J. J. Abrams Can’t Wait To Share Details On Star Wars Episode IX As He Heads Off To Lucasfilm

J. J. Abrams is known for having a great degree of secrecy on his projects, as demonstrated by the three Cloverfield movies that have been released and one that’s more or less finished. But in a reversal of his usual trends, Abrams is now saying that he can’t wait to share what he knows about Star Wars Episode IX with everyone else, and that he’ll be all-in on further developing Star Wars in the very near future…

 

Speaking to The Independent about his latest movie – the straight-to-Netflix Cloverfield sorta-prequel The Cloverfield Paradox – the subject of Star Wars Episode IX inevitably came up. When asked about his enthusiasm for the project, Abrams stated that he was “very much” excited to be back in the saddle at Lucasfilm, and that his work on the project will kick things into high gear very soon:

“I’m actually going to be leaving this room and going right there. I can’t wait for you to see what we’re doing.”

Abrams also changed the subject when asked about whether or not he’d be using anything from Colin Trevorrow’s drafts. We probably won’t know until we’re close to the release of Episode IX or even afterward. But if his response is of any indication, we might start hearing details on Episode IX get out before Solo: A Star Wars Story hits theaters.

 

+ posts

Grant has been a fan of Star Wars for as long as he can remember, having seen every movie on the big screen. When he’s not hard at work with his college studies, he keeps himself busy by reporting on all kinds of Star Wars news for SWNN and general movie news on the sister site, Movie News Net. He served as a frequent commentator on SWNN’s The Resistance Broadcast.

Grant Davis (Pomojema)

Grant has been a fan of Star Wars for as long as he can remember, having seen every movie on the big screen. When he’s not hard at work with his college studies, he keeps himself busy by reporting on all kinds of Star Wars news for SWNN and general movie news on the sister site, Movie News Net. He served as a frequent commentator on SWNN’s The Resistance Broadcast.

244 thoughts on “J. J. Abrams Can’t Wait To Share Details On Star Wars Episode IX As He Heads Off To Lucasfilm

    • February 9, 2018 at 4:05 am
      Permalink

      Re: “J.J. finally reacts to Rian’s hijacking of the trilogy…”

      ‘hijacking’ – I don’t think that word means what you think it means.

        • February 9, 2018 at 11:12 am
          Permalink

          That was torturous to watch.

          • February 9, 2018 at 3:15 pm
            Permalink

            Wow! I’m way stronger than I thought I ever could be. I watched the whole thing too and only winced 8 times. Thanks for that intestinal fortitude challenge Jimsy.

      • February 9, 2018 at 8:24 am
        Permalink

        Yes Rian did hijack the trilogy.

        • February 9, 2018 at 8:40 am
          Permalink

          By agreeing to make a movie that he was hired to make? How in the hell is that a “hijack?” You people make less sense by the day.

          • February 9, 2018 at 9:17 am
            Permalink

            People also forget that JJA executive produced RJ’s movie, and approved of his script greatly. So no, it’s not a matter of “hijacking” a trilogy so much as RJ just took the wheel – and now, JJA is taking it back.

            – Pomojema

          • February 9, 2018 at 2:30 pm
            Permalink

            Ram Bergman produced the film. While an Executive Producer in the world of television might run the show, that’s not the case in film. The Executive Producer is involved in the development, financing or production of the movie, but usually not all three. In this case, the fact that J.J. created the new characters and set up the board for the 2nd film is simply enough to warrant the “decelopment” credit. But was he hands-on after his TFA duties were completed? No… especially considering that Rian flipped the board on its end and took the story in a different direction.

          • February 9, 2018 at 4:12 pm
            Permalink

            They actually hired a guy named *Brian* Johnson, and this whole thing is just one huge embarrassing mistake.

  • February 9, 2018 at 4:11 am
    Permalink

    Well J.J. Gotta be feeling pretty good that regardless of what he does, he will not make the most divisive star wars film. I liked TLJ, but even if it was more original plot-wise, nothing could hold a candle to the fun of TFA for me. Hope he finishes strong in a way that feels like it wraps up the trilogy and to some extent the previous 9 movies to close the book on the “Skywalker Saga”

    • February 9, 2018 at 8:23 am
      Permalink

      What you said is key. TFA was FUN — it felt like a great RIDE at Disneyland. FUN film from start to finish with tremendous replay-value.

      • February 9, 2018 at 9:35 am
        Permalink

        Which is why IN THE SECOND ACT…you have our new heroes go thru some shit….so in the THIRD act…you are rewarded, this is how trilogies are done !!!!!!!!! Was the EMPIRE STRIKES BACK a fun movie???? Not really, but it setup ROTJ so well.

        • February 9, 2018 at 10:25 am
          Permalink

          This is so true. I honestly believe when we look back at EP 7-9 we will have much more appreciation for TLJ. TFA needed to be simple and entertaining. TLJ needed to be complex and challenging. EP IX needs to be epic and rewarding

    • February 9, 2018 at 7:22 am
      Permalink

      Hope so

    • February 9, 2018 at 10:20 am
      Permalink

      Is that really what JJ stands for!? Learn something every day. Hah. His name is Jeff.

  • February 9, 2018 at 4:20 am
    Permalink

    I honestly wonder how the hell the First Order would be taken down for good and wrap everything up in one movie. Does anyone think that there will be an episode 10-12? I just don’t know. Even if there is, does the First Order actually survive? I have no idea where this would even go but I’m sure this is exactly how people felt when ESB came out.

    • February 9, 2018 at 4:33 am
      Permalink

      You’re acting as if Star Wars fans have never had such questions about the movies before they were released in the past lol!

    • February 9, 2018 at 4:34 am
      Permalink

      “Does anyone think that there will be an episode 10-12?”

      As these trilogies are about the Skywalker saga, then it’s entirely dependent on the continuation of the Skywalker bloodline. Notice, Kathleen Kennedy’s recent press statement a few days ago. She made it clear that the sequel trilogy is still all about the Skywalkers. Can’t see the ending of Episode IX being a bum note for the last remaining Skywalker. So, yes, there will be more Skywalker episodes after IX.

      • February 9, 2018 at 9:38 am
        Permalink

        One of four things needs to happen for the Skywalker Saga to continue with Episode 10-12….1) Luke somehow returns…2) Rey ends up being a Skywalker after all….3) Ben redeems himself…..or 4) Jeff Skywalker who has been off doing other things for the last 60 years and never mentioned returns to save the day….they’ll recon the birth scene in ep3 and there were actually triplets..the third was taken to Dagobah by Yoda to be looked after. He was gonna reveal himself in a prank to Luke in the cave dressed as Darth Vader until Luke cut his head off…..Yoda then reattached his head to a robot body then mentioned to Obi Wan that there is another…….of course I find option 3 to be unrealistic

        • February 9, 2018 at 1:06 pm
          Permalink

          Lol.

      • February 9, 2018 at 10:18 am
        Permalink

        I thought it had already been established that this is it for the Skywalker saga, JJ is tying it all together with this one bringing it full circle.

        • February 9, 2018 at 1:06 pm
          Permalink

          Indeed.

        • February 9, 2018 at 3:32 pm
          Permalink

          I read that as well. I think KK was asked whether the saga films would continue after IX as well and she didn’t really answer. To me that indicates they aren’t. I think there are other plans for Star Wars now.

      • February 9, 2018 at 12:58 pm
        Permalink

        I don’t think there will be. Certainly not anytime soon. We’ve got RJs new trilogy, we’ve got the GOT guys trilogy and we’ve got Star Wars story movies. I can’t see how they could fit in X-XII. I think IX will be the end of the saga films.

