Could There be a Change in Direction for the Third Star Wars Anthology Film?

Bob IgerNewsbeat chatted with The Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Iger about their future plans for Star Wars and the Marvel Cinematic Universe. While Iger didn’t reveal anything groundbreaking, his wording could suggest that the plan for the third stand alone movie has changed, and it is no longer clear what it will be about.

 

 

For some time now we have heard that there were going to be 6 Star Wars movies in the first wave of films since Disney’s acquisition of Lucasfilm – three movies from the Sequel Trilogy and three stand alone movies. They were supposed to be released every other year.

 

fantastic-four-movie-josh-trank

We now officially know the details on 2 of the 3 stand alone movies. The third one has been long-time rumored to be about the notorious bounty hunter Boba Fett. Josh Trank was originally hired to direct this movie, which was expected to be released after Gareth Edwards’ Rogue One. Even both directors were expected to appear together on last year’s SDCC. That’s when Lucasfilm decided to release Trank from his directing duties, probably because of the numerous issues his previous movie (Fantastic Four/Fant4stic) was rumored to have had. The movie was pushed back and the Han Solo anthology movie was moved in its place.

 

Many people thought that this delay was only temporarily and the third anthology movie would be released in 2020 or the year after as was the initial plan. Even EW recently posted a schedule of when to expect the upcoming Star Wars movies, reporting that the third spin-off movie is indeed about Boba Fett (HERE).

 

Bob Iger 02

Now for the first time in an interview, Bob Iger only mentions that 5 movies are in development, not 6.

 

From Newsbeat:

“There are five Star Wars films – four more with Episode VII: The Force Awakens – that are in varying stages of development and production,” Disney chairman Bob Iger said.

“There will be more after that, I don’t know how many, I don’t know how often.”

 

It appears that the third spin-off movie went to the category of films that are on stand by and not being developed at the moment. This could even mean that Boba Fett may even be pushed out further, depending on the audience reception of the first two spin-off movies.  What do you think?  Is Disney leaving room to re-evaluate their strategy concerning the anthology films or is Iger just withholding the information until there is more to be said about the film?

 

Website | + posts

Founder of SWNN, MNN and The Cantina forums.

Born on April 24, 1980.

Val Trichkov (Viral Hide)

Founder of SWNN, MNN and The Cantina forums.Born on April 24, 1980.

128 thoughts on “Could There be a Change in Direction for the Third Star Wars Anthology Film?

  • January 27, 2016 at 12:11 am
    Permalink

    I think – finger crossed and let´s just hope there will do anything but a Bobba Fett movie 🙂 Obi-Wan pretty please????

    • January 27, 2016 at 12:37 am
      Permalink

      Ewen McGregor deserves a good Star Wars movie after suffering through the prequels and single-handedly making them even remotely watchable.

  • January 27, 2016 at 12:17 am
    Permalink

    Why would they be “rethinking” anything? It doesn’t seem like anything is going wrong, so why rethink it?

  • January 27, 2016 at 12:20 am
    Permalink

    obi-wan kenobi film with darth maul as lead villain> boba fett film. i still don’t understand the excitement around boba fett. they might as well make a captain phasma film at this point.

    • January 27, 2016 at 12:36 am
      Permalink

      Boba Fett would be cool if Lucas didn’t ruin his character with the PT/SE.

      • January 27, 2016 at 12:51 am
        Permalink

        What’s PT/SE?

          • January 27, 2016 at 1:02 am
            Permalink

            Okay thanks. That must mean the SE refers to Special Editions.

          • January 27, 2016 at 1:07 am
            Permalink

            Yep.

        • January 28, 2016 at 12:58 am
          Permalink

          Sounds like the hemorrhoid condition I have.

      • January 27, 2016 at 2:53 am
        Permalink

        i enjoyed the arc of jango fett/boba fett from attack of the clones. they made boba fett pretty cool in the clone wars tv series.. if you haven’t checked that out. if anything, i’d argue that george lucas ruined boba fett in the OT by having a blinded han solo accidentally wack his jetpack and thus having him swallowed by the Sarlacc.

