Disney Scraps Plans For Further Star Wars Storys

[CorporalCaptain]

It’s still obviously rumour, but I trust them more then Collider

https://www.starwarsnewsnet.com/201...y-thats-actually-great-for-the-franchise.html

The bulk of the information in that article comes from the Collider piece, by their own admission. Your article also closes with this:

UPDATE: As we state above in the article, this report does not mean these movies will never happen. It is quite possible a great writer or director pitches a knock-out idea for a Kenobi movie and it comes back into the fold after Episode IX. The report is solely stating that any current plans to make these movies have stopped.

We also want to make it clear that this report via Collider is referring to the standalone movies, and not the Benioff and Weiss series of films, nor the Rian Johnson trilogy. These two sets of films which were both officially announced by Lucasfilm are currently still happening, unless they announce otherwise in the future.​

Little-wordsmithing or reading comprehension? You decide.

 

[DigificWriter]

Look up

I edited my post to respond to your link.

 

[TREK_GOD_1]

A big part of the appeal of Star Wars was the rarity. When (and if) new Wars movies came out, it was a once-in-a-generation event. They were special.

Disney took a once-scarce commodity, flooded the market with it, and the value dropped. Whoda thunk?

Excellent point. Part of the fever that made the original Star Wars films events was the three year waiting between the next release, an acknowledgement of not only the importance of the story, but what it took to create that kind of modern myth. It was not cranked out as if meeting a quota, or sucking up as much money while the property was believed to be profitable (after a time, Universal and Hammer's horror films & the Rocky movies were produced with that mindset). Today, no one aware of business will ever believe a lack of artistic drive coupled with mass brand saturation is not the guiding hand behind most current franchise films. If you spit out something out like its a 5 cent conveyor-belt rack toy, that's exactly how people will perceive it, as opposed to the way Star Wars (1977-83) was seen as a special chapter of filmmaking.

 

[Tuskin38]

The bulk of the information in that article comes from the Collider piece, by their own admission. Your article also closes with this:

UPDATE: As we state above in the article, this report does not mean these movies will never happen. It is quite possible a great writer or director pitches a knock-out idea for a Kenobi movie and it comes back into the fold after Episode IX. The report is solely stating that any current plans to make these movies have stopped.

We also want to make it clear that this report via Collider is referring to the standalone movies, and not the Benioff and Weiss series of films, nor the Rian Johnson trilogy. These two sets of films which were both officially announced by Lucasfilm are currently still happening, unless they announce otherwise in the future.​

Little-wordsmithing or reading comprehension? You decide.

The 'Addition Information We at SWNN Have Heard About the Situation: ' part is the most interesting thing in the SWNN article.

If their information is true, Disney (unintentionally) sabotaged the movie due to poor decisions.

LucasFilm wanted to delay the movie to December, but Disney said no. Disney also refused to up the marketing because it would compete with Infinity War.

 

[CorporalCaptain]

The 'Addition Information We at SWNN Have Heard About the Situation: ' part is the most interesting thing in the SWNN article.

Yeah, well, there's interesting stuff there about Solo and about how "Disney is done experimenting with new or unusual filmmakers," and it's good news that Filoni is still heading animation, but none of what's there is as hard as the Collider article as it relates to story and claim that the anthology films, or "Star Wars stories," are on hold. The point that "Lucasfilm is returning focus to one project at a time per-medium" could be taken to infer that the anthologies are at least temporarily on hold pending completion of Episode IX. The information that one company didn't get its contract renewed for work beyond Solo, while maybe interesting, doesn't actually support the idea that the anthologies are on hold; it's compatible with the idea, "further confirming" as SWNN put it, but without a reason given for the non-renewal it doesn't actually support it.

 

[Jedi Marso]

Right now my sole hope in the SW realm is that they get Ewan MacGregor paired up with a good director, a good script, and they do a standalone Obi-wan movie. That could be pretty epic, especially because Ewan owns that role now, is just the right age, and nothing needs to be recast. Further, if we accept the premise that he didn't need to spend every minute of Luke's childhood sequestered on Tatooine, there are definitely stories to be told. Perhaps as part of some kind of 'underground railroad' for fugitive Jedi fleeing the Empire and Vader's Jedi Hunters. Therein lies a good 'Jedi' standalone storyline with the potential for some good space-chases and lightsaber fights. Also, if Obi-wan walks into a cantina anywhere, someone is losing a limb.

