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Yeah like realistically I cannot see it happening. Filoni for sure has probably pitched the idea but I don't think it's up to him to hire directors so whoever's job it is hopefully has some sense or maybe even instructions from KK level. Like whatever you think about TLJ, the movie and Rian's name are objectively divisive. Bringing him back just makes no sense. I don't think you get rewarded for that kind of stuff. I don't see why they wouldn't bring in anyone new I mean RJ is only one person in the industry. Others deserve a first chance more than Rian deserves a second

I don't see why they wouldn't just cast Daisy Ridley I'm pretty sure she wouldn't say no to a paycheck. But regardless no thanks on a Rey show. Scrapping the Luke's academy story and just giving it to Rey is one of the more infuriating things from the trilogy

Speaking of Keira Knightley though I think it would be cool to see her return as Sabe. I would love to see more Padme related stuff being incorporated I miss that character lol

Rogue One: Included this in my rewatch. For a long time I thought it was just alright but I guess I didn't remember it well enough. This time around I thought it was amazing. Should've been the baseline for new star wars movies. I think overall it's just really well done and feels true to Star Wars. Really fun to see it lead into ANH. I don't think there's many inconsistencies if any at all or overly meta vibes in the way it connects to ANH.

Also I have to say this movie had amazing cinematography idk why it's not brought up as much as TLJ's mediocre cinematography... Fuck Rian Johnson, bring Gareth Edwards back for something. Reward those who have made good content that is liked by most people. Don't reward people for making shitty and controversial content.

ANH: I love everything about it. The OT used to not do much for me but over time I've come to really fall in love with the OT cast the same way I had for the PT characters when I was introduced to Star Wars. Just love seeing Luke, Han, and Leia together. My only issue with the film is Luke does not show nearly enough emotion to all the losses he suffered. In fact they maybe made him lose too many people for a character who's not really supposed to have some tragic background... Owen, Beru, Obi-Wan and his best friend Biggs all in such a short span? I actually think they shouldn't have killed Biggs, so sad they never get to catch up. I think maybe they could've replaced Wedge with Biggs. Also Luke being allowed to join the trench run and gaining rank so quickly and being skilled enough to destroy the Death Star does not feel realistic but I get it. You gotta end the movie with the hero saving the day and they weren't sure there'd be sequels.

TESB: Probably the best cinematography out of the saga. I guess the reason it is so revered is because of the amount of cool shit that happens in it. I do have a couple issues with it though. So apparently there is a three year gap between this and the last one which makes no sense to me. Like it clearly takes place shortly after ANH since Han still has to pay his debt. I cannot buy him getting sidetracked for three years especially when the entirety of the clone war occurs in just four. People also claim Luke was on Dagobah for months but this is hard to believe too.

It's probably claimed so it doesn't feel like Luke is too capable after a mere few days of training. But it was for sure just a few days. If he was there for months, that means the Falcon was flying around and evading the Empire for months and they couldn't fix their hyperdrive for months. Doesn't make sense. So yeah the passage of time really bothers me. It's a lose lose situation. Either there is too much time passage which is unrealistic or too little to make Luke's abilities realistic. And it's kinda too bad the trio didn't get as much screen time together. But that's another point, them being separated for many months would be pretty weird. I will admit, while I liked seeing Han and Leia interact, the scenes of them flying around felt a bit dragged out and slow. It finally picks up the pace when they reach Bespin which I love.

ROTJ: So many issues with the first two acts. Their "plan" for Han's rescue makes zero sense lol. Everything that occurs is a contrived attempt to create cool scenes. Much of the first two acts are a little slow too. I don't like them rehashing the Death Star, it's lazy. Endor and the Ewoks are also kinda lame. These three things just feel like wasted opportunities for some better world building. Also similar issue to ESB. No way this takes place one year after. Why would it take them that long to find Han? Like he's obviously with Jabba. Even if Lando infiltrated the Palace early on, what would take so long for the rescue? Which again goes back to how their plan makes zero sense.

Then the other issue is Luke is clearly returning to Dagobah for the first time since ESB. It took him a year to return? And he doesn't even get to complete his training. I hate to say it but the reality is Luke is primarily a self taught Jedi with at most a couple weeks of proper training. His abilities are too advanced for this. Hard to believe him as the mature and seasoned Jedi Knight he is portrayed as when he barely has any training. Also another sort of baffling thing is how Luke randomly believes there is good in Vader. How does this happen? Last movie he was trying to kill him and cut his hand off and whatnot. With all the evil things Vader has done, how does one rationally believe there is good in him? Maybe some moments of Luke longing for a family or relationship with his father would've made this make sense. Like if he needed a father figure in his life, he might convince himself Vader could be redeemed

But whatever I still love the throne room scenes. It is kind of odd though to suggest one instance of acting out of anger/hate (killing the Emperor) would immediately turn someone to the dark side... But regardless, the ending is super satisfying and I was smiling throughout. Overall third act is really strong. And once again, I just love all the character interactions.