        • January 27, 2016 at 7:28 pm
          Permalink

          His arc in TCW was great, but that was Filoni, not Lucas. His introduction in AOTC was just poorly thought-out fan service, and really damaging to the character, IMO. His SE changes to the voice were just as bad. Accents aren’t genetic, so there was no need to change his voice. Just another dumb SE change.

          I disagree about his death in RotJ. It was perfect. Here was arguably the greatest bounty hunter ever. Completely in control at all times. And the one thing he doesn’t account for is someone getting lucky and hitting his jetpack with a stick on accident. How fitting. It’s a commentary on the hubris of man, intentional or otherwise.

          • January 27, 2016 at 10:43 pm
            Permalink

            You had me until you said that Boba’s stupid weakling death was “commentary on the hubris of man”. He dies in about two shots with no emphasis given. You are overthinking it because you want to find a way to excuse his lame death.

          • January 28, 2016 at 12:17 am
            Permalink

            i would say you’re misinformed then. george lucas had a lot to do with the clone wars.. he wrote many of the stories, filoni just directed. the voice was changed due to continuity reasons.. it made total sense. i don’t understand why some fans have gotten their panties in a twist because lucas changed some things. i’m not defending him, but i’d say MOST of the changes he made were SPOT on and made so much sense, save for CGI jabba the hutt and the musical scene in jabba’s palace. i’d say you’re in the minority if you thought his “death” in ROTJ was “perfect”. you’re now fishing for reasons to justify how useless of a character he was. i’m guessing you were a child during the originals and boarded the boba fett hype train early on.. which is fine, but don’t defend a useless character with a useless argument. realistically, the kid version of him who utters cute, evil laughs during attack of the clones is far more menacing than he was during any of the originals..

    • January 27, 2016 at 1:34 am
      Permalink

      I think all twelve of the Star Wars movies should be able to stand alone without someone feeling like he is missing something. I don’t want to have to watch the clone wars to learn how Maul survived in order to watch an Obiwan movie.

      • January 27, 2016 at 2:50 am
        Permalink

        well i would imagine that the movie would be exactly what non -clone wars watchers would need.. they’d make a big reveal of darth maul being back, but the people who’ve seen clone wars would already know a tad bit more about what he was upto between episodes 1-3.

      • January 28, 2016 at 8:02 pm
        Permalink

        All of the movies ARE stand alone’s and that is what most people don’t get. There is a connective tissue between the comics/tv shows/video games/ and the films, but nothing that happens in these lesser mediums will ever have an impact on the films. Disney/Lucasfilms aren’t going to risk taking a $200 million bath on the fact that their audience had to have watched a cartoon show or read a comicbook to get the movie.

    • January 28, 2016 at 12:53 am
      Permalink

      I don’t understand the excitement over Darth Maul either.

      • January 28, 2016 at 4:37 am
        Permalink

        i’d say you’re in the minority pool in that case. i’ve never met someone who didn’t love darth maul, let alone dislike him. have you seen clone wars?

        • January 28, 2016 at 3:18 pm
          Permalink

          I never said I disliked him, I said I didn’t know why everyone loves him so much. He looks cool, therefore he is a great character? I put movie canon before anything else (so does the Lucasfilm story group hense why nothing that happens in any comic/tv show/video game/short story will ever have an impact on the movies). To answer your question, yes I have seen Clone Wars. The only reason he was miraculously brought back to life was due to GL trying to save face from the fans due to the garbage of the PT. That isn’t character development, that is doing something so outside the scope of anything that ever happened in Star Wars before. If we follow that sort of logic then Snoke is totally Darth Vader. Again he was cool in the 5 seconds of screen time he got in TPM, but beyond that I don’t see it. He’s still apart of Star Wars and that alone makes him great but he’s nowhere near Vader, Palpatine, and even Kylo Ren in my mind.

          • January 28, 2016 at 4:33 pm
            Permalink

            that’s fair. but by that same token, darth maul > boba fett.

          • January 28, 2016 at 7:45 pm
            Permalink

            The PT kind of ruined Boba Fett as well, so yes I agree.

