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Hopefully it is great, yes I agree. I suppose the larger problem is that they’re not talking about the movie itself… because it probably won’t be anything new. There will be a rise and a fall, new disciples, new powers, some evil galaxy scale threat, whatever. Will another three films actually have any material worth seeing? The last three didn’t for the most part. When will Star Wars have relevance again? This generation have had the MCU instead. I mentioned GOTGV3 before not only as a financial success but as a sci-fi trilogy I felt was actually worth seeing all the way through. Problem is now the wheels have fallen off all the Disney owned franchises so where else is there to go…

Well it’s one thing to find inspiration in real life, but it’s another to bring that into a blockbuster franchise. Maybe she should have talked about how things she’s seen in the real world will help bring back depth and humanity to a series mired in lacklustre characterisation and shallow themes? Will the realism of documentaries be combined with the fantasy of Star Wars? I have no idea because that didn’t get addressed, as did any reason for her being hired.

Talking about herself so much just makes it seem as though the project at hand is a secondary concern. It looks as though all the films being produced have enough PR already if there are that many being made, I don’t understand the relevance. You’re selling out and signing your soul away to a mega-corp after all, like so many independent film-makers have done before (whether their movies actually made or not). It’s not some grand philanthropic endeavour.

Disney has a few options, regardless of your opinion on the political soapbox stuff that seems to come around any time somebody employed by them starts talking. One the one hand they should probably just be quiet.

Time works wonders for things like this, and in a few years there will probably be people clamouring to return to the saga. Some parts of the audience will develop total apathy, others will start getting nostalgic. So regardless of whether any of this is a good idea simply getting on with a project quietly should be their first priority. Announcing stuff, making a big fuss, then firing people and shifting it all around makes them look weak and foolish.

On the other hand they need to take action to improve their brand. The TV shows outside Andor have been a total mess in terms of tone and quality. A course correction based on The Rise of Skywalker is probably a bad idea. But if they’re going to do it, they should get on with it. Who is directing something, who is writing it, who cares. It’s STAR WARS. They need to get back into their heads what that actually means and deliver some decent output.

Behind the scenes they’re probably panicking because their only hit recently was Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.3, the final note for a series that is essentially done despite all the filler post Avengers: Endgame. If their goal is to make money then they’re running out of people who are willing to spend any. Why they’re wasting time with all this talk is baffling. But then again so is most of their decision making in the past five years.

That would be pretty good actually.

https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1742306227143520688

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy is directing Daisy Ridley’s new #StarWars movie about Rey rebuilding the Jedi Order. She’s the first woman to direct a “Star Wars” movie and says “it’s about time.”

“I’m very thrilled about the project because I feel what we’re about to create is something very special. We’re in 2024 now, and it’s about time that we had a woman come forward to shape a story in a galaxy far, far away.”

There’s not much to go on beyond basic hero’s journey stuff, unless you consider TLJ to be part of the rise/fall/rise cycle of the Excalibur/Lightsaber story. But since Ben Solo isn’t Luke’s child it doesn’t really fit in the usual sense. There are other vague parallels but the prequels decided to go with politics instead of magic and myth. A lot lot missed opportunities all round.

There is another…

This is good stuff.

Ah no? From the developers of the Star Fox chip… what the hell.

Tickets get sold for bootleg edits of SW movies all the time as far as I’m aware. A mega-corpo like Disney isn’t gonna waste their time trying to stop it.

If Ahsoka was on the same level as The Bad Batch it might have been good news, but alas.

I’m not sure which line change is worse, that one or the Luke “you don’t taste so good” being cut. Technically not a SE change but I still kinda hate it.

RIP legendary movie poster artist Roger Kastel - ESB, Jaws, Superman et al.

https://twitter.com/sw_holocron/status/1724784121832947811

Wrong thread.

Asaki said:
DOUBLE LIFE DAY

To be fair everyone’s decisions were inexplicably dumb.

That’s really interesting, as I remember the “A New Hope” name being a thing, but looking at the 1995 artwork for the Obi-wan/THX edition it’s only on the spine as a smaller subtitle. I guess it’s become habit, like how EPISODE ONE was everywhere instead of the movie name back in the day.

Then a lot of scenes in ROTJ would need changing from a redemption arc to a forgiveness one.

Obi-wan says that Anakin was a good friend… and doesn’t mention any kind of rule breaking by having a child. The idea of the dark side giving easier access to strength and power is one thing, but linking it to romance is a bizarre later addition. In fact all the OT discussion of the Force relates to things like a lust for action and excitement, in opposition to the peaceful zen-like themes of the Jedi way. What does not having friends and family have to do with being a good Guardian of the Republic?

I get the feeling that George mis-remembered ESB and the scene where Yoda tells Luke not to risk the future by running off to save his friends. Surely if attachment was a no-no then Luke would have a problem rescuing Vader? Isn’t being sad and trying to get him back against the Jedi way? I get that it wasn’t fleshed out until later but the PT stuff is ridiculous, and often contradicts itself anyway.

That much huh? Jeez.

That’s just the marketing lesson Disney has learned from movies liked “Frozen” and “Tangled”. Anything complex or meaningful is too much.

Calling it a Rebels season at all is a big stretch. More like a bunch of five-minute “Tales of the Republic” plot ideas thrown together… and padded out to a long running time. And missing all the actual personalities like Hondo, Zeb, Rex, Kallus… etc.

Imagine if they’d had flashbacks to the kind of things that made Thrawn intimidating, by showing the TIE Defender program in live action or his use of forced labour, through how people like Ryder remembering him. They could have done something.

I was thinking back to how Mando season one felt like so well done at the time, compared to how things have unravelled now. So much in Ahsoka is tell not show. Whereas Din barely speaks so you have great moments like the Super Battle Droid attack or that scene where the probes search the fires on Mandalore. Where the hell was that stuff here, in show heavily relying on a series of past events to lend it drama? Where was Sabine’s family or her decision to become a Jedi? By comparison the Clone Wars flashback was clunky and cheap looking, with each setting and time period being the same orange smog.

I never really thought about Yoda’s original outfit being the same as Obi-wan, but I guess it’s kinda true. Anakin’s ghost is wearing the exact thing though, not sure why. I have definitely seen artwork in which Luke’s black Jedi gear was supposed to be what they wore. I think some of Doug Chiang’s work.