Lucasfilm has closed a deal with Simon Kinberg to develop a trilogy of Star Wars films

[The Train Station 8,870]

Just put the Mandalorian, Baby Yoda, Ashoka, and Hayden Christensen in it.

[Jay 39,755]

The character's name is Ahsoka, not Ashoka.

[Nick1Ø66 6,061]

You say Ahsoka, I say Ashoka

I say Ashoka, You say Ahsoka

Ahsoka, Ashoka, Ahsoka, Ashoka

Let's call the whole thing off!

[The Train Station 8,870]

12 minutes ago, Jay said:

The character's name is Ahsoka, not Ashoka.

 

What's the difference

[John Dutton 7,502]

I didn't even know who Asoka was and I looked it up. Anakin's apprentice? He wasn't even a master.

[The Train Station 8,870]

I suppose the CGI version of Luke Skyrunner can be in it too. Voiced by Dark Hammil.

[Edmilson 9,122]

36 minutes ago, Nick1Ø66 said:

Calling something "Episode X", and having the scroll

Can't wait to hear Lorne Balfe's arrangement of the Star Wars main theme. It'll be played by about 650 musicians all over Europe, a 250 person choir and a huge mass of synths drowning everything else to make it more epic for modern audiences who think John Williams is boring.

[Nick1Ø66 6,061]

13 minutes ago, John Dutton said:

He wasn't even a master.

 

Only a master of evil.

[Jurassic Shark 13,360]

I really hope excellent performances of Haydn are featured in this trilogy.

[Jay 39,755]

So much in development....

 

[Jurassic Shark 13,360]

They should get an AI to complete the scripts.

[GerateWohl 5,159]

6 minutes ago, Jay said:

So much in development....

 

What about the Kevin Feige movie, that was announced?

[Jay 39,755]

That was killed in March 2023.

[Mr. Hooper 3,550]

I thought the Waititi movie was killed too.

[Nick1Ø66 6,061]

[Chen G. 4,713]

1 hour ago, Jay said:

 

So many of these projects, even if they see the light of day, may well take so long to hit the screens that they may find that Star Wars had become a spent force by that point.

[Edmilson 9,122]

1 hour ago, Jay said:

So much in development....

 

Here's my take on each of these projects:

• Simon Kinberg's Star Wars Trilogy: Just seeing Kinberg's name attached to it killed all my interest that I might have.
• Mandalorian & Grogu: Meh. From a commercial point of view Disney should re-title it "The Mandalorian and Baby Yoda".
• Rey and the New Jedi Order: Something tells me that this has been integrated into part of Kinberg's trilogy. There's no way Disney would do two movies that can be considered "Episode X".
• James Mangold's Dawn of Justice of the Jedi: It has an interesting premise, could be good.
• Lando: A Star Wars Story: Meh.
• Dave Filoni's Star Wars movie: Will I have to watch all the combined 200+ episodes of The Clone Wars, Rebels, Mando, Book of Boba Crap, Ahsoka, etc., in order to understand it?
• Taika Waititi's Star Wars: Get ready for the first Star Wars comedy with dick jokes! But for me, Love & Thunder made sure I'll never spent another cent with Waititi's bullshit.
• Shawn Levy's Star Wars: Wait, the guy's name is Jonathan Tropper? Does it mean he's writing a Clone Troopers movie?   
• Rogue Squadron: It will never happen, no matter how desperate Patty Jenkins is to save her career after the disaster that was WW1984.
• Rian Johnson's Star Wars Trilogy: Why would Rian Johnson drop all that sweet Netflix movie to go back to being insulted online by SW fans?

 

[Chen G. 4,713]

6 minutes ago, Edmilson said:

James Mangold's Dawn of Justice of the Jedi: It has an interesting premise, could be good.

 

If there's a project that has "disaster in the making" written all over it, for me its this one.

 

I don't mind prequels. You can dramatise - well, try to dramatise - the fall of the Republic and the rise of Darth Vader. You can try to dramatise some Jedi investigation several decades prior to that, in the guise of The Acolyte. You can try to dramatize the acquiring of the Death Star schematics, or Han's younger years, or Lando's, or Obi Wan's years of solitude...not saying you necessarily should do all those things, but you can certainly attempt them.

 

But what you can't do is dramatise the very creation of the Jedi order, and discovery of the Force. It's too ineffable to be put on the screen without demystifying the whole affair.

[Nick1Ø66 6,061]

I actually thought the Skeleton Crew trailer looked sort of OK. Just as GotG was inspired by Star Wars, it looks like Star Wars is returning the favour. 

[Mr. Hooper 3,550]

3 minutes ago, Chen G. said:

But what you can't do is dramatise the very creation of the Jedi order, and discovery of the Force. It's too ineffable to be put on the screen without demystifying the whole affair.