So overall I think the OT has a bunch of flaws and it's ridiculous that no one ever acknowledges or admits them... Like alright the prequels aren't perfect but claiming the OT is and putting it on this pedestal is just crazy to me. I mean I will always love all six but there's definitely things I think that could've been done better. Aside from that, I really miss the OT trio. Imagine if instead of the prequels, we got more stuff with the OT characters. I keep imagining the sequel trilogy we never got. Mando almost feels like what might've been had they continued with the OT era. I need to see the trio again. It's been too long. If the PT cast got an entire series with them, we deserve the same for OT. Make an OT version of TCW. Put Han in Book of Boba, put Leia in Rangers. Hell all of them could be in Rangers. Reunite them for the Thrawn crossover. We need the reunion for the heroes that the ST failed to deliver

lol For a moment there, I genuinely thought I'd scroll down to find a post about how you'd put yourself through hell and watch the ST as well Judging from what you've said, perhaps your lack of enjoyment this time stems from Star Wars burnout? I don't know, sometimes we just don't enjoy a film as much as we usually do. I agree though there's a lot of regrets about the prequels. AOTC has some of the most realistic dialogue (at certain times at least and not when it's trying to be Shakespere lol) and I think we'd have a much better, if very artificial looking film if they followed through with improving the script at least. And I definitely would've loved to see George take the brave option and have Padme attempt to kill Anakin like in one of the much earlier drafts. Would've really added more to her character and added an extra unexpected layer to the film's overall tragedy.

As for the Luke's training time issue, I think it was explained that Dagobah's mystical qualities meant time worked on a slower level than anywhere else. It's a bit flimsy of an excuse, but it's something at least.

Saw fans are getting excited about Filoni's promotion of executive creative director, though apparently it's been his job for a while now. Whether this means he's got one hand on taking Kennedy's job one day is something I'm not sure about. I still think Favreau has a slightly better chance.

I'll be honest, I'm really struggling to see that show ever happening now. It was easily one of the weaker shows announced and like you I wasn't the least bit interested in seeing more ST set up. Although I will say it's died for the wrong reasons with Gina's firing and it wouldn't really matter if Hera gets the big role instead, you're still left with an idea not too many are that hyped about.

I think there's some rumors of Barriss appearing in the Ahsoka show which I hope are not true. They can't just press pause on a character's story and bring them back decades later and pretend nothing would have changed in that time. Show Barriss in the Bad Batch as an inquisitor or something. She's not relevant after ROTJ. Also the more force users around in that time, the more it starts to break canon.

Another thing a lot of fans want is Mace Windu's return and it makes me cringe so much every time I hear something about that. Mace needs to stay dead. Everyone wants a fight with him and Boba but they always forget that we pretty much got closure to that arc for Boba in TCW. To give Boba a decades long obsession with revenge against a Jedi would be turning him into Maul 2.0. And on top of that, Mace's death is important to Anakin's arc as a point of no return for Anakin. Wouldn't put it past Disney to just cater to these people

I will never stop finding how utterly hilarious it is that someone like Headland worked for ol' Harvey the Hutt as an assistant, but supposedly never knew about his goings on lol. She comes across as someone who very much lacks sincerity, but will happily fake it. Kinda like how she's probably going to fake how much of a diehard fan she is of Star Wars. No matter the reason, I just don't think it's wise to have someone writing for something they're completely in the dark on. I mean at this point if you've never seen Star Wars it's likely because you're not that into that sort of thing.

I don't know, I get the terrible feeling this is going to be painfully preachy like TLJ and have no idea of what subtlety is. Worst part is this is a very solid premise about (I presume) a Sith apprentice when everyone still thinks they're extinct.

What are these grim rumours saying?

I really don't like that type of creative thinking. Where you're more intent and focused on expositing your political stances in a story to such a detrimental extent and being so on the nose about it. I know George was fairly political with the PT (the whole political undercurrent has some comparisons to the Bush administration at the time), but he didn't do it in a preachy kind of way. If you're more concerned with pushing your own politics than telling a story that's actually good, then you're not so much a writer as a political columnist. I haven't looked into the High Republic stuff much at all because it never really intrigued me. Just feels like a cheap knock-off of the Old Republic.

I'm sort of glad I've never gone down that rabbit hole with the fandom though. You're certainly braver than me to do so

Apparently a Mandalorian Gallery special is coming for the Luke episode. Not interested at all tbh. I mean they covered most of it already like the dark trooper stuff and whatnot in the original gallery episode. And the Luke details we more or less know about by now. Also I think that hype has long gone. In fact a lot of the goodwill and hope for a brighter future that finale created has evaporated now after the Gina Carano stuff, High Republic, and some other news. At least it has for me... What they need to do is like an actual special doesn't matter if it's 20 min. or and hour but it should be focused on Luke. He needs more screen time unless he will be showing up in one of the other shows

And on a different topic, doesn't look like any game info is coming out soon which sucks. I'm desperate for a Fallen Order sequel or any new Star Wars game really lol

Apparently the comics are doing this big storyline about all these parties trying to get Han Solo in carbonite and from what I'm hearing it's really making it hard to believe ROTJ still happens after it goes down

Yeah, at this point it feels like one of the old-school Marvel comics from the 80s with this kind of cooky story I've always gotten the unspoken impression that printed Star Wars media has a much looser "canon" to it. Even with the current state of affairs, I feel like that's still the case. I mean for god's sake, they've already made a few comics and books kinda un-canon with later material

I didn’t have any expectations for Visions but after today’s trailer I’m actually kind of excited for it when it comes out. Given they’ll be 9 separate stories, I’m sure there will be at least a couple cool ones. Plus anime Star Wars fights should look really slick.