Game of Thrones Series Creators to Write and Produce New Series of Star Wars Films
The duo responsible for bringing you Game of Thrones, David Benioff and D.B. Weiss are bringing their talents to Lucasfilm, to write and produce another new series of Star Wars films!
In a post just released on StarWars.com, the Emmy award winning series creators were announced to be developing yet another series of films in the Star Wars franchise!
The duo most known for their work transforming George R. R. Martin’s book series into arguably one of the greatest television series of all time are now entering the Star Wars universe. The films will not be connected to the Skywalker saga, nor the previously announced trilogy coming from The Last Jedi writer/director Rian Johnson.
Benioff and Weiss released a joint statement regarding their new exciting venture:
“In the summer of 1977 we traveled to a galaxy far, far away, and we’ve been dreaming of it ever since. We are honored by the opportunity, a little terrified by the responsibility, and so excited to get started as soon as the final season of Game of Thrones is complete.”
In speaking about the duo, Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy said:
“David and Dan are some of the best storytellers working today. Their command of complex characters, depth of story and richness of mythology will break new ground and boldly push Star Wars in ways I find incredibly exciting.”
A question some fans may be asking is, what else are they known for? In addition to Game of Thrones Benioff is known for writing the novel The 25th Hour, and the script for the movie of the same name. He also wrote the films Brothers, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Troy, and The Kite Runner. Weiss’ resume doesn’t have as many credentials, however in addition to writing Game of Thrones, he is responsible for also producing and directing for the series.
There is no doubt fans constantly begging for a Knights of the Old Republic film or television series will immediately point to that being the reason Weiss and Benioff were brought in, but that remains to be seen as no other details have been made available. We will keep you updated as more information on this news is revealed.
It was a smart move on StarWars.com’s part to bring up Rian Johnson’s trilogy, to avoid the spark of any unnecessary rumors that this may be a shift from his project. Quite the contrary, as this is in addition, and separate from Johnson’s films, spreading the Star Wars galaxy even further into the galaxy far, far away.
SOURCE: StarWars.com
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Luke and Leia are totally going to do it in these movies.
Excited!
lol
Amazing
Brace yourselves… An Old Republic film series MIGHT be coming.
– Pomojema
I really do wish that would happen. And finally canonize Malgus…
Peter Dinklage as a jedi master or a sith lord
I honestly would like to see him play a human space pirate.
– Pomojema
Now if she’ll keep her SJW’s away and let them actually make the series it should be exciting.
What does that even mean?
If you dont know, then it wouldnt help explaining it.
I know what you are you trying to say, I just want to know why you’re so afraid on women to begin with?
I think this is one of the best rethoric quetions I´ve seen in a long time…a long time.
The only thing I fear is those PC SJW getting their grubby hands on another movie and ruining it. Has nothing to do with normal women, those I love. Just a tip…all men should fear women just a bit…their crazy man just crazy. Shhh dont tell my wife about the crazy part. Lol.
Just more far-right fappery. Pay it no mind.
lol
hmmm and what will these movies be rated? Are we gonna get our first R rated Star War?
No chance.
Now here will come the speculation about it being Knights of the Old Republic even though it probably won’t be
It won’t be. They are going for “spanky brand new unexpected BOLD” now.
This reminds me of the Rick and Morty episode where Beth’s childhood friend gets trapped in a magical dimension that was supposed to be perfect and keep Beth occupied as a child and then just ends up raping and eating all the magical creatures.
That’s nice I guess, but I had noticed the quality of writing in GoT had diminished somewhat once they’d moved beyond what GRR Martin has already published.
Agreed – GoT feels as though its rushing towards it final. I think they could of used/come-up with some more material to have 10 episodes last season and I have no issue with them having a break to keep the quality up.
Still – fresh new talent coming in, so that’s a plus.
So are the “stand alone” films now over with Solo? It seems with Rian’s Trilogy about kids with brooms and the Game of Thrones Guys’ Trilogy, how will there be room for any Stand-alones? I am waiting with baited breath to watch Rian’s trilogy fail miserably without the draw of the OT characters.
Or it could soar without the burden of fan’s preconceived notions? I don’t know, I’ll give the first one a shot
Rian has already burned down bridges – his “flavor” of SW does not fit in well with all the other creators.
Oh Kent, change the record. You’re becoming an eternal bore.
Rian Johnson will fade away now, in a year we will have forgotten his name
Johnson will fade away, but Ep 8 is here forever… sigh
Stick some more pins in your Rian Johnson Voodoo Doll and say a prayer in front of your Luke Skywalker Shrine and it might happen.
