Episode 9 Panel is currently taking place:
Should see the title revealed and possibly a trailer shortly
Should see the title revealed and possibly a trailer shortly
How so?
This isn't all-inclusive, but some of some things from the trailer that seem a response to Rian Johnson's The Last Jedi:
-The name itself refocuses back to the Skywalker name where TLJ seemed to try extra hard to get away from the old Jedi and Skywalker lineage through Luke's whole arc as well as Rey's parentage reveal
-Many criticized that TLJ moved away too much from using the original cast as well as other old figures whereas this one seems to lean pretty hard into them
-The whole vibe through score, cinematography, and feel all felt like it was harkening more back to the original trilogy with this one than maybe either of the other two
-One big criticism is that Rian Johnson pretty much gave the middle finger first himself to everything JJ set up in The Force Awakens and this trailer almost feels like a retcon back to JJs original more than anything. JJ's latest interviews pretty much confirm this.
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I feel like these are absurd criticisms.
Why should everything in this giant galaxy have to be about the skywalkers and the old cast? They're important to the original trilogy, but they shouldnt be the focus of the new trilogy IMO. The whole point is to transition to a new generation. Trying to force a focus on the skywalkers and the rest of the old cast is basically demanding fan-fiction as movies. I actually felt like this has been a problem with a lot of the star wars universe- trying to force all these interconnections and putting all the focus in a narrow universe makes the star wars galaxy seem really small. I'll actually be very disappointed if they cave and retcon Rey's lineage at this point. She doesnt need to be a Skywalker, that's for damn sure.
The score in the prior movies didnt seem like it was harkening back to the old movies in the other two? No way. Those movies all sounded and felt very star wars, as they should. Hell, many people were ******** that things were too much like the OT after TFA. Complainers need to make up their damn minds.
And maybe if JJ wanted things he supposedly 'set up' to have the finishes he wanted, he should have actually had a plan to finish those things instead of leaving it randomly open-ended for the next guy.
Filoni should be the Fiege of the Star Wars universe.
Every Marvel movie has like 3 producers on it, Fiege is listed as one, then there are a couple of other guys that probably do more of the actual production. What I think Filoni is great at is crafting a coherant story within the boundries of an existing universe, which is what Fiege does so well.
Agree about Kennedy. When you look at her career, it's astounding. She's probably produced more of my personal favorite movies than anyone. But even though I think TFA and TLJ were fine and good additions, they both could have been a lot better. Marvel is consistently putting out better content than the Star Wars universe which is crazy to me.
Edit: last thought, these multi-movie universes really need somebody at the head who is more of a TV guy, because really that's what these are. They are big event episodes of a larger narrative. That's why I think somebody like Filoni would do well where Kennedy has struggled, because her history is all in film where each thing stands on its own. And there is just simply too much happening to not have a somewhat coherent story arc already mapped out and done.