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Future ‘A Star Wars Story’ Spinoffs on Hold at Lucasfilm
- Thread starter Typhares
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WaterAstro
Member
But I'm sure the Jar Jar Binks spinoff movie will be a blockbuster that would make Avengers cry!
It's Jeff
Banned
I'm sure glad that Disney's takeaway from this whole boondoggle is to continue letting Rian Johnson's ego stir himself turgid and jerk off on the audience for three movies. Wish I had millions of dollars to burn on three films directed by the guy that scored a whopping 46% with the audience. Guess the plan is for critics to see the films in theaters 119 times each.
JimmyRustler
Member
Can't really blame them for trying considering how well Marvel is doing with their milking.
Nicktendo86
Member
Amazing how much damage one film can do. Well done, Rian.
InterMusketeer
Member
Worried? About Star Wars? That's like being worried about a corpse. The damage is already done, can't get much worse than this.
Typhares
Member
Either way I'm not going to go see IX at the cinema if there are no organisational changes at Lucas. Likewise with Ryan films.
It doesn't even matter if they are the best movies ever I don't like the way they communicate and attack fans and the community.
Doom85
Member
The latter isn't likely, they've made it clear that the next trilogy will be in a timeline far away from 1-9 (although they haven't confirmed if it will be before or after those movies).
Lanrutcon
Member
Awesome news!
Kadayi
Banned
I think they've pretty much squandered any goodwill the majority of the public have towards them save from those poor saps caught in the trap of sunk cost bias when it comes to their fandom. I'd be amazed if whatever Johnson has been working on ever sees the light of day given the general apathy towards TLJ.
Fbh
Member
Good. Hopefully they realise that having a hit every couple of years is better than killing the interest in the franchise with yearly movies no one asked for. Will be interesting to see how they fix this because at least for me the damage has already been done. My interest in Star Wars is at an all time low and knowing that the biggest thing I have to look forward to in the future is a trilogy by the guy that made TLJ isn't helping
CampbellzSoup
Member
Social justice claims another victim.
The Last Jedi was so awful, and to think this guy with little to no experience ruined a huge franchise...it’s actually sad their was no master plan like they have at marvel.
The Last Jedi was so awful, and to think this guy with little to no experience ruined a huge franchise...it’s actually sad their was no master plan like they have at marvel.
cubicle47b
Member
I'll probably watch IX, but I think I'm done with new Star Wars movies/shows at this point. I don't trust David Benioff and Dan Weiss to make good original material (although 25th Hour is great). I didn't like The Last Jedi so the idea of 3 more Rian Johnson films is offputting. The only thing that would interest me at this point is getting Denis Villeneuve to direct.
MayauMiao
Member
Last Jedi was so awful I didn't even see Solo during its premier.
I did plan to go during its last run for cheaper ticket price but too bad my local cinema had to pull out the movie quickly because no one came to see it 2 weeks.
No regrets, will happily wait for it to be on HBO.
I did plan to go during its last run for cheaper ticket price but too bad my local cinema had to pull out the movie quickly because no one came to see it 2 weeks.
No regrets, will happily wait for it to be on HBO.
thequestion
Member
On the potential bright side, hopefully this encourages the brain trust to out source and bring some exciting new ideas and stories to the franchise, instead of dredging up familiar characters from the past and wrapping paper-thin, barely serviceable, plots around them.
Also sad to see radical visionary, Ryan J, still part of this franchise. At LEAST 50% of the fan base despise him, but they are sticking with him....
Also sad to see radical visionary, Ryan J, still part of this franchise. At LEAST 50% of the fan base despise him, but they are sticking with him....
Fox Mulder
Member
They probably will learn the wrong lesson from Solo. I didn't give a shit about Rogue One or Solo, but standalone stories could work well in that universe. Don't just churn out trilogies every year now.
Disney has enough IPs, soon to include X-Men, fantastic four, and Avatar, that they can afford to space things out a bit. Solo had production issues, but why release it in May just a few months after the divisive TLJ.
Disney has enough IPs, soon to include X-Men, fantastic four, and Avatar, that they can afford to space things out a bit. Solo had production issues, but why release it in May just a few months after the divisive TLJ.
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manfestival
Member
You know, I didn't get to see any of the fallout of star wars till I got back in the states in March. I had a completely weird position watching TLJ in Bolivia. I left the movie really confused and not satisfied in any way. Rian Johnson managed to ruin any hope I had for the movie. Seriously, they had the easiest out by having Leia die in the movie but instead they turned her into zombie super hero.
ickythingz
Banned
Not under Disney's rule you don't.
bitbydeath
Member
Time for a reboot.
Start over and focus on the force.
Make it powerful like it was originally intended.
I want to see it reach a power level of over 9000, and not the current weaker than teen Yamcha status.
Start over and focus on the force.
Make it powerful like it was originally intended.
I want to see it reach a power level of over 9000, and not the current weaker than teen Yamcha status.
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iorek21
Member
Villeneuve would be great, but after Blade Runner financial flop, I don't think he's the name that LucasFilm will be looking for...
