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Star Wars: Rogue Squadron (2023)
Pellaeon replied to Manakin Skywalker's topic in General Discussion
Nice that directors have nice, low-stakes Star Wars gigs to fall back on when their big superhero franchises flop. -
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Really? I’ve assumed it’s an imperceptibly-high-tech space suit.
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Groovygoth666 reacted to a post in a topic: The MCU - Marvel Cinematic Universe
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Yes. Even with good material, it begins to feel like homework to keep up with it. Let alone try to get into it in the first place. That’s why franchises like Superman, Terminator, and Ghostbusters are always rebooting back to a minimal canon that “everyone remembers.”
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My children are going to call it “The Baby Yoda Movie,” no joke. They’ve never seen the show, of course, but my kindergartner has Baby Yoda pajamas and a Baby Yoda stuffed animal. She WILL be bummed she can’t see the movie. Darn it!
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Yeah, this is a bad move, to me. After burning out on Star Wars, I decided, well, I’ll skip the shows but come back for the movies. Even a bad Star War has got to be worth taking in once, in the theater. But now I gotta question it. The Filoniverse requires a big buy-in. So I dunno.
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Pellaeon reacted to a post in a topic: Star Wars is better than everything
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That’s what I meant. I reformatted my post in hopes that it’s now clearer.
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No, it’s a movie now!
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Jay reacted to a post in a topic: The Mandalorian & Grogu (2026 Film)
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• Rey’s New Jedi Order, directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy • Damon Lindelof’s movie These are the same thing, but Damon Lindelof is no longer associated with it. • The Mandalorian & Grogu, directed by Jon Favreau and produced by Dave Filoni • The Filoniverse epic Avengers-like crossover, directed by Dave Filoni I’d guess the former is a refinement of the latter, or the latter is shelved/theoretical. • Dawn of the Jedi, directed by James Mangold Officially announced in 2023, supposedly still on. • Lando Officially announced in 2023. • Taika Waititi’s movie Still in development as of 2023. • Patty Jenkin’s Rogue Squadron movie • Kevin Feige’s movie • J.D. Dillard’s movie All officially dead. • Rian Johnson’s trilogy “Indefinitely postponed.”
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They got books instead of cartoons, and that’s A-OK with me.
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The Lord Of The Rings General Discussion Thread
Pellaeon replied to Faleel's topic in Tolkien Central
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I agree, for me the particular magic of the Original Trilogy has never been recaptured in a film.
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It makes sense, on one level, that consuming Star Wars is not the key to creating good Star Wars. A good writer or director (of anything, really) should have a breadth of influences and a breadth of life experience. They should consume voraciously—film and literature and music and non-fiction (history and mythology and anthropology and popular science and mechanics)—and live voraciously—enjoying many kinds of activities in many kinds of outdoor environments, and in many countries, sampling the architecture and the cuisine and the social scene, etc. But the corollary of that is that if your creative well is such a deep well, such a colorful kaleidoscope, that’s much different than consuming five ingredients and vomiting them right back up onto the Star Wars canvas to where the audience can pinpoint your exact five influences and feel smug that they “got it”—and that’s the whole exercise. Especially if those five things are all just nerd culture things. The other corollary is that if your creative well is such a deep well, such a colorful kaleidoscope, then you have the capability to create something truly unique like George Lucas did in 1977—and in that case, doesn’t the Star Wars canvas really limit your creativity? The answer is yes. You should go forth and make something new. But if you are tasked with making new Star Wars (for love or for money), your job is NOT to innovate just because George innovated. The point of an imaginary universe is that you can imagine it as a coherent whole, hopefully without compartmentalizing each component. The more seamless the better. And that obviously involves an element of the ouroboros—themes and scenes and lore which feel like reflections or inverses or outgrowths of themes and scenes and lore that we have seen before.