Future and potential Star Wars films - news and speculation

Loafing Oaf wrote: »

Any info on the storyline for the Obi Wan film?

No surprise on Johnson's stuff. But I thought the Jenkins thing was a goer. Maybe it's just as well, cos if rumours are correct and it was set in the new era, it was probably dead in the water. I'd say there were a lot of squeaky bums after the farce that was 'Wonder Woman 1984'.

Agreed. But they have also had a big hit with 'The Mandalorian', for all its faults, and they're looking at the generally good reception that their Boba Fett show is getting. I'd say that the ridiculous popularity of 'The Mandalorian' alone outstrips the reception they received for any cinema project they've done. Although, that may not have translated into money. So it's no surprise that Disney+ is where they are looking at for the present.

However, the Johnson stuff was probably canned years ago on the back of the reception to 'The Last Jedi' and they're just confirming it now, and the bad reception to WW1984 may have coloured their perceptions toward the Jenkins movie.

TBH, I don't think either are suited to Star Wars.

I wonder what the main narative thrust will be there. It's hard to see what kind of an expansive yarn they can spin that doesn't cut across Episode IV. Although maybe there's all sorts of exciting stuff going on beyond the Dune Sea that we have yet to discover...

The problem with quoting Star Wars dialogue is that it's like quoting the bible in that their is usually something else to disrupt a certain line of thinking. Vader says that he was "but a learner" the last time he met Kenobi, so that pretty much rules out any kind of face to face for me in the Kenobi series.

However, I wouldn't be adverse to Kenobi investigating just who this Darth Vader bloke is behind the scenes. That alone would make for an interesting one off TV show. There are options for it to explore. But they absolutely shouldn't meet. There's been enough damage done to the original films by prequel stories already.

BTW, I don't think anyone should be putting much stock in what the prequels showed. The were a bloody mess.

Yeh, my spidey senses got set off by that pic as well. But there's so much Star Wars concept art that isn't really reflective of the finished product, so I'll wait and see.

But I'm the same re: Disney. I've never thought that they were the right people to be in charge of the property.

Mmmmm, I'd still be against any meeting between them.

As for learner, no, I don't think he could be classified as that. 'The Clone Wars' cartoon (I wasn't a fan) had him teaching Ashoka or whatever her name was. You could interpret it as "Sith learner", but I think that might be over stretching things.

As said, we'll just have to wait and see how this thing is handled. There's some slight wiggle room for a one off story here, but for it to be any use it'll have to avoid all the trappings of the cheap SW fan service that has plagued Diswars so far.

I might be imagining it but I can see a resemblance.

in The Mandolorian Ashoka was looking for Thrawn - it would be cool if Lars Mikkelson played him in live action too.

Not sure how I feel about a possible Ezra return. He made a noble sacrifice and we can’t have too many Jedi (official or not) wondering the Galaxy.

She'll never publically admit that the sequel trilogy was a complete failure on a storytelling level and created disinterest for anything beyond TROS, so she's obligated to keep it alive by mentioning it from time to time.

Finn would have had potential if for the start he was a person recovering from the mind conditioning he had been put through since he was a child. Instead he apparently emerged as an ordinary person or was never conditioned in the first place. Last I read Boyega was berating all and sundry - except Abrams (the writer/director responsible for sidelining him) - didn’t sound like he would go back.

Poe is pretty much pointless - which is saying something in the Sequel Trilogy. Issac, a major fan of Star Wars, is apparently in no hurry to return either unless he needs the money - his words.

I don’t see how the Sequels are not irredeemable - they are done now and nothing can what they are.

Personally I have no desire to see any of those characters again or there to be any mention of First Order, Resistence, etc.

If the post-RotJ were to ignore the whole thing I would be happy.

Would live if Keri Russell got a series as a completely different character.