SW with boobs… and here I thought things couldn’t get any better
Slightly concerned, not on the writers, but the influx of films inbound. Would of liked a couple more stand-alone films after IX for breathing room before embarking on two new series of Star Wars films.
On thing I would not have minded as a 10-year-old in 1983: an INFLUX of new SW films inbound!
True!
You mean the Ewok movies didn’t scratch that itch?
Both of these new series are unrelated to the current saga and we still don’t know the release schedule. I’m sure we will still get a one-off between each of these releases. Unless they have a rotation between this and Johnson’s films.
I’m hoping I guess still for a Kenobi film.
Old Republic era seems like a good fit.
Also, they could still have stand alone movies in between either on-going series. But if they abandon stand alones, it might make sense from financial and creative perspectives.
Wow. Emilia Clarke and Gwendolyn’s Christie must be really happy. I’m sure it will be KOTOR related since that’s the closest thing Star Wars gets to medieval and game of thrones. My friend loves GOT and doesn’t like Star Wars. Now I can rub it in his face! Hahaha
Old Republic would be amazing!!! I am quite optimistic about this announcement as long as ‘pushing the limits’ doesn’t mean doing what RJ did with TLJ. I have faith in this writer duo. At least they can bounce ideas off each other. The mistake they made with TLJ is to have only one writer and that writer be also the director.
Like episode IV?
Is Gary Kurtz coming back?
Remember to look ahead to Disney once they have their streaming channel up and running. These new movies may not even be theatrical releases, or they may tie into a new series. They may be R rated.
Gonna watch Troy for the 54th time and imagine it with laser swords!
Go to YouTube and see Game Of Thrones with lightsabers. It’s great.
Over-saturation! At what point is it too much? #dilutetotaste
A mystery movie coming at an undisclosed date sometime in the next four years, we know too much
You don’t have to watch it all. I know when I come to the end of my life I won’t say I wish there had been less Star Wars.
And therin lies my concern. At some point in the future there is likely to come / could well be a time when I don’t actually care that there’s new Star Wars film on the way.
For me. nothing has touched it in the 40 years that’s it’s been in my life – Star Wars used to be special – Its on the way to becoming just another franchise.
There is a reason why we have the saying, “More means less”.
And, I now know for sure I will get Star Wars fatigue. I dread when that happens.
“The films will not be connected to the Skywalker saga…”
So it’s still the Skywalker saga then. Wink! Wink!
Well… They said they would map the future of the franchise, the next 20 years I think. Good planing indeed. For me, maintaing quality, the more Star Wars, the merrier.
Kathy is an f’ing boss. She hit the ground running and she’s keeping Star Wars moving forward. Awesome acquisition.
Well, she’s being torn apart in Twitter for hiring two “white, misogynistic patriarchs”, by the very SJW she panders too. I’m guessing this may be more of Bob Iger doing than hers…
Re: “by the very SJW she panders too”
Ummmm… wouldn’t hiring those two “white misogynistic” dudes be exactly the OPPOSITE of pandering.
Oh yeah… but don’t forget the other most important recent announcement, after this latest new trilogy news, was that yet another white dude (Rian) was in charge of that trilogy.
Methinks her pandering isn’t very well thought out.
Or…you know… maybe that’s just BS.
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So do you feel threatened by women in power? Assigning female gender to something you’ve thought of as male/masculine?
I really don’t get the insecurities.
What’s wrong w/that picture?
Women traditionally marginalized in so many ways, feeling empowered & using feminine gender as a term of pride – that really bothers you?
Kathleen & Disney want SW to expand. They want to attract female audience members.
This shouldn’t bother/alienate well-adjusted & mature fans.
So many straight/white/male SW fans upset by female representation in the movies/promoted at Lucasfilm. I don’t get it.
doug you have been pushed aside, a casualty in the War against sexism, as a male you are the enemy, Period.
Oh bxy, nxt this txlk abxut gxndxr xgxin. Did you just assume that I assumed The Force’s gender? Actually, I’d never thought it had a gender until I saw those t-shirts, so if anyone is assuming The Force’s gender (how ridiculous is that?) are those persons in the picture
Nice article, we have to revere our past, and our elders more than ever
Equality & diversity! Yay!
And that’s bad because….
Pssst….
It was a sarcastic joke. Juxtapose my comment, with the picture above it.
Umm, that’s why she’s being criticized in Twitter, because she didn’t hire a black, female director for this trilogy
Ummm…. so that’s your evidence?