        • February 9, 2018 at 1:05 pm
          Permalink

          Not anytime soon, as you correctly say. 10-15 years gap.

          • February 9, 2018 at 1:21 pm
            Permalink

            Thus potentially avoiding Star Wars fatigue.

          • February 9, 2018 at 3:09 pm
            Permalink

            Good point.

            The Skywalker saga should be the crème de la crème of the franchise.

          • February 9, 2018 at 3:22 pm
            Permalink

            I can’t see it. I think the plan is to end the skywalker saga with IX which isn’t a bad thing. I think they now want to go off in lots of different directions rather than continually following the same family. It would be tying there hands to much to keep doing a Skywalker story.

          • February 9, 2018 at 4:21 pm
            Permalink

            Just after I saw TFA, I used to think link that. Then, Rian Johnson got to helm his original trilogy. Next, the writers of GOT get theirs to write. Now, Kathleen Kennedy is back quoting the saga as the “Skywalker” saga, even though theirs only one of them now left. Looks to me they will keep that saga going, especially as there are some really good characters in there.

      • February 9, 2018 at 3:37 pm
        Permalink

        I guess that is setting up that Rey and Kylo actually get together. It’s a faint bloodline now though.

    • February 9, 2018 at 5:37 am
      Permalink

      If I was writing 9, I would turn Kylo back to the light and have him burn the FO down from within.

      • February 9, 2018 at 6:57 am
        Permalink

        Thank the force youre not writing it. Kylo is beyond redeeming and should own being an evil tyrant. He killed Han Solo for goodness sake!

        • February 9, 2018 at 10:15 am
          Permalink

          I’m hoping it goes down the route of Kylo going mad by having too much power and forces from within want him taken out, kinda like the Roman Empire.

          • February 10, 2018 at 6:17 am
            Permalink

            Now that could be awesome

        • February 9, 2018 at 10:18 am
          Permalink

          I don’t think it’s that outlandish of an idea. Maybe a bit post TLJ. However at the start of the movie to me it showed it did anything but give him a clear path. It seemed to tear him up even more. Couldn’t even fire upon his own mother. There is… or at least was some light in him.

          • February 10, 2018 at 6:18 am
            Permalink

            Indeed. I think was is the key word. For all he knows, she’s dead. Right? Not like he saw her Poppins back into the ship.

      • February 9, 2018 at 10:55 am
        Permalink

        What if the FO and the new rebellion are battling it out 5 years later after the events of episode 8 and somewhere in the unknow territories snokes unknown race with a fleet of there own has come to annialate both the rebellion and the first order to revenge Snokes death and show who really controls this galaxy. Kylo Ren and rey(balance) then have to work together like in episode 8 with there armies to destroy this new threat. Kylo never comes back from the dark side but does save Rey’s life during the battle against this nefarious threat and balance is then restored. What u guys think? Sounds fun.

      • February 9, 2018 at 11:37 am
        Permalink

        If I wrote it, I made Kylo the protagonist (it’s a Skywalker Saga) and beat Rey in the last battle. That victory is imho already hinted in TLJ.

    • February 9, 2018 at 9:15 am
      Permalink

      The thing is that the First Order’s entire fleet was made up of 30-plus Star Destroyers at the beginning of The Last Jedi… And the fleet, not counting the ships that weren’t present, was largely destroyed with only 8 Star Destroyers surviving the Hyperspace Kamikaze Attack. So while the First Order has a clear advantage, they’re not in as good of a position to take over the fractured Republic as they were prior to their attack on the Resistance fleet.

      – Pomojema

      • February 9, 2018 at 10:14 am
        Permalink

        Was this all explained in expanded lore or something?

        • February 9, 2018 at 10:38 am
          Permalink

          I might be getting my numbers wrong, but Wookieepedia says that much of the First Order fleet was wiped out before Crait, as seen in the film. Which greatly hinders their ability to take over the GFFA.

          – Pomojema

          • February 9, 2018 at 10:52 am
            Permalink

            Probably a silly thing to quibble over but isn’t that more of the Imperial remnant? Did they immediately call themselves the First Order? Hell most of the FO’s ships are Resurgence Class. Not even old ships from the Empire.

            I always thought Jakku was an Imperial graveyard.

          • February 9, 2018 at 11:47 am
            Permalink

            I would imagine they’d have more than that… we hear Poe say about the dreadnaught ‘those things are fleet killers’ suggesting there are more. I guess it’s not something the film-makers worry about, they’ll just fill the screen with whatever amount of ships is necessary to the plot and let writers of the new EU stuff sort the numbers out.

          • February 9, 2018 at 1:13 pm
            Permalink

            Yeah I’m not going to delve into what the movies failed to flesh out. Even TFA was guilty of that. TLJ just amplified the problem. It’s sounds like to me two small militaristic groups can’t get over the war fought 30 years ago… while the galaxy at large wishes they’d shut up and go away 😛

      • February 9, 2018 at 4:47 pm
        Permalink

        And yet throughout TLJ we’re told that essentially the whole galaxy will fall to the FO within weeks. Either you’re mistaken, or JJ got some ‘splaining to do.

        • February 9, 2018 at 11:11 pm
          Permalink

          The Republic’s military presence is tiny, and a lot of it got blown up. I’m sure that they’ll figure something out, because they’re gonna milk the era between 8 and 9 for a lot of stories.

          – Pomojema

          • February 10, 2018 at 4:08 am
            Permalink

            Yyyyyyeeeeeaaahhhh…..but that doesn’t address my point; if all the FO had was that fleet, and now have 8 destroyers to work with, then how is the whole galaxy supposed to fall to them within ‘weeks’?

          • February 10, 2018 at 7:09 am
            Permalink

            If what remains of the Republic Fleet isn’t a whole lot, then it’s conceivable that they could overwhelm them all individually. Less so if they don’t have their flagship and many of their other ships to work with.

            – Pomojema

  • February 9, 2018 at 5:17 am
    Permalink

    Cloverfield paradox was a burning pile of trash.

    For the record, this is not an attempt to say JJ can’t make a good Ep. 9, or is a bad director overall. I just felt the need to save others from watching it. I wish someone would have done that for me haha

    • February 9, 2018 at 6:30 am
      Permalink

      FWIW, he wanted more time to work on the movie and was going to until he got hired for SWE9. The studio didn’t want another delay, so they opted to put the movie out on Netflix as it was.

      I actually liked it, but I think that it’s by far the weakest movie in the franchise.

      – Pomojema

      • February 9, 2018 at 6:48 am
        Permalink

        Fair enough. It did have a few redeeming qualities. I’ll be honest though, I never felt super interested in cloverfield anyways, so my opinion is probably not the most informed.

        By the way, I enjoy reading your articles. Keep up the good work!

        • February 9, 2018 at 9:10 am
          Permalink

          Your feedback is much appreciated! Take care, now!

          – Pomojema

        • February 9, 2018 at 10:10 am
          Permalink

          I didn’t care for the first movie all that much. I loved the second. Haven’t watched the third yet.

    • February 9, 2018 at 11:42 am
      Permalink

      I thought it was ok, they shouldn’t have connected it to series though (it was a last minute decision apparently). It’s a really clumsy attempt at a tie-in. The Irish fella from the IT crowd was pretty good, but having comic relief in it seemed a bit out of place. It’s always good to see Zhang Ziyi in a western movie too.

  • February 9, 2018 at 5:33 am
    Permalink

    That’s probably what he said before he took a Sci fi series with a history of strong orchestral themes AND GAVE IT A BEASTIE BOYS SOUNDTRACK.

