Star Wars general purpose movie stuff

Could happen now that Filoni is in charge.



We're supposed to believe that isn't the catalyst though. "Disney has changed".

I believe its an attempt to act right for one movie or season, the dial the retardism right back up again season 2 or sequal

Disney is the company that literally sets quota %s to be met for both casting and production crew. Yet we can't set % limits on how much AI they use.

If those still exist, nothing has changed.

Malakriss said:

Disney is the company that literally sets quota %s to be met for both casting and production crew.

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Amazon still has them beat I'm pretty sure. Although I think all the big streaming services had to copy eachother's DEI quota policy so no one can claim one company is "more fair and balanced" than the other. When Amazon's internal memos leaked, they were #1 at the time for the most stringent DEI requirements but around 3 years have passed. It started with award shows changing their rules on eligibility, which triggered an avalanche cascade of policy changes.

its also the oscars. you can't get a movie put into the awards unless you meet quotas on every aspect of your thing. there's multi angular faggotry going on.

I doubt they are going to "delete" these movies and their stories. They will just avoid that time period.

Made me laugh that he specifically says "Unmasked Kylo". Ruined that character instantly by taking the helmet off.

The part about the Disney parks underperforming is a joke. That area is always packed and the wait for the ride is always 2+ hours. Its an awesome ride.

Furry said:

People like 20-30 love the prequels. I'm sure if you were speak to kids 10-20 there's a lot that love the disneyslop star wars. Not enough to make it the commercial success that they want, but enough that they probably wont just abort them.

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I posted a Emergency Awesome vid in the Mando and Grogu thread. In there he shows some metrics that Mandalorian and Grogu does the best with the younger generation and us Gen-X age and older. Which is why they pivoted to the movie.

Harshaw said:

I doubt they are going to "delete" these movies and their stories. They will just avoid that time period.

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Thats how I read it.

Means no Rey movie, and a general pivot away from anything to do with the sequel trilogy.

Hell, it might even get voldemort status in Filoni's writers room and not be allowed to be referenced or mentioned in any new projects--

But it will remain canon.

Episode 9 was 2019, that was 7 years ago and for a lot of people they haven't seen or cared about the characters for 9. It was already dead and there was no attachment to actors.

I hate that Star Wars canonically has time travel, but that door is open.

I have not seen Episode 9, so I don't know... it might be good! But I am going to treat current Star Wars like current Marvel. If in doubt, skip. I did watch the Maul series and found it ok (so far, haven't finished it yet).

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It's very telling in current merchandising the last few years especially. Hasbro is one of the main manufacturers of Star Wars merch with small plastic figures and they release dozens of characters every year, a mix of characters from the older movies and whatever is the current Star Wars project (Mandalorian, Ahsoka, Rebels, Bad Batch, currently Maul Shadow Lord...) but there's not been a single sequels character released since 2019. Even the main characters like Rey, Finn, Poe or Kylo Ren who arguably could have a few fans, nope, nothing.

They're actualy releasing characters from KOTOR or even Dark Forces or some obscure comics, before making anything from the sequels era. That whole thing is merch poison, you still find figures of those characters at like $0.99 in some stores and they just won't go.

As an exemple for their May the Fourth release announcements :

Out of 12 upcoming Star Wars Hasbro figures you have :

1 from Heir of the Empire books
2 from The Old Republic MMORPG
2 from KOTOR 1
1 from Rogue One
6 from prequels era

LEGO Star Wars sets are in the same boat, nothing sequels-adjacent since 2019/2020 at most, the focus is on the original trilogy, the prequels, and the animated or live action spinoff series.

I would point out that 'Focus on other time periods' does not equal 'Retconning the sequels out of existence'.

You could have Star Wars focus on more post-Original territory (like Mando), midquel territory (like Solo, Obi-Wan, or Andor), pre-prequel territory (like KOTOR, the High Republic, or Acolyte), or post-sequel territory (the planned? still planned? Rey sequels) with a new* batch of characters without reusing the sequel characters / storylines.

*Obviously, the emphasis is on new characters - no one wants more Acolyte.

jayrebb said:

Thats how I read it.

Means no Rey movie, and a general pivot away from anything to do with the sequel trilogy.

Hell, it might even get voldemort status in Filoni's writers room and not be allowed to be referenced or mentioned in any new projects--

But it will remain canon.

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Thankfully, the gap between ROTJ and the sequels allows for a lot of stories to happen in-between, and there's also leeway even between episodes of the original trilogy.

Some of that stuff is best told in anthology format akin to the recent Tales of [insert Jedi/Sith/Underworld] to tell short stories that interest fans and can develop worldbuilding (one for example was about the youth of Dooku before he turned to the dark side, another was about Yaddle the Jedi Master seen in Episode 1 and who was the same species as Yoda but was gone by Episode 2).

The recent and fantastic Maul Shadow Lord series is a great example as it takes place over just a few days on a backwater unknown planet shortly after the end of Episode 3. It there is an interesting story to tell, there's still a LOT of stuff that can be covered without even having to go near the sequels era.

Mandalorian/Ahsoka are the two closest to the sequels era since they take place after ROTJ, but even those are barely touching the subject of the sequels, with a brief mention of Project Necromancy in Mandalorian (the Palpatine cloning project) and some imperial remnant meetings including the father of the sequels-era General Hux, but that's pretty much it. Even Ahsoka changes the cards on the table somewhat by bringing Thrawn back into the fold as a potential interesting villain in the years leading to the sequels, instead of having to bring in the First Order bullshit.

The Acolyte was a terrible show, though they tried to salvage it a tiny bit by bringing in a lazy cameo of Darth Plagueis, but I still think a show like Maul Shadow Lord with a young Palpatine and his master Plagueis would tell a great story.

Then you also have a huge collection of Legends books available (they wiped everything off the table when they bought Star Wars but they've been bringing back specific things that are popular, such as Thrawn). The story of Darth Bane and his founding of the Rule of Two for the Sith would be a good story to tell, there's a lot of potentially good stories to tell without having to go anywhere near the retarded ass sequels, thankfully.