Star Wars (1977 - present)

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• Master_Dahark

  September 2018 Posts: 4,813

  You know, I might just have to pick up the Poe Dameron trade paperback....
• Fire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!

  September 2018 Posts: 25,842

  https://m.uk.ign.com/articles/2018/09/20/disney-to-slow-down-how-often-it-releases-star-wars-movies
  
  Wise decision
• bondjames You were expecting someone else?

  September 2018 Posts: 23,883

  Fire_and_Ice_Returns wrote: »

  https://m.uk.ign.com/articles/2018/09/20/disney-to-slow-down-how-often-it-releases-star-wars-movies
  
  Wise decision

  Once every three years would be a good spacing I think. Something like the original trilogy. These are truly event films after all, which blow the top off the box office stateside. So a longer gap between releases could work better for them.
• Fire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!

  September 2018 Posts: 25,842

  bondjames wrote: »

  Fire_and_Ice_Returns wrote: »

  https://m.uk.ign.com/articles/2018/09/20/disney-to-slow-down-how-often-it-releases-star-wars-movies
  
  Wise decision

  Once every three years would be a good spacing I think. Something like the original trilogy. These are truly event films after all, which blow the top off the box office stateside. So a longer gap between releases could work better for them.

  
  Yeah the earlier trilogies were something that I certainly looked forward to, and something to build towards as a fan. The ongoing trilogy has clearly not been planned out particularly well, the cohesion between episodes 7 and 8 is poor and quite amateurish.
• bondjames You were expecting someone else?

  September 2018 edited September 2018 Posts: 23,883

  Fire_and_Ice_Returns wrote: »

  bondjames wrote: »

  Fire_and_Ice_Returns wrote: »

  https://m.uk.ign.com/articles/2018/09/20/disney-to-slow-down-how-often-it-releases-star-wars-movies
  
  Wise decision

  Once every three years would be a good spacing I think. Something like the original trilogy. These are truly event films after all, which blow the top off the box office stateside. So a longer gap between releases could work better for them.

  
  Yeah the earlier trilogies were something that I certainly looked forward to, and something to build towards as a fan. The ongoing trilogy has clearly not been planned out particularly well, the cohesion between episodes 7 and 8 is poor and quite amateurish.

  I agree. I suppose it's fine to throw curveballs at the audience but the last two didn't hold together well as you said. It's like night and day - a nice setup and a limp follow through. I still have hope that Abrams can tie it up nicely next year, but he has his work cut out for him.
• Fire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!

  September 2018 Posts: 25,842

  bondjames wrote: »

  Fire_and_Ice_Returns wrote: »

  bondjames wrote: »

  Fire_and_Ice_Returns wrote: »

  https://m.uk.ign.com/articles/2018/09/20/disney-to-slow-down-how-often-it-releases-star-wars-movies
  
  Wise decision

  Once every three years would be a good spacing I think. Something like the original trilogy. These are truly event films after all, which blow the top off the box office stateside. So a longer gap between releases could work better for them.

  
  Yeah the earlier trilogies were something that I certainly looked forward to, and something to build towards as a fan. The ongoing trilogy has clearly not been planned out particularly well, the cohesion between episodes 7 and 8 is poor and quite amateurish.

  I agree. I suppose it's fine to throw curveballs at the audience but the last two didn't hold together well as you said. It's like night and day - a nice setup and a limp follow through. I still have hope that Abrams can tie it up nicely next year, but he has his work cut out for him.

  
  J.J. knows how to make fast paced action and I expect him to paper over the cracks or take the trilogy where he envisioned it to go, I think the trilogy is damaged pretty badly and I have pretty much given up on the overall narrative though I have faith part 9 will be a fun blockbuster finale.
• Murdock The minus world

  September 2018 Posts: 16,384

  Making The Last Jedi all a bad dream Luke had would help. ;)
• JamesBondKenya Danny Boyle laughs to himself

  September 2018 Posts: 2,730

  bondjames wrote: »

  Fire_and_Ice_Returns wrote: »

  https://m.uk.ign.com/articles/2018/09/20/disney-to-slow-down-how-often-it-releases-star-wars-movies
  
  Wise decision

  Once every three years would be a good spacing I think. Something like the original trilogy. These are truly event films after all, which blow the top off the box office stateside. So a longer gap between releases could work better for them.