    • February 9, 2018 at 6:55 am
      Permalink

      I don’t think he had anything to do with that. The fast and the furious director made that choice.

      • February 9, 2018 at 7:48 am
        Permalink

        You are thinking of the third movie, I am thinking of the first. He was a director on the first and producer that third movie. So you could almost say he did it twice… : /

  • February 9, 2018 at 6:09 am
    Permalink

    JJ gets what makes a great SW film: Don’t take yourself too seriously. The PT and TLJ take themselves too seriously and try to hit these themes in the movies that are well intentioned and bold, but just don’t work in the tradition of the Serials they were taken from. The OT and TFA are fun movies to watch with great replay value. The PT and eventually TLJ are a chore to watch and suffer from trying to tell too much story.

    • February 9, 2018 at 8:20 am
      Permalink

      Every word SPOT ON. TLJ feels like a CHORE to view again. And then you have to read 5 novels to “convince yourself” it made sense.

      • February 9, 2018 at 9:30 am
        Permalink

        and that is why I saw TLJ 7 times in the theater. LOL.
        TLJ isn’t for some, but MOST people enjoyed it. Now can we move on to discussing something OTHER than “how TLJ ruined my fandom,,blah blah blah….” I believe this article is about JJ doing Episode 9 !!!!! Which I am excited to see how he wraps up this trilogy.

        • February 9, 2018 at 9:13 pm
          Permalink

          It was so overbloated and boring tho.

  • February 9, 2018 at 6:52 am
    Permalink

    So much toxicity around here… every time I look at the comment section on any article somebody hast to point out how shitty RJ and TLJ are. Move the f*** on guys! What are we? 12?

    • February 9, 2018 at 8:20 am
      Permalink

      The toxicity is not the fans. The toxicity is Rian Johnson — he chose to “be bold” and vandalize Star Wars. The fan reaction is normal.

      • February 9, 2018 at 8:41 am
        Permalink

        you just proved, you are part of the reason why i hate the comments section

      • February 9, 2018 at 8:45 am
        Permalink

        Right. Just make safe predictable crap that doesn’t bring anything new to the table to appease fanboys like you. Just have the characters from 35 years ago doing the exact same shit they did when they were 25 with no development or meaningful change in their characters whatsoever.

      • February 9, 2018 at 10:16 am
        Permalink

        Life has many great things. I come here because for me Star Wars is one of those. If you come here everyday just to b*tch about RJ and TLJ… Dude, it’s just a damn movie. If it’s not enjoyable for you anymore you can find many other things to do in your routine rather than spending your time whinning about a 12-year-old franchise.

      • February 9, 2018 at 2:59 pm
        Permalink

        No, it’s the fans. Like you. Gerry Blue. Real Info Wars Fan. Young force. Crixxxx. Keurig Ma Tuma, RebelGTX whatever his name is.

        You’re the folks that come in and piss all over any valid arguments and conversations fans can have over the films to deal with the changes made to the IP and their favorite Universe.

        Movie still made over a billion dollars. Plenty of people still like the film. You do not represent all Star Wars fans. At best, half. Probably less than, but not by much.

        Yet for all those people who didn’t like the film, they’re not here screaming and crying day in and day out under article after article about a film they’re not even covering in that article.

        Mods here need to grow some balls. It’s not limiting anyone’s opinion to start deleting posts that have nothing to do with the topic in the article.

        Let the harpy’s screech their hate in articles related to VIII and Johnson. Let the rest of us have peace and appropriate discussion in articles that have nothing to do with their perceived injustice.

        • February 9, 2018 at 4:35 pm
          Permalink

          Yeah….I have been one of the most staunch defenders of TLJ here. Basically every response you give is a personal confrontation against someone whose opinion you disagree with. You purposely pick fights. You resort to childish name calling and personal attacks. You are just as much a part of the problem of toxic negativity as anyone else here.

        • February 9, 2018 at 6:51 pm
          Permalink

          I’m still waiting on a decent thread where I can discuss this movie in peace.

          • February 10, 2018 at 3:39 am
            Permalink

            Sorry.

      • February 9, 2018 at 5:11 pm
        Permalink

        No it’s fans who can’t deal with the fact that LFL isnt going to satisfy all their fanboy expectations…sprinkled with a little butthurt that Disney decided to say “EU what?” and go their own way with canon…how dare they, it’s only their IP after all

    • February 9, 2018 at 11:34 am
      Permalink

      Everybody is entitled to their opinion. But he did vandalize Star Wars. I am having a hard time accepting what he did with the story and OT characters. It’s hard to sit through the movie again and embrace it as part of the Skywalker saga. It just doesn’t do justice to it.

      • February 9, 2018 at 11:45 am
        Permalink

        That’s not the point that I’m trying to bring up here!

        Anytime I look at the comments section, no matter what topic or article, people feel the urge to point out again and agin, how f*** up RJ and TLJ are.

        My point is: You had your time to release you anger. We get it. You guys hate it. Now, let’s move on and stay on topic and actually discuss the article you are actually supposed to comment on.

        TLJ is done. Or if you still feel the urge to talk about it, move to an article that’s actually talking about TLJ or RJ.

      • February 9, 2018 at 12:10 pm
        Permalink

        Sorry to disagree here: “I am having a hard time accepting what he did with the story and OT characters” -> and by characters you mean Leia, Han, Threepio, R2 and Chewie?
        Who put Luke on hiding on the island? JJ
        Who divorced Han and Leia? JJ
        Who killed Han? JJ
        Who gave Threepio an unnessecary red arm? JJ
        Who made R2 a deus ex machina that woke up in the last second of the movie to safe the day? JJ

        I think you need to put things more into perspective. RJ did very well with the depiction of Leia, Threepio and R2. Chewie was involved into some funny parts you may find over the top and only Luke was different than in the OT.

        • February 9, 2018 at 12:27 pm
          Permalink

          I disagree. It’s true that JJ set up all those things but RJ could have gone in another direction with each one of them. For example, instead of grumpy Luke he could have justified his exile with the fact that the Forst Order was hunting him down and fled to Ach-to to find the first Jedi temple acquire more knowledge and wait for the right opportunity to return and act against Snoke and Ren. The first Jedi temple story has been largely overlooked by RJ. He also didn’t treat any better R2, C3po and Chewie. They were relagated to small roles in TLJ as well. I also don’t agree about RJ having depicted Leia’s character well. It’s true that JJ set up many things but there were so many ways these could have been handled. RJ crapped on all of them.

          • February 9, 2018 at 12:43 pm
            Permalink

            While I respect your opinion, if Luke had gone to acquire more knowledge and wait for the right time, he would obviously been incredibly powerful. It would then turn into his story rather than Reys.

          • February 9, 2018 at 2:55 pm
            Permalink

            “Instead of grumpy Luke”

            Stopped right there. You were pissed Luke was made human instead of a Being of Pure Light and Bad Assery the entire time he was on screen.

            Literally trashing a movie over one choice is pretty pathetic. You should stop embarrassing yourself here.

          • February 9, 2018 at 5:08 pm
            Permalink

            Yes!

          • February 11, 2018 at 12:15 am
            Permalink

            Give it a rest fan boy.

          • February 11, 2018 at 1:29 am
            Permalink

            I didn’t like the film. The only fan boys are the ones who cry because Daddy Luke was given depth, which I had no problem with.

          • February 9, 2018 at 5:08 pm
            Permalink

            This was fhe most interesting version of Luke in the saga and MH was very good. Not some perfect, overpowered superhero.

