
CoGro wrote:There's no way Iger is stupid enough to let #releasethelucascut become a thing. I am suspicious that there are three competing cuts of the film, that Iger even has the time to cut his own (he's the fucking CEO of Disney, not a Lucasfilm producer), and that Kennedy would agree to put her credibility to a fan vote by attaching her name to an individual "cut" of arguably the most important film of her career.
Has the film been screened to insiders and friendlies? Probably. Do I think Lucas helped guide the story before, during and after production? Sure. But despite the fallout from Solo and TLJ, do I think Disney would run a "bake off" between three extremely powerful egos and risk catastrophic backlash? No I don't.

Joe1138 wrote:
I really don't understand all the hate directed towards Kathleen Kennedy when it was George who picked her to lead and trusted her with his company.

Joe1138 wrote:
I really don't understand all the hate directed towards Kathleen Kennedy when it was George who picked her to lead and trusted her with his company.
SI wrote:Lucas knew the universe of SW inside out. He was the creator. Our fearless leader. I doubt KK's even picked up one of the new canon books. There's the difference.
In hindsight it was a disaster to simply allow different film-makers to come in and make their own movies with minimal (seemingly) input with the other directors on where the story is going. My biggest fear re TROS is that it will feel almost like a direct sequel to TFA. Regardless of your feelings towards TLJ, if it feels irrelevant or ignored after viewing TROS, then we could have civil war without end.
To top it off the failure to consistently lose talent, chopping and changing directors, right or wrong it all gets levelled at KK.
I like KK she's an uber producer but I barely give her a pass here. I think she moves on after TROS.
Via Antiqua wrote:
I think the writing is on the wall for Jon Favreau to step in.

CoGro wrote:There's no way Iger is stupid enough to let #releasethelucascut become a thing. I am suspicious that there are three competing cuts of the film, that Iger even has the time to cut his own (he's the fucking CEO of Disney, not a Lucasfilm producer), and that Kennedy would agree to put her credibility to a fan vote by attaching her name to an individual "cut" of arguably the most important film of her career.
Has the film been screened to insiders and friendlies? Probably. Do I think Lucas helped guide the story before, during and after production? Sure. But despite the fallout from Solo and TLJ, do I think Disney would run a "bake off" between three extremely powerful egos and risk catastrophic backlash? No I don't.
Joe1138 wrote:I'm with you on this. Speaking as someone who is by no means a sequel apologist, I think all this talk of competing cuts is nonsense. The movie will be what it will be and any creative shortcomings or success ultimate should fall on the people making the movie, specifically J.J. Abrams.
I really don't understand all the hate directed towards Kathleen Kennedy when it was George who picked her to lead and trusted her with his company.


Doctor When wrote:Filoni is definitely the creative future of Star Wars. I’m not sure he has the experience to run Lucasfilm, but IMHO, he’s the single person that both carries Lucas’ DNA, whilst being progressive enough to explore the medium of Star Wars (artistically/creatively) for the future.
The mistake with Kennedy, in my opinion, was the belief she could have some creative control. She’s a truly talented producer, but she isn’t a filmmaker. This is why both Abrams and Johnson were allowed as much room as they had, and I think that’s been a hugely detrimental thing for the sequels... to the point where Lucasfilm don’t even know what to do with a new film.
Of all the endless possibilities that the Star Wars galaxy allows... several years after Disney’s acquisition, we have a rather mixed sequel trilogy (and I’m being kind), a Han Solo origin film and a film about stealing the Death Star plans.
Doctor When wrote:Filoni is definitely the creative future of Star Wars. I’m not sure he has the experience to run Lucasfilm, but IMHO, he’s the single person that both carries Lucas’ DNA, whilst being progressive enough to explore the medium of Star Wars (artistically/creatively) for the future. The mistake with Kennedy, in my opinion, was the belief she could have some creative control. She’s a truly talented producer, but she isn’t a filmmaker. This is why both Abrams and Johnson were allowed as much room as they had, and I think that’s been a hugely detrimental thing for the sequels... to the point where Lucasfilm don’t even know what to do with a new film. Of all the endless possibilities that the Star Wars galaxy allows... several years after Disney’s acquisition, we have a rather mixed sequel trilogy (and I’m being kind), a Han Solo origin film and a film about stealing the Death Star plans.
RogueOne1216 wrote:Yet the film about stealing the Death Star plans was the best of Disney’s Star Wars films.


CoGro wrote:I’m shocked that the most miserable fan base on Earth would create vicious rumours about a movie screening, including making inferences about individual responses, especially famous people who they don’t and will never know.

