New 'Star Wars' Trilogy In the Works (deadline.com)
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- News link: https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/24/11/08/0641215/new-star-wars-trilogy-in-the-works
- Source link: https://deadline.com/2024/11/star-wars-trilogy-simon-kinberg-movies-1236169916/
> I heard this will comprise Episodes 10-12 of The Skywalker Saga that began with George Lucas's 1977 first film, which, along with Steven Spielberg's Jaws, reshaped the global blockbuster game. Insiders disputed my intel that Kinberg will continue that storyline, saying this instead will begin a new saga, and sit alongside percolating Star Wars projects with James Mangold, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, Taika Waititi and Donald Glover. As usual, Lucasfilm and Disney are not commenting.
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> Kinberg previously worked with Lucasfilm in co-creating with Dave Filoni and Carrie Beck the Emmy-nominated animated series Star Wars Rebels that ran for four seasons from 2014-2018. He was also a consultant on Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens, the J.J. Abrams-directed film that revived the franchise in 2015. He has also been [2]heavily involved in other franchises as writer and/or producer.
[1] https://deadline.com/2024/11/star-wars-trilogy-simon-kinberg-movies-1236169916/
[2] https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1334526/
Obligatory Simpsons quote (Score:2)
[1]Enough said [youtube.com].
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcZzlPGnKdU
Characters (Score:1)
Ok, we all know the new emperor will be named Trump.
But who will be Vador ?
Re: (Score:2)
> But who will be Vador ?
Who would play the role of the young protege who one fought against the Emperor but now serves as his loyal underling and errand boy? Hm, that's a stumper.
Will never be made. (Score:2)
This is just a paper announcement. There's no chance this will be made after the catastrophic Disney+ releases.
The recent outbursts of some of the old profilic actors (like Hamill) as well as the ones (think people from Acolyte) combined with Disney losing money left and right have pretty much killed the entire franchise. Old fans have said "No" and the 'new audience' doesn't care.
Boring (Score:1)
Next up, Indiana Jones smokes a cigar while a brave dog bites some nazis.
Yawn! (Score:1)
"Oh no not again" - a bowl of petunias
Star Wars Films = Doomed Since TLJ (Score:2)
Every single Star Wars box office result since The Last Jedi's first weekend (i.e. since it was actually seen by audiences) has ranged from disappointing to abysmal.
The Force Awakens delivered three unprecedented blockbuster weekends (twice dropping less than 40%), then stayed in eight figures for another month:
[1]http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekend&id=starwars7.htm [boxofficemojo.com]
Compare that to TLJ:
[2]http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekend&id=starwars8.htm/a> [boxofficemojo.com]
TFA satisfaction
[1] http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekend&id=starwars7.htm
[2] http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekend&id=starwars8.htm
Star Wars (Score:2)
True story:
My daughter (16) lives in Spain and she phoned me the other day and wanted me to get her all the Star Wars movies. She's on a mission to watch all the "classic" / "famous" series so she understands the references to them (prompted by her grandfather, no doubt).
I did so but before I sent them over, I thought I better check they worked and decided - for the first time ever in my life - to watch them. The old and new trilogy of them. My brother had some of the original action figures when I was a
Re: (Score:2)
It's a bit hard to watch these movies for the first time now, after your experience with derived, iterated, polished, improved media 40-50 years later. I watched Krull about a month ago for the first time. Dull and forgettable. I watched Star Wars 30 years ago. I loved it. I can rewatch Star Wars now, because part of the rewatching experience draws from the nostalgia/experience of watching it then. I'll never rewatch Krull.
Re: (Score:2)
Agree that most of the movies are actual junk.
That being said, the original Star Wars (1977) is still quite good. It's especially good if you can see the theatrical release, before LucasFilms came out with the special editions.
Look for Project 4k77. [1]https://www.youtube.com/watch?... [youtube.com]
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKYiISAYCm0
Saga (Score:2)
"The Skywalker Saga that began with George Lucas's 1977 first film"
The saga started with The Phantom Menace chronologically.
And Lucas's first film was THX1138
He should of quit after ROTJ
He's dead, Jim! (Score:3)
They just want to repeat the opening of Episode VII, but imo people are so fed up at this point, that I doubt it's going to work. "Fool me once". Also, unless they whip up AI to hit those nostalgia buttons with familiar characters from the time when the movies were good, ehh...