Sol just comes across as a pedophile.
These 8-episode seasons really do shows a disservice. The shows aren’t lean – they’re missing muscle, especially when you’re introducing a whole new set of characters. It would have been better to do a 13-18ish episode season so characters have time to grow and audiences have a chance to get to know them. Just go ahead and combine S1 and S2 together and tell a complete story. The show had potential but everything is so rushed that characters are pretty much 1-dimensional.
I really wish Disney would get actual show-runners to helm the Marvel and Star Wars streaming shows and give higher episode counts. Get Jed Whedon and Maurissa Tancharoen and give them a real budget. They could do fantastic things with the franchises.
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So, I’ve finally caught up to this, bare the finale (which I can watch next week at the earliest, due to the kid being at a music festival thing over the weekend).
And yeah, it’s pretty bad. The weakest points being the terrible dialogue and the flat characters, who aren’t being helped by the mediocre actors (with Lee Jung-jae and Carrie-Ann Moss being the exceptions to that). Amandla Stenberg does exactly nothing with the opportunity of playing opposing twins, and Manny Jacinto doesn’t even pull off the sidekick well, let alone the bad guy.
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With good writing, we could get to know the characters, care about them and get a story with a resolution in less than 2 hours.
So the problem isn’t the number of episodes.
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Yeah, it’s not the number of episodes that’s the problem, it’s that it’s all just plot happening and expositionary dialogue; nothing is character-driven. I mean, what even are the characters? What are Mae or Osha’s motivations, apart from their one defining drive (For Sol: Wanting those kids, then guilt; For Mae: revenge; For Osha: as a kid wanting to be a Jedi (and how the hell did that happen anyway, growing up in a cult that despises them without any contact to the outside world) and as an adult, well, nothing really which is one of the biggest problems of the show)? And there’s nothing there that’s not immediately on the surface, as it’s always spelled out for us when the characters are supposed to feel or think something.
Honestly, this would be a great example for terrible writing in any creative writing class. It’s quite impressive.Oh, and one thing I forgot in my first post: The Jedi in this show are all (well, except for Indara) dumb, incompetent, arrogant bastards. I mean, okay, this completely tracks with the prequels and the Clone Wars and everything we’ve seen of them, they’re just a shower of horrible cunts really. So, yeah, at least it’s all consistent, but at this point I’m about ready to just side with the Sith once and for all, which will make for an interesting rewatch of the original movies if nothing else.
So, what’s left on the positive side is… well, the show looks really good. And there are some really neat fights, with choreography and execution above the level of other Star Wars shows (not that that’s saying much).
*Although she supposedly is ready to give that up when she learns that Osha is alive, but then suddenly decides that revenge is more important when she abandons her sister and leaves her to die/be captured in order to go kill Sol.
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With good writing, we could get to know the characters, care about them and get a story with a resolution in less than 2 hours.
So the problem isn’t the number of episodes.
I was thinking about this later.
Each season of The Boys is 8 episodes, but each episode is just packed with character development, multiple stories, and action. Each season builds on the last to push everything forward. There is a lot in each episode but little, if any, fat. I really think the success of the series comes down to Eric Kripke. He is an experienced show-runner and understands the nature of serialized storytelling. I think a more experienced show-runner could have made a great series out of The Acolyte (and other Star Wars and Marvel series).
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I think a more experienced show-runner could have made a great series out of The Acolyte (and other Star Wars and Marvel series).
I’ve never watched Supernatural, but Kripke certainly is a genius at translating Ennis’ stuff to TV.
(Come to think of it, giving him a Punisher show based on Ennis’ runs would be a fucking genius move by Marvel.
Or, you know, Gunn giving him a Hitman TV show.)But to be fair, Headland has been producing TV shows for over a decade; it’s not like she’s completely inexperienced. I don’t think it could’ve been clear from the start that she would fuck this up, I can see why they’d take a gamble on her based on the strength of Russian Doll in particular. Although it would certainly have made more sense to pick somebody more experienced in producing action/adventure stuff than urban sitcom fare.
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Or, you know, Gunn giving him a Hitman TV show.
Why isn’t this happening? Cash on the table for DC.
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For all that it had flaws, it did have plus points that a second series could have built on.