So….obviously if she actually WASN’T a SJW-panderer, she WOULDN’T be attacked?
So SJW-pander if she does & SJW-panderer if she doesn’t.
Having strong female leads in Rey & Jyn, as well as *gasp* a black Stormtrooper, sure seem to have an insecure white male audience upset w/this modern+mature approach to casting/characters.
I have to say, those kinds of monumentally stupid statments never cease to amaze me.
Are you aware, that Star Wars has always had strong females leads, going back to the very first 1977 film, 40 years ago?
Are you aware, that no one cares if there’s a black stormtrooper, except for race obsessed SJW dimwits who want to wag their finger at everyone over it?
Have you ever even bothered to watch the original films in their entirety?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jVU7JrnPMQ
“Are you aware, that no one cares if there’s a black stormtrooper, except for race obsessed SJW dimwits who want to wag their finger at everyone over it?”
Oh how quickly (and conveniently) we forget:
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/oct/20/twitter-trolls-boycott-star-wars-black-character-force-awakens-john-boyega
Yes, but she really wishes she could hire more diverse directors. Her wishes are like unicorn rainbow farts.. they exist only in fantasy SJW world
lol Hilarious!
I could give two fucks about people on Twitter or in the discussion boards and luckily so could she.
Great closing argument, thanks!
HA! Seriously? I was wondering how that was going to go over.
Right now the only opinion I have is that I am glad it is not JJ.
Even though they mentioned Rian Johnson’s trilogy. I cannot help but wonder if this a replacement for that and they’ll attempt to quietly cancel Rian’s movies at a later date. Probably not but still…
A soon to be publically castigated series of films set in an alternate timeline where the Empire won the Battle of Endor?
You joke about that. LOL, but I could honestly see something like that. Heck, a part of me wished that LF would release something like that. Whether it be in comic or game form, what ifs for SWs. Legends had this with the SWs Infinity comics.
And while not canon to the EU, some of the stories were fantastic. Like for example, if Luke failed to stop the Death Star or if Luke died on Hoth and Leia was to be trained by Yoda?
Stuff like that I think would honestly go a long way in making the brand really fresh. Because, it is keeping the OT aesthetic, much as I have grown tired of it, but also putting a cool spin on it.
No need for an alternate universe. RJ and JJ basically have already reset the status of the galaxy to the pre-Endor era with TFA and TLJ. Maybe TFA and TLJ are set in an alternate universe ?
Oh hell yes… this news just made my day. I’ve been pining for this for a while now.
Kathy can go snort coke in the back room, collect her fat check, and just let these guys do their thing. I expect to hear a later announcement of Miguel Sapochnik for the director’s seat.
she still has to make the coffee runs for boys
No, that’ll be Rian Johnson’s job.
Game of Thrones is great but surely the real story telling genius is George Martin. Of course these guys have taken the original story further and diverged from it but the original style and critical elements come from the original. Nevertheless these guys do make great entertainment.
Not sure that two separate series are needed. TLJ was already dabbling on a Game of Thrones style. If they really want such a style and these guys are on board then the necessity of Rian Johnson is not so clear to me.
Lastly what I like about Game of Throne is the efficiency and effortless way the characters move through the story. In Star Wars since PT era I feel they are always forcibly pushing characters through the story to reach their destination. My hope would be that Game of Thrones influence could change this also as opposed to just unexpected twists.
Just because Game of Thrones has to do with midevil stuff doesn’t automatically mean that KOTOR is happening. Exciting news sure, but expectations as we have seen with TLJ are very dangerous.
Imagine you didn´t like?
TLJ? Not particularly. Out of all 9 movies it’s probably 6th on my list. But my commentary was on the fandom really, that everyone had these expectations about what was supposed to happen in TLJ that when it didn’t, it divided the fandom. Star Wars is better when we are united not divided.
Does anyone else think the third stand alone got thrown in the trash at this point?
they said 3 before. there is no clues nor proofs this changed
I would welcome the Obi-Wan movie being thrown in the trash.
Really? Why?
It’s not necessary.
Technically, no more movies are “necessary” at all … but they’ll still be made!
It’s still not necessary.
lol good talk
Just so you know though… really not necessary.
😉
1. Never found the character to be that interesting, he’s pretty vapid
2. Not convinced there’s a good story to be told
3. Prefer they do something else
Yep — he exists in light of Anakin and then Luke — not much else of a purpose for him. He ain’t main character material, especially if Yawn McGregor is playing him.