            Frankly, I’d like to see all ties to the old characters swept away with Leia in one big fireball at the beginning of IX (Except Chewie and the Falcon). JJ and Daisy Ridley sold me on Rey. It’s time for more of her story without the constraints of trying to find something for the legacy characters to do.

        • February 9, 2018 at 7:21 pm
          Permalink

          I agree with most of your post. However RJ did not do well by Threepio and R2 and to a lesser extent Chewie.
          R2 in particular was woefully underused, almost as much as by JJ 🙁

      • February 9, 2018 at 2:54 pm
        Permalink

        Lucas vandalized Star Wars. You’re embellishing any wrong doings Rian did with TLJ to the point where you may as well be Fox News reviewing a biopic of Barack Obama.

        VIII brought more depth to Luke Skywalker in one film then what was established in his other three. You can disagree with the direction they took, be butt hurt Luke was shown to be a mortal man capable of mistakes, but it doesn’t change the fact the writing was well done. You just don’t agree with it.

      • February 9, 2018 at 5:03 pm
        Permalink

        The movie didn’t do justice to YOUR expectations. That’s your problem to deal with.

  • February 9, 2018 at 6:59 am
    Permalink

    I think he should have just done all three, or at least written all three. Ep 9 will make or break Ep 8!

  • February 9, 2018 at 7:21 am
    Permalink

    Can’t wait!

  • February 9, 2018 at 8:21 am
    Permalink

    JJ is our only hope.

  • February 9, 2018 at 10:08 am
    Permalink

    I’m glad he’s excited. If it’s one thing he’s good at it’s ideas. Hopefully he’s got some good ones.

  • February 9, 2018 at 10:10 am
    Permalink

    I Think J.J. has been so professional with the TLJ “thing”. Always he has respected Rian decisions continuing “his” episode 7, although we don’t know if he really liked it or not (which it seems, at least, he really liked the script).
    All his words always has been with respect, against other directors, against fans, even admiting he did mistakes in TFA (which i think today there are absolutely no mistakes in it, as a movie, and as a SW film).
    Even if he didn’t like TLJ, or at least how some aspects continued what he stablished, he has said nothing about it.
    And in my opinion, saying he can’t wait to share what they are doing with 9, realy is saying, with absolutely respect to Rian, that he will do the best he can to “fix” some previous controversy, issues or diferences TLJ has could been generate, and probably too, in attempt to stop the bad feeling E8 has generated, in a favour to Rian.
    Just a thought.

    • February 9, 2018 at 10:58 am
      Permalink

      “Fix” from TLJ? You seem confused. Just as JJ has respected Rian, I think we should respect both artists and their own approach in crafting these films. He can create Episode IX without disrespecting or wasting his time trying to ‘fix’ anything that happened in Episode VIII. This is Episode IX we’re talking about here. It’s the finale. There’s no time to ‘fix’ past mistakes; do you want this movie to be focused on and approaching controversy that fans are never ever going to be satisfied with to begin with?

      I think he is going to make his own film, separate of what Rian made, and they have both been welcomed to make these films for a reason. Not everything is based on their decisions alone. They get approved by a team who set the decisions on everything that occurs in the Star Wars universe. That means that, anything Rian placed in his movie, was Okay’d, not just by Rian and the writers but by actual employees responsible for Star Wars and its extended universe.

      Everyone can have their different views and we must learn to accept what has happened in the films, or else we won’t ever be able to move forward and enjoy them for what they are. Not saying you have to like them, but why look at IX as a last attempt to fix things that happened? A few of the things were main plot points that, I’m sorry, are not going to go away in the next movie. They’re going to be told from a new perspective, but they’re still going to exist and what happened in VIII, happened.

      • February 9, 2018 at 11:01 am
        Permalink

        I know you said ‘with absolute respect to Rian’ and I think that’s awesome. I just really doubt JJ is going to look at Rian’s film and think, well now that that happened, I’m going to do x, and x to mend this and make a reversal to something that was put there intentionally.

      • February 9, 2018 at 3:39 pm
        Permalink

        Absolutely. Yes, of course. You’re right. I will respect both artists, even if I like his work or not. I think JJ will make his own movie, I have no doubt. But as a personal opinion, probably just a few things (not to much) is true that have to be “fixed”, but just because I feel that way in cinema terms speaking and speaking how I understand cinema and thinking in my personal tastes and how I appreciate a movie, scripts and characters.

        “A few of the things were main plot points that, I’m sorry, are not going to go away in the next movie. They’re going to be told from a new perspective, but they’re still going to exist and what happened in VIII, happened.”
        You’re aboslutely right. Yes.

        I felt a bit disappointed with TLJ but I’m glad that so many people enjoyed it and saw what probably i couldn’t.
        I will enjoy every Star Wars project the best I can. It’s always exciting.

        • February 13, 2018 at 9:10 pm
          Permalink

          Glad you don’t let it all put a damper on your enjoyment of the films 😀 I think that’s a lot better than what many people were able to do this time around. I hope you enjoy IX a lot more!

    • February 9, 2018 at 2:52 pm
      Permalink

      You’re reading far too much into it. I guarantee you Abrams loves VIII. It was a well done film and had depth; far more depth compared to what he did with VII. And I promise he recognizes that.

      Just cause you guys don’t like VIII doesn’t mean everyone else does too. Just an FYI.

      • February 9, 2018 at 3:28 pm
        Permalink

        Yes, yes, you’re right. Of course, Is just a thought i would share. Probably i’m reading far too much.

        • February 10, 2018 at 3:40 am
          Permalink

          …..

    • February 9, 2018 at 9:34 pm
      Permalink

      I guarantee JJ hates TLJ.

      • February 9, 2018 at 9:53 pm
        Permalink

        Opening shot:

        Finn opens his eyes, sits up drenched in sweat. Rey and Luke Skywalker are sitting by his side.

        “I.. I just had this terrible dream”.

        • February 9, 2018 at 10:37 pm
          Permalink

          OMG I would be jumping up and down in the theater crying

        • February 10, 2018 at 12:16 am
          Permalink

          lol

  • February 9, 2018 at 10:19 am
    Permalink

    I’m so excited about IX. I think JJ was a great choice for VII cause he know how to introduce awesome characters. It blessed the trilogy to have an in-between director who challenged JJ’s storytelling (originality, for me, was the only thing lacking in VII). I’m looking forward to know how JJ is going to close the story of his own characters.

    • February 9, 2018 at 11:29 am
      Permalink

      Excited??It didn’t bless the trilogy having RJ. It ruined it. He killed off the majority of the characters, leaving the franchise with the less interesting one. Unless it is set 20 years after TLJ, I don’t really know where they could go from there.

      • February 9, 2018 at 2:48 pm
        Permalink

        The majority of the characters? Huh? He literally killed off one main character and one (maybe two) bad guys who were in like four or five scenes. That’s hardly a majority. Sure he also killed off everyone’s beloved space squid (haha love that guy) but come on I wouldn’t even count him among the main host of characters. He was an amazing side character in the films and that’s that.

      • February 9, 2018 at 2:51 pm
        Permalink

        It was always the plan to have the Big Three pass off the torch to the new kids. Before the death of Carrie Fisher, it appeared well structured in that each of them would have a movie to themselves with the new cast. That won’t happen now for Leia, but it was well planned and executed.

        You didn’t like VIII. That’s cool. It has problems. But for all the wrong it did the writing was fine;plot holes from VII were filled, answers were given, and an unexpected direction was taken as to where the film ended.

        Cry harder. Force their tears out until they’re bloody. It’s fun to watch you squirm.

        • February 10, 2018 at 12:33 am
          Permalink

          You’ve gotten more salty over the years. Lol

          • February 10, 2018 at 3:39 am
            Permalink

            Assholes will do that to me.

