New Star Wars Films to be written and produced by the creators of Game of Thrones

[The Deadman]

Originally Posted by Shark_Blade

Disney bought the franchise pretty expensive, so let them churn out the milk cow to their heart content.

And the fans are happy, so win-win. Those are not, just steer away. Don't be a party pooper.

Sick of Star Wars? Please. How many James Bond films are there now? 24. Are people tired of it? Nope.

And a majority of those Bond films were released in the 60s and 70s, where nobody really cared how many films were pumped out at a time. Since the year 2000, there's only been 5 Bond films compared to the 7 Star Wars films currently, including the Clone Wars animated film. But by all means, tell people what to think about films again.

[Vegita-San]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

I'd be lying if I said I didn't have some moderate interest in seeing Yoda: The Movie while we still have Frank Oz, or Obi-Wan: The Lost Years with Ewan... but it's hardly some burning desire. I could not see those movies and be just fine.

the same.

although with the ineptness that kathleen kennedy led lucasfilm has shown so far, I have NO hope that those will be good movies.

and again, what would be the point? all the hope of luke being a savior would trash the legacy of obi wan kenobi and his sojourn to tattooine too.

[sdp]

I can't believe I'm I live in a world where Star Wars is getting tons of new content and I'm not happy with it. It's rather depressing, I wished and wished that we would eventually get a sequel trilogy and now we have that and more and as much as I want to love it I just can't.

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

I doubt Disney would allow any of that.

Disney banned Slave Leia, no more official art or Star Wars ever using that iconic costume not to mention no more Toys or figures of it ever again.

Originally Posted by dl316bh

You can only really push a franchise on a schedule like this for so long before people lose interest or it stops feeling special.

This, the magic is gone by having them release a new movie every year and it'll get to that point for most people.

Now if the magic is gone it's ok if the movies were amazing, but that's also where Disney has let us down with the exception of a few who like the same old stuff.

Originally Posted by Shark_Blade

Disney bought the franchise pretty expensive, so let them churn out the milk cow to their heart content.

And the fans are happy, so win-win. Those are not, just steer away. Don't be a party pooper.

Sick of Star Wars? Please. How many James Bond films are there now? 24. Are people tired of it? Nope.

At the current schedule there's going to be 30 SW films before 30 James Bond movies, we already have 10 movies and that's not counting Solo. 007 movies are released every 3 years or more, when they come out they're special.

The franchise was actually a bargain, Lucas just wanted out, I believe they made all their money back from licensing deals after The Force Awakens.

Fans are not happy, look at the backlash after a year of Ep.7 and the 50/50 divide between fans of Ep.8. Just because we didn't like it we're not fans?

[ProactiveMan]

That's how it works now, announce first, ask questions later.

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[Shark_Blade]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

Of course people cared about "The Last Jedi." It's "The Big Luke Skywalker Return" movie. What does IX have going for it, beyond some lingering battered wife syndrome that's telling us the next one will be better? What is there actually to be excited for, this time out? "Maybe we'll get to see Luke's Force Ghost, if we're lucky!"?

Probably. Many questions remain unanswered for now:

- Will Luke return in ghost form?
- How they gonna handle Carrie Fisher's real life death into the plot?
- What is Rey's fate? Her true lineage/parents?
- Will Ben turn to the good side?
- Will Finn and Poe finally be a canon gay couple?

Also, surely many are curious on how they're gonna conclude this trilogy, what with JJ Abrams making a return as director.

Originally Posted by dl316bh

People have been tired of Bond several times in history. The franchise had to reinvent itself a couple times with new actors. Craig Bond in particular was the right approach at a time the franchise really needed it, which really brought it back to heights of popularity (even here in the US, where I remember people just kind of rolling their eyes at the whole thing by the tail end of the Brosnan era).

Bond also hasn't thrown a film a year at people since Moore, which is also considered one of the weakest Bond eras.