Ewan McGregor was really good in movies like Shallow Grave and Trainspotting. He’s not given enough to work with Obi-Wan. Like you say, his purpose was to serve the mentor role for the heroes journey for both Anakin and Luke. There’s no real character arc for him, as he’s vanilla as always in Episode IV.
Agree — We need a chocolate Obi-Wan. 😉
Personally, I found the character entertaining and I think there’s a lot of emotional room for a story to be told (feeling like he let down Anakin, feeling responsible for Luke, feeling like he let down the Jedi and the galaxy as a whole). These feelings could all lead to him making decisions which make a good story. With the right director/writer I think it could be pretty good.
But hey, that’s just me 🙂
I’m happy to be proved wrong.
No story there. Obi Wan’s in a box on Tatooine. He’s laying low, keeping watch on Luke. He does such a good job of this that the Empire assumes he’s dead by ANH. If Obi Wan engages in some grand adventure/mission/conflict (of what would be interesting enough to make an entire film about) then he easily blows his cover or endangers Luke by attracting attention to himself or having others expose his whereabouts to the Empire. Plus, we just had a movie about an exiled aging Jedi in solitude following a tragedy.
Well obviously if he has an adventure, he doesn’t blow his cover because the Empire hadn’t heard of it 😉 I get what you’re saying though.
Most interesting. I will be honest; I have never watched GOT. I tired reading the first book and hated it. Though, I’m tempted because Sean Bean is in the first season and he’s one of my favorite actors.
But overall, I’m cautiously optimistic. Call me a bit jaded, but after TLJ; I’m really skeptical when it comes to SWs movies. That isn’t a slight on those who love TLJ. But for me; I cannot see myself getting too excited.
That said, separating my dislusionment, I can see these guys doing some cool work. For example, suppose they did an origin movie on the Jedi and Sith?
I could see it something being akin to GOT. A galaxy in its infancy with archaic technology. The first Force users discovering their powers, perhaps with the Bendu.
Heck, take inspiration from the Dawn of the Jedi comic and let us see the formation of the Jedi, Sith and Lightsabers and maybe see the Caretakers in full display.
Because, really; I want SWs to move past the OT aesthetic. And just do something new rather than just rhyming differently. But that’s just me.
I’m just wondering how will they (Lucasfilm) be able to maintain an overall Star Wars feeling in all these movies they have planned, without Jedi and without Skywalkers. I’m pretty sure at one point or another it will all feel as generic SciFi. As much as I’d like to see more movies, with the multiple Tv shows and this myriad of films, it will come to that. Gold, diamonds, and even truffles are all valuable because one thing: They are scarce.
The Old Republic
Neither Solo, Lando and Chewbacca are Skywalkers or Jedi.
Star Wars is about the history of a Universe, from macro to micro, not only about a family.
Ok, now I do start to feel that there’s too many star wars films in development. Slow down, for christssake and do the kenobi spinoff first
Everyone in the entertainment and geek news needs to slow down here. The reality is that Benioff and Weiss, like Rian Johnson and his producing partner, are getting the chance to write synopses/proposals for a new series of movies. They get contracted to write them, pitch them, and paid. If Lucasfilm and Disney don’t like what either team comes up with, they’re under no obligation to move forward. So B&W are getting paid to come up with a series of SW films, too.
At first I thought Benioff and Weiss would be producing a live-action SW series.
yeh sure BUT they are maybe hired for their good writing but also for their experience with medieval stuff
Lucasfilm ought to do one more Star Wars Story movie, and make it connect with Solo and Rogue One, so they can say these three movies comprise a trilogy of sorts. For example, do the Obi Wan story, his main adversary is Boba Fett. Set it on Tatooine. Give all the fan service: Action sequence set among bantha stampede, Sandcrawlers, Jabba and his gang, a living Krayt dragon, the rancor gets delivered to Jabba, etc.. How to connect it to Rogue One and Solo? Have Chirrut show up — he knows Ob-Wan already, and he assists Kenobi in the big fight climax. Throw in Thandie Newton, Emilia Clarke, Woody Harrelson or another character from Solo. There you go. You could watch this in reverse order, going from Obi-Wan, Solo, and Rogue One. Together, these three movies would serve as a trilogy between PT and OT.
“Their interest was in creating a series of films that are Star Wars based, we’ve been talking to them for a long time,” Iger said. “They’re focused on a point in time in Star Wars mythology and we’re taking it from there.”
https://www.fanthatracks.com/news/film-music-tv/benioff-weiss-turned-star-wars-tv-series-favour-film/
good find
Today is a very nice news day.