Plus, it was well viewed. Which is a problem as the companies seem to be making decisiobs on a hazy basis. Don’t watch it? Axed. Watch it? Axed.
Finally, what major TV successes have had a flawless first series? Often success has come later.
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Well, as they’re taking tips from Square Enix on expectations, probably not much.
Skeleton Crew could go very nasty, with the kids getting hate sent their way.
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I’m not surprised that it was cancelled, but surprised that it is officially stated instead of just not talked about it until the show is forgotten.
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Hells Bells by AC/DC makes Darth Vader more terrifying
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‘Star Wars’ Movies’ Race for Rey, and the Future of the Franchise on the Big Screen – Hollywood Reporter
The scavenger-turned-Jedi played by Daisy Ridley in the last three episode movies is key to the space opera’s next turn.
Forget the Death Star, the most coveted weapon in the Star Wars movie arsenal is the character of Rey Skywalker.Since the Nov. 7 reveal that Simon Kinberg had signed on to develop and write and produce a new Star Wars trilogy for Lucasfilm and Disney, debate has focused on whether or not it would be a continuation of the so-called nine-film Skywalker Saga, tying it to the legacy of Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader and storylines first laid out by George Lucas in 1977. The reason for the debate is that the new, hoped-for trilogy would feature Rey in some form or fashion.
Some fans have expressed criticism that Lucasfilm would return to the well to make “episodes,” as they are called, beyond the nine movies that comprise the Skywalker story, which had been billed as concluding with 2019’s Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker. That film grossed $1.077 billion globally but also wasn’t received well by much of the fanbase (it received a B+ grade from audiences polled by CinemaScore and a 51 percent critics tally at Rotten Tomatoes).
But Rey, the scavenger-turned-Jedi played by Daisy Ridley in the last three episode movies, is key to the franchise’s next turn. That potentially puts Kinberg’s trilogy story development, as early in its conceptual stages as it may be, on a collision course with the Rey standalone movie that is actively in the works with director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy.
That feature, revealed with fanfare in April 2023 at Star Wars Celebration in London, is to star Ridley and could have already been in production were it not for some unanticipated headwinds, with writers rotating around more than R2-D2’s chrome dome. A new writer search is underway so it’s unclear when that one would go.
Perhaps that is why Lucasfilm was receptive to Kinberg’s multi-story pitch. Anything to move Rey forward. But it does engender rumors in the Star Wars underground of filmmakers jostling for characters. (Ridley, for her part, recently told The Hollywood Reporter, “I feel like the new one/new ones will be so interesting. Time has passed and a lot has changed for me, personally, so it’ll be interesting to come back to someone who I know so well, but in such a different moment.”)
While insiders dispute the notion that there is a battle for Rey, there definitely is internal deliberation within Lucasfilm as to what do with the heir to Skywalker next. “She is the most valuable cinematic asset, in some ways maybe the only one, Star Wars has right now,” one source close to the franchise tells THR. (Pedro Pascal’s Mandalorian and the Yoda-like Grogu are Disney+ creations and will have their big-screen power tested with a feature directed by Jon Favreau, releasing in 2026.)
According to sources, Rey is set to play a role in several movies that are being developed, although which ones remains unclear.
Star Wars movie development has been under scrutiny for several years with Lucasfilm head Kathleen Kennedy taking fire for not developing meaningful characters beyond those first created by Lucas prior to the sale to Disney in 2012 for $4 billion. And if the franchise looks forward in its canon timeline, all those beloved characters — Luke, Leia, Vader, Obi-Wan, Yoda and Han — are dead or had their storylines wrapped in prequels or spinoffs. Rey, created in the post-Lucas era, is arguably the only entity with currency on the big screen now. “The closet is a little bare,” says another source.
What the Kinberg hiring lays bare is that development of movies at the company remains its own unique ecosystem in Hollywood. There are numerous Star Wars movies being developed that overlap characters or timelines. They are not related but whatever one were to come out first, could, in a domino effect, then impact the ones after it. (James Mangold’s “Dawn of the Jedi” movie that takes places long before the Skywalkers may be one of the exceptions.)
Some Lucasfilm directors are aware of what others are working on while others are not. For instance, Taika Waititi is working on a Star Wars movie, Shawn Levy has a feature project in the works and Donald Glover’s Lando idea has moved over development from the TV to the film side of Lucasfilm. A Rogue Squadron project is also still in development as a feature.
