Star Wars: Episode IX

[ZariusTwo]

Seven new photos

Spoiler:

[ZariusTwo]

New teaser

https://twitter.com/starwars/status/...er-teaser.html

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by ZariusTwo

New teaser

https://twitter.com/starwars/status/...er-teaser.html

Lame. Not one thing to get excited about.

[Andrew NDB]

Walkouts at screenings reported:

https://www.bitchute.com/video/bytN_FXVLXA/

[TigerClaw]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

Walkouts at screenings reported:

https://www.bitchute.com/video/bytN_FXVLXA/

I wouldn't believe any of that stuff.

[Leo656]

That site definitely seems a bit... sensationalist.

But if the leaks are true - and there's no real reason to disbelieve them; at least most of it almost has to be true - then I can definitely believe that it's bad enough to make a good number of people pretty upset.

I still don't know if I wanna go. On one hand, I haven't skipped a numbered Star Wars movie ever since I saw Ep. I (I did skip Rogue One and Solo), so part of me just wants to go out of obligation. But TLJ was one of the very few times in my life where I walked out of a theater thoroughly enraged. It was a completely negative experience aside from how hot Daisy Ridley is, and I'm not sure I wanna get my blood pressure up like that again. I'm getting old.

Like, this one HAS to be better than the last one, but it still doesn't necessarily have to be any good, y'know?

[snake]

I hope it’s even more of a disaster than TLJ. God, I want this trilogy to burn.

Make the DisneyWars era end with a master thesis of what these films were. Cap off the trilogy with the most Nu-Wars-esque finale possible. The backlash needs to be palpable. Thankfully, Fallen Order and Mando are giving fans a taste of what Star Wars used to be, and should be. They’re coming at the perfect time, and will provide the sweetest contrast when people witness the sh*tshow in store for them in December.

I have a feeling that IX will be the official end of the Disney era, and what will follow will be something similar to what happened in 2008-2012 (the best time to be a fan, tbh). You can consider Mando and the Clone Wars revival to be the start of this.

[Andrew NDB]

It's strange they want to bill this as "the end of the Skywalker saga." Like, they're really not going to come back in 10 years for Episode X? Of course they will. But they feel like they have to push that angle in marketing because they know nobody cares anymore.

It's like when DC or Marvel cancels a comic that's not selling too well anymore with, "THE FINAL ADVENTURE OF SO-AND-SO!" when they know damn well they're coming back with a flashy new #1 in a year or so.

[frank_one]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

It's strange they want to bill this as "the end of the Skywalker saga." Like, they're really not going to come back in 10 years for Episode X? Of course they will. But they feel like they have to push that angle in marketing because they know nobody cares anymore.

I don't know. There'll be other Star Wars movies but not with these characters. The original cast is gone and the new cast, well, nobody has ever really cared about them. In ten years? People will care even less. I believe this is really the end of the Skywalker saga, unless they decide to recast Luke and Leia for a new trilogy set between Episode 6 and 7.

[AquaParade]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

It's strange they want to bill this as "the end of the Skywalker saga." Like, they're really not going to come back in 10 years for Episode X? Of course they will. But they feel like they have to push that angle in marketing because they know nobody cares anymore.

It's like when DC or Marvel cancels a comic that's not selling too well anymore with, "THE FINAL ADVENTURE OF SO-AND-SO!" when they know damn well they're coming back with a flashy new #1 in a year or so.

The "Skywalker FAREWELL TOUR"

[sdp]

I have my tickets ready for midnight.

It's not just marketing, it really is the end of an era, it's still the ST that lucas sort of planned even if changed completely. It has the actors of the previous movies in their final roles here.

Sure we'll get more star wars stuff and even referencing the "skywalker" era most of the time but it won't be another "episode", it won't be the same. I won't ever watch another star wars movie at midnight, this ends this year. An episode X might happen eventually? Sure, maybe 15+ years in the future with an older Rey or Kylo whatever, but it won't be the same.

I hope the movie is good, at the very least salvages some of the sequel trilogy, it has good ideas, i like kylo,rey,finn, bb8 for the most part, just not anything else. Excited to see Sheev Palatine.

Sadly I don't think Lucasfilm has learned anything after the last Kathleen interview where she states that Lucas is just not wanting to let go and that the sequel trilogy was bold and better than anything, whatever. Let's hope other star wars projects bomb so she gets fired. A shame, she did a great job in the past and was respected. But yeah IX will do tons of money at the box office, anything after that I think we'll continue to see diminishing returns like Solo proved.