JJ Abrams wrote:
The reaction to Star Wars, the increased attacks, the increased negativity, the Fandom Menace as they call it, you know, that is not unique to Star Wars, obviously. And I think we live in a time where if you’re not being divisive, if you’re not creating something that’s aversive click-bait, sometimes you don’t quite feel like you’re playing the game. I always loved Star Wars because it’s got a huge heart.
Did I always believe in and agree with every single thing that happened in every movie, whether it was the prequels or the original trilogy? No. But do I love Star Wars? Yes. So, for me, I hope -- and I’m sure naively -- we can return to a time where we give things a bit more latitude. We don’t have to agree with every single thing to love something. I don’t know anyone who has a spouse or a partner or any family member or any friend, who loves and agrees with every single thing that that person is and does. We have to return, I think, to nuance and acceptance. And so I feel like, as a Star Wars fan, do I love every single thing about each of the movies? No. But do I love Star Wars? Hell yes, I do.


JJ Abrams wrote:
The reaction to Star Wars, the increased attacks, the increased negativity, the Fandom Menace as they call it, you know, that is not unique to Star Wars, obviously. And I think we live in a time where if you’re not being divisive, if you’re not creating something that’s aversive click-bait, sometimes you don’t quite feel like you’re playing the game. I always loved Star Wars because it’s got a huge heart.
Did I always believe in and agree with every single thing that happened in every movie, whether it was the prequels or the original trilogy? No. But do I love Star Wars? Yes. So, for me, I hope -- and I’m sure naively -- we can return to a time where we give things a bit more latitude. We don’t have to agree with every single thing to love something. I don’t know anyone who has a spouse or a partner or any family member or any friend, who loves and agrees with every single thing that that person is and does. We have to return, I think, to nuance and acceptance. And so I feel like, as a Star Wars fan, do I love every single thing about each of the movies? No. But do I love Star Wars? Hell yes, I do.
CoGro wrote:Yes.
CoGro wrote:https://esquire.com/entertainment/movies/amp29960539/jj-abrams-star-wars-the-rise-of-skywalker-interview-toxic-fandom-knights-of-ren-baby-yoda/

Doctor When wrote:I feel Disney, and Abrams, actually went out of their way to stoke ‘fandom menace’. They used it. They consciously talked down Lucas and the prequels to build their own little take on Star Wars, and it’s rightly kinda backfired. Pretty much everything Abrams says or writes comes across as very disingenuous to me.


CoGro wrote:this entire ST venture will all be creatively shallow if it doesn't provide a strong reason for why the Skywalker story had to continue post-ROTJ.

Doctor When wrote:I feel Disney, and Abrams, actually went out of their way to stoke ‘fandom menace’. They used it. They consciously talked down Lucas and the prequels to build their own little take on Star Wars, and it’s rightly kinda backfired. Pretty much everything Abrams says or writes comes across as very disingenuous to me.
royalguard96 wrote:Agree 1000% with the first part. Anyone who understands the history of the saga, and how it was made, could plainly see through the "WW UsEd PrAcTiCaL EfFeCtS!!!!1111" line for what it was - a shot at Lucas and his filmmaking techniques. They took the mountain of shit fans threw at the prequels and stood upon it in the lead up to TFA. Even in the TFA special features, some random dude was talking about "why would we use anything other than film? That's the only way to do it, that's how the originals were made" blah blah blah I know the sequel trilogy did little to endear itself to me with that kind of mindless trash talk. I will give Rian Johnson credit in that he didn't engage in any of that junk. He just set out to make the movie he wanted to make, whether you agree or disagree with his vision, and didn't worry about all this other crap. I respect him for that.
The central question I hope TROS answers - the one I and CoGro have had for 7 years - is why was the ST necessary (besides to make money back for Disney investors)? TROS has a pretty tall task ahead of it to answer that question, and I sincerely hope it does.

CoGro wrote:
But can you really blame Disney for taking that PR line back in 2014-15? From a business perspective, saying "this isn't going to be like the PT" was a perfectly reasonable position to take. Outside the fandom, Star Wars didn't exactly leave the cinema landscape on the best possible terms (especially if you take the horrible CW movie into account) and the brand needed to reassert itself using nostalgia. LFL pushed the angle that this would be just like the OT because they needed the dialogue around Star Wars to become respectable again...and it worked. Put yourself back into pre-TLJ 2017: Star Wars just had back to back critical, fan and box office hits and it was never cooler to be a fan.
All of that said, I probably would have trusted the public a little more and leaned into the original cast coming back, continuing a story from thirty years ago and not really using the PT as the anti-Star Wars, but I'm already a day one ticket holder. Whatever.
All of that aside, and irrespective of how well-made the Disney-era films are (I'd argue they all generally are despite Solo having absolutely nothing to say or add), royalguard96 is right: this entire ST venture will all be creatively shallow if it doesn't provide a strong reason for why the Skywalker story had to continue post-ROTJ. I haven't read the reports and so I'm still hopeful that it will. I do think TLJ made JJ's task way, way harder than it needed to be because of how little Rian Johnson seemed to care about answering that question. I want JJ to stick the landing and I'll be rooting for him when the fanfare blasts this Thursday.

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