      • January 28, 2016 at 4:45 am
        Permalink

        He looks cool. Therefore, he is a good character. Kylo Ren (a complicated, realistic character with an actual arc and more than 2 lines in the film) is a total pussy though (angry fanboy logic).

  • January 27, 2016 at 12:32 am
    Permalink

    OBI WAN movie please.

    • January 27, 2016 at 12:50 am
      Permalink

      THIIIS! It’s the only real thing people want.

  • January 27, 2016 at 12:44 am
    Permalink

    Fingers crossed they will cancel that Han Solo movie that nobody wants or asked for.

  • January 27, 2016 at 12:46 am
    Permalink

    Obi-Wan, Maul, Palpatine, Plagueis, The Old Republic. Please, skip Boba, there’s so many better ideas out there in my opinion. *fingers crossed*

  • January 27, 2016 at 1:02 am
    Permalink

    Much rather the last one be set in an all-new unexplored area of the timeline with zero saga characters but Disney is nothing if not risk averse and judging the first two spin-offs are heavily cashing in on OT nostalgia.

    • January 27, 2016 at 2:03 am
      Permalink

      they do need to get people back into the star wars fold after the PT, so its not that big a surprise they’d go back to the safe era. once the ST is past i’d expect them to start branching out. marvel did the same thing. lead with the most well know titles and build up trust, then bam, guardians of the galaxy. something no one had heard of and it crushes.

      • January 27, 2016 at 3:32 am
        Permalink

        From a financial standpoint I understand with TFA and Rogue One but after that, They should have done something different especially since not many seem to be crazy about the Han Solo spinoff. I think it can work but ONLY with the right casting and it’s better off cancelled if they go with someone like Miles Teller or Scott Eastwood who look less like Ford than Micheal B. Jordan does.

        • January 27, 2016 at 4:30 am
          Permalink

          i don’t disagree, its just that disney is thinking about the casual fans. they know vader, they know han, they know luke or R2, but thats about it. what i loved about TFA was that they marketed it on the old cast but in the film introduced new characters that the masses loved so much they had rewrite VIII. we’ll get to the cool new stuff eventually, we just have to wait for everyone else to catch up to us.

          • January 28, 2016 at 3:18 am
            Permalink

            I like the idea seeing Vader in Rogue One since he would be the main villain then and the PT totally denied us ever getting to see him do what he could in his prime with the suit. Why I prefer they’d cast a stuntman or something to play him.

  • January 27, 2016 at 1:02 am
    Permalink

    Weren’t they originally only talking about two spin off movies, when Disney first acquired LFL? I was never sure when they started talking about a third.

    Also, I don’t want spin off films about the existing characters. I don’t want a movie about Han Solo, or Boba Fett, or Obi Wan, or… This is just too obvious. I would rather see things that are different and unexpected. How about a Sith vs. Sith movie? Two Sith fighting each other control. But it seems Disney wants to stay to things that seem like a sure fire money maker, basing films on already popular characters like Han and Boba. (Can’t blame them, really. Disney is a business and their main objective is to make money.)

  • January 27, 2016 at 1:39 am
    Permalink

    i wouldn’t mind a fett film as long as the focus is on bounty hunters as a whole and not just pointless fan service like in AotC. they could go full on space western and everything… and it would be a great excuse to bring back my fav, cad bane.

  • January 27, 2016 at 1:40 am
    Permalink

    I always felt that they missed great opportunity to show actual Clone War in the Prequels (in live action form). I always felt that prequels should begin with how clones were created,and also,no origins of Anakin,so we would have 3 movies with clones and Anakin as a Jedi. All we needed to see is how Anakin turned evil,but not how he became Jedi. And we also missed friendship between Anakin and Obi-Wan. So I would love to see Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen back for 1 stand alone movie about the Clone War,and it would be nice opportunity to show real Rex with introducing him for new audience who haven’t seen The Clone Wars series,but also to let them know that he was in that universe. It would be nice to see them going on mission against Dooku’s new apprentice Ventress,and we would see Dooku’s hologram since Lee is not with us anymore,and it would be great opportunity to show how amazing Clones were. It would be cool to bring Maul back,but it would be confusing for people who never saw The Clone Wars or Rebels Thoughts?

