The Third Star Wars Spin-Off Movie Has a Writer! Bob Iger Gives an Update on the Films.

Bob IgerDisney CEO Bob Iger spoke Wednesday at Goldman Sachs’ Communacopia event. Although he only touched briefly on Star Wars and the upcoming films, he did reveal a few interesting bits of new information.


First up, Iger discussed a recent meeting with Kathleen Kennedy which should give hope to those few fans concerned that Disney might want to call it quits on the Star Wars front after the sequel trilogy wrapped up. (via The Wrap)

“I had a meeting yesterday with Kathy Kennedy and we mapped out — well, we reviewed — the ‘Star Wars’ plans that we have ’til 2020,” Iger said. “We have movies in development for ‘Star Wars’ ’til then, and we started talking about what we’re going to do in 2021 and beyond.”

“So, she’s not just making a ‘Star Wars’ movie, she’s making a ‘Star Wars’ universe, of sorts,” he added.

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So, yes Disney will choose to keep raking in the money that Star Wars prints for them well into the next decade. What form those films take remains to be seen. Will the saga proper end with Episode IX as we move forward with more Star Wars Stories”? Will there be another sequel trilogy that follows some or all of the main characters in the current films? Or perhaps a new ongoing saga set in another era? We can only wait and find out.

 

Outside of Star Wars: 2020’s, Iger also discussed the current crop of films in various stages of development or production. When asked about Rogue One, he disclosed that he had seen the film and that it was “really interesting in terms of … storytelling.”

 

Iger also mentioned that he had received a pitch for Episode IX from director Colin Trevorrow, and that a writer has been hired and is currently working on the yet to be revealed third “Star Wars Story” slated for 2020.

 

Head to The Wrap for the full story.

 

 

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92 thoughts on “The Third Star Wars Spin-Off Movie Has a Writer! Bob Iger Gives an Update on the Films.

  • September 22, 2016 at 1:00 am
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    Does anybody know what happened to the Josh Trank/rumored Boba Fett film after Trank left the project? It was supposed to be the second spin off film after Rogue One (which young Han Solo took the slot of). It seems like it’s dead in the water, which really sucks to know that there is a SW film out there that almost was.

    • September 22, 2016 at 1:11 am
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      After “Fan4stic” bombed, Josh Trank was sent into Directors’ Hell and even if he had been attached to some projects (like this Boba Fett film,) he’s no longer involved in their production. This also means that if there was a pitch for this Boba Fett movie, it was scrapped and this new writer mentioned by Iger will write a completely new script. It could still be about bounty hunters, but personally I don’t find it to be too likely.

      • September 22, 2016 at 1:25 am
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        Is there any real confirmation that Trank was working on a Fett film?Fantastic Four was absolutely awful, but did anyone see Chronicle? It wasn’t half bad.

      • September 22, 2016 at 10:34 pm
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        First of all, Trank never wrote or pitched any SW movies. He was brought on as a director only. So there’s no reason the basic story/script couldn’t still be sitting on the shelves. Why toss a good idea that was ALMOST ready to be made when the director suddenly left.

    • September 22, 2016 at 1:35 am
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      My greatest dream concerning the third spinoff is that they pushed back the Boba Fett movie and replaced it with an Obi Wan Kenobi film due to popular demand.

      • September 22, 2016 at 1:46 am
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        Of course you would want that. 😉

      • September 22, 2016 at 10:36 pm
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        I’d rather they continue to do small stories with Obi-wan in the comics and do some stuff with him and Maul in Rebels. I’m not sure an Obi-wan spin off would have much juice with the masses considering he would be so limited, but if they could do something on a smaller budget to make it financially viable, I think it could have potential somewhere down the pipeline. But only with Ewan in the role.

  • September 22, 2016 at 1:22 am
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    Speculations on what the films for 2020 and 2021 will be? For example, will they both be spin-offs, or will they actually try for an episode X in 2021? Will the 2020 movie be that rumored Boba Fett film? If the 2021 film will be a spin-off, what will it be about?

    My unfounded speculations/hopes:

    The 2020 film won’t be a Boba Fett film (anymore), but rather something that spins off of one of the non-saga properties. My hope: an Ahsoka Tano film, either about the time in between Rebels (which, if this pans out, won’t kill her off at the end of the series) and ANH, or about her life post-ANH (if they can find a way of keeping her alive during the OT without that interfering with the continuity and plausibility of the OT).