          • February 12, 2018 at 11:09 am
            Permalink

            Please refrain from use of profanity. Thanks.

      • February 9, 2018 at 3:59 pm
        Permalink

        You do know that Rey and Kylo are the main characters right? Two supporting characters form TLJ were killed and one of those will certainly be back for Ep. IX. That’s hardly killing a majority of the characters.

        Consider the possibility that you don’t know where the story could go because you lack imagination. Thankfully, some very imaginative people are hard at work closing out the trilogy.

        BTW, Rian Johnson didn’t “undo” anything because J.J. didn’t provide any answers in TLJ. You just didn’t like the answers you got.

        • February 10, 2018 at 10:27 pm
          Permalink

          No the movie sucked. Wake up.

          • February 10, 2018 at 11:49 pm
            Permalink

            Quite a convincing argument.

      • February 9, 2018 at 4:59 pm
        Permalink

        You do realize that this trilogy is about the “less interesting” characters right?

    • February 9, 2018 at 12:46 pm
      Permalink

      Shame on me: I’m more excited for IX than for Solo 🙁

  • February 9, 2018 at 11:06 am
    Permalink

    JJ has the burden on his shoulder to fix the utter mess that TLJ was. I hope he can do it and stay true to the previous saga movies. Otherwise, this franchise is doomed. If he pulls it off, unfortunately TLJ will always remain a stain on the franchise. Can’t believe Disney has entrusted RJ with a full trilogy!!!

    • February 9, 2018 at 12:20 pm
      Permalink

      Having a single writer for a film isn’t the problem. The problem is that these episodes are being written one after the other as opposed to being written as one three-part story, as they should have been. Awkward changes in plot direction (as we saw in TLJ) are what you get when writers are making things up as they go along.

      • February 9, 2018 at 12:34 pm
        Permalink

        I agree. Everything should have been mapped out from the beginning but I think in a creative process one person is not enough. It’s always best to have more people brainstorming and throwing ideas around. That’s TLJ greatest issue. It was the product of one single person who failed to see that he was writing a sequel and not a standalone movie.

        • February 9, 2018 at 1:26 pm
          Permalink

          I completely disagree with that – the common methodology of having a group of writers coming up with a story by committee that ticks all the boxes is the biggest reason hollywood now churns out such a lot of bland cliched mediocre stuff. The best books, plays, works of art, movies etc in human history have been created by one person who has a single vision, often against the grain of their contemporaries.

          • February 9, 2018 at 1:32 pm
            Permalink

            It’s probably also worth remembering that RJ didn’t write in total isolation. He talked to Lucasfilm and bounced ideas off them, to which they responded positively. And I agree with BobaJob – Think of people like Tolkien. A single mind with a well thought-out idea can acheve wonders of storytelling.

          • February 9, 2018 at 4:33 pm
            Permalink

            Yeah but we are talking about great writers, Tolkien, not a crappy one like RJ.

          • February 9, 2018 at 4:31 pm
            Permalink

            You are talking about writers who had a gift for storytelling. I don’t think RJ is good enough of a writer to be solely entrusted the writing duties of one of the biggest franchises there is. Yes he might have written the story under the supervision of Kennedy but she s just a producer and knows nothing about storytelling. That’s the mistake that Lucasfilm has made.

          • February 9, 2018 at 4:33 pm
            Permalink

            I’d still rather have individuals creating their own unique thing even if sometimes it misfires. As it happens I thought TLJ was fantastic, so I’m happy about it, but even if I didn’t I’d rather they took this direction than storytelling by focus-group.

          • February 9, 2018 at 4:36 pm
            Permalink

            Visually it was ok but I thought the story was pretty bad. Alone or with a focus-group there must be a logical story in place. Thst’s where TLJ misfired. But hey, we have to agree to disagree.

          • February 9, 2018 at 4:38 pm
            Permalink

            I do agree that the way they’ve handled the trilogy as a whole is not great – I would have preferred someone (ie JJ or KAsdan) to have come up with an overarching storyline and character developments, then let script writers and directors do their thing with the material, but this is why I think giving RJ his own trilogy is potentially a great move.

      • February 9, 2018 at 1:17 pm
        Permalink

        Not really. The Skywalker saga is heavily grounded in the methodology and mythology of Joseph Campbell’s The Hero’s Journey. That is the framework used to tell the narrative. Each new writer or director has to stay within the thresholds of the themes and boundaries of their particular act (act 1-3). Just as George Lucas did with telling the story of the OT, and the PT.

        https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/cacc0cf32d87aeb396b19ae1bd4b8a4aedd9e4af7f97f23f27c6ac3f42168885.png

      • February 9, 2018 at 2:49 pm
        Permalink

        Lucas made up nearly everything as he went along.

        And there was a definite plot direction and tone change in V. So….

        • February 9, 2018 at 3:08 pm
          Permalink

          True, but it was still driven by his plot ideas, and those changes were arguably more successful than the ones in ep8.

          • February 9, 2018 at 5:29 pm
            Permalink

            Got to agree – though I enjoyed TLJ, so far the new trilogy doesn’t seem to gel. I think its a fair point to say Lucas was the driving force behind his vision of Star Wars, so while the films were written as he went along, who knows what notes he had jotted around or ideas in his head.

            I still think maybe the ST is rushed and it would of been better to of allowed more breathing time to develop ideas. Only now are LF releasing planes for the franchise longterm, more in line with say Marvel’s approach.

      • February 9, 2018 at 3:51 pm
        Permalink

        As awkward as making Luke and Leia siblings after they locked lips in the previous movie? Or reusing the plot from a A New Hope in Return of the Jedi because Lucas didn’t follow his original story outline?

        • February 9, 2018 at 4:16 pm
          Permalink

          Yeah I see your point. Though it isn’t even this subject that slightly spoils TLJ for me. I’m more upset by the slow space chase with no intelligent military tactics, etc.

    • February 9, 2018 at 12:25 pm
      Permalink

      wauw, every sentence you just said is wrong.

      • February 9, 2018 at 12:32 pm
        Permalink

        Why?

    • February 9, 2018 at 1:09 pm
      Permalink

      Rian Johnson is getting a trilogy because:

      1. Kathleen Kennedy loved TLJ
      2. Bob Iger loved TLJ
      3. It made $1.3bn at the box office

      • February 9, 2018 at 2:15 pm
        Permalink

        Everibody loved TLJ, except some radicals and AlQuaeda of fans

        • February 9, 2018 at 4:12 pm
          Permalink

          Everybody? Really? The people who liked it would have loved it if Mickey Mouse had been in it. They don’t know much about the franchise

          • February 9, 2018 at 4:57 pm
            Permalink

            I dunno, I’ve seen every film on opening night since ’77, pretty sure I get the franchise AND somehow, still enjoyed TLJ.

            You don’t speak for everyone

          • February 9, 2018 at 6:21 pm
            Permalink

            and I thought it sucked. In fact I thought it was possibly the absolute WORST Star Wars movie yet. Yes worse than Phantom Menace. At least after Phantom Menace I left the theater feeling that excitement of having just watched a Star Wars, after Last Jedi my wife and I left the theater thinking, “What the fuck did we just watch?”. I have never met an actual human being that liked Last Jedi. Every person I know in real life thought it sucked. I have only seen people who liked it on message boards like this one or Reddit, where for every person who liked the movie there’s easily 3 who hated it.

            You don’t speak for everyone either.

          • February 9, 2018 at 6:30 pm
            Permalink

            Nice rant.

            Now, where did I say I spoke for anyone but myself? Feel free to point it out to me.