Unless you’re a member of the anti-Kathleen Kennedy brigade.
Maybe a good day for them to create some distance between themselves and sharp objects.
Does the Anti-Kathleen Kennedy Brigade have an insignia?
yes, it looks like this
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Then the opposing side must look like this:
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LOL im pretty sure its the same side
It doesn’t appear to be that way.
Awesome! More great movies coming from MISS Kathleen Kennedy!
I wonder what they will be about?
Feminism? Multiculturalism? Interracial relationships? Homosexuality? How White men are responsible for all the ills in the galaxy?
All of the above?
So many possibilities….
Just in time for the Solo hype train to start
Don’t forget the evil rich people, like the CEOs of Disney!
Oh snowflake got triggered!
Does this mean that we’ll be seeing rape scenes in Star Wars now?
do you have something against diversity?
Yes. My aversion to watching forcible rape is clearly racist. Thank you for pointing that out.
Maybe you’re a Rapcist!
Perhaps.
Oh please know the source material. You think the rapes in the show you should read the books.
I admit. I didn’t watch all of it. I stopped at the first rape scene. That’s all the source material I care to bother with.
But you believe they decided because they could show a rape and well a man get his penis cut off.
Yay! Star Wars in a bold new direction. severed appendages are s staple in any good film
Is that a sentence?
We already had implied rape with Shmi Skywalker.
Immaculate birth is now equal to rape? Who knew?
This:
http://customstarwars.freeweb.hu/holokron/shmi_skywalker.jpg
What about that?
Implied rape.
Unlikely. But nice try.
She’s tied to a rack by a bunch of savages. What the hell do you think they were doing to her in that hut?
She was beaten. That doesn’t automatically translate into rape, except perhaps for those predisposed to think that way.
That’s generally what happens pretty much every time a woman or women are kidnapped by an outlaw/savage/militant/terrorist group. Google it.
Wow… unexpected today after just have Solo trailer!
Ok, anyway I think we should all calm down. The fatigue rumors started to appear… but if I understood it right they have said that they will start with it after Game of Thrones is done… it means it will start to develope second half of 2019… adding two or three years production… we are talking about a movie for Christmas 2021 or Christmas 2022 for example.
I wouldnt like the Marvel style, but maybe once every year or every two years… could be fine
Come on this is Disney, we have quantity over quality. this will be in theaters by July 4th. and you will go watch it, yes, many times. A mouse has got to eat
Well… yes and no
Last 6 or 7 Marvel movies I didn’t go to watch it cos I started to be so bored of it. I was not as big fan of Marvel as I am of Star Wars, but still…
If they don’t catch me, I’m out! and there will be Patrick Rothfuss books movies and series and also Sapkowski Geralt de Rivia seires, so if Star Wars is bad I won’t miss it XD
but let’s see what they bring 😉
This is how I imagine it’ll go when Rian writes the first draft of his supposed trilogy outline…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhokFOP8IH0
will it subvert my expectations?
Instead of being something really special, Star Wars is quickly becoming just another effects-driven movie franchise. In light of SW’s dwindling ticket sales, Disney needs to back off and think this through more carefully. I mean, talk about putting the cart before the horse! And it would help that K. Kennedy keep her ego in check..She’s clearly drunk with power.
You do realize that this probably won’t be released until Ivanka is President, right?
So, never?
Seriously, shut up. What a stupid take. They’re clearly doing everything right. Evidenced by the money that’s rolling in.
They’ve just released the most hated SW film (amongst fans) in the entire mythos. Tell me again how they’re “doing everything right”.
No, they didn’t release “the most hated SW film”. In fact, they released the second most successful SW of all time. There’s a small but VERY vocal minority of people that didn’t like The Last Jedi and they are absolutely unrelenting in their endless moaning. They’re an obnoxious bunch of inconsolable whiners who presume to speak for all of fandom. I say eat shit and fuck off.
If you didn’t like TLJ, fine by me but get over it. We’re here to celebrate Star Wars and no demagogic bunch of crybabies deserves to hold hostage our discussion of these films. When Kennedy puts out a string of bombs come back and have your say. Until then sit down, shut up and go away you insipid trolls.
Do you kiss your mother with that mouth?
No. I haven’t kissed my mother since I was eight.
Sounds like you got quite emotional there. Struck a nerve? Myself, I prefer to stick to cold hard facts and numbers. You can’t deny that a greater proportion of the SW fandom – more than with any of the other films – have serious problems now with the direction the franchise is going with TLJ.