Hell, AFAIC they can make an Obi-wan trilogy with Ewan.

Anything else Disney does with the franchise going forward, we'll see. On the one hand I'm glad that Lucasfilm is doing more SW, but on the other I've been less than impressed with the scripts so far. I thought Rogue One was pretty decent, although the first 30 minutes or so was flawed in the ordering of its scenes. There's a fanedit out there that corrects those issues embarrassingly well.

I don't care what color or gender the lead players are in a SW movie. I DO think Disney would benefit from muting any impulse it has towards making overt social commentary in SW movies. These are supposed to be fun, action-packed popcorn munchers set a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away- not world-shaking commentaries on the state of our society and the world.

 

[fireproof78]

I don't care what color or gender the lead players are in a SW movie. I DO think Disney would benefit from muting any impulse it has towards making overt social commentary in SW movies. These are supposed to be fun, action-packed popcorn munchers set a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away- not world-shaking commentaries on the state of our society and the world.

Even though the original SW had foundations in commenting on the Vietnam War?

I agree that they have their action packed moments, but that doesn't mean that's all they are. Not that it surprises me, as even the studios at the time regarded it as a stupid kid's movie.

 

[Gepard]

MakingStarWars.net has some new information on this, from thier own sources:

"It sounds like there was going to be a movie or a premise along the lines of Mos Eisley Spaceport: A Star Wars Story (not an official title). Crew members of the previous Star Wars film said they believed the other movie was about the spaceport Luke Skywalker goes into the original film. In other words, my sources are saying this movie we never even heard about was canned or postponed and it does not mean the Obi-Wan Kenobi and Boba Fett films are doomed.

"To make it extra clear, it sounds like studio space was canceled, people panicked, assumed it meant bad things for the Kenobi and Fett films but it was actually a movie fans never heard of based around Mos Eisley Spaceport that was either canceled or postponed for now."

https://makingstarwars.net/2018/06/rumor-mos-eisley-spaceport-film-postponed-obi-wan-and-fett-live/

 

[Campe]

MakingStarWars.net has some new information on this, from thier own sources:

"It sounds like there was going to be a movie or a premise along the lines of Mos Eisley Spaceport: A Star Wars Story (not an official title). Crew members of the previous Star Wars film said they believed the other movie was about the spaceport Luke Skywalker goes into the original film. In other words, my sources are saying this movie we never even heard about was canned or postponed and it does not mean the Obi-Wan Kenobi and Boba Fett films are doomed.

"To make it extra clear, it sounds like studio space was canceled, people panicked, assumed it meant bad things for the Kenobi and Fett films but it was actually a movie fans never heard of based around Mos Eisley Spaceport that was either canceled or postponed for now."

https://makingstarwars.net/2018/06/rumor-mos-eisley-spaceport-film-postponed-obi-wan-and-fett-live/

If this is true, I'm really okay with it. What a peculiar and niche idea for a movie.

 

[Gepard]

https://mobile.twitter.com/Clayton_Sandell/status/1009846766491930625

 

[Campe]

https://mobile.twitter.com/Clayton_Sandell/status/1009846766491930625

Considering Clayton actually has some contacts at LFL, and ya know, COVERS STAR WARS FOR ABC, BOTH OWNED BY DISNEY, then I think we can stop freaking out now.

 

[crookeddy]

Shit digificwriter was right. I feel a little bad.

 

[Gepard]

Shit digificwriter was right.

I'll alert the media.

 

[Campe]

I sincerely doubt it would happen, but I'd give my left foot for them to finally once and for all address the TLJ backlash in Clayton's story. Not that it would matter anyway, because some would just find it to be Disney propaganda. So what's the point?

 

[DigificWriter]

Shit digificwriter was right.

Common-sense thinking generally leads to that outcome.

 

[Tuskin38]

Common-sense thinking generally leads to that outcome.

No need to be a jerk.

 

[DigificWriter]

No need to be a jerk.

I don't think that was a jerkish comment, but I apologize if it was perceived to be.

 

[Campe]

That was quick...

'Multiple films' still in 'Star Wars' pipeline, sources say

 

[crookeddy]

No need to be a jerk.

I was the one being a jerk.

 

[ALF]

Everything is great again. We can go merrily back to fanboi and fangrrl masturbation now.