    The 2021 film won’t be an episode X, but rather the beginning of a Republic series pre-TPM, perhaps something about Yoda hundreds of years before TPM (to keep the story connected to familiar elements of the world), and/or about an earlier conflict between Jedi and Sith.

    All of this is extremely optimistic about Disney’s willingness to make movies that are more detached from the OT. But a guy can dream, right?

    • September 22, 2016 at 1:29 am
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      ahoska or the rebels characters won’t make to the big screen in anything more than a cameo.

      • September 22, 2016 at 3:32 am
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        I’m not so sure. It’s always possible to introduce characters – even ones with a long history in the lore of a certain world – to an audience unfamiliar with them. You can watch the Lord of the Rings movies without reading The Hobbit, because whatever backstory you need from The Hobbit (e.g. how Bilbo got the ring from Gollum) is provided elegantly and briefly in the movies. Or, look at how well Marvel Studios has often done with this: presenting old characters – sometimes with decades of stories behind them – to new audiences.

        • September 22, 2016 at 3:54 am
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          It’s partially a lack of familiarity but also that they probably don’t want to cross the streams. TV is TV and movies are movies in their eyes. But all that speculation on my part.

          • September 22, 2016 at 4:10 am
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            Um…. Saw Gerrera?

          • September 22, 2016 at 4:27 am
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            That’s the exact type of role I’m talking about. Small and complimentary. A lead role in a film right now seems a bit too much to ask right now.

          • September 22, 2016 at 10:14 am
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            That’s possible. Over in Marvel Studios, they’ve been pretty minimal in their movie-TV crossovers. It could be that the Disney big-wigs will want Lucasfilm to apply the same strategy.

            For now, though, ima dream…

    • September 22, 2016 at 4:21 pm
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      It could be the Obi-Wan in the desert movie. Ewan McGregor has said he’d like to return to the role and he was probably the best part of the prequels.
      Hopefully they make an announcement at Celebration next year.

      • September 23, 2016 at 7:57 pm
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        Well, what he actually said was that when people ask if he’s up for it, he’s not going to turn work down just out of hand, particularly as that would invariably get put around the intertubes as “ZOMG! EWAN MCGREGOR SAYS HE HATES STARS WAR!!!!!!!”. He said more said, sure, if you’re paying, I’ll consider it.

  • September 22, 2016 at 1:28 am
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    was anyone concerned they were going to stop making SW films? i thought they already said they were going to keep making them until they stopped making money.

  • September 22, 2016 at 1:36 am
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    I’m likely in the minority here, but I really want the saga to end at 9. Our whole lives (those of us that are old enough to have seen ANH in it’s original theatrical run) were under the impression (given by Lucas) that there would be 9 episodes. I for one would like that feeling of it being “complete” in my lifetime, rather than an endless series of additional films in the same timeline. How many Skywalker generations and Empire iterations do we need before it loses all impact? Plus, by then we will most assuredly be without the legend that is John Williams — let his singular gift impact the Skywalker series and then be done with it. I say, anything going forward should be either an Old Republic era series (or very young Yoda-era), a young Obi Wan series or even a Knights of Ren series.

    Also, (and again I’m likely the minority), I really hope they don’t make a Boba Fett spin-off. He was always just a cool looking guy in a suit in the OT and everything they’ve added to his story since then has proven how thin a character he was to begin with.

    • September 22, 2016 at 1:53 am
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      I don’t like the idea of it running on forever, it’ll just dilute the saga. More stand alone movies are potentially ok, but I think after a blitz of 6 movies over as many years they probably need to cool it for 5 or 6 years. Star Wars will start to seem less special when it comes around if we know to expect a new movie every December for the next thirty years.

      • September 22, 2016 at 2:00 am
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        Exactly. As selfish as it is, I don’t want something I cherish as much as SW to become boring and routine. Plus, there won’t be any stakes for this current trilogy if we all know they’re just gonna go on fighting various forms of stormtroopers forever. Spin-offs are fine, but leave my saga alone 😉

      • September 22, 2016 at 4:11 pm
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        Marvel and DC comics have been going for 80+ years in total. They’re not less special, it’s all in the execution of a story.

    • September 22, 2016 at 3:45 am
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      When I was a kind (in the 80s), there was talk in the fan community that Lucas planned 12 episodes. I can’t remember the source, but I believe this came from the man himself – an interview in Bantha Tracks, perhaps. Why not take this as the standard?