Agreed. I don't need to know the origins of the Force anymore than I needed Lucas' midi-chlorian biology lesson. Let's just keep some things mysterious.

[Edmilson 9,122]

14 minutes ago, Chen G. said:

 

If there's a project that has "disaster in the making" written all over it, for me its this one.

 

I don't mind prequels. You can dramatise - well, try to dramatise - the fall of the Republic and the rise of Darth Vader. You can try to dramatise some Jedi investigation several decades prior to that, in the guise of The Acolyte. You can try to dramatize the acquiring of the Death Star schematics, or Han's younger years, or Lando's, or Obi Wan's years of solitude...not saying you necessarily should do all those things, but you can certainly attempt them.

 

But what you can't do is dramatise the very creation of the Jedi order, and discovery of the Force. It's too ineffable to be put on the screen without demystifying the whole affair.

I think it's the opposite: since it's a movie set during a time so far removed from the timeline we know, it could as well be another franchise. Honestly, this kind of prequels where we see the "ancient history" of a world might be more interesting than "how Han got his jacket and his name", "how Gandalf got his name and his staff", "how the many Bothans died trying to steal the Death Star plans", etc.

 

But... I said it could be interesting. Not that it will be good. Or that it will even get made for that matter. Remember that Disney greenlit this film when they thought Indy 5 was going to be a huge box office hit.

[Chen G. 4,713]

8 minutes ago, Edmilson said:

since it's a movie set during a time so far removed from the timeline we know, it could as well be another franchise.

 

I was going to cite that, too, as a reason again it. 

 

I know that there's this argument that goes "Well, its a whole galaxy, why must we focus on this particular time period and this particular conflict and set of characters?" I mean, there's something to be said for variety in a film series, to be sure, but at the same time if you make a film set in some remote part of the galaxy, at a time completely removed from the events of Star Wars, with completely new characters, is it really Star Wars anymore?

 

I think these kinds of films have gotten to a point where fans have lost the forest for the trees a little bit in the sense that people think the story is a platform through which to explore the fictional setting of the film, where in fact its the fictional setting that's the stage for the story.

 

To the credit of George Lucas, all six of his Star Wars films and even that cartoon film (putting the Ewok films aside for the moment) all have to do with the same overarching story: so yeah, in the prequel trilogy its the separatists and in the classic trilogy its the Empire, but there's still a clear throughline.

 

Of course, even an entry set as far back as the Mangold film is CAN further our understanding of the central conflict, because its still the Jedi and its still the Force and presumably there'll also be the first dark Force users. But ideally you'd want more commonality between your entries than just that, or it just becomes that bit too tenuous.

[leeallen01 2,179]

[Bellosh 3,940]

Anything will be better than the DT 

 

 But if JW doesn't score it I won't fuck with it

[The Train Station 8,870]

I'll wait for the video.

[crumbs 14,904]

1 hour ago, Bellosh said:

Anything will be better than the DT 

 

 But if JW doesn't score it I won't fuck with it

 

In my opinion, John Williams is the unifying factor that legitimises 7-8-9. Without him the link is broken, no matter how many droids or Chewys or Yodas you throw on the screen.

 

Another Skywalker trilogy without Williams just won't feel right. His musical DNA is the glue that holds everything together, from the highs of ESB to the lows of TROS. They've had better results with new composers scoring the franchise with their own artistic sensibilities. Expecting a composer to write a pastiche of JW's musical tapestry is a recipe for disaster.

 

Probably the only composer I'd trust enough would be Powell, because he'd focus on new themes and they'd be rich enough to stand on their own feet (plus he already demonstrated a penchant for adapting JW themes while maintaining his own sound).

[Ollie 1,162]

3 more films that will suffer the “creative differences “ or “agreed to part ways” with Disney & Lucasfilm and probably never get made. 😂

[Davis 3,135]

17 hours ago, Jurassic Shark said:

They should get an AI to complete the scripts.

I think they already did, on the Ray trilogy.

[Jurassic Shark 13,360]

8 minutes ago, Davis said:

I think they already did, on the Ray trilogy.

 

Ray Charles?

[GerateWohl 5,159]

No, Kylo Ray.

[The Train Station 8,870]

Raymond Stantz

[Jay 39,755]

18 hours ago, Mr. Hooper said:

I thought the Waititi movie was killed too.

 

It's on 'indefinite hold' (reportedly)

[The Train Station 8,870]

I'm looking forward to Rian Johnson's new SW trilogy.

[Mephariel 493]

It is hard to ignore the fact that Simon Kinberg sucks. I don't know how much he was involved with Days of the Future Past (which was awesome), but Dark Phoenix and The 355...yikes.