    • January 27, 2016 at 1:43 am
      Permalink

      Really good idea of a Clone wars movie. i supportt this

      • January 27, 2016 at 1:44 am
        Permalink

        We have nothing to loose,that movie could make prequels look better

        • January 27, 2016 at 2:01 am
          Permalink

          yeah and Ventress is a character i always wanted to see in a live action. One of the best character of Star Wars

          • January 27, 2016 at 2:02 am
            Permalink

            Lupita Nyongo could play her also 😀

          • January 27, 2016 at 6:23 am
            Permalink

            No. Grace Jones.

          • January 27, 2016 at 4:21 am
            Permalink

            I’d love a mini-series of Dark Disciple

    • January 27, 2016 at 1:44 am
      Permalink

      i wish they would have just done that in the first place instead of TPM.

    • January 27, 2016 at 1:51 am
      Permalink

      I don’t think we will see your idea. They have the Clone Wars series on Netflix where a ton of people can see it. To go to that time period, as cool as it was, would be like rebooting Star Wars. We’ve already seen it. Plus, the Clone Wars show is canon now.

      Let them do an Old Republic film as I’ve stated here numerous times. Will they do it? I’m sure it’s in the table. I’m hoping they do.

      And Anakin’s and Obi Wan’s early missions are being told in a comic book.

      Either way, us Star Wars fans will have to wait and see what they do as far as film, tv and video games then the ones already announced.

      • January 27, 2016 at 8:14 am
        Permalink

        Clone Wars is canon right up the time LFL say it isn’t. You’re going tofind that many of the truths we cling to depend greatly on Disney’s point of view.

    • January 27, 2016 at 2:47 am
      Permalink

      Don’t get me started on missed opportunities of the Clone Wars and Anakin’s fall. Nobody has got the time for that! 😛

    • January 27, 2016 at 5:33 am
      Permalink

      I have no problem with Lucas’ ideas for the PT. In fact, I believe his introduction of Anakin was brilliant. Also, Palpatine’s machinations were a stroke of genius. The problem was the way Lucas failed to transfer his vision to the screen (best example: the cringe-worthy Anakin-Padmé romance in AotC).

      But the biggest problem with the PT was the fans who watched their own, very personal version of events in their heads, from ’83-’99, exactly as you just did. Add to that the films’ many shortcomings and you have the perfect recipe for disaster.

      Still, at the end of the day SW was Lucas’ vision. It makes no sense to second guess his decisions for the PT when he obviously would’ve never ended up doing what you or I (or a gazillion other people) wanted to see on the screen.

    • January 27, 2016 at 10:44 am
      Permalink

      I Think that If someone wanted to see more clone wars, the series is just fine. Your idea could be made with an unfinished story arc from the last seasons of the clone wars, with a few changes.

      • January 27, 2016 at 11:51 am
        Permalink

        I’d like to see animated miniseries of obiwan and Anakin before the clone wars.

        • January 27, 2016 at 3:31 pm
          Permalink

          before Episode II, you get the 4-issue comic, brfore TCW cg series there’s another 2D animated series. I think even if it’s Legends, it covers well the empty holes between TCW and episodes II and III

          • January 27, 2016 at 10:41 pm
            Permalink

            Yes, it is Legends, but it’s still a bit interesting. Filling that time period within the new canon would still be welcome though.

          • January 27, 2016 at 11:20 pm
            Permalink

            I personally considr it canon because It doesn’t have contradictions with the CG series

          • January 28, 2016 at 1:06 am
            Permalink

            Doesn’t Ventress get killed by Anakin in the 2D series though?

          • January 28, 2016 at 8:13 am
            Permalink

            well…she falls a bottomless pit the same way as maul does… so she could have survived that.

          • January 28, 2016 at 2:39 pm
            Permalink

            I guess. It might take some slight retconning, but it could work (as long as you create some time-skips within your mind).