      In any case, the franchise is (and was, even before he sold it) outgrowing Lucas’s intentions. I have no doubt that Star Wars will be like Sherlock Holmes, the Cthulhu mythos, or any number of long-lived comic-book characters: a world that outlives and outstrips its creator’s original vision, but that thrives as it does – and in part, because it does…

      • September 22, 2016 at 4:11 am
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        I have read the “12 episodes” rumor as well, but from what I understand, that was to include the spin-offs as part of the 12 (he had invisioned a Wookiee and a droid spin-off, among other things). I think the trilogies also got conflated and shortened when the emperor was destroyed in ROTJ (he was originally to be the ultimate confrontation in Ep 9….or so the rumors go).

        • September 23, 2016 at 4:21 pm
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          He’s said a lot of things and changed his mind plenty of times along the way, so much so that 9 movies isn’t set in stone.

          • September 23, 2016 at 7:23 pm
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            I hear ya. I guess it’s just a personal preference. 9 films just sounds right — 3 sets of 3, while 12 sounds…weird. And again, with Williams and basically all of the original cast at retirement age (or sadly gone) by then, it just seems like a good idea to stop at 9 and branch off elsewhere. The new characters such as Rey or Poe can easily have spin-off films if they feel so compelled to continue with those actors.

    • September 22, 2016 at 2:26 pm
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      I wouldn’t say you’re in the minority.

      • September 22, 2016 at 8:14 pm
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        haha, I guess not!

  • September 22, 2016 at 1:46 am
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    After episode 9, I’d like some prequel spin offs or maybe even an old republic movie. just a thought. 10 years later, a new saga can begin.

  • September 22, 2016 at 2:05 am
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    I want Star Wars to LAST FOREVER. I hope it outlives me and everyone on this board.

  • September 22, 2016 at 3:13 am
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    I want episode 9 to end with Rey killing Snoke and taking his place instead him, and next trilogy needs to be about Ben’s redemption by bringing Rey back to light. We actually newer had chance to see bad guy who did terrible things going back to light, and we see how he lives with terrible things he done. And it could be first dark jedi on screen, and it would be first main villain that is female

    • September 22, 2016 at 4:35 am
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      I dig it 🙂

    • September 22, 2016 at 7:55 am
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      “We actually newer had chance to see bad guy who did terrible things going back to light”

      This is a joke, right?

      • September 22, 2016 at 3:27 pm
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        Seems like You didn’t read to the end

    • September 22, 2016 at 8:16 am
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      Vader….

      • September 22, 2016 at 3:28 pm
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        I said back to light,and he lives with things he done,Vader died immediately

    • September 24, 2016 at 8:06 pm
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      Ben aint getting redemption. It would be an appallingly bad dramatic decision that would make Han’s death totally meaningless. It already isn’t a great sequence, and the film doesn’t give us nearly enough to care about their relationship, but if Ben murders arguably the most popular character in the films in cold blood, actually stabs him to death while Han is reaching out to his son, then he needs comeuppance, not redemption.

  • September 22, 2016 at 3:44 am
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    I thought Rían was already writing VIII and IX? And that they already promised films, on a “end of time” production line?

  • September 22, 2016 at 4:55 am
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    Personally, I’d like to see a film set in Coruscant’s underworld. Loads of opportunities there and I can’t get enough of the location itself.

    • September 22, 2016 at 1:16 pm
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      Especially since the 1313 game was cancelled..

  • September 22, 2016 at 10:34 am
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    A “Star Wars universe of sorts.” Greaaat the exact thing I was afraid of is coming to fruition..they’re gonna milk the brand we all love till it’s dead.

    • September 22, 2016 at 2:23 pm
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      It already wasn’t too healthy pre Episode VII with the prequels dividing the fan base. Hope for more good than bad and try to enjoy the ride. Why be pessimistic about it? The EU now Legends existed for 20+ years milking away with absolutely awful stories. What’s the difference now if Disney makes decent films instead of trashy books?

      • September 22, 2016 at 2:30 pm
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        It’s all about the films man, the films!
        It’s a legitimate worry for many. The next couple of films will give us a better idea of how it might pan out, but a film a year is too much, even though I’ll gladly consume them. But if it goes the way of the Marvel movies I’ll be really saddened. Star Wars used to feel much more special to me when it was less often.

        • September 23, 2016 at 5:34 am
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          But with the EU it kept happening 20 years ago, now you can see the film of a new story instead of reading a book.

      • September 22, 2016 at 5:46 pm
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        come on now…the EU had some really great stories and carried the fans for years.

