Spoilers Star Wars Celebration Europe 2023 - Panel News/Announcements Thread
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According to the variety article it seems the Rey movie was the one being worked on by Damon Lindelof before he left and that was rumored to be the closest to filming. I imagine we'll see that first.
No, there is not. However, that it was done at a fan event and not an investor invent might point to a little more fire to this smoke.
Great. Hope the movie opens with "I'm Rey Skywalker. I'm here to rescue you." It'll be like poetry.
During Lee-Jung Jae's portion of the interview, he answers in Korean (but clearly understands the English questions) and then his translator answers for him, and I'm just sitting here loving how accepting and normalizing that exchange is from the fans.
Honestly? That doesn't matter to me.
I'm calling it right now; it's going to be 'Star Wars' meet's 'Cobra Kai'. Some other ex-pupil of Luke's is going to open a competing Jedi school with cooler outfits and a focus in all that flashy-jumpy-flippy sabre combat from the prequels, and there's going to be a musical training montage and everything!
Well, Kathleen Kennedy's continued tenure has proved critics who've predicted her imminent ouster by the Disney brass wrong many times now, so there are two possible explanations for that: either said Disney brass has unlimited patience, and would never, ever remove her, no matter how many plans go up in smoke, or they think she's got a solid enough plan to keep around. Given the dramatic firing of Bob Chapek, it's unlike the former explanation is true, so it seems probable that the Disney execs have confidence in these latest announcements. That's no guarantee, true; but it does seem like a fairly credible indicator.
Donald Glover seems to really have liked playing Lando and is open to returning. I think you could certainly have him play Lando in that earlier time period from Solo, or even come back and be Lando in the stuff taking place during Mando/Ahsoka/Thrawn storyline
Lando did own a mining colony that was attacked by Thrawn.
I doubt either will be the case. The story that Glover is in negotiations just broke the other day, so it's not like they'd actually have anything more to announce than what they did during that investor call a few years back.
As for the other two: look at the panel schedule. There's really nothing coming up that would make sense for either of those shows to get an announcement. So if it was going to happen, it would have been during the LF showcase today, which they didn't. So they're either saving it until after Celebration, or that decision is still pending.
We may however get a 'Bad Batch' season 3 announcement during the panel on Monday.
If the Rey film is set 15 years after The Rise of Skywalker, that would roughly fit with how much real time has passed since The Force Awakens was filmed. Giving Daisy the correct age.
But that is also 50 years after the Battle of Yavin....and Sir Grogu of Mandalor would be about 90 years old. I can see some fun coming from just that concept.
But that is also 50 years after the Battle of Yavin....and Sir Grogu of Mandalor would be about 90 years old. I can see some fun coming from just that concept.
Given their track record, expect at LEAST one of these projects to never materialize.
I would bet large sums of money that Disney signed her to more than one movie; they're just publicly committing to a single outing for now, particularly in light of how they've previously promised at least two trilogies they're no longer doing entirely.
Is she a big name? I’m sure she’s getting more money but I don’t think she would be that expensive.
It is possible she isn’t interested into doing something that long term.
It's simple: if this movie does well, Disney will want to make more, and if she isn't contracted for more, she'd be able to hold up said sequels for a higher salary. Ergo, it's only logical for Disney to lock her in to more than one movie up front, especially since the first movie will serve as its own advertisement for the potential others. Bringing her back at all is an investment, and one they'll want to capitalize on.
Hugh Jackman as Wolverine is a big enough star to secure a one-movie returns to his role. But Ridley? Nah.
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