I was wondering, any of you follow the rumors going on right now? (Overlord DVD for exemple on youtube)
What do you think? Will they erase the sequels and fire KK?
I'm not sure if we should be hopeful anymore. And if they do let Ruin Johnson make another SW movie...
GOD! Let it be.
I would be willing to give him ONE chance to apologize and redeem himself to the fanbase.
I agree, they won't erase the sequel trilogy. What's done is done. Kathleen Kennedy's exit, however, is very plausible. A lot of online suggestions say that Dave Filoni (hope I spelled that right) should take her place. A few have suggested Jon Favreau, but I think Filoni would be better, only because he's been associated with Star Wars far longer. We'll see.
And what's done sucked. Favreau can do it. I believe he truly loves SW, and will do the franchise justice. Filoni is a big NO. I have seen him time and again sacrifice continuity for a momentary scene.
Personally, I think this would the wrong way to deal with the ST...what's been done is done. Point. There were flaws in the plot and cast (Rian and his way of telling Ep VIII, for example), but you always have that. You'll never please everybody.
You're just saying that because you are obviously a fan of Rey.
Just imagine you come across something you don't like...or somebody. Do you try to get rid of it whatever it costs? As long as it doesn't pose a threat to your life, try to accept it as a part of your life - or just ignore it. Anything else would lead to anarchy. And please don't try to impose your opinion on others that have different opinions or suppress them. That's autocracy.
But this isn't down to one person's opinion. Enough of the fans have spoken. The only reason Disney wanted the franchise was to sell merch. From the reports I've read, the only merch moving is OT stuff. Nobody wants ST merch.
But the bigger issue is this: they each bare
EPISODE VII, EPISODE VIII, and
EPISODE IX. This alone makes them an unavoidable part of the story. If the arc had actually been an offshoot, something that actually was able to be left or taken, I wouldn't have minded them as much. But NO, they had to put them right there at the center.
Be glad it wasn't up to one person, because I would fight as dirty as necessary to be the one voice heard, and I'd undo absolutely everything in the DC.
And what the most important thing is - we're talking about movies, about entertainment. Nothing that would be critical for survival! I do understand that there are many people who dislike or even hate what has been done there, but there are as many who like and love the ST. They would never accept a withdrawal or even destruction of these movies, just like the haters would never accept that the movies are still around.
Many younger people didn't even see anything of Star Wars prior to the ST, they don't have the insight and depth about Star Wars than others have and would never understand why the movies would be withdrawn again! Think of these as well before asking for a senseless action...
You're right. We're not talking life and death, so the world will also keep spinning if the Sequel Travesties are removed from canon. I've talked to said young people. They think they know something because they saw these new movies. Then I introduce them to stories and characters that USED to be canon. All of a sudden they realize that the sequels are a bit bland and uninspired.
What most fail to realize is that the Disney regime cast aside the people that made the franchise profitable in the first place: US. The first and second gen fans. The ones that kept interest in it and made it the pop-culture icon it is today. If Disney doesn't act fast, they are going to be the miserable owners of a multi-billion dollar blunder.
Don't always think that all have the same opinion, and don't think that they change their mind just because the haters repeat their request over and over again! If they don't like it, well, it's their opinion, and I respect that, but I don't respect that they try to take away the fascination and feeling from those who like the ST - like me!
Sorry, that might sound a bit harsh, but I thought it's been the time to comment on this discussion in a more direct way. Please don't feel offended, but I couldn't find other words...I just don't get it why the ST lovers have such a hard time among the ST haters who constantly bash them for liking the ST...it would be so easy to just accept the different opinions on the whole thing.
I won't and can't tell you you're wrong for loving a thing. And even if I actually use the words "You're wrong", they are to taken as a facetious joke.
Case in point: Super Mario Bros. It is awesomely campy, horribly written, and an awful adaptation....in short: It's a bad movie,....but I love it. There is nothing wrong with loving a bad movie, but don't try to tell me that it's anything else. But then there's The Last Airbender. The only people that liked that movie never saw the show. And once they see the show, they fully regret ever watching the movie let alone
liking it.
Come what may, the movies have already been marketed and sold. Profits have already been made. And considering that the profits more than covered the production costs of each film, a retcon of the movies wouldn't be as costly to Disney as the continued lost revenue from unsatisfied fans. But more so, you have them in your DVD collection, and no one can remove them. So regardless of whether or not the ST remains canon, you will still be able to enjoy the movies that others hate. Just as I'm am currently able to read books and play games that are "no longer canon" and that some others hate.
