Spoilers All Things STAR WARS - News, Speculation & Spoilers Thread
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I enjoyed it too, and there were several episodes that I would place on franchise best of lists (such as essential animated series episodes). One that springs to mind immediately is "Rendezvous Point."
I am far from a Rey hater, I enjoyed her character. But to say she should be the lead of Star Wars movies to come.....
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Daisy Ridley's Rey set to play role in several new Star Wars movies
Daisy Ridley's Rey is set to play a role in several Star Wars movies that are in development, but which will actually be released?
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Wouldn't that be Grogu?
Or Mando himself.
It sure didn't turn out to be Boba Fett.
Fett was best in smaller doses.
I'd welcome more Rey.
I'd welcome more Rey.
“the most valuable cinematic asset, in some ways maybe the only one, Star Wars has right now."
Well, that'd be one of the most popular fictional characters of the past half-century - and, though I respect Daisy Ridley as an actor, I'm not talking about Rey, whose primary character arc was wondering if she and a mass murderer should smooch. I'm talking about Luke Skywalker.
The Kennedy/Filoni faithful may be ready to be done with Luke forever, but, even after the ST, there are millions of everyday people who like Star Wars (and who've never heard of Ezra Bridger or Ahsoka Tano) who'd be up for seeing Luke go on another adventure. Especially if Han and Leia were around. Millions, I say.
And, as it happens, Star Wars already has the perfect vehicle for a standalone Luke adventure. A story where they can recast the role, and give a new actor the chance to sink or swim without the expectation that he'll necessarily headline a whole bunch more films. A story that doesn't demand a sequel, because it already exists. A story that doesn't require them to also recast Han (just Leia). A story with Darth Vader.
That's right - they could finally make Shadows of the Empire. One movie, with a satisfying ending, and no further commitments. (But, there's a potential bonus: if they got off their butts and finally make an initial Rogue Squadron movie at the same time, they could set it between Shadows and RotJ, and feature the new Luke and Leia again in minor roles.) If a Shadows movie fails, no great harm is done. But if it's a hit, they can recast Han (or bring Alden back) and make a movie set shortly after RotJ, and then they'd be off to the podraces.
(And, wouldn't you know, the next few years might be a good time, zeitgeist-wise, for a story set during the height of the Empire's tyrannical rule, with the decrepit Emperor in charge of the galaxy...)
... Of course, for Kennedy to approve such a venture, she might have to acknowledge that her pet protagonist from three tonally confused, hastily thrown together movies somehow failed to garner the same affection that Luke did over three classic movies and decades of fandom during simpler, less competitive pop culture times. She's rich and a senior citizen, so maybe she values her pride over the company's finances. (So, Disney, that would make it your move. What's more important - Kennedy's ego, or your bottom line?) Granted, however, that's just a theory.
Well, that'd be one of the most popular fictional characters of the past half-century - and, though I respect Daisy Ridley as an actor, I'm not talking about Rey, whose primary character arc was wondering if she and a mass murderer should smooch. I'm talking about Luke Skywalker.
The Kennedy/Filoni faithful may be ready to be done with Luke forever, but, even after the ST, there are millions of everyday people who like Star Wars (and who've never heard of Ezra Bridger or Ahsoka Tano) who'd be up for seeing Luke go on another adventure. Especially if Han and Leia were around. Millions, I say.
And, as it happens, Star Wars already has the perfect vehicle for a standalone Luke adventure. A story where they can recast the role, and give a new actor the chance to sink or swim without the expectation that he'll necessarily headline a whole bunch more films. A story that doesn't demand a sequel, because it already exists. A story that doesn't require them to also recast Han (just Leia). A story with Darth Vader.
That's right - they could finally make Shadows of the Empire. One movie, with a satisfying ending, and no further commitments. (But, there's a potential bonus: if they got off their butts and finally make an initial Rogue Squadron movie at the same time, they could set it between Shadows and RotJ, and feature the new Luke and Leia again in minor roles.) If a Shadows movie fails, no great harm is done. But if it's a hit, they can recast Han (or bring Alden back) and make a movie set shortly after RotJ, and then they'd be off to the podraces.
(And, wouldn't you know, the next few years might be a good time, zeitgeist-wise, for a story set during the height of the Empire's tyrannical rule, with the decrepit Emperor in charge of the galaxy...)
... Of course, for Kennedy to approve such a venture, she might have to acknowledge that her pet protagonist from three tonally confused, hastily thrown together movies somehow failed to garner the same affection that Luke did over three classic movies and decades of fandom during simpler, less competitive pop culture times. She's rich and a senior citizen, so maybe she values her pride over the company's finances. (So, Disney, that would make it your move. What's more important - Kennedy's ego, or your bottom line?
) Granted, however, that's just a theory.
Kathleen Kennedy lives rent free in your head. You should probably talk to a professional about that.
When he and Mando hit the big screen we will find out.Wouldn't that be Grogu?
I'm fine with Rey taking a bigger role in the franchise, but it seems a bit strange to me they'd call her the most valuable cinematic asset, I didn't think she was that popular. And I'm not sure how she's going to appear more than the one we already know focuses on her, they take place all over the timeline.
Even Bernie Sanders' wife has never felt a bern like that
Who else have they got? People may tolerate Din Djarin being fully helmeted for a 35-minute TV episode at home, but we don't yet know if general audiences will go to see a faceless protagonist in the theater. There's Ahsoka, whose first TV season was tepidly received, and Rosario Dawson hasn't had a major role in a high-grossing movie since... 2002's Men in Black II. They could make a movie with Osha and Qmir, if they wanted, theoretically.
Apart from Rey, then, the only promising character/actor around that I can see is Lando. Or maybe Ewan McGregor, but they're pretty limited by canon in terms of what they can do with Obi-Wan. That leaves, er... a potential second outing for Alden E.'s Han Solo? Doctor Aphra?
... Or, y'know, some nobody named Luke freakin' Skywalker.
Luke's story is clearly done. There might be some untold stories in there somewhere, but those would be best left to novels and animation. After the response to Solo they're not going to recast the character, so they can't go back, and there is nowhere to go with him moving forward.