          • January 28, 2016 at 3:42 pm
            Permalink

            That’s what I practically do at the ending of the arc set before TCW animated, necause there’s the EP. III starfighter appearing

  • January 27, 2016 at 1:44 am
    Permalink

    I’d personally like to see a SW movie that takes us all the way back … to the first Jedi and Sith. Seeing someone discover the Force, what it means and see the first one that uses the Dark Side of the Force.

    • January 27, 2016 at 1:57 am
      Permalink

      Agree,but that should be trilogy,not 1 movie

      • January 27, 2016 at 7:59 am
        Permalink

        I want a trilogy of trilogies about that time period. With some animated series in between.

    • January 27, 2016 at 3:00 am
      Permalink

      An old republic trilogy, the focus being the lure of the dark side in its different forms. Some Jedi used it as a way to advance their own powers, some saw it as a side of the force that was hidden so they unwittingly ventured towards it, some defected from the Jedi due to their strict ideals and used the dark side to forge a more effective order. The Jedi civil war angle also being poised to create tension in the republic, the sith luring the Jedi to the dark to increase their ranks when in fact they were only using then to weaken the Jedi, killing all the defects no the spot.

  • January 27, 2016 at 1:45 am
    Permalink

    they should put Bobba fett in the han solo movie and do instead a obiWan or Clone Wars movie IMHO

  • January 27, 2016 at 2:10 am
    Permalink

    is there a rebels episode tonight??? there really needs to be a countdown on this site for rebels episodes as they are hard to know when they are- movies dates are not. PLEASE AT THIS FUNCTIONALITY.

    • January 27, 2016 at 2:25 am
      Permalink

      wednesday nights.

  • January 27, 2016 at 2:26 am
    Permalink

    I wanna see an entire film based on the Legacy of the Millennium Falcon!

  • January 27, 2016 at 2:33 am
    Permalink

    I would much rather see a Obi Wan film over Boba Fett.

  • January 27, 2016 at 2:39 am
    Permalink

    They should make a movie about the years that Luke spent disappeared. I have already written a story about that,I am not an expert in writing, but according to me it is great (I am really modest). Well if that is not possible at least they should invite a group of real fans to supervise the next films, we could be of great help because we love star wars and we are not movie directors and we are not biased by marketing studies or limited by the ideas of the cinema industry to play safe and just try to earn money, we can still dream.

    • January 27, 2016 at 2:41 am
      Permalink

      i’m not sure letting the inmates run the asylum is a good idea. 😉 i am curious what your idea was though.

      • January 27, 2016 at 6:00 pm
        Permalink

        That is true. But I cannot tell you the story because I would like to publish it some day, the only thing I could tell you is that I created some other worlds and civilizations, Luke visits new worlds and meet other wise people, he learns new tthings.

    • January 27, 2016 at 5:15 am
      Permalink

      Lol.

    • January 27, 2016 at 10:40 am
      Permalink

      I think maybe if not a movie, you can find a way to make them publish a book based off your story. I would certainly read it.

      • January 27, 2016 at 5:57 pm
        Permalink

        Thanks so much, I would like to publish my story but I do not know how to do it, How to get authorization to use Lucas Film´s Characters. I would like to write a comic as well.

        • January 27, 2016 at 9:10 pm
          Permalink

          You should get in contact with someone internal, like Pablo Hidalgo or a Lucasfilm Story group member and have him read the idea. Maybe they’ll decline it, but if it has any interesting thing, it could be at least discussed by them.

          • January 28, 2016 at 1:31 am
            Permalink

            Thanks for your suggestions, I will try to do that.

  • January 27, 2016 at 2:43 am
    Permalink

    It’s likely that ideas are still being pitched. Also, with the success of The Force Awakens, they might be considering doing something in the timeframe of the sequel trilogy or in the years between Jedi and Awakens.

    • January 27, 2016 at 11:03 am
      Permalink

      I don’t see a Clone Wars live-action film coming, but your structure idea for the prequels is great. Less is more, and I’m agree we don’t see Anakin and Obi’s relation develop (at all). Conversations in an elevator and at the outdoors of a Coruscant Bus Transport are not enough to explain that. Ewan absolutely nailed the “you are the chosen one” speech, and if the movies had taken more time to develop the relationship, that moment would feel much more emotional and intense.