I do deny it and I can direct you to $1,320,803,284 that supports my claim. Where are the numbers that back up your assertion?
The fact that you point to box office figures as a metric for how good a film is, is just beyond laughable. By that logic are the Transformers films masterpieces too? If you want numbers, look at anywhere on the internet where actual fans and normal people (not media shills) are reviewing the film. Better yet, ask them yourself. I haven’t met a single person who hasn’t had enormous problems with the film. You need to get out of the bubble.
Do you even read? I didn’t say anything about the quality of the film. I spoke only to the audience satisfaction. Which, judging by the amount of repeat viewings that are necessary to get to $1.3B, is pretty high.
I’ll keep waiting on those cold hard stats you’re sitting on. And no, reading comments online by the people you arbitrarily decide are the “real” fans isn’t evidence of how people generally feel about a movie. I feel for you if you think what you read through social media is a true reflection of reality. Perhaps that’s why you’re so lost on this topic.
You didn’t – and still don’t – say anything about audience satisfaction, because you refuse to believe anything other than what just makes you feel better about the film yourself. Of course it has a huge box office – it comes off the back of a huge amount of goodwill from Ep7 and Rogue One – both solid films. You choose not to believe any online user reviews of the film, so what’s the point of me telling you what % of the audience reviews say it’s garbage? About 50% of people online say the film is garbage, and that also mirrors the opinions of people I’ve spoken to in real life.
If all the people who hated/disliked/were disappointed with the film could go back in time and NOT bother seeing it, that $1.3 billion you love quoting, just falls away.
Dang! For real? 50% of online comments you read and 50% of people you talk to? That’s is some solid data , I mean pointless anecdote.
I know whenever I need factual information I quiz my friends first, then I look on internet discussion boards until I corroborate what I already believe to be true, then I look at online polls and only quote the one’s that support my opinion because as we all know they are like totally accurate.
I don’t get why you’re so scared of reading what people actually think of the film…
1.027 billion USD is the money The Phantom Menace made… Is that a great film?
It’s a better movie than it’s generally given credit for and it was received better during it’s initial release than most people care to remember. TPM’s box office illustrates how much anticipation and hype drives the box office of the first movie in a new Star Wars trilogy. The second movie in a Star Wars trilogy has always had a double digit drop off from the first. Does that indicate that people didn’t like The Empire Strikes back?
The fact that The Last Jedi lands at number 9 on the all time box office list is an indication of the positive audience reaction to the film. It gets some boost coming off of The Force Awakens but it doesn’t cross $1B without also being a movie that people like.
You can always point to what you think is a shit movie with large box office totals and say that proves that box office isn’t an indication of quality. i.e. Transformers and Fast and Furious but the fact is that people do like those movies. I think those people have horrible taste but the movies are successful because they satisfied their audience. When you stop thinking that social media reflects reality you realize that The Last Jedi satisfied it’s audience.
The Prequels are the most hated, some fans didn’t like Last Jedi caused they guessed wrong about what would happen and don’t like admitting it
The problem with TLJ has nothing to do with wrong guesses by the fans. The actual problem is that the script is nonsensical and a mess from start to the end. Yes,. it is a bad movie.
I thought it was a good movie, others seem to as well. Personal taste I guess.
That’s a minority view mate.
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The last movie made more than the one before it so how are you defining “dwendelling” ticket sales? If every movie is supposed to live up the TFA’s insaine box office then they’re all failures. The three SW films released in the Disney era are the three most successful SW films. Let’s be honest when we talk about box office. Star Wars is doing just fine.
If TLJ had actually been GOOD, it could have CRUSHED TFA at the Box Office. Luke Skywalker’s return to Cinema? Should have been HUGE – instead it disappointed everyone
By that logic The Empire Strikes back should have CRUSHED A New Hope. Instead it has a similar drop off to The Last Jedi.
You realize 77 star wars sales weren’t ever reached by Empire or Jedi. everyone knewTLJ would never reach TFA level, or rogue one. TFA was a pop culture phenomenon. Even of TLJ was what everyone wanted it to be (impossible. everyone had their own theories), it still wouldn’t have reached 2bil. 1.3bil aint bad though lol
Three films made upwards of 4 billion. Sounds like a total failure.
Pedro Pascal for Darth Revan
Can’t wait to see Sean Bean die in the Star Wars universe.
To see Sean Bean in a Star Wars movie would be awesome.
he’s the unofficial Highlander of cinema
Okay…idk how I feel about this much Star Wars to be quite honest. I’m excited for Rian Johnson’s new trilogy. But now we’re getting another one? Star Wars is really expanding itself more than I ever imagined it would.
