Wonder Woman's Patty Jenkins is Directing a Rogue Squadron Movie
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Maybe it's a literal rogue squadron, operating in the wilds.
Favreau and Filoni are going to be too busy with the TV side of things to do a movie, and there is no reason they can't have a Rogue Squadron after The Rise of Skywalker. The idea is generic enough that you can pretty much set it at any time after the Rebellion has started.
And I checked and according to Wikipedia Stackpole and Zahn have no screenwriting experience, so there is no way they would be writing the movie.
Again, I’d love to see Wedge post TRoS doing exactly what you suggest with flashbacks to post ROTJ or between ANH and TESB.
Exactly so. There are so many different ways to take this story and none of them have to do with the X-Wing novels. I like them a lot, Wedge is one of my favorite characters, but there is no need to explore this concept. In canon as presented in the books.
Fans tend to get consumed with one interpretation of an idea but it doesn't have to be that way. Rogue Squadron could be used because of the last use of Rogue Squadron on Hoth, an a historic reference to that group. It could have Wedge. It could be a group that operates as a bit of a vigilante group as the New Republic rebuilds.
The possibilities are endless.
Matthew Robinson is writing the movie
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/m...-squadron-gets-a-writer-exclusive-1234973788/
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/m...-squadron-gets-a-writer-exclusive-1234973788/
Never heard of him, so of course I've decided I hate him and will accuse him of pushing a Woke Agenda presently.
Well, a guy apparently best know for working with noted asshole Ricky Gervais is definitely not someone I'd want writing a Star Wars movie. His only other major film credit was writing that weird live action Dora the Explorer movie.
I was so hyped for Rogue Squadron, but a bad director and a writer who has barely any credits and none of them good is not what I want to see with the project. Its weird how Disney can't get any good writers or directors to work on SW movies, at least none since Rian Johnson. I'd even rather have JJ Abrams and Terrio on Rogue Squadron then the current people. Hell, I'd almost rather have Ron Howard, and I hate Solo worse then I hate Episode II.
The man co-wrote a film with Ricky Gervais. If thats anything to go on, being woke is literally the last thing he is. I just hope he doesn't have the rabid transphobia of Gervais. The last thing SW needs is a bigoted shithead working on the creative side of a project (it was bad enough having to deal with Carano before she got fired, and she was just an actress with no influence on the story of the show she was on).
I was so hyped for Rogue Squadron, but a bad director and a writer who has barely any credits and none of them good is not what I want to see with the project. Its weird how Disney can't get any good writers or directors to work on SW movies, at least none since Rian Johnson. I'd even rather have JJ Abrams and Terrio on Rogue Squadron then the current people. Hell, I'd almost rather have Ron Howard, and I hate Solo worse then I hate Episode II.
The man co-wrote a film with Ricky Gervais. If thats anything to go on, being woke is literally the last thing he is. I just hope he doesn't have the rabid transphobia of Gervais. The last thing SW needs is a bigoted shithead working on the creative side of a project (it was bad enough having to deal with Carano before she got fired, and she was just an actress with no influence on the story of the show she was on).
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Just because people work together on a project, doesn’t mean they hold the same beliefs.
I don’t know anything about this guy. His IMDB credits don’t necessarily show projects I would have any interest in but I’m also not blind enough not to see that studios oftentimes ask for change that shapes the project in ways perhaps the screenwriter didn’t initially intend.
In other words, Matthew Robinson isn’t exactly a known quantity as it comes to sci-fi space plane movies. I am perfectly content to wait and see on this one before making any sweeping declarations about his abilities as a writer.
I don’t know anything about this guy. His IMDB credits don’t necessarily show projects I would have any interest in but I’m also not blind enough not to see that studios oftentimes ask for change that shapes the project in ways perhaps the screenwriter didn’t initially intend.
In other words, Matthew Robinson isn’t exactly a known quantity as it comes to sci-fi space plane movies. I am perfectly content to wait and see on this one before making any sweeping declarations about his abilities as a writer.
He likely is someone who can be guided a bit more by the studios for their preferred output. So, yes, I will gladly wait and see.
)"Star Wars: Rogue Squadron Director Says Film Will Bring a "New Era" to the Mythology"
https://comicbook.com/starwars/news...n-patty-jenkins-mythology-adaptation-new-era/
Nothing really new, but she says she wants to honour the Rogue Squadron novels and games while doing something new.
https://comicbook.com/starwars/news...n-patty-jenkins-mythology-adaptation-new-era/
Nothing really new, but she says she wants to honour the Rogue Squadron novels and games while doing something new.
I mean, I hope so.
Interesting. It's supposed to be set in the future of the Star Wars Universe taking place long after episode 9 but yet honoring what takes place during the original trilogy. Maybe characters are inspired by the stories of Rogue Squadron from the rebellion days and take the name.
1) I don't see anything suggesting this takes place after Rise of Skywalker. The "new era" could just be referencing the post-ROTJ New Republic, which hasn't really been explored at all in Disney canon.
2) The Rogue Squadron novels this is said to be honoring didn't take place during the Original Trilogy, but rather the post-ROTJ era. Which could also support the theory this movie will be post-ROTJ. There is 32 years between ROTJ and TFA with very little canonically established about them.
Good point.
I would love to see this. I've always been "team Wedge" and wished he had been more a part of the sequel trilogy.