        • September 22, 2016 at 6:50 pm
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          Yes, and it also had some genuinely terrible ones that tarnished the brand.

          • September 22, 2016 at 8:01 pm
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            I don’t know of any that “tarnished” it, but they were certainly some bad ones as well. But no worse than some of the new stuff that has been written.

            Overall, the EU was what kept the Star Wars fans around…for years.

          • September 24, 2016 at 6:47 pm
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            I certainly agree some of the new stuff is bad. I’d go so far as to say all of it is overrated.

        • September 23, 2016 at 5:31 am
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          Some, yes. I read them all, mind you. Although I gave up during the Vong garbage.

          I still say most of it was trash. I dont think the stuff replacing it is any better.

          • September 23, 2016 at 4:57 pm
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            Agreed, the new books are just not there yet…and I think they are losing an audience according to the sales numbers. That’s probably one of the reasons they brought Zahn back in.

          • September 24, 2016 at 6:57 am
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            I can get on board with this. I liked Luceno’s Tarkin but it wasn’t near as epic as Darth Plagueis. Which was not only an EU book I loved, but a prequel book at that.

            We’ll see, I guess.

      • September 22, 2016 at 7:56 pm
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        Yea I agree..but it kinda sucks cause the multiple films post IX are gonna be hard to ignore if they’re bad..with the EU it was just books and comics so you can pick and choose what to read…whereas I’m sure we’re all gonna be fist at the theater for the films lol.

    • September 23, 2016 at 7:10 pm
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      They already have. For me, Star Wars is three films. Everything else is expendable and lessens the importance and greatness of them. The prequels are ludicrous. The stories were good, the execution profoundly terrible. The new one was tonally correct and the cast good, but the film had no originality. No magic. No awe. None. Zero. It was made by commitee to raise Disney stock. Just like every other film to come. No vision. No storyteller. No art. Just commerce.

      • September 25, 2016 at 2:23 pm
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        Honestly I don’t get how any fan of Star Wars is truly saddened by more Star Wars stuff coming out. When it’s all said and done, does it really effect your life in any kind of profound way? As a fan, Star Wars is just like life. Great moments, Good moments, the best moments, then the crappy ones that are still good cause it’s at least Star Wars and another peak into a universe that’s not our own. If it truly tarnishes and controls your life that much, your perspective on life really needs some work. Or I say just stick to watching the same three movies over and over again stuck in the past

  • September 22, 2016 at 1:54 pm
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    They shouldn’t rush into a new trilogy after Episode IX.

    Rather they could delve into the deep past, such as showing us the origins of the undying grudge that the Sith nurse against the Jedi.

    “Once more the Sith will rule the galaxy,” Sidious says in Episode 3, so there was at least one earlier occasion when the Sith managed to obtain control. I always took it that the whole deal with “the Revenge of the Sith” was that they were overthrown by the Jedi at some point in the remote past, but perpetuated their dark order in the shadows, continuing to plot revenge against the Jedi for a thousand years.

    Palpatine, feigning concern for the fate of the republic, says in Ep 2 that he will not let it be torn in two when it has “stood for a thousand years”. Obi-Wan in the original movie speaks of the Jedi guarding peace and justice in the Old Republic for “a thousand generations”, which much be longer, but there was apparently a major restructuring of the republic a millennium in the past, presumably when the already long-established Jedi order wrested power from the Sith and ended a period (long or short) of tyranny. This could be fertile ground for one or more movies.

    • September 22, 2016 at 2:26 pm
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      The Old Republic will come to the big screen eventually. Think of it as The Antman of the MCU though. When they’ve exhausted characters and stories that Disney has decided are the most relevant to the fans they will seek something odd and different to experiment with and produce. IMO.

      • September 22, 2016 at 10:01 pm
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        This is what they need to do. Wrap up the 9th saga film and the 3rd anthology film, wait a few years, then bust out an Old Republic trilogy culminating with Darth Bane establishing the Rule of Two.

        Darth Bane is, after all, canon due to his appearance in The Clone Wars.

        • September 23, 2016 at 5:31 am
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          Yes, Old Republic stuff is creeping in.

