Well , I should have made clear that when I'm referring to 3 years not being a long time , I'm not referencing it in relation to common contract extensions. I can't speak to that stuff nor Disney's history of contract extensions. I'm just saying its not that long as far as time goes. We're in late 2018 now so 2021 really isn't that far off . I'm basically responding to the reaction of Kennedy's supporters and detractors who both act as if 3 years is a decade.Personally I don't even think that they are looking for her successor, but setting that aside, I think 3 years is "long" not because it's a reasonable time to find a replacement, but all Iger and Feige's contracts are extended multiple times (in Iger's case) for shorter extensions (only 1-2 years), so I think 3-year is long compared to these two's extensions. If, say, Feige doesn't agree to extend his contract this year for whatever reason, his 1-year extension is presumably enough to find a successor (but let's be serious, Feige likely will extend his contract).
Disney can do the same thing in Kennedy's case (i.e. extending her contract for 1-2 years, then continue to extend it). But nope, they make her sign a 3-year extension. That's what makes me wonder.
They don't need to course correct. They have made billions at Disney with Star Wars already. There hasn't been a 2020 movie announced, ever. The third anthology film has been up in the air since Trank messed up Boba. They have created plenty of new stories and characters using the Saga. TFA and TLJ are new stories, with new characters. Same for Rogue One and even Solo.
She is without doubt one of the most annoying women I've ever heard!If i have to listen to that god awful voice of hers one more time I'm gonna shoot myself.
Whether fans agree or disagree about whether they need to course correct, they are. It'd be hard to argue otherwise at this point. The new characters I'm talking about are unrelated to the saga films and would be part of the B &W films, and the Johnson trilogy.
There's not gonna be a Boba Fett film nor an Obi Wan film, nor a Solo sequel. As of now , 9 will end the saga story so that door will be closed as well. They're clearly moving beyond stories that are directly or indirectly connected to the Skywalker family and friends. The live action tv shows may be something different .
You either have a very good inside source or a crystal ball. Those are the only two ways you could say definitively that there will never be a Boba film, an Obi film, or a Solo sequel.
Rogue One did fantastic at the box office. Proving that audiences are fine with a stand alone star wars film being released one year after a previous star wars film. Also proving that audiences are open to OT era stand alone films. Disney hasn't forgotten that. Solo had extreme production troubles and was released 5 months after the most controversial divisive star wars film in the franchise. They arent blind to that fact. They arent going to ignore Rogue One's massive success, and the obvious causes of Solo's failure, and permanently stop making stand alone star wars films.
This isnt a course correction. All they're doing is focusing on Episode 9 exclusively cause they want it to be as good as possible so they can win win over the part of the fandom that's having a hissy fit. That's why they went back to JJ. They are banking on him doing with Episode 9 what he did with TFA. And if Episode 9 is received as well as TFA you can bet all the money you've got they will ride that wave of good will right into 2020 and start releasing films yearly again.
Long story short this isnt a course correction. It's a holding pattern until Episode 9 is released and they see which way the wind is gonna blow.
You either have a very good inside source or a crystal ball. Those are the only two ways you could say definitively that there will never be a Boba film, an Obi film, or a Solo sequel.
Rogue One did fantastic at the box office. Proving that audiences are fine with a stand alone star wars film being released one year after a previous star wars film. Also proving that audiences are open to OT era stand alone films. Disney hasn't forgotten that. Solo had extreme production troubles and was released 5 months after the most controversial divisive star wars film in the franchise. They arent blind to that fact. They arent going to ignore Rogue One's massive success, and the obvious causes of Solo's failure, and permanently stop making stand alone star wars films.
This isnt a course correction. All they're doing is focusing on Episode 9 exclusively cause they want it to be as good as possible so they can win win over the part of the fandom that's having a hissy fit. That's why they went back to JJ. They are banking on him doing with Episode 9 what he did with TFA. And if Episode 9 is received as well as TFA you can bet all the money you've got they will ride that wave of good will right into 2020 and start releasing films yearly again.
Long story short this isnt a course correction. It's a holding pattern until Episode 9 is released and they see which way the wind is gonna blow.
You either have a very good inside source or a crystal ball. Those are the only two ways you could say definitively that there will never be a Boba film, an Obi film, or a Solo sequel.
Rogue One did fantastic at the box office. Proving that audiences are fine with a stand alone star wars film being released one year after a previous star wars film. Also proving that audiences are open to OT era stand alone films. Disney hasn't forgotten that. Solo had extreme production troubles and was released 5 months after the most controversial divisive star wars film in the franchise. They arent blind to that fact. They arent going to ignore Rogue One's massive success, and the obvious causes of Solo's failure, and permanently stop making stand alone star wars films.
This isnt a course correction. All they're doing is focusing on Episode 9 exclusively cause they want it to be as good as possible so they can win win over the part of the fandom that's having a hissy fit. That's why they went back to JJ. They are banking on him doing with Episode 9 what he did with TFA. And if Episode 9 is received as well as TFA you can bet all the money you've got they will ride that wave of good will right into 2020 and start releasing films yearly again.
Long story short this isnt a course correction. It's a holding pattern until Episode 9 is released and they see which way the wind is gonna blow.
Honestly, I think itd be smarter and more economically sensible to bring back Boba, Maul, young Lando, young Han, Chewie, and even Qyra in a show on Disney's streaming service. Have a show dealing with the crime syndicate. Get audiences used to this younger Han. Used to the return of Maul. And then down the road bring them back to the big screen in a crime syndicate film. There's no reason major film characters can't be used in the shows. Not everything needs to be cinema big screen oriented.
Essentially what I'm saying is use the Solo film as a Pilot episode for a show on Disney's streaming service.
And maybe that is for the best. Quality over quantity any day of the week. No matter how much you love something, you are not going to keep consuming it if the overall quality of the product just keep drooping.
Yeah they are definitely slowing down the output, but that's a good thing. You can argue that's a bit of a course correction.
Let's be honest guys, all talk of Boba Fett and Obi-Wan has since died since Solo. Not saying they will never get made, but they are definitely in development purgatory right now.
Obi-Wan is still the movie people want. Not Boba Fett, not anyone else. People want Ewan Mcgregor fighting Vader, to fill in the plothole.
Was there any indication of what the Obi-Wan thing would cover? Where in his life it'd take place?
He is the perfect age to play Obi-Wan between episodes 3 and 4, while Luke and Lea were children. You dump in Darth Maul and his criminal syndicate in there, maybe a short run-in with Vader (of course if it doesn't violate existing canon). Hell, you can put Bobba Fett in there as well.