          • February 10, 2018 at 12:27 am
            Permalink

            The thing that I have noticed among social circles, is that regular moviegoers loved TLJ but the hardcore SW fans didn’t enjoy it at all. I’m a big fan and I didn’t quite like it the first time (It was different), however I grew to love it a whole lot more with each repeated viewing. I don’t think it’s a bad SW movie, it just presents with some different ideas that caught fans off guard. Is that a bad thing? I don’t think so.

          • February 11, 2018 at 4:52 am
            Permalink

            I loved TLJ, really enjoyed it, ps I’ve got a full run of Kenner mint on card, none of that hasbro nonsense. Just saying

          • February 10, 2018 at 10:24 pm
            Permalink

            Amen. Same here. I have literally not met one single real living human being who said they liked the TLJ. In fact my 2 nephews who are 13 and huge SW fans hated the ffing movie.

          • February 9, 2018 at 8:55 pm
            Permalink

            Oh, please educate me on the franchise, Young Force. Tell me why I am wrong for liking TLJ.

          • February 9, 2018 at 10:12 pm
            Permalink

            Each to his own. I respect that you like TLJ. The point I was trying to make is that the majority of the people will accept anything that has Star Wars written on it even though it’s devoid of any quality. I feel that’s what happened with TLJ. Also I don’t think all the fans are radicals. They were just disappointed to see a bad movie.

        • February 9, 2018 at 9:32 pm
          Permalink

          Actually at least HALF of the fanbase hates TLJ 🙂

          • February 10, 2018 at 2:32 am
            Permalink

            wikipedia:On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, Star Wars: The Last Jedi has an approval rating of 91% based on 361 reviews, with an average rating of 8.1/10. The website’s critical consensus reads, “Star Wars: The Last Jedi honors the saga’s rich legacy while adding some surprising twists—and delivering all the emotion-rich action fans could hope for.”[121] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 85 out of 100, based on 56 critics, indicating “universal acclaim”.[122] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of “A” on an A+ to F scale,[106] while ComScore reported audiences gave an 89% overall positive score and a 79% definite recommend.[105] An audience poll of U.S. adults conducted by SurveyMonkey on the first four days of release found that, out of all the respondents who said they had seen the film, 89% said they either “loved” or “liked” it.[123]

          • February 10, 2018 at 2:33 am
            Permalink

            the radical weirdos that attacked tomatometer are not “fanbase”, neither the weirdos that try to become as famous as Mr Plinket in youtube. radicals are always absolute minority, absolutely noisy, and absolutely wrong

      • February 9, 2018 at 4:14 pm
        Permalink

        Not sure it’s going to make that much money next time outside the Skywalker saga. Kennedy and Iger are crapping all over SW.

        • February 9, 2018 at 4:15 pm
          Permalink

          1. Doesn’t have to. That’s not their business model (see the MCU).

          2. No.

        • February 9, 2018 at 4:54 pm
          Permalink

          Rogue One made $1B

          • February 9, 2018 at 10:06 pm
            Permalink

            Rogue One was actually good and based on a story connected to the Skywalker franchise. RJ will create something completely new. It won’t make that much because people will not be attached to these new chatacters as they are to the OT

          • February 10, 2018 at 12:24 am
            Permalink

            Saying it’s connected to the Skywalker franchise is the same as saying it’s connected to the Star Wars franchise. They will obviously have to choose aspects that sell the idea to people i.e. lightsabers, space battles, SW banter etc. but Rogue one was focused and advertised as a group of people nobody heard of, and it made over a billion dollars. We good brother.

      • February 9, 2018 at 4:53 pm
        Permalink

        4. It was a critical success

      • February 9, 2018 at 8:53 pm
        Permalink

        5. Most of the fans actually loved TLJ. It’s an extremely vocal minority who didn’t.

      • February 9, 2018 at 9:33 pm
        Permalink

        1,3 Billion is nice —- but if the film had been GOOD, it would have made DOUBLE that.

        • February 10, 2018 at 12:21 am
          Permalink

          Ummm sorry to tell you this but that wouldn’t have happened.

    • February 9, 2018 at 2:48 pm
      Permalink

      It’s like a really bad re-run of “Insert Awful 70’s Sitcom here”

      Go back in time to this forum hearing about how Rian Johnson has a huge burden to clean up/fix the mess that J.J. Abrams created in Episode VII! But Rian Johnson is the man and the only Director Disney chose that actual has talent!

      People on this forum are unbelievably dumb.

      • February 9, 2018 at 4:17 pm
        Permalink

        Yes, he has talent to screw up franchises. He should stick to directing tv series.

        • February 9, 2018 at 4:52 pm
          Permalink

          Which one did he screw up?

          Star Trek
          – tomato 94
          – audience 91

          Star Wars TFA
          – tomato 93
          – audience 88

          • February 9, 2018 at 10:03 pm
            Permalink

            I was talking about RJ not JJ

          • February 9, 2018 at 10:38 pm
            Permalink

            RJ is not the “caliber” of a writer to be bestowed with Star Wars.

          • February 10, 2018 at 12:14 am
            Permalink

            OK, which franchises then?

      • February 12, 2018 at 10:51 am
        Permalink

        Please refrain from insults toward other members. Thank you.

        • February 13, 2018 at 2:15 am
          Permalink

          Sure, just as soon as you start modding the other people who are just as guilty of it.

    • February 9, 2018 at 5:17 pm
      Permalink

      The only burden J.J. could have is satisfying fans. Fortunately, he probably doesn’t care much about that because he’s reveling in the absolute privilege of telling another story in the Star Wars universe.

      • February 9, 2018 at 6:19 pm
        Permalink

        I thought Episode VII was fantastic and I was a huge JJ sceptic going in to it. Force Awakens has become one of my favorite Star Wars movies. I’m glad they brought JJ back for Episode IX to clean up Johnson & Kennedy’s mess.

        • February 9, 2018 at 7:27 pm
          Permalink

          What part of The Last Jedi did you not understand? It’s a fairly simple narrative.

          • February 9, 2018 at 8:21 pm
            Permalink

            I didn’t understand how it got made? How nobody stepped in to fix things midway through production the way they have with Solo? I didn’t leave the theater feeling good, I left the theater feeling bummed out and that’s not what I go to watch a Star Wars movie for.

        • February 9, 2018 at 9:33 pm
          Permalink

          TFA is a “feel good” film — it’s like a very satisfying roller coaster ride. Has great re-watching value.

    • February 9, 2018 at 9:30 pm
      Permalink

      Rian is literally the WORST writer / director in the history of all SW films. WHY they selected him for Ep 8 is still strange to me, as he has no major hits under his belts. Some entertaining indy flicks, but zero blockbusters.

      • February 9, 2018 at 10:09 pm
        Permalink

        Agree!!!

    • February 11, 2018 at 12:17 am
      Permalink

      “doomed” hahahahaha

      You can totally only have one person.

    • February 11, 2018 at 1:20 pm
      Permalink

      Disney has quietly dropped all mention of RJ
      They have returned to the tried and true name powers like JJ, Harrison and George

  • February 9, 2018 at 11:22 am
    Permalink

    Tentacles will crawl out of Snoke’s body and he will be Abeloth. And all the force ghosts will have to return as force angels to defeat her.

  • February 9, 2018 at 12:00 pm
    Permalink

    What if the FO and the new rebellion are battling it out 5 years later after the events of episode 8 and somewhere in the unknown territories snokes unknown race with a fleet of there own has come to annialate both the rebellion and the first order to revenge Snokes death and show who really controls this galaxy. Kylo Ren and Rey(balance) then have to work together like in episode 8 with there armies to destroy this new threat. Kylo never comes back from the dark side but does save Rey’s life while losing his own during the battle against this nefarious threat and balance is then restored. What do u guys think? Sounds fun.