“It’s a different way of development,” says another insider familiar with the company’s way of working. “There’s so much parallel work going on.”
It also points to the unique nature of Star Wars. To fans, and in this case filmmakers and producers, it is not a brand or a franchise, but something akin to a religion. Unlike Marvel or DC, with decades of stories propelling them forward, or even Harry Potter, with seven fleshed out books, Star Wars at its core has been the original George Lucas movies. And nothing has been codified or been made more canonical in modern times than those three movies. To filmmakers and executives, the first trilogy is the Old Testament.
“You’re being asked to create the new New Testament,” adds one source who worked on previous movies. “And no one can agree on anything and there’s a lot of second guessing about meanings.”
Another source familiar with the process is more business-minded, noting, “Star Wars is a nostalgia-based enterprise and they are running out of ways to create nostalgia.”
The television side doesn’t appear to have these problems. As several insiders note, that arm has a lot more freedom to expand Lucas’ universe, which is why there’s been a varied slate that runs, for better or worse in the eyes of fans, the gamut from Andor (season two arrives next April) to The Acolyte (not getting a season two), as well as a corner for Ahsoka creator Dave Filoni, the chief creative officer at Lucasfilm.
Adds an insider, “To make standalone movies or continuing the Skywalker Saga in any form is a fundamental question the company faces as it tries to move forward.”
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Interesting. Definitely feels like the current strategy for Star Wars is to desperately fling shit at a wall and hope that some of it sticks.
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Kinberg, eh? “Hey, remember that guy who crashed the X-Men franchise? We should totally get that guy to revive Star Wars!”
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More importantly, Andor is apparently back in April.
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Yes, old school Metallica does make Darth Vader more terrifying!
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Yes, old school Metallica does make Darth Vader more terrifying!
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Disney Removes ‘Star Wars’ Movie From 2026 Slate
Lucasfilm:
I genuinely think something is wrong at the executive level. I wonder if it’s a case of paralysis-by-analysis, due to the critical response of the last few movies and them “wanting to get it right”. They did develop a “brain trust” who came up with “The High Republic” multimedia project. Maybe they need to do something like that again?
Star Wars feel so lost right now. The projects just feel like things are being thrown at a wall to see what sticks. There does not seem to be plan.
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I genuinely think something is wrong at the executive level.
Kathleen Kennedy’s response:
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You lot can’t handle two SW films a year without whining about”fatigue”.
I think the problem is more that they clearly don’t have a vision or a strategy for the movie side. How many projects have they teased or announced now that have never come to fruition?
There was the trilogy by Rian Johnson, the trilogy by the GoT guys, the Patty Jenkins X-Wing/Rogue Squadron movie, the Taika Waititi movie, the Kevin Feige movie, the Yoda movie, the Boba Fett movie, this new Rey movie… under the current regime there really have been a lot of Star Wars movies that never happened.
The best they seem to be able to manage now is a spinoff of a TV show that has already gone off the boil. I think Mando and Grogu will definitely come out in the end, but I don’t know if it’s going to solve their problems in terms of helping to cement a wider strategy for these movies.
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The weird thing is that there’s so much good Star Wars content out there. If they’d gone the Marvel route of just taking the best of the comics, novels, games etc. and loosely adapt them, they would’ve been fine.
Still, I’ll take a look at Skeleton Crew.
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Where it gets especially messy is the film moved is the Rey one, which has its own cottage industries of telling the world that it will and won’t happen.
Schrödinger’s movie?
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Pretty much.
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Pretty much.
I thought it might be Heisenberg’s movie, but I was uncertain.
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Where it gets especially messy is the film moved is the Rey one, which has its own cottage industries of telling the world that it will and won’t happen.
Schrödinger’s movie?
It’s more like having a spectrum of both visible and invisible Reys.
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Skeleton Crew is a perfectly fine SW riff on The Goonies in Spaaaaacce.
It also has a lighting director who knows their job and a script that knows it needs to zip the story along.
It’s nothing revolutionary, but it is smartly executed, looks good and is fun.
Oh, you wanted an adult orientated, gritty, dystopic tale? Get out of here, it ain’t that kind of story.
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