[Mr. Hooper 3,550]

3 hours ago, Jay said:

 

It's on 'indefinite hold' (reportedly)

That's Hollywood-speak for "dead".

[Pieter Boelen 769]

Why are we bothering to even report on this at all? 

No Star Wars project is real until there's a trailer with actual footage. 

Outside that, they really should consider delivering something of the gazillion announced projects, rather than announcing yet more. 

Completely meaningless "news" this.

[The Train Station 8,870]

It's the story of the century.

[Tallguy 4,567]

Yeah, with the current dismal track record of "Announced" vs. "Shown" I would think they would keep their traps shut.

[Mr. Hooper 3,550]

With their spotty track record and penchant for canceling projects, Lucasfilm has to be something of a laughing stock in Hollywood.

 

New leadership is needed. But Kennedy's like a sacred cow, who can't be fired. Anyone else with this poor performance would've been shown the door with severance pay by now.

[Tallguy 4,567]

25 minutes ago, Mr. Hooper said:

With their spotty track record and penchant for canceling projects, Lucasfilm has to be something of a laughing stock in Hollywood.

 

I think they're probably fairly normal if rather more publicized. Crazier things have happened at other studios it's just that Lucasfilm has fewer projects so when one gets dinked with it's far more noticeable.

 

Now Warner Bros. and DC OTOH...

[enderdrag64 913]

7 hours ago, Tallguy said:

 

I think they're probably fairly normal if rather more publicized. Crazier things have happened at other studios it's just that Lucasfilm has fewer projects so when one gets dinked with it's far more noticeable.

Yeah I actually think that this type of thing is normal and has been for decades, the main difference today is that we hear about it because studios announce projects before they have even written a script

[Manakin Skywalker 5,364]

That and half of them aren't even officially announced. Either word of them leaks, or are just rumors (like this).

[mstrox 6,939]

Yeah, this is a “leak” of a development deal.  Development deals happen all the time and often don’t go to preproduction or production or whatever.  By the time this project ultimately falls apart and Kinberg splits ways with LFL, people will assuredly complain that Disney made a premature announcement and Kennedy is the devil, etc. - even though Disney and Lucasfilm had no comment on this story.

 

Whatever though - it’ll drive hits and the rampant speculation will help Mike Zeroh make his nut along with a hundred other terrible YouTubers.

[Richard P 4,267]

Yes, I think this thread is serving more for KK's critics to do their thing.

 

I recall a conversation about a certain composer's process on a score and JWFan blew up with ridicule, when in practice, the thing we learnt from that case was probably normal - we just don't typically know about it because most composers don't discuss how many boxes of paperclips they used. (it wasn't that)

 

Just imagine if we were given access to LLL/Intrada's in-development slate and were fully privy to what projects were cancelled, that currently we don't know about. It could reveal all sorts of things that some would use to call for the label head to step aside, without thinking for a moment about whether it's just... normal.

 

Always interesting to discuss upcoming projects, but the reaction here to news like this does tend to go down rabbit holes a bit.

[Jay 39,755]

New Hollywood Reporter article about this:

 

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/star-wars-rey-movie-simon-kinberg-1236059786/

[bespinGPT 8,853]

Honestly, I don't know where they'll go with this new 'trilogy.' Are they just planning to repeat the story of the original trilogy, but woke-style?

 

The "Skywalker" entity has returned to the Force, the Sith have been defeated, and the Jedi are all but extinct.

 

This is the idea of BALANCE.

 

Why even create a new generation of Jedi in the first place? I hope it’s not at the Republic's insistence; otherwise, we’ll just end up going in circles.

[crocodile 8,608]

I just opened the main page on my phone and saw this topic pop up on top and my brain read:

 

Lucasfilm is closed

 

And you know what I felt? A strange sense of relief. 😆

 

For a second anyway...

 

Karpl

[Edmilson 9,122]

In other words, the movie Kinberg is doing is what once was the movie Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy was directing, right?

 

I wonder how Rey's modern and diverse fanbase will react to having a white cis-man taking over a film series from a diverse director...

[bespinGPT 8,853]

3 minutes ago, crocodile said:

I just opened the main page on my phone and saw this topic pop up on top and my brain read:

 

Lucasfilm is closed

 

And you know what I felt? A strange sense of relief. 😆

 

For a second anyway...

 

Karpl

 

The "New idea" box is surely closed, yes, and since many years now.

[heidl 404]

On 08/11/2024 at 8:52 PM, Edmilson said:

Rian Johnson's Star Wars Trilogy: Why would Rian Johnson drop all that sweet Netflix movie to go back to being insulted online by SW fans?

 

 

Maybe because he still loves Star Wars and has an interesting idea for a story worth telling. I doubt RJ gives a flying f about the toxic fanbase.