Star Wars - Doubling down on agenda

[TurtleTitan97]

Originally Posted by Autbot_Benz

How about a Rose Tico Show


DiscussingFilm
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Lucasfilm is reportedly considering developing a Rose Tico TV Series. (Source: https://hnentertainment.co/exclusive...s-considering/ …)

….Seriously? SERIOUSLY?!?!

How about we get a spin off that people actually want? Like maybe, I don't know, an Ahsoka/Sabine spin off that pick up where Rebels left off?

[Autbot_Benz]

Originally Posted by TurtleTitan97

….Seriously? SERIOUSLY?!?!

How about we get a spin off that people actually want? Like maybe, I don't know, an Ahsoka/Sabine spin off that pick up where Rebels left off?

I want that Too Rebels was amazing

[Leo656]

Rose was a sh*t character and NOBODY bought her action figure. $3.99 Clearance at Target for a $20 figure. Dozens and dozens of them, peg-warming for almost a year. Nobody cares about Rose.

But sure, let's shine a little more light on her, even though nobody cares. No, no "agenda"; they're just supplying the HUGE, insatiable demand for more Rose Tico material.

I doubt they're actually doing a show about her, but it would be extremely telling if they did. Jar Jar deserves a show more than she does. But yeah, I doubt it.

[sdp]

I didn't read the whole thread but do we really need another SWs thread where we all whine about the same things? Don't get me wrong I hate Disney SWs but we can start to move on from this.

SJW crap is indeed all over SWs now but it really isn't the main problem of the direction that Star Wars took. Disney was just money hungry and ruined what was a special franchise with unoriginal rehashes and boring new movies, over saturating it while killing anything cool that came before it, SWs was an event, something special, now it's just whatever. And it's sad but I do feel less attachment to this franchise now and while the special memories I have of it from before Disney (the dark times), I just don't feel passionate about it.

I of course will watch Ep.IX in theaters just to see how the trilogy ends, I'm sure most of the haters of the new movies will as well, secretly wishing that somehow things can be better even if we know they won't. I likely will watch more SWs content even if Ep. IX sucks but I'll be a super passive fan who will check the backlog of movies that Disney has released over the years one weekend I'm bored. That's what SWs is now for me and I'm sure many others, something we outgrew.

Yes Episode IX will very well at the box office, but less than TFA, maybe more than TLJ for being the "final" movie, especially if it's good. That doesn't mean it won't be a disappointment for Disney, this is Star Wars after all, they weren't happy with the reactions to TLJ or Solo and used all their power to make it political so people would defend it on political points alone. The fact that they completely changed their plans from annual movies to not knowing what's in store after IX and not even having a teaser for Ep. IX speaks more than any internet apologist says.

RIP Star Wars

[Leo656]

Originally Posted by sdp

I didn't read the whole thread but do we really need another SWs thread where we all whine about the same things?

Fair point. It's all already been said.

I honestly don't know if I will go see Ep. IX in theaters. I skipped Rogue One and Solo, still haven't seen them and very little genuine desire to.

What was once "Must-See Event Viewing" has become "I'll get around to it one day." It's tough to get out to the movies with my work schedule and I generally miss lots of things I'm actually excited to see. I'm not excited at all for Episode IX; if I go, it will strictly be out of obligation and wanting to see what, if anything, they "fixed" from the last one.

Is what it is, but... I actually was pretty excited for The Last Jedi until I actually SAW the f*ckin' thing. Thus, I kinda don't feel like it's wise for me to get excited about anything Star Wars anymore.

[Sumac]

Originally Posted by Prowler

Yeah, exactly. At this point, it feels like you can't win no matter what. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.

A bit unrelated to SW, but even a Korean friend of mine told me recently that in his country there's something called Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, and that apparently now they want to control K-pop, by telling the industry to stop producing idol groups full of good looking girls. But nothing is said about guys, so groups like BTS will be fine. A boys band full of hot guys is fine but not a girls band with hot girls? I mean, come on now, the main reeson why K-pop is even popular in the first place is because of eye candy. Pop music is generally a quite sexualised genre already. When people listen to pop music they want a catchy beat and also a good looking singer to look at. So if anything, this might actually ruin the k-pop industry.

I bet this Ministry of Love will demand that girl groups should consist from fat, sorry, bodypositive women.