      I like QuiGonJinn, but when you see its role in the PT it feels so pointless. ObiWan should be the one who finds Anakin. If TPM had only Obi, then their relationship (Anakin-Obi) would be much more developped.

  • January 27, 2016 at 2:51 am
    Permalink

    Ancient Jedi/Sith era origin movies is where it should go. A lot of potential to be explored there.

    • January 27, 2016 at 4:19 am
      Permalink

      And they could go fantastical with the aesthetic. Could be really cool.

    • January 27, 2016 at 10:39 am
      Permalink

      maybe. But people not familiar with EU Legends, a large portion of movie-goers would find that really unfamiliar. I have the feeling we’ll get much from that period in the rebels show and books and such.

      • January 27, 2016 at 8:24 pm
        Permalink

        Nothing so far from Rebels makes me think so.

        • January 27, 2016 at 9:12 pm
          Permalink

          You clearly haven’t seen the trailer featuring a sith pyramid and If I recall right a sith holocron too. Just as in TCW we had Moraband, Darth Bane and the sith valley canonized, we’ll see more things canonised in Rebels

          • January 27, 2016 at 10:40 pm
            Permalink

            Yep. We could also maybe see Revan, as he was supposed to appear in the TCW Mortis arc originally.

          • January 27, 2016 at 11:20 pm
            Permalink

            exactly. I want Revan’s recanonisation

    • January 28, 2016 at 12:55 am
      Permalink

      really hoping that snoke has somthing to do with sith/ jedi origins, like he was the reason the jedi where originally formed…. but if they don’t go in that direction in the saga films, yeah a jedi orgins story would be quite cool

  • January 27, 2016 at 2:59 am
    Permalink

    A Boba Fett movie is just a terrible idea. There’s a ton of good story ideas out there with better characters.

    • January 27, 2016 at 6:14 am
      Permalink

      Absolutely agree. Boba Fett is just a cool costume and a couple lines of deleted dialogue now spoken with little flair by Temuera Morrison. He become an unexpected cult hit and has been exploited beyond his worth ever since. A full movie about him is silly, IMO. A Kenobi trilogy is something I could get behind.

      • January 27, 2016 at 10:27 am
        Permalink

        Theoretically, couldn’t Boba Fett and Obi Wan be in the same story time period?

        • January 28, 2016 at 3:47 am
          Permalink

          Pick a side. Boba Fett or Obi-wan. There can be no compromise.

  • January 27, 2016 at 3:13 am
    Permalink

    Come on people sing it with me 🙂 Obi Wan Obi Wan Obi Wan…Ewan was great despite the prequels…

    • January 27, 2016 at 3:23 am
      Permalink

      Yep. He actually managed to survive Lucas’ terrible direction and deliver a halfway decent performance.

  • January 27, 2016 at 3:27 am
    Permalink

    i think its a mistake to saturate my screens. they never made us wait on purpose, but now i think that is the secret. give people all they want, and they will do nothing but complain. make us wait ridiculous periods of time. that sort of tactic is proven to make large groups of fans into ravenous cash shitting animals

    • January 27, 2016 at 3:47 am
      Permalink

      looooooool

  • January 27, 2016 at 5:14 am
    Permalink

    Obi-Wan should be first, how about a yoda or vader movie??? I dont wanna get burned out, but I have a hunger for more star wars more often. I need 2 a year. I hate to say it but I need it. Anyone else?

    • January 27, 2016 at 5:20 am
      Permalink

      Same. I don’t get the people that says wooow they’re just making money with the franchise blablabla what ever bro, we get to see LOTS OF SW MOVIES in no time.