    • September 23, 2016 at 5:19 am
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      Great post. I agree. So far, it appears that every trilogy follows a different generation. PT focused on young Anakin/Vader and young Obi-Wan; OT was all about Luke, Leia, and Han; ST so far is dealing with Rey, Finn, and Poe. I don’t want to see Rey wrap up the ST as a 26 year old only to appear in Episode X (the start of the sequel-sequel trilogy, or SST) as a 28 year old. Star Wars is like a fine wine – it needs time to BREATH. After IX, feel free to make more movies Lucasfilm/Disney, but take us somewhere else away from the “main saga.” I like your idea about showing us the beginning of the Sith/Jedi feud. Showing the galaxy in complete control by the evil Sith, brought down somehow by the Jedi – sounds like a fascinating story. Seems like there’s a lot of potential there. Then after a 10 or 15 year break, take us back to the saga and a new generation of heroes ready to save the galaxy. This is my preference.

  • September 22, 2016 at 5:00 pm
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    I say: Keep it good and keep it going.

  • September 22, 2016 at 5:48 pm
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    one film every 3 years would help keep anticipation at a high…they will kill it at present course with a movie a year. The reception the the Solo movie will tell us a lot.

    • September 22, 2016 at 7:20 pm
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      I don’t think a movie per year is overkill at all. Look at what Disney has done with Marvel…they release two a year and fans eat ’em up. As long as the quality is there, I’m good.

      • September 22, 2016 at 8:03 pm
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        Marvel is a different beast in my mind. They have many stand alone characters that have been known since the sixties. We really don’t have that in Star Wars.

        • September 23, 2016 at 12:51 am
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          But I think Star Wars is a beast in it’s own for the fact that we don’t need to follow a main cast of characters to have fun. Look at Rogue One and it’s cadre of new-comers, but we still really look forward to it. So we may not have a bajillion superheros, but Star Wars can tell stories about anyone in a time period and get people behind the idea

    • September 23, 2016 at 5:01 am
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      They know what they are doing.

      • September 23, 2016 at 4:54 pm
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        time will tell.

  • September 22, 2016 at 6:03 pm
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    Didn’t Yoda and Bane (Bane’s Holocron) have a conversation in Rebels? Does that make Darth Bane Canon? I would love to see a Darth Bane Trilogy.. I really enjoyed those books… They can have movies tracing the Sith all the way up……

    • September 22, 2016 at 7:15 pm
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      Yep, Darth Bane himself is canon, but his books are not.

      • September 22, 2016 at 8:06 pm
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        what a shame….such good stuff!

    • September 22, 2016 at 8:05 pm
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      I just asked Del Rey about if the trilogy of Bane books were being considered canon and got a resounding, “NO.” Which, I don’t understand as it is so far removed from the time period being covered. It is probably the best of any Star Wars books that I have ever read. A movie on this would be amazing!!!

      • September 22, 2016 at 8:57 pm
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        Not to mention in the books speak about older Sith’s… Raven, Freedon Nadd… His adventures after ancient Sith knowledge alone could spawn other spinoffs… grrr I really wish they would do this… I always thought Bane was one character you could really get into hating, liking, and fearing all at the same time..

      • September 23, 2016 at 5:01 am
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        Disagree.

      • September 25, 2016 at 2:12 pm
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        The Darth bane books were awesome. Too bad they can’t be canon. Would like to see them try to cover this in a movie or series. The 1000 years of sith working in the shadows could really be amazing if done right. Like a show series, live action or animated, cloak and dagger style.

    • September 23, 2016 at 2:43 am
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      That was in Clone Wars. Season 6.

  • September 22, 2016 at 6:19 pm
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    With the re-casting of a new Han I had been hoping that they would also re-cast Leia and Luke and spend the 2020s through 2050s intermittingly filling in the void between ROTJ and TFA. But then I read Bloodline, which indicates that basically nothing happened during that time and they lived throughout a long period of peace. I thought that severely limited the potential of what they could do with the future of the franchise. Now I just feel like they can only make movies with our favorite characters in or around the OT timeline because there is nothing to tell beyond Aftermath. Fortunately, the Star Wars universe is so dense there is lots of room for story-telling. The Old Republic, the PT, OT, and ST eras are all fertile grounds for new movies. I’d like to see Episode IX conclude somewhat open-ended. Not for the official saga to continue but with room for some sort of conflict like the Clone Wars to take place that they can make TV shows or spin-offs about. I agree with comments posted below that any new saga movies should be at least 10 years down the road.

    • September 22, 2016 at 6:30 pm
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      They could cover that timeline from a different perspective. An underworld spin-off is one such example.