[Voltron]

Originally Posted by Prowler

A bit unrelated to SW, but even a Korean friend of mine told me recently that in his country there's something called Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, and that apparently now they want to control K-pop, by telling the industry to stop producing idol groups full of good looking girls. But nothing is said about guys, so groups like BTS will be fine. A boys band full of hot guys is fine but not a girls band with hot girls? I mean, come on now, the main reeson why K-pop is even popular in the first place is because of eye candy. Pop music is generally a quite sexualised genre already. When people listen to pop music they want a catchy beat and also a good looking singer to look at. So if anything, this might actually ruin the k-pop industry.

Can you find something to corroborate this? I went looking, but of the controversies that popped up, none of them mentioned this.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by Autbot_Benz

How about a Rose Tico Show


DiscussingFilm
‏ @DiscussingFilm

Lucasfilm is reportedly considering developing a Rose Tico TV Series. (Source: https://hnentertainment.co/exclusive...s-considering/ …)

Oh jesus god... this is so crazy it must be true.

[Vegita-San]

so, not doubling down on agenda....lucasfilm is going out right crazy mental.

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

Oh jesus god... this is so crazy it must be true.

Pretty much how I feel about it.

Basically, the actress took so much heat (not her fault, the script's fault) that this is a way Disney can rally behind her and show "Hey, STFU, haters! Rose is an awesome character! In fact, you're gonna get a whole TV SHOW about her!"

It ain't even doubling down, it's tripling down.

I've been wondering if JJ Abrams will even include this character to any substantial amount. Probably mandated to include her by whoever higher up cuts the checks.

Makes me glad Star Trek isn't as bad off as Star Wars. JJ Abrams really shortchanged us with those new movies, but damn. At least nobody made a movie with Captain Picard running off to pout after trying to kill his nephew.

Wait. That's not what the Picard show is gonna be about, is it?

*rewatches Generations* Never mind, Rene and Robert are both dead. We're safe.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy

I've been wondering if JJ Abrams will even include this character to any substantial amount. Probably mandated to include her by whoever higher up cuts the checks.

She's definitely in it. If Benicio Del Toro had quit Instagram in a huff maybe he'd be in IX, too.

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

She's definitely in it. If Benicio Del Toro had quit Instagram in a huff maybe he'd be in IX, too.

Good point.

I feel bad for the actress, really. But I feel worse for Hamill.

[Prowler]

Originally Posted by Voltron

Can you find something to corroborate this? I went looking, but of the controversies that popped up, none of them mentioned this.

I had not asked him for proof initially. But today I did and he provided me three links:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/201...y-cap-singers/

https://onehallyu.com/topic/770035-%...e-pretty-face/

In the second link apparently someone is providing an English translation of Korean sources, but they're mostly translating comments, it seems. Seems like a K-pop forum of some sort.

The other link he provided me was of Naver. It's in Korean and he says it's the biggest news portal for Korean news. I doubt anyone here speaks Korean(I don't either, but here goes:
https://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn...aid=0004175822

K.pop is indeed shallow and all flash and no substance, but that's its main selling point, let's face it.

[newfan]

Originally Posted by CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy

At least nobody made a movie with Captain Picard running off to pout after trying to kill his nephew.
:

and don't forget the creature milk!

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Originally Posted by newfan

and don't forget the creature milk!

Gotta milk those Cardassian voles. Where do you think kanar comes from?

[Vegita-San]

Originally Posted by CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy

Good point.

I feel bad for the actress, really. But I feel worse for Hamill.

i did feel sorry for hamill until he went all npc on us and said women should rule us.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by Vegita-San

i did feel sorry for hamill until he went all npc on us and said women should rule us.

That did numb the pain a tiny bit, come to think of it...

[Sumac]

The silver lining here it is very unlikely anyone will watch this, unless by some unbelievable miracle it would end up as a decent show.

Of course, Disney always can say that it wasn't watched because of "evil white male conspiracy", but at this point even the last idiot will figure out that they are trying to justify their creative impotency by appropriating political buzzwords.

[Andrew NDB]

Now let's celebrate the frickin' Handmaidens...

https://www.starwars.com/news/celebr...c%7C2173166329

[snake]

It’s in promotion of a new Padme based book. Like most of the new canon books, I’m willing to bet it’s pretty good. If there’s one thing I can’t fault Disney on, it’s the novels are enjoyable enough, even if they’re mostly inconsequential side-stories.