  • January 27, 2016 at 5:28 am
    Permalink

    Seems more likely he is withholding information until there is more info to give. Anything could happen with these movies cause them to change. Maybe this is their way of rethinking their strategy, whether it’s to increase the number of films, decrease the number of anthologies, whatever. Also, Iger and Kennedy might be waiting to see how Rogue One performs, seeing as it’s not going to tie into Episode VII all that much. Episode VII was the proving ground to see if a Star Wars movie is still viable in this climate, Rogue One will determine if a Star Wars movie not tying into the ongoing story arc directly will work.

    • January 27, 2016 at 8:31 am
      Permalink

      I agree. No need to put out more info that may change and make them look like they don’t know what they are doing. If it’s not clear (for any of the potential reasons mentioned) don’t say anything. It’s smart on Disneys aprt I think. They have time. I would love to see an older Ewen McGregor in a n Obi Wan movie though. I think the response to the comics will also help Disney gauge what is popular and wanted most by the fans for these Anthology movies (Disney please lose the “A Star Wars Story” title. Sounds so gay).

  • January 27, 2016 at 5:47 am
    Permalink

    In terms of timing, the more sensible thing would be to re-cast Ewan McGregor as Kenobi. I think both old and new fans would embrace his return! Boba Fett has always place in any of the numbered SW sequels.

  • January 27, 2016 at 8:10 am
    Permalink

    Change in director gender, you mean

  • January 27, 2016 at 8:45 am
    Permalink

    Obi-Wan! Obi-Wan! Obi-wan!

    • January 27, 2016 at 10:25 am
      Permalink

      Ewan is growing the older into the empty period, I certainly wouldn’t be opposed. But it must be compelling.

  • January 27, 2016 at 10:45 am
    Permalink

    I thought the han solo spin off was Josh Trank’s project

  • January 27, 2016 at 11:30 am
    Permalink

    PLEASE reconsider the “Han Solo” spinoff.. We don’t need Han Solo and Boba Fett movies.. We really don’t. Give us Rogue One, and a Obi Wan spinoff showing us his last adventure and how he dealt with being responsible for Darth Vader by not killing Anakin and make it into two movies if you have to, you can even add in a Yoda story if you HAVE to but pleaseeeee.. don’t recast Han Solo. I die alittle inside

  • January 27, 2016 at 11:46 am
    Permalink

    I think they should scrap the Han Solo movie too, you can’t recast Han Solo. Why did they pay Harrison ford so much money to the last movie, why not just hire another older actor that will work for cheap.

    Rather see a boba Fett movie in the style of Dredd 3D.

    I wouldn’t mind a mid aged obi-wan story with Jimmy Schimidts hiring him to do a mission. But I’m not that excited for it.

    Rather see a old republic movie. Maybe something that really explains the mystical past of the Jedi and Sith. Like a real fantasy movie.

    All and all it’s probably a better idea not to do any spinoffs and only give us 3 movies in the normal trilogy and then makes us wait 10
    More years for the hype to rise again. Instead of over saturating it and running the series into the ground for good.

    • January 27, 2016 at 8:23 pm
      Permalink

      Agree on the Old Republic movie. It’s time to work our way away from the OT timeline. With Rebels, Han Solo, Rogue One, Lost Stars (book) and other things, the OT era is over saturated.

  • January 27, 2016 at 1:10 pm
    Permalink

    It’s funny that people are talking about getting burned out with some over-saturation of too many Star Wars movies. We’ve had ONE. Give it some time. Let’s see what they can do with the spin-offs. Let’s see a Star Wars romantic comedy. Let’s see a Dark Side thriller.

  • January 27, 2016 at 1:37 pm
    Permalink

    Woah, Boba Fett and his underworld just can’t catch a break, can they?

    • January 27, 2016 at 5:05 pm
      Permalink

      1313. Anthology #3. poor boba! #dadsheadonaplatter

  • January 27, 2016 at 2:56 pm
    Permalink

    I thought the third would be about Kenobi? Rogue One, Solo/Fett, Kenobi

    • January 27, 2016 at 10:38 pm
      Permalink

      I hope that that’s how it turns out. The “Kenobi’s Diary” issues of Marvel’s Star Wars comics are always great, so the movie could be as well.

  • January 27, 2016 at 3:10 pm
    Permalink

    I think they should reconsider making a TV series rather than spin-off movies, for the long term. Stories could be much deeper and detailed without the constrain of a film’s lenght.

