Here is Kennedy's take, though I think 2023 is the more likely release window.
https://www.latimes.com/entertainme...nnedy-lucasfilm-the-last-jedi-the-mandalorian
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Here is Kennedy's take, though I think 2023 is the more likely release window.
https://www.latimes.com/entertainme...nnedy-lucasfilm-the-last-jedi-the-mandalorian
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Not lying, he was told to dial the rhetoric down which is understandable.Ah, right...he was honest before but lying now.
Disney slowing Dow releases is no secret.
Which is why he came out and stated that he understood where Johnson was coming from and appreciated the character journey?
Whatever, at this point. It was entertaining enough and that's good enough for me. Disney can manage their own house.
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Hmm interesting, that is from before Christmas though so things may have changed, Bob Iger brought it up in an investor chat so I would say that probably trumps anything from December.
We shall see though I have no doubt they will keep a close watch this year and see how it goes, a lot will depend on exactly what the films cover, when they are set and also the quality of the scripts, I would love for them to do a trilogy based on Knights of the Old Republic for instance.
No matter when they set the next set, unless it's 200+ years in the future, there will be people who refuse to accept it because it violates some story set by some shitty book or video game.
The KOTOR era would be a dumpster fire because if they make Revan anything less than what the fanatics want..there iwll be screaming of likes that makes ROS pale by comparison
The KOTOR era would be a dumpster fire because if they make Revan anything less than what the fanatics want..there iwll be screaming of likes that makes ROS pale by comparison
Not sure the statements really conflict. He said the movies would be on hiatus for a few years. Which still points to a possible 2022 or 23 release of the next one. I'm not sure Kennedy would've made the statement without knowing her bosses feelings on it.
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I remember watching him talk before the film was released, I have never seen anyone struggle so hard to contain himself it looked excruciating, he called it as he saw it in the end even though he knew he would be in trouble for it, the fans appreciated his honesty so fair play to him for that.
To be honest his comments afterwards sounded like they had been written for him.
Glad you enjoyed it.
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That is what CBS are trying with Discovery, throwing it hundreds of years into the future, we shall see if it works out for them or not.
With a brand as cherished as Star Wars they will never really be able to avoid the marmite effect.
Setting it in the Old Republic will at least allow them a measure of freedom, they dont have to cover Revan there are plenty of others besides him.
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True but the fact its more recent and he is the top banana makes me lean in his direction.
Plans could change, the positive response to the Mandalorian may have convinced them this is the right action to take at this time and to leave the films a bit longer, who knows.
I'm not sure there would be any Mandalorian buzz without Baby Yoda.
I'm not sure they can differentiate them enough to be keep things fresh like we've seen with the MCU, which can be war movies (Captain America), spy movies (Winter Soldier/Black Widow), supernatural fantasies (Doctor Strange), scifi comedies (Guardians), etc. It will be interesting to see if CBS can pull it off with all the new Trek shows, but being on TV seems to present a lower hurdle.
Yeah, one movie every three years (as shown by the OT and PT) is probably the sweet spot.
I'm not sure they can differentiate them enough to be keep things fresh like we've seen with the MCU, which can be war movies (Captain America), spy movies (Winter Soldier/Black Widow), supernatural fantasies (Doctor Strange), scifi comedies (Guardians), etc. It will be interesting to see if CBS can pull it off with all the new Trek shows, but being on TV seems to present a lower hurdle.
One of the things to consider with the PT and such is the length of time between when they came out.
The gap between ROTJ to TPM was 16 years. Between then there was virtually no new real Star Wars content beyond the remastering of the OT in 1997, and even then that was more so the whetting of the appetite for the PT.
After ROTS there was the clone wars, but it really wasn't main line. SW went into another deep freeze and then in 2015 we had TFA come out to very strong showings..
And then after that we had two major motion pictures between TFA and TLJ, and then more cartoons (Rebels and Resistance), The Mandolorian, etc...and then ROS.
There was simply *too much Star Wars*. That particular fandom seems to behave itself better when they're starving to death for new content.
The gap between ROTJ to TPM was 16 years. Between then there was virtually no new real Star Wars content beyond the remastering of the OT in 1997, and even then that was more so the whetting of the appetite for the PT.
After ROTS there was the clone wars, but it really wasn't main line. SW went into another deep freeze and then in 2015 we had TFA come out to very strong showings..
And then after that we had two major motion pictures between TFA and TLJ, and then more cartoons (Rebels and Resistance), The Mandolorian, etc...and then ROS.
There was simply *too much Star Wars*. That particular fandom seems to behave itself better when they're starving to death for new content.
The film/tv fans. The video game, novel, and comic book fans did not, to put it mildly, find lack of content in the 90s etc. you stated. Many Star Wars fans came to the franchise from those elements including myself. Those elements are now lacking in this supposedly "too much Star Wars" era, especially the video game department (although Fallen Order is a fine game).
As I mentioned before, I'm a hardcore SW fan with extensive interaction with the SW community on theforce.net going back 15 years and thousands of messages and interactions.
The only thing that is really relevant are the TV and Films. Books/comics/video games are an extremely minor part of the deal.
Note: I really enjoyed a lot of that alternative content as well, but it doesn't change the fact that there was no new Star Wars films for nearly 2 decades when the PT started.
And you're missing the Ewok and Droids tv shows, and Ewok movies meaning the gap wasn't 16 years.
Theatrical movies aren't everything. Dr. Who had 2 theatrical movies that, no offense to Peter Cushing, are barely a footnote in overall Dr. Who recognition. TNG's decline was in the movies.
And in regards to Star Wars, I'm a fan going back decades with a 15 year extensive interaction with theforce.net community with thousands of messages as I've mentioned before.
If you guys are going to start commenting on audience numbers, it makes it even more bizarre that you'd write out Heir to the Empire's New York Times #1 Bestseller list (that knocked down John Grisham at the time) and the other bestselling books just because they happen to be novels.
You discount novels because they're novels even though they were widely read. Then when film/tv is brought up to you, you discount them because you feel they weren't as widely viewed.
Just choose your points and stick with them.
If books were so meaningless, no one would have watched Fellowship of the Ring when it premiered. Everyone would have been confused on who Bilbo was and who Sauron was. Ignoring the massive SW literary audience to suit arguments flies in the face of reality (as seen in my LOTR example).
But that Droids theme was pure 1980s gold from Stewart Copeland of The Police:
The hilarious part of discounting these cartoons is that children's cartoons drove a large part of movie franchises especially in the 90s. Ninja Turtles, Batman, and culminating in X-Men and Transformers.
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