Disney measures the success of their IP's largely by the merchandising profits. Toys in particular. The sequels aren't really doing too well in that department. So something is going to change. I doubt they will reset, though. That will be too controversial. I hope they make movies in between EP's 6 and 7 so they can tell the Skywalker stories we all wanted to see. Disney is going to do something to fix the current situation. They have way too much money on the line.
This YT vid pretty much echos how I feel about the ST:
If it were up to me, I'd do a full reset, but offer the ST actors first crack at the new roles. Say they went back to the original concept of the Solo kids: I would give Daisy and Adam first dibs at Jaina and Jacen.
Thank You, So many think the movies are the only thing that matter. It wasn't the movies that kept SW alive between ROTJ and TPM. On the Toys that Made Us on Netflix the Star Wars episode had an exec mention the Merch made double what the films did. Its why the "Muachandising" joke was in Space Balls. Gentle Giant's head honcho even said in a recent interview there wasn't a big market for the Sequel merch. Beyond the disinterest in the Sequel films there is another aspect some groups have discussed. The ST films seemed to many to be targeted at the "Gen Z" crowd. Understandable, get the young kids into it to keep it alive. But the decided to abandon many of SW themes (imo) to do it. But in terms of Gen Z...they don't really buy Merch. Collectors my age love merch....action figures especially for me. But the younger generation is very minimalist when it comes to things like that.
Exactly. They pretty much told the older fans "We're throwing away everything you know and love about SW in order to bring about our millennial-sensitive, socially acceptable snooze fest."
As for retconning the ST...that's actually what I always try to use as an argument in discussion, seeing it as an alternative timeline. One of many. Not the one and only. I read a lot from the old EU, and I see the ST as another possible timeline. It might be canon now, but that doesn't make it the only outcome of the years after Endor. Leave it as it is, and use your imagination, that's what we're supposed to do
That's the way the old EU has been established, and that's how we should deal with the new canon as well. We can still make the ST better and more logical from a Star Wars POV if we just use our own ideas
I would have been fine with this as well, but it's not what happened.
As far as I am concerned, ST isn't canon. But officialy, it still is. For now. But I'm still mad at them for ruining the reunion of Han, Luke and Leia...
NTM the wasted opportunities to have Peter and Carrie make films that vast majority appreciated and loved.
Just, please......for the love of humanity......don't try to make another Holiday Special. Can we all agree on that much?
ROFL
I may be way off but I think that a lot of the dislike of the ST comes from Disney/Lucasfilm's behavior toward the whole affair. If the powers in charge had come out and said "Look, we were trying to do something different, but yes, a lot of what we put on the screen contradicts the rest of Star Wars. We understand why many, many longtime fans feel betrayed." But that never happened, instead they went on the offensive and anyone who disliked the trilogy for any reason was "Toxic, a manbaby, etc." It's a classic strategy, usually name calling is what is resorted to when you don't have a leg left to stand on. I did notice that a lot of the fan-bashing seemed to taper off after Ep. 9 came out, almost as if KK and the gang realized that their positions were no longer defendable anymore. I mean you can't really go and say that Ep. 8 is a flawless work of art and then let JJ Abrams jettison it out the airlock.
What got my ire up with KK and her flying monkeys was the blatant sexism.
The thing that always drives me nuts are the fans for whom it's the Original Old School Trilogy, and that's it. Star Wars begins and ends there. No Special Editions, no prequels, no sequels, no spinoffs, no books, no nothing. And also, the fans that, for the longest time complained about how George Lucas "ruined" Star Wars with the prequels and kept saying that someone else needed to do it...then "someone else" does come along, for better or for worse, and then the same people are like, " Bring back Lucas!"
The Fandom can be a fickle bunch, and sometimes it irritates me, LOL.
I'm gonna partially disagree with you. I happily managed to snag the last selling (at least I think it was the last) of the original theatrical cut DVDs. The ones in the metal art box. Why am I so happy? Because everything added in the "special editions" didn't actually "add" anything to the story. In fact, in some areas, it was actually worse. My mother even said, adding Jabba to Ep.4 was a mistake. The original cuts gave the character a great mystique. You kept hearing this name for 2 movies, and THEN you finally see
what Jabba is in the beginning of ROTJ. Yes I can appreciate that was originally in the plan to be done, but was ultimately superfluous.
What Irks me to no end is there seemingly reluctance to dive into the Old Republic...which is arguably where the best (expanded) stories came from. We've discussed on another thread the upcoming High Republic series which is only set 200 years before TPM.
MAKE KEANU REVAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Supposedly a KOTOR screenplay is already being written for LucasFilm.
MAKE KEANU REVAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah and I really hope he rumors saying Ruin is involved are false...
I like Taika Waititi and I don't mind a female Revan since my Revan was a woman. But Brie Larson? Arf...
Ahem........MAKE KEANU REVAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!