    • January 27, 2016 at 10:37 pm
      Permalink

      I agree. I don’t want an Old Republic trilogy, I want an Old Republic Netflix series.

  • January 27, 2016 at 3:29 pm
    Permalink

    Somebody should remove the first three reviews appearing of TFA on imdb. I find it unnacceptable that the first reviews all are from the vocal minority of haters.

    • January 27, 2016 at 8:21 pm
      Permalink

      They had good reasons for hating the film. TFA was not a perfect film. No film is.

      • January 27, 2016 at 9:08 pm
        Permalink

        yeah, but do you think it deserves having the first reviews 4/10 or 1/10 ratings? I don’t.

        • January 28, 2016 at 1:47 am
          Permalink

          Yeah, that is totally unjustified…. but frankly who the fuck cares about imdb anymore?

    • January 29, 2016 at 1:18 am
      Permalink

      IMBD is a troll paradise.

  • January 27, 2016 at 3:43 pm
    Permalink

    Its an indication that the Ewan MacGregor talks may land in a few Kenobi films, which is why there is a divergence in the number changing from 6 to 5 with no definitive number after that.

    I’d almost bet that Fett is in Solo’s film.

    • January 27, 2016 at 8:20 pm
      Permalink

      That will make more sense. Kill two birds with one stone (or movie in this case).

  • January 27, 2016 at 4:59 pm
    Permalink

    Simon Kinberg has developed the script for Boba since early 2013. I bet the third one is still the same. Finding a right director took time, some report indicating Kennedy would like female director helm this one.

  • January 27, 2016 at 5:55 pm
    Permalink

    i would love to see a Valkyre type movie where some imperials conspire to kill Palpatine. we all know the outcome but that doesnt mean it cant be a compelling movie. Get Ian McDarmid back as Palpatine, cast some good british actors for some of the Imperial Officers and it could be a good thriller.

  • January 27, 2016 at 8:19 pm
    Permalink

    While they’re at it, change the plot line to the third spin-off film. Instead of a Boba Fett film, do something based on new original characters. Please.

  • January 27, 2016 at 9:42 pm
    Permalink

    The third stand alone will be an Obi-Wan movie. It will launch an Obi-Wan trilogy, every other year, just like Ep 7-9. And they will have other stand alones in between each of those films.

    • January 27, 2016 at 10:36 pm
      Permalink

      Is this your fan speculation/wishlist?

  • January 27, 2016 at 11:55 pm
    Permalink

    Just make it good.

    That is all.

  • January 27, 2016 at 11:59 pm
    Permalink

    Just remake the PT already.

    • January 28, 2016 at 1:04 am
      Permalink

      That would require another reboot of canon though, including TCW and Rebels. At this point, the prequels have been intertwined too far into canon to be de-canonized.

      • January 28, 2016 at 6:06 am
        Permalink

        Nah, I don’t agree with that at all. They could easily be remade without upsetting the cartoon canon.

        • January 28, 2016 at 2:37 pm
          Permalink

          But some of the stupidest ideas of the PT were carried over into the cartoons. Every Jedi wears robes like Ben and Luke did. So Ben was dressed as a Jedi in Episode IV, despite the fact that he was in “hiding”. That is stupid.

          • January 29, 2016 at 1:16 am
            Permalink

            Ahsoka never really wears a robe.
            Quinlan Vos didn’t wear a robe.

            That would be something to change.

  • January 28, 2016 at 12:11 am
    Permalink

    i really want to see Ewan back as Obi-Wan……. he was amazing with a medicore to bad scrip …. i would love to see the chance to see him with a great script.

    i dont want to see a boba Fett movie, i know enough about him through clone wars and the prequels.

    and i really dont want to see the Han movie, hans journey is perfect the way it is a smuggler and a rogue who came good, found love and died trying to save his son….. i find it hard to belive they can do anything that can out to what is a brilliant story. but fingers crossed im wrong.

Comments are closed.

LATEST POSTS ON MOVIE NEWS NET