As long as the quality is maintained who cares?
I suppose, but I just didn’t think Star Wars would ever be treated as a property similar to say Marvel. It’s gonna take some time to get used to for me personally.
That should have been a given the moment it was announced that Disney bought the franchise.
Yup. I mean if they have a powerhouse like Disney backing them up, then more power to them right? As a fan one side of me is excited for more Star Wars but the other side is wondering if it’s too much? https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/790756a8ed1a168793a14a19545d21edf65fcf129ea5ea73789021d8d8209989.gif
I get where you’re coming from, but a good part of me is still excited that we’re basically getting expanded universe stories on the big screen. Maybe the novelty will wear off eventually, but for now I’m still stoked.
Yea you’re pribably right. I missed out on the entire EU last time so now that there’s another opportunity to be a part of a new expanded universe, I won’t miss my chance lol.
I wouldn’t say you missed out on too much last time. I was admittedly only there towards the end, but my impression was that too much of it was messy and a good chunk of it just nonsensical.
It looked like it was A LOT to keep up with too.
I’m more excited to see their take now than anything else. I’m not saying it’s a slam dunk. They could easily mishandle it… but I’m hopeful!
I’ve never seen Game of Thrones. Doesn’t interest me. I hear its good though. 😉
Dragons, boobs, political intrigue, winter themed zombies, incest and some wolves on roids that seemed important but kind of weren’t.
I liked it. 😛
Don’t forget sword fights and beheadings.
Oookaaay…but…
George Martin wrote game of thrones.
Not these guys.
Great show. But Not their stories.
And what they actually DID write is Nothing special. Average. Mediocre. At best.
Zero reason for excitement here as far as I’m concerned.
Reminds me of bullshit marketing taglines: “from the producers of…”. Or “from the studio that brought you…”
Shrug.
Writers. Real storytellers. That’s what Star Wars needs.
Those are valid points. However, Weiss and Benioff have written several of the episodes for GoT, and although they had Martins novels to guide them, they translated his story into something watchable wonderfully. The talent appears to be there, and I’m optimistic it will show through whatever they make. We’ll see though!
And without source material to translate…
Shrug.
We’ll see I suppose.
Fair enough. Considering the latest season of GoT was the weakest, as well as the first without a novel to go off of, you make a good point.
Maybe they’ll do something loosely based off of a storyline from the EU. KOTOR as some have suggested/theorized would be interesting. But yes, we will see.
This! The guys are great producers and know how to manage a big production, but the quality of GoT declined after they ran out of Martins material. So there is that. I don’t think they are bad writers, but I don’t know if they are brilliant writers either.
so they hire great writers? Problem solved.
It says they will write and produce.
I don’t see their writing credentials as being particularly noteworthy.
This is very true. The quality of GoT took an absolutely nosedive once the books ran out. It took almost all of Season 5 before it started to pick up again, but never quite got there.
I’m ecstatic! I love Game of Thrones, and I can’t wait to see what Benioff and Weiss come up with. If someone had told me back in 2012 that I would be getting Star Wars Episodes 7 through 9, a number of anthology films, and two new series of films over the next ten or so years; I would not have believed them. And I definitely would not have believed that most of them would be good.These are truly great days. As Bill Murray once sang, “Star Wars! Give us more Star Wars.”
Fantastic news. The best news we’ve heard regarding the future of SW films. I’m looking forward to their efforts.
This is absolutely huge. Weiss and Benioff have done an excellent job with not only creating an entertaining series in “Game of Thrones,” but also capturing the essence of the universe created by George R. R. Martin’s “A Song of Ice and fire.”
I’m rather optimistic that the pair will be able to do the same thing with the universe created by George Lucas. I’ll freely give credit where credit is due, this seems to be a brilliant move by Kathleen Kennedy and Co.
As far as the KOTOR speculation goes, who knows what could happen? But damn, would that be a ride.
Star Wars Channel is coming…
Something like the first Jedi in a medieval/ancient environment (like Ahch-to) could be cool. With ships yes 😛
I don’t like it much the GOT story (too much politics and angry people and little fantasy, even the book, i couldn’t stand the first one) but I keep watching the show because the esthetics. Love the visual part, the production, actors, sets and characterizations, and scripts at least are serious, not with cheesy dialogs.
Interesting what can provide this to guys in SW universe. Good times.
(Irony On) No trailer yet…? Ok, I will wait… (Irony Off) Love SW trailers…
Fantastic news! GOT is my favourite tv show by far. However, just a bit worried they are over doing it with how much Star Wars we are getting. I don’t want to burn out!