  
  Especially since there has been a “dip in quality”
• Mendes4Lyfe The long road ahead

  September 2018 edited September 2018 Posts: 8,860

  Wrong thread.
• Getafix

  October 2018 Posts: 11,425

  https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/oct/04/after-russian-trolls-tarnished-the-last-jedi-is-it-safe-to-like-star-wars-again
• CraigMooreOHMSS Dublin, Ireland

  October 2018 Posts: 8,267

  Getafix wrote: »

  https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/oct/04/after-russian-trolls-tarnished-the-last-jedi-is-it-safe-to-like-star-wars-again

  
  Talk about mountains and molehills.
• jake24 Sitting at your desk, kissing your lover, eating supper with your familyModerator

  October 2018 Posts: 10,597

  Getafix wrote: »

  https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/oct/04/after-russian-trolls-tarnished-the-last-jedi-is-it-safe-to-like-star-wars-again

  As if there aren't any genuine criticisms of the film.
• bondjames You were expecting someone else?

  October 2018 Posts: 23,883

  Getafix wrote: »

  https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/oct/04/after-russian-trolls-tarnished-the-last-jedi-is-it-safe-to-like-star-wars-again

  Idiots.
• Thunderfinger Das Boot Hill

  October 2018 Posts: 45,489

  I only read half of that, but glad I learned it was Putin who made the film disappointing. I must give it another chance.
• Fire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!

  October 2018 edited October 2018 Posts: 25,842

  https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/star-wars-the-mandalorian-directors-first-look-1202969766/amp/
  
  There is some real talent working on this show.
  
  “After the stories of Jango and Boba Fett, another warrior emerges in the Star Wars universe,” read his post, in the style of a “Star Wars” opening crawl. “The Mandalorian is set after the fall of the Empire and before the emergence of the First Order. We follow the travails of a lone gunfighter in the outer reaches of the galaxy far from the authority of the New Republic.”
  
  
  
  Awesome
• Fire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!

  October 2018 edited October 2018 Posts: 25,842

  RUMOR OF THE DAY: IS EMPEROR PALPATINE RETURNING TO STAR WARS: EPISODE IX?
  
  https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.syfy.com/syfywire/rumor-of-the-day-is-emperor-palpatine-returning-to-star-wars-episode-ix?amp
• Murdock The minus world

  October 2018 Posts: 16,384

  I'd be up for it. You can never have enough Ian McDiarmid.
• Fire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!

  October 2018 Posts: 25,842

  Murdock wrote: »

  I'd be up for it. You can never have enough Ian McDiarmid.

  
  He is the best thing about the prequels, Ian is insanely brilliant in Revenge of the Sith
• SharkBait

  October 2018 Posts: 2,107

  And Luke in TFA and TLJ was his clone..
• Master_Dahark

  October 2018 Posts: 4,813

  Dew it.
• Thunderfinger Das Boot Hill

  October 2018 Posts: 45,489

  Murdock wrote: »

  I'd be up for it. You can never have enough Ian McDiarmid.

  
  And if he is busy, this man is available now.
  
• patb

  October 2018 Posts: 4,725

  IF JJ can get the series back on track it will be a small miracle IMHO. I did not realised I cared so much about Star Wars until I saw TLJ.
• SharkBait

  October 2018 Posts: 2,107

  I didn't know before tlj and solo, that I could ever be fed up with star wars. But there you go. Lesson learned. Thank you Mickey for this education.
• Murdock The minus world

  October 2018 Posts: 16,384

  SharkBait wrote: »

  And Luke in TFA and TLJ was his clone..

  
  This.
• DarthDimi Behind you!Moderator

  October 2018 Posts: 24,618

  One good film is all it takes to get a series back on track:
  
  - Batman Begins
  - Casino Royale
  - Mad Max Fury Road
  - X-Men First Class
  - ...
  
  But then these were soft or hard reboots.
• JamesBondKenya Danny Boyle laughs to himself

  October 2018 Posts: 2,730

  DarthDimi wrote: »

  One good film is all it takes to get a series back on track:
  
  - Batman Begins
  - Casino Royale
  - Mad Max Fury Road
  - X-Men First Class
  - ...
  
  But then these were soft or hard reboots.

  
  Some would even say reimaginings
• RogueAgent

  October 2018 Posts: 12,571

  I would dearly love to see Palpatine again! Brilliant character played by an outstanding actor!!
• Fire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!

  October 2018 Posts: 25,842

  https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/za.ign.com/mark-hamill/126089/news/mark-hamill-reconfirms-he-will-appear-in-star-wars-episode-9?amp=1
• boldfinger

  October 2018 Posts: 5,767

  He better be, after bragging to Kylo Ren, "See ya ´round, kid". I´m just a Little afraid that it´s going to be merely as a force ghost teaching Rey or some other kid, instead of showing off some real Jedi badassery.
• Thunderfinger Das Boot Hill

  October 2018 Posts: 45,489

  boldfinger wrote: »

  merely as a force ghost.

  
  What other kinds are there?