[Leo656]

Yeah, I definitely expect it to make even more money than TLJ did, mostly because of the "End of An Era" gimmick and people's hope and nostalgia. But I also expect it to be a bad movie. Aren't they still in reshoots? When has THAT ever gone well at the 11th hour like this? Plus most of it is going to have to be devoted to retconning/explaining/apologizing for the last movie. That leaves, what... An HOUR to actually tell its own story and rush things to a conclusion? A conclusion that, supposedly, will tie ALL NINE movies in the main series together? Impossible. They cannot reach a satisfying conclusion using the last two movies as a springboard. The hole they dug themselves into is too deep.

It HAS to be better than the last one, though, and that's the absolute limit of my expectations. I don't think it will take 15 years before Episode X, maybe ten, but I do agree that most of the spin-offs will under-perform. But that's also why I think Ep. X will be sooner than later; once they run out of ideas, they won't have any other choice.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by Leo656

Yeah, I definitely expect it to make even more money than TLJ did, mostly because of the "End of An Era" gimmick and people's hope and nostalgia. But I also expect it to be a bad movie. Aren't they still in reshoots? When has THAT ever gone well at the 11th hour like this? Plus most of it is going to have to be devoted to retconning/explaining/apologizing for the last movie. That leaves, what... An HOUR to actually tell its own story and rush things to a conclusion? A conclusion that, supposedly, will tie ALL NINE movies in the main series together? Impossible. They cannot reach a satisfying conclusion using the last two movies as a springboard. The whole they dug themselves into is too deep.

It HAS to be better than the last one, though, and that's the absolute limit of my expectations. I don't think it will take 15 years before Episode X, maybe ten, but I do agree that most of the spin-offs will under-perform. But that's also why I think Ep. X will be sooner than later; once they run out of ideas, they won't have any other choice.

Yep. Good movie or not, IX will still make a ton of money because people want to see the continuation and "conclusion" of the main numerical saga, even knowing going into it that it will probably suck. The random spinoff movies and inevitable "ancient Jedi" movies don't have that going for them. At a certain point making an Episode X will be the only thing they can do to spark interest, so they'll trot out a 40 year-old Daisy Ridley. Maybe they'll even have the good sense not to use the Empire again as the bad guys, but I doubt it.

[Leo656]

I will not at all be surprised if they wait a few years and then do either a film or movie series starring Carrie's daughter as Leia. Like an "Untold Tales" thing taking place before or in-between the movies we have now.

I mean, that's a no-brainer, right? She'd definitely do it, and the marks would eat it up. That just might be their next "Hail Mary" play, if the Obi-Wan show with Ewan either under-performs or runs its course.

To me, it would be stupid, but most people love that kinda schmaltzy sh*t. If I were a creatively-bankrupt billion-dollar corporation grasping at straws to keep my ailing franchise alive while most of everyone who made it popular is either in the ground or sipping Geritol, that's probably what I would do. But who knows?

I don't think enough people care about the new characters to feel a strong sense of nostalgia for them a few years from now, but I could be wrong. I don't *think* I am, but you might be right. I'unno.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by Leo656

I will not at all be surprised if they wait a few years and then do either a film or movie series starring Carrie's daughter as Leia. Like an "Untold Tales" thing taking place before or in-between the movies we have now.

I'd imagine you'll prove to be right in them wanting to utilize her in stuff. My bet would be something more in the lines of a future Disney+ series where suddenly her character from VII-IX learns she has Force potential, and has post-IX adventures.

I don't think enough people care about the new characters to feel a strong sense of nostalgia for them a few years from now, but I could be wrong. I don't *think* I am, but you might be right. I'unno.

They don't care about the new characters, but it wouldn't be a strong sense of nostalgia for them that would bring them in but simply for seeing "Episode X" anyway. Like, think comic books. I'm sure we've all collected comics where there is occasionally an odd story arc or one shot at #43 or whatever... but we buy it anyway because we've already collected the other 42 issues and we're invested. It's not same as if some weird special or one-shot drops with the same character (i.e., the solo movies)... you can skip that stuff unless you're like a completist, but you got to get #43.

[Xav]

Originally Posted by ZariusTwo

New teaser

https://twitter.com/starwars/status/...er-teaser.html

The fact that most of the responses to that teaser are "Reylo" definitely tells you what type of people like these movies.

[sdp]

Originally Posted by Xav

The fact that most of the responses to that teaser are "Reylo" definitely tells you what type of people like these movies.

Ugh, shipper fandoms are the worst, also everyone knows it's all about #finnlo

[Shark_Blade]

What about finnpoe? Oh right, Disney are cowards.

They built it up in Force Awakens and suddenly they’re indifferent to each other in Last Jedi. Love that inconsistency.

Btw I ranked the movies:

Spoiler:

Have yet to watch The Mandalorians but heard it’s very good.

[TigerClaw]

a Special Look on Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker

[Vegita-San]

and from what I saw, not a single new movie shot.

this thing is, what, 3 weeks away?