      • September 22, 2016 at 6:40 pm
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        True, but that likely wouldn’t involve Luke, Leia, or Han, who were the characters I was hoping to see movies about during that timeframe. But maybe they could do a Luke movie about building up the new Jedi Order. And then I definitely think they should do as JJ suggested and make a Knights of Ren movie about the fall of that Order.

    • September 22, 2016 at 6:30 pm
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      I wouldn’t mind seeing a movie about the Battle of Jakku.

    • September 22, 2016 at 7:31 pm
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      Well, they still could’ve ha adventures, right? Especially the years following ROTJ – remnants of the empire etc. And especially adventures that doesn’t include the empire. Also, Luke trying to rebuild the Jedi Order/starting his new Academy – seems they could have done a lot in about twenty years before TFA, then maybe not so much (though we do got Luke and Bens journey…)

    • September 22, 2016 at 9:12 pm
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      Maybe the peace was kept through the occasional adventure? I’ve not read Bloodline, but a part of me likes the idea of the OT characters having a more peaceful time after the rebellion.

      • September 22, 2016 at 10:37 pm
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        Peaceful yes, but I’d still like to see them involved in some adventures. I especially think there’s some opportunities with Han before and after he lost Ben.

        • September 22, 2016 at 11:00 pm
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          I would love that in maybe Rebels type format, but not a film. Just not the same without Ford IMO. In fact I think using the Clones/Rebels format is the best way to fill this time period.

  • September 22, 2016 at 10:56 pm
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    Wasn’t Rian writing 8 and 9?

    • September 23, 2016 at 1:35 am
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      Originally, yes. As of early this year, it was announced only Johnson’s treatment is being used for IX, with Collin Trevorrow and his friend Derek Connolly are writing the script itself.

      • September 30, 2016 at 2:24 am
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        and it’s a shame. it’s the same duo who made Jurassic World. And we saw the result.

  • September 23, 2016 at 12:51 am
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    I’ll never understand the appeal of The Old Republic EU stuff. Or most of the EU, really. If I could choose a focus for an anthology movie I’d go with new characters in the IV-IX time frame with no cameos. I want more SW but not the SW I already have. Rogue One is close, but I remain skeptical of Vader’s cameo and Jimmy Smitts in particular

    • September 23, 2016 at 4:20 pm
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      Yeah, the Old Republic stuff isn’t my cup of tea.

      • September 23, 2016 at 8:06 pm
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        But (thankfully) all of it has been shit-canned, which means there’s no set rules about what they could do in that kind of time-frame. I’m no fan of the EU, or how, in the limited Dark Horse stuff I read, the Old Republic felt totally un-SW-like, but I’m up for exploring the universe thousands of years before the Skywalker eras and the narrative freedom that would imply.

      • September 24, 2016 at 7:00 am
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        Did you ever try the MMO? F2P, I honestly recommend you play through one of the classes to get the jist.

        It’s sort of like High Fantasy Star Wars in a way. It has its own character and really is a lot of fun while retaining a Star Wars identity but existing in a time frame where it can do some weird, fun, shit.

        I used to not be a fan, these days I really enjoy it.

        • September 24, 2016 at 5:56 pm
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          I downloaded it the other day, but haven’t played it yet. hard to pull me from Destiny haha

          • September 24, 2016 at 6:29 pm
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            Give it a whirl. It’s good shit.

  • October 17, 2016 at 3:14 am
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    Figuring out what Star Wars movies to do for anthologies, while having endless possibilities, is going to be tricky. On one hand, LucasFilm risks pigeonholing themselves to specific characters and not really diversifying outside the ST.

    But on the other hand, some character based movies could work. Obi-wan, in my view works, very well. Do a western and have it be a standalone. As for the future trilogy, I’d love to see KOTOR adapted in some fashion. It will always remain my favorite era and to me should have been the prequels.

    But there are two films I see being possible. One, could be on the Wraith Squadron. Do a film set between episode’s six and seven. Take inspiration from the X-wing books(amazing books, by the way) and have the movie be like Top Gun meets Dirty Dozen. I think that could be incredible.

    Another is a Luke centric movie. Maybe, right after ROTJ and he’s looking for a map possibly to locate other Force Sensitives for his Jedi temple. Have it be like an Indiana Jones style film. You can even include Doctor Aphra in some form. As for Luke, I like the image of Sebastian Stan as he looks the part. But I’ll leave casting up to LucasFilm.

    Overall, they need to be careful, but also not be too frivolous. Pick movies that can enable a different experience or make sense in the world.

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