BUT………..
Fanboys will keep saying Kathleen Kennedy needs to be fired………………………..
If I had one piece of advice for Disney, it would be this…
Stop announcing vapourware trilogies! Instead of promising large chunks of films that are many years away, announce single projects and deliver. This is too much at once and they are running the risk of diluting the brand.
We just had the announcement of a new trilogy… Deliver on that before promising the moon.
Just my take on this.
Yep
I just keep getting reminded of the absurd slate of films DC announced, cancelled, announced, stopped talking about, announced , pretended never existed, insisted are still TOTALLY happening… It feels like there’s no real plan other than ‘we have to make some more Star Wars” – how do all of these projects fit together? I don’t even mean in terms of a narrative universe, but just at the box office. We’ve got saga films, and individual films, and at least one, maybe two connected series of films that aren’t part of the saga, and multiple TV shows – obviously we don’t have all the information, but right now it looks like a total dogs breakfast.
I completely agree. I knew this would happen, but I assumed it would take a few more years. Now we are in the thick of it, and there is no way the train is slowing down.
It is a shame… I get it that they want to milk the space cow, but it’s frustrating to see them do it with such money-grabbing vigor. The udder will be empty before they know it, and it could be avoided if they just slowed down a bit.
Game of Thrawns!
You know when you are almost out of butter, and you butter your toast with a thin micro-film of butter to make it last thought breakfast?
That’s Star Wars now …
Admittedly, I’m one of the few people on the planet who has never actually watched Game of Thrones. Though I understand it features a fair amount of ‘incest’.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCLXfLy8CAE#t=02m40s
So they’ll probably be right at home in this franchise. 😉
The risk is that too much Star Wars will trivialize the franchise and lead to diminishing returns over time.
If the new SW films written by the GoT team are released on the big franchise, I suggest Disney drops the RJ trilogy to avoid overcrowding.
Hey Disney, ever hear of the law of diminishing returns?
This outcome will certainly depend on what they do and the time frame of the material…jury is out until then.
Yay, im a huge GoT fan, cant wait to see there star wars vision.
Benioff and Weiss are hacks. Look what they’ve done to GoT as soon as the brilliant book material had run out!
I Agree. Most of GoT Season 5 was just embarrassing.
I have to agree, there was a distinct drop in quality when the series passed the books.
Whether or not it was down to these two, or the speed at which they (the producers) seem to be wrapping up the series, or even other factors? I don’t know.
I get where you’re coming from. We shouldn’t get too excited when the material for most of Game of Thrones was from the mind of Martin. But I think calling them “hacks” is a bit extreme.
So no more trilogies – Good! These guys will just make Star wars movies sort of in a way like the endless Bond Films Star Wars End of Hope, Star Wars Return of Revan
My guess they will be starting around Revans era Make a few movies about him , Kraya, Nihilus, Bastila Shan , Darth Malak. That way they have 4000 years of movies they can make
I can see this as being universally praised by the fan base because these guys have done incredible things with Game of Thrones then being dumped on by the same fan base because they make a decision that is contrary to what hey consider to be “Star Wars or that character wouldn’t do that”, even though said fan base has no creative voice in any of it from 1977 to now.
I don’t like Game of Thrones, so I’m not sure what to expect about it.
Not sure if “passing the Star Wars baton” around to whoever is hot in Hollywood at the moment is wise or not. As we learned with Rian Johnson, significant DAMAGE can be done to the Franchise when such power is handed out like candy. I think that LAWRENCE KASDAN AND SON would be a much more satisfying duo to write upcoming SW films —- why not use them as much as possible?
I think SW is in for an IDENTITY CRISIS if the baton is passed around this flippantly.
I’m curious as to why there is this push to move away from the Skywalkers. I get the argument that it’s a big galaxy and they need to expand beyond this one family. I’m just wondering if the desire to move away from the past we end up losing what we loved about Star Wars in the first place. You can call it fan service or nostalgia but there are certain aspects to a Star Wars movie that make it a Star Wars movie. Change too much of the formula and it becomes something else. I know people say that they need to grow the fanbase because the original fanbase is getting old. Whatever, my kids love Star Wars and they are 5 and 7 years old. Will they still love Star Wars though if it’s more like GOT or Looper? Just my thoughts…come tear me apart.
Prediction: Qi’ra is Captain Phasma’s mom.
I also predicted that the ice wall would be broken by Pink Floyd aboard the Coors Silver Bullet train