I still don't get why they didn't at least keep the KOTOR games in continuity. They're never touching that timeframe in film. Probably not in other media either (they seem hesitant to branch too far out of OT territory). It was probably the most inoffense, continuity-wise, of the old EU.


I suspect more people are going to be feeling this way over time. It's hard for something to feel special or magical when it's constantly happening.

Agree about Craig Bond, hence they can change up the cast or change focus of the Star Wars characters throughout the timeline. I'm fine with that.

Originally Posted by The Deadman

And a majority of those Bond films were released in the 60s and 70s, where nobody really cared how many films were pumped out at a time. Since the year 2000, there's only been 5 Bond films compared to the 7 Star Wars films currently, including the Clone Wars animated film. But by all means, tell people what to think about films again.

We're in a different era now where everything is fast streaming like Netflix and people want things immediately. I see no problem with the that, give people what they want because eventually they'll let it lay for a few years until picking it up again.

So for now keep sticking it into the burner while it's still hot. Disney believes in that strategy and so do I. Again, they spent lucratively for this franchise so it's only fair they're investing in it for their returns.

[sdp]

Originally Posted by Shark_Blade

Probably. Many questions remain unanswered for now:

- Will Luke return in ghost form?
- How they gonna handle Carrie Fisher's real life death into the plot?
- What is Rey's fate? Her true lineage/parents?
- Will Ben turn to the good side?
- Will Finn and Poe finally be a canon gay couple?

I can answer most of them:

- Yes
- A line about how her heroism helped the rebellion and her sacrifice puts them in a position to win
- She has no lineage, they already revealed and doubled down on it
- Either way it's a lose/lose, if he does it's a complete remake of the OT, if he doesn't then he was just a chump villain who somehow killed Solo/Luke
-Not gonna happen, if anything it'll be Finn/Rey or Finn/Asian girl

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by dl316bh

I still don't get why they didn't at least keep the KOTOR games in continuity. They're never touching that timeframe in film.

Probably because they figure "But we MIGHT!" Maybe that's what those Game of Thrones writers are working on for their multi-film thing... building some massive Old Republic storyline. I can see the appeal of that.

[dl316bh]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

Probably because they figure "But we MIGHT!" Maybe that's what those Game of Thrones writers are working on for their multi-film thing... building some massive Old Republic storyline. I can see the appeal of that.

That I could actually see myself getting interested in. At least we'd be out of the Skywalker years. I'm skeptical they'd actually do it, though, but we also don't know a lick of what these guys will be doing, either, so it's not outside the realm of possibility.

Agree about Craig Bond, hence they can change up the cast or change focus of the Star Wars characters throughout the timeline. I'm fine with that.

That's all fine, well and good, but the question is going to be whether general audiences are down for the series past a certain point, especially if they don't pull back. At what point do they become numb to it and stop turning up, especially as the entire thing feels less special? Especially if the films continue to be divisive or - in the likely case of Solo - bad? Especially if it's mostly just what we expect? We don't know yet, but there's a chance we won't like the answer.

[Andrew NDB]

The trilogy is dead:

https://deadline.com/2019/10/star-wa...gy-1202771184/

[drgon78]

Finally some good news.

[CyberCubed]

Wow, I'm surprised, it seems all these planned movies are being canceled. This trilogy is dead, Rian Johnsons trilogy seems iffy (and will probably be dead), and uh...what else is there? All those rumors of an Obi-wan, Yoda, Boba-Fett, etc solo movies are all dead too, especially with Obi-wan getting a short TV series instead.

I think this is for the best. Stop flooding the market with Star Wars spinoffs, instead make TV shows.

[Andrew NDB]

You guys realize, though... if Disney is set on a new trilogy (and they are) and had two trilogies on the table -- Johnson's and the GoT guys' -- and now axed the GoT guys' trilogy... that kind of narrows things down, doesn't it?

Yikes.