Star Wars

Tbh anyone who worked on the sequels probably thought Star Wars was dumb and we can do it better if we throw the old stuff entirely out of the window… Kathleen, J.J, Rian Johnson… all just didn’t care about the source material. Kathleen honestly maybe a little but she’s too busy pushing her weird agenda of having things be light hearted and filled with strong female characters.

I have no issue with that last point, Jyn in Rogue One is actually excellent for example. Apparently though a lot of the rewrites for Kenobi came down to “lack of female roles” and “too dark”.

It's like they took George's "for the kids" target way too much to heart. I was saying to my brothers how they just don't seem to want to branch out into different tones or dynamics, but such is the way for a corporate mind to want things to be "cohesive"

Some of the characters look weird to me… Kenobi looked odd imo. Also I don’t really like the look of Young Dooku that much. I still think there will be some decent content in here. Also curious who the dark sider fighting Ahsoka is.

I believe Ahsoka is fighting an Inquisitor as there was a post ROTS novel where she fought and killed one. Kind of looks like an Overwatch character though lol

I do agree Tales of the Jedi looks a bit odd. Young Dooku looks less like a younger Christopher Lee and more Moses from that animated Prince of Egypt film lol Still, I'm really curious about it and we've got Yaddle confirmed

Not certain it is based so quickly afterwards. Could be like a couple years after ROTS which would make enough sense. Also, it's confirmed it's not the same Inquisitor as the novel one, so this one's a new creation

Yeah, I'm guessing it's based before even any bit of TCW even. Right before Obi got his barber visit done lol

It's marketed as "two paths", the first being Ahsoka and the second Dooku. So most likely 3 episodes for each and I'm guessing anything with Anakin/Kenobi relates to the Ahsoka stuff that occurs around TCW.

I think the Ahsoka stuff is supposed to encompass her entire childhood/young adulthood from being found by Plo to to all the stuff we didn’t see in between Rebels/TCW like her getting her lightsabers and whatnot.


I suspect the entire purpose of this show is to make a convenient and concise package for dumb normies to find out who Ahsoka is so they won’t be confused when watching the Ahsoka series. Dooku may have even been an after thought using excess budget lol. But like I don’t get how people are actually confused by Ahsoka. She was Anakin’s padawan during the clone wars like how is that explanation hard to understand. Also it’s ironic because if they won’t watch TCW, they’re not gonna watch Tales of the Jedi

Latest Lucasfilm L: Disney has reportedly told Kathleen Kennedy to stop announcing movies that go no where. I think they are now scrambling to get a movie out. There's been so many announced and all have gone into production limbo.

People are also saying Star Wars is at the lowest point it's ever been in regards to audience interest. I think this is true like you can feel how much the brand has fell off. Merch sales are low and apathy has set in after so many consecutive misses with the content. Guess they're hoping a new movie will jump start things.

Apparently they quickly put together a writers' room after Celebration at which Filoni was present. Rumor is the idea they came up with was a standalone movie (with potential for sequels) set after TROS which may include sequel trilogy characters... Star Wars is dying and they think TROS 2 will save them omegalul

When they announced a Grogu short film, I thought that was peak corporatism and them once again exploiting baby Yoda's marketability instead of pursuing organic storytelling.

But the short dropped today and I am left sort of confused. On one hand I have to respect the hand drawn animation and I know Studio Ghibli is a big deal. But on the other... Like what was the point of this lol? It looks like a little fan project which if it was then that's neat. But as a Disney production this is rather insignificant.

What is with all these crumbs they keep giving us? Remember those sounds of Star Wars shorts or the one with ambient environments? What is the point of these things? No one really cares about or enjoys them. They feel like a waste of resources. Even Tales of the Jedi, while it was good, was just a morsel. They need to go big and deliver greatness. The brand feels like it is in such a decline

It's looking like KK will be gone after Indy. I think whoever takes over next as president will have their first major act be ending the Star Wars movie hiatus and finally getting a new film made. I think Iger coming back will help get them on track. Not that I particularly like Iger or have faith in his creative decisions but maybe he's learned some lessons based on that book he published...

Tbh I'm ready for another Star Wars movie. Generally I prefer tv to movies but I'm kinda burned out by Star Wars tv now. I'd like to see some return to form epic storytelling on the silver screen. It also feels like tv struggles to capture the look of Star Wars and make it feel otherworldly probably due to budget restraints. Depending on the script, a movie would probably require less sets/locations than a show so they could be made with higher quality

Not sure what they would do first to really pull in the Star Wars casuals again. The loyalists and hardcore fans like us will watch anything, need to capture the casuals. I think Rogue One did an incredible job of a simple Empire vs Rebel story, got back to the ground roots of a space adventure that related heavily to the OT that also did not require any recasting (limited CGI though).

Kenobi probably could have worked as a movie. I think the safe option might be a Vader/ Empire film? Vader and Thrawn together or something could work, would setup Thrawn for the more casuals for the TV Shows.

Ok I’ve been rewatching some Rebels, mostly the best episodes with Vader, Maul, Thrawn, etc…

But honestly I think people were really too harsh on this show because of being salty TCW was cancelled. The show really isn’t that bad, while Ezra is a little annoying the rest of the Ghost Crew holds up pretty well. Kanan is still one of my favorite things to come out of the show.

Maul is a little shoehorned though for sure, but his ultimate fate was satisfying. Although it does ruin what could have been a potential great plot for the Kenobi show. Thrawn however is always a commanding presence on screen, they really nailed his character and I’m very much excited to see him in the sequel era shows.

At the same time I would have been really curious how Ahsoka, Maul, Kanan and Ezra vs Vader would have gone… the later two likely would have been fodder if Vader actually went all out.

I just wanted Maul vs Vader tbh

I’m really curious with how Thrawn will be portrayed in the sequel era. My guess is he’s basically going to be vital in developing the fledging First Order, possibly with the help of his people in deep space. I get the feeling we will only see him briefly in the first season of Ahsoka though, probably just a set up cameo at the end.