    • February 9, 2018 at 3:08 pm
      Permalink

      This actually would be interesting. A change of direction that could occur without messing with the fundamental foundation of the characters like The Last Jedi did.

      • February 9, 2018 at 6:41 pm
        Permalink

        Not to mention warrant its own TV series taking place between the two episodes like with the Clone Wars and Rebels.

    • February 9, 2018 at 7:10 pm
      Permalink

      Sounds like the Yuzzhen Vong. To be honest they would have made a better antagonist than Empire 2.0

    • February 10, 2018 at 12:42 am
      Permalink

      it sounds just like the yuuzhan vong invasion. They join forces and fight them and the solo twins have a duel with haven solo who looks just like kylo ren falling to the dark side and killed by his Jedi sister Jaina solo. Luke goes off with his son Ben skywalker and I forget the rest. That would be cool tho

  • February 9, 2018 at 12:39 pm
    Permalink

    After the dumpster fire that was Episode 8, JJ has an enormous clean-up job on his hands. I wish him the best of luck.

    • February 9, 2018 at 2:47 pm
      Permalink

      That’s your opinion.

      • February 9, 2018 at 5:37 pm
        Permalink

        SLAY!!!

    • February 9, 2018 at 6:15 pm
      Permalink

      They should give him two movies to clean up the mess that was 8. I can’t imagine how he could fix everything that was wrong with Last Jedi in just one movie, better make it IX and X to round out the Skywalker saga.

      • February 11, 2018 at 1:18 pm
        Permalink

        Just think, Disney had their big Expo in Japan, and had NO long term layout for future films. It is as if everything is on hold now, what are they waiting for?
        Could JJ be the nest Kevin Faige?
        Maybe they will have to break up ep9 to a two parter, worked fine with Hunger Games and Harry Potter

        • February 11, 2018 at 8:55 pm
          Permalink

          Worked for Avengers also, I’m pretty sure the Infinity War is still split into two parts.

    • February 9, 2018 at 9:28 pm
      Permalink

      Honestly, I feel bad for JJ. Rian destroyed all the best tools in the toolbox. Everyone was hoping that Ep 9 would end with Luke / Rey vs Snoke / Kylo —- which would have been spectacular. Now, everything is ruined. Rey has the Falcon and Books – I feel ZERO excitement for that.

      • February 10, 2018 at 3:56 am
        Permalink

        Who? Who was hoping for that ending? You can’t just keep polling the voices in your head for a sample size, Kent.

        • February 12, 2018 at 10:43 am
          Permalink

          Honestly? I could have gone for that ending but, I’m open minded. I look forward to seeing what Abrams comes up with. Probably a secret apprentice of Snoke. We need new villains. The Knights of Ren would be awesome adversaries. I mean I would hate it if we wen’t through the entire sequel trilogy without seeing them up close and in action and not just the tease we got in TFA.

      • February 12, 2018 at 10:37 am
        Permalink

        I can see where your coming from. But I’m not going to give up on JJ. I think RJ put him in a place that will force him to have to come up with something unexpected. We shall see.

  • February 9, 2018 at 12:48 pm
    Permalink

    So in ROTJ the rebels won by killing both the empire and destroying the star destroyed. The resistance has destroyed the starkiller base, and killed snoke. Episode 9 should be just one big ewok party.

    • February 9, 2018 at 1:26 pm
      Permalink

      The Rebels in fact did not win the war at the battle of Endor. The war went on for some time and the Empire made its last stand on Jakku. The First Order still has a robust military, a new Supreme Leader, and there’s essentially no opposition force to stop them.

      • February 9, 2018 at 1:57 pm
        Permalink

        So an apathetic galaxy is letting a bunch of zealots worshiping a bygone era ruin everything.

        Star Wars is more relevant than I thought. lol.

        • February 9, 2018 at 9:17 pm
          Permalink

          You’re absolutely right. We’d thought the Evil Progressive Empire had been defeated by the Rebel Nationalists, but we were wrong. After their defeat in 2016, they took to the streets rioting and looting like the evil little children they are. But we persist and resist the ongoing battle to surrender our country to non-Americans and their desire to legislate our very thoughts. Soon, hopefully, we will end the barbaric sacrifice of unwanted children on their progressive alter. Long Live the Rebellion!

          • February 12, 2018 at 10:32 am
            Permalink

            This is the kind of commentary that will get you banned from our comment section. If you wan’t to talk politics then go to a political forum. This is a star wars site so PLEASE post comments of a respectful nature to other members and relative to star wars. Thank you.

      • February 11, 2018 at 12:21 am
        Permalink

        dude, I was making a joke.

  • February 9, 2018 at 1:53 pm
    Permalink

    Ep IX: 1- all the allies that didnt answer in ep VIII, join in a great multiplanetary war. 2 – slave children are freed and started trainning 3 – republic is estabilished. 4 – I don’t want to spoil what will happen to Kylo Rey and Hux, but ….. SPOILER: Kylo go to the light side and Hux kills him,

    • February 9, 2018 at 1:54 pm
      Permalink

      Now JJ will have to change the only logical end

    • February 9, 2018 at 1:58 pm
      Permalink

      I’m not even that big of a Lando fan. I didn’t care if he made a cameo or not… but man if he had answered Leia’s call. That would have been EPIC.

      To me anyway.

      • February 12, 2018 at 10:23 am
        Permalink

        That would have INDEED been incredible.

  • February 9, 2018 at 2:32 pm
    Permalink

    Why you JJ, you scoundrel! And what details would you share? It is well established the main narrative core is written along the way, therefore there wouldn’t be any details to share at this point. Heck, I can also bluff “I look forward to sharing the details on IX” eventhough I don’t have the foggiest!

  • February 9, 2018 at 2:55 pm
    Permalink

    Knowing JJ and his past works . . . it is going to be one big quintessential high noon show down that will propel the Star Wars universe into the next trilogy. Can’t wait.

  • February 9, 2018 at 2:58 pm
    Permalink

    This is going off post, but… I can find something positive in all of the Star Wars films, some I like more than others, but seriously, it’s other Star Wars fans that make me dislike Star Wars – I really don’t want to be associated with them. Reading these posts is getting more depressing by the day, to coin a phrase, I’m going SOLO!

    • February 9, 2018 at 4:14 pm
      Permalink

      Negativity and Star Wars fans go together like CIA drone strikes and collateral damage.

      • February 11, 2018 at 2:12 am
        Permalink

        sad but true

    • February 9, 2018 at 4:22 pm
      Permalink

      I am with you, but I also think a lot of these fans are just people looking to create trouble. We live in an era of toxic internet trolling. Already seeing it with Black Panther with the report about the Facebook group and discovery that trolls have started on IMDB. Check out the IMDB rating on Black Panther. A film getting great great reviews with a 6.9 score on IMDB when it hasnt released yet. What were the issues with SOLO. Well directors were taking what was called a great script in a different direction. So Lucasfilm stepped in an call it what it was the re-filmed that great script. Oh it will fail. If only GL had done more reshoots of a dozen scenes in prequels they would be great films.

      • February 9, 2018 at 5:55 pm
        Permalink

        6.9 aint bad…

        I just check it out. Actually it kind of looks like opposite day trolling. There are way more 10s than 1s. Rating a movie 10 if you havn’t seen it seems a little on the troll side too. And if its professional reviewers giving this movie a 10…really? The Black Panther is a 10? A Marvel superhero movie is a 10? Really? And then there’s the smaller “1” crowd.Give me a break, the black panther is not a 1, and I haven’t even seen it yet. Come on. Like most marvel movies, it’ll be a 7, maybe 8.