VulcanRaven
Member
I didn't think it was that bad. It had some bad things like the casino planet and
that Luke died.
I enjoyed Solo but it was forgettable. I don't think about it almost at all.
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Tevious
Member
There's 2 reasons that I didn't and won't go see Solo.
1. I didn't want to see a recasted Han Solo in an origin movie no one ever asked for.
2. After TLJ, I'm pretty much boycotting all their Star Wars films.
TFA had it's share of problems, but it at least had some decent characters and set up intrigue for the rest of the trilogy. TLJ ruined any good will the trilogy had. I don't even care what happens next and have no desire to see episode IX now. The only way I'm seeing that movie is if basically all of the TLJ critics say it's a masterpiece that redeems the series.
1. I didn't want to see a recasted Han Solo in an origin movie no one ever asked for.
2. After TLJ, I'm pretty much boycotting all their Star Wars films.
TFA had it's share of problems, but it at least had some decent characters and set up intrigue for the rest of the trilogy. TLJ ruined any good will the trilogy had. I don't even care what happens next and have no desire to see episode IX now. The only way I'm seeing that movie is if basically all of the TLJ critics say it's a masterpiece that redeems the series.
Nikana
Go Go Neo Rangers!
Luke was butchered as well as Yoda even though he was barely in it.
Mark Hamil himself wasn't happy at all with the character and was a betryal of the character.
Like I could go on and on about what was wrong but it's been talked to death at this point.
Star Wars is about going on adventures and making awesome characters. Nobody from the current characters are original or memoriable. The most interesting character was Snoke, and we all know what happened with that.
The current trilogy to me feels like Rian Johnson was trying to force star wars to evolve beyond what the series is known for. He twisted so many things for absolutely no reason. Everything you wanted as a fan, he did the opposite.
But what do you expect when Disney gave the reigns to one of the most iconic franchises to some dude.
Solo isn't a masterpiece by any means and has a lot of issues, but the characters were great and I went on an adventure that I'd be glad to go on again in a couple years.
I'll never watch force awakens and Last Jedi again. There's zero reason to.
CampbellzSoup
Member
It bothered me how Rei, with absolutely no training, can down all those guards with Snoke just cause she’s Rei. There no underdog story for her she’s just the all powerful. How is that any character someone can get behind?
HoodWinked
Member
Watch this part on 24:39 on how ridiculous Rey's character is, and this is just one example of many.
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shira
Member
I was hoping that things would change with Rogue One or at least be open to different types of movies with more modern themes.
There was a lot of murder/death and I imagine there was even more in the primary cut before the reshoots.
But TLJ was half a step in the wrong direction.
There were some great fight scenes but not enough to redeem the new direction.
rokkerkory
Member
Solo is a rental at best for me.
Xisiqomelir
Member
The Benioff/Weiss movies might be worth watching.
Doubling down on Rian eh...
Doubling down on Rian eh...
Bolivar687
Banned
Sad because Rogue One and Solo are much better than the Force Awakens and The Last Jedi. There's something profoundly wrong about the way they've continued the saga and its characters and the fact that they're moving forward with Rian Johnson, in spite of everything, is very troubling.
Tevious
Member
Maybe they'll figure it out after Episode IX bombs, too. Then again, they could blame JJ for that and Rian Johnson's trilogy might be too far in production to cancel by that point. If Rian Johnson's movie bombs too, then they should finally get the picture and either cancel the other 2 movies or give them to someone else to finish.
llien
Member
Impressive material, still laughing at the faces from 28:00.
Cato
Banned
No. The modus operandi is as always to blame the audience and then double/tripple down in the next episode.
Cato
Banned
Can't get much worse?
Challenge accepted.
IX storyline leaked:
* Luke was a nazi all along, as was the entire rebel force.
Queue ghost luke, ghost obi, ghost yoda appearing in a dream sequence all wearing swastikas.
* Chewie was an undercover sith lord all this time. He and Rose Tico lures all the remaining rebels into the millenium falcon
then blows it up, killing all remaining rebel leaders.
* Millenium Falcon being blown up will be shown in different angles, in slow motion, for 15 full minutes.
This all takes 30-35 minutes.
The remainder of he movie is :
* Chewie becomes emperor for killing all rebels
* Tico becomes his queen.
* Chewie and Tico have celebration sex for the next 45 minutes.
What is more progressive than a dog + Asian woman sex scene in a PG13 movie?
And we need the Asian audience. They like dogs and they like asian women, right, what can go wrong?
This would be worse, way worse than TLJ. What do I win?
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Hissing Sid
Member
Disney doubling down eh?
Mr Johnson.... ‘TheDaddyOFive’ of the Star Wars universe.
What could possibly go wrong?
Muppets.
Mr Johnson.... ‘TheDaddyOFive’ of the Star Wars universe.
What could possibly go wrong?
Muppets.
Lanrutcon
Member
Gavin Stevens
Formerly 'o'dium'
If they made TLJ more like Solo, it would have been more liked. Solo was a damn fine movie.