        • February 9, 2018 at 6:05 pm
          Permalink

          Well it is now down to 6.7. Lets look at scores similar to that Lucy, Ghost in the Shell 6.4. Justice League 7.0, BvS 6.6, Suicide Squad 6.1, Iron Man 3 7.2,Jumanji 7.2, TLJ 7.5. As for 10s. Yes people who havent seen it giving it 10s is wrong as well. I ask you though honestly with all the great reviews which is closer to reality 10 or 1. Not which is correct which is closer to reality. Finally these arent professional reviewers. This a public open poll which is well basically worthless for real analysis, but like RT fan score can influence general public word of mouth.

        • February 10, 2018 at 10:54 am
          Permalink

          Now 6.7…

    • February 9, 2018 at 5:49 pm
      Permalink

      I think you’ll find that no matter where you go. If you go to a comic book forum, you’re going to see people complaining about comic books. If you head to a baseball forum, there are going to be a certain amount of contributors that don’t do much other than whine about what they don’t like. Some people just don’t feel like they’re communicating unless they’re bitching about every other thing.

    • February 9, 2018 at 5:57 pm
      Permalink

      There are a lot of people that are unhappy about the direction of Star Wars. People have the right to love or hate something new to Star Wars. If we all loved every single thing with the Star Wars name attached to it blindly we’d be the true definition of fanboys. When you make an installment in a film franchise so popular, you’re bound to get people passionately on either side. I’d probably guess that the approval/disapproval rate for TFA was somewhere around 70/30. I’d say that same number for TLJ is around 50/50. The rotten tomatoes score is below 50. Sure, there may be some manipulation, but the same thing might be said for the other direction, too. My point is, you should discount these angry fans because they, too, are buying tickets. If more and more people stop buying tickets, the SW franchise will go down with the ticket sales.

      • February 10, 2018 at 12:34 am
        Permalink

        I have no issue with people expressing views, but it’s the way they are expressed – usually it’s just nasty, bitchy, trolling comments. Yeah, they happen around most hings people are passionate about, but since TLJ came out ( I get that some people don’t like it, ), comments sections have become seriously ugly – as Obi Wan said, “you will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy…”

        • February 10, 2018 at 12:37 am
          Permalink

          Best just to leave the comment sections. It can really spoil your experience. I went in completely blind when I saw Rogue One. Loved it.

          i didn’t let myself get weighed down by the negativity surrounding it, and consequently I wasn’t forming preconceived notions of the film. You’ll be amazed at the influence these things can have on your own experience of the movie.

      • February 10, 2018 at 6:18 pm
        Permalink

        True. But the same can be said for the haters that keep accusing those that loved TLJ as ‘Fanboys who blindly like anything with the Star Wars name attached to it.’ Please stop with that and let’s all just agree to disagree!

      • February 14, 2018 at 6:57 am
        Permalink

        That’s not the point. The point is that the angry fans keep bashing and trolling Lucasfilm, Disney, Kathleen Kennedy’s and/or Rian Johnson’s persona 24/7. It doesn’t even matter where you go. Each discussion is filled with toxic comments. It’s not fun to be a Star Wars fan anymore or to talk Star Wars.
        In all honesty, it fucking sucks! Which is funny cause it should be the best time to be a Star Wars fan right now with so many movies coming out.

  • February 9, 2018 at 3:47 pm
    Permalink

    Yes episode IX!: The lost legacy

    • February 9, 2018 at 11:06 pm
      Permalink

      Decent title idea!

      • February 10, 2018 at 12:38 am
        Permalink

        Thank you! I was thinking like the skywalker legacy and it’s the last one.

  • February 9, 2018 at 7:56 pm
    Permalink

    For film makers, making a star wars film has become the Kobayashi Maru.

    With this fan base, it’s a no win scenario

    • February 10, 2018 at 12:52 am
      Permalink

      Only on discussion boards. I think Lucasfilm is satisfied with the $1.3B that TLJ made. They definitely won.

  • February 9, 2018 at 9:03 pm
    Permalink

    It was all a dream… Everyone’s dead… The smoke monster did it…

  • February 9, 2018 at 9:29 pm
    Permalink

    I hope however this ends that it closes the book on the underdog rebels vs. Imperial/First Order. I was hoping the the sequel trilogy would give us a powerful New Republic vs. terrorist imperial remnant, but the FO seems to be almost as powerful and resourceful as the empire, which is fine, but i’d like to see the next saga feel completely distinct

    • February 10, 2018 at 1:09 pm
      Permalink

      I like the heroes being the underdogs

    • February 12, 2018 at 10:13 am
      Permalink

      I’d like to see a star wars movie form the Imperial perspective that centers on the life of a TIE pilot (I know I know, the avatar).

  • February 9, 2018 at 9:32 pm
    Permalink

    … says the man who popularized the term “mystery box.”

  • February 9, 2018 at 9:54 pm
    Permalink

    Re: JJ – Share details

    So much for hoping the details he wanted to share was his dropping out & replacement.

  • February 10, 2018 at 12:33 am
    Permalink

    I think the next movie should start with the destruction of a death star. Hopefully a cgi Leia can accomplish this with a suicide vest. Once that’s out of the way they can get to the interesting parts where all the force ghosts convene a council to form a fellowship of jedis who journey to destroy the magic dark side kyber crystal in the depths of mustafar. This will turn all of the dark side midichlorians to the light side of the force. Also, there needs to be a scene where kylo has mastered the force ability of flying on his light saber like a broomstick. Force sensitive Ewoks would be nice too. This is what the fans want!

    • February 10, 2018 at 12:35 am
      Permalink

      I want to see a scene of Kylo in Vader’s castle, surrounded by the Knights of Ren, while he contemplates his new position as supreme leader. It’ll be dark and brooding.

      • February 12, 2018 at 10:20 am
        Permalink

        Such a scene would be great. Do you think, Luke ever visited Vader’s castle? Do you think, the New Republic destroyed it, because they hated him (as stated in Bloodlines)?

    • February 10, 2018 at 12:50 am
      Permalink

      Why are you here?

    • February 11, 2018 at 2:10 am
      Permalink

      A total blockbuster, just add some extra characters and jokes and sen it to Disney right now!!!

    • February 11, 2018 at 8:07 am
      Permalink

      AND STILL…..a better movie idea than The Last Jedi….

    • February 12, 2018 at 10:22 pm
      Permalink

      As long as I can see force ghost Luke continue to milk animals to get his daily nutrition, I’m in….

    • February 14, 2018 at 1:02 am
      Permalink

      Sounds like something Rian would write.

      • February 14, 2018 at 6:48 am
        Permalink

        Sounds like something you dream about

  • February 10, 2018 at 5:47 am
    Permalink

    Cheer on our faithful Mods. They’re responsible for what happens here.

  • February 11, 2018 at 1:10 pm
    Permalink

    “and that he’ll be all-in on further developing Star Wars in the very near future…”
    this is a very interesting line

    • February 12, 2018 at 2:58 am
      Permalink

      christ

  • February 12, 2018 at 9:50 am
    Permalink

    mmmmm

  • February 13, 2018 at 7:47 am
    Permalink

    There’s only one decent thing they can do: Apologize to fans, admit they effed up and remake part 8.

    • February 14, 2018 at 6:48 am
      Permalink

      Go to bed dreaming

Comments are closed.

LATEST POSTS ON MOVIE NEWS NET