Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy's Untitled The New Jedi Order Film (Post-TROS, Rey Returns)

[OnTheAir]

‘Star Wars’ Movie From Damon Lindelof Brings on ‘Ms. Marvel’ Director – Deadline

 

[Snow Queen]

Another one for the pile of quietly cancelled Star Wars movies in a few years.

 

[Closerframe]

Yeah, this isn’t gonna happen. Damon’s vision will be neutered and the director will leave due to “creative differences”.

 

[henzINNIT]

Oof, no. Don't need a Lindelof written anything. Let's skip straight to this being shelved.

 

[Filmfreak]

So after a long list of filmmakers who became extremely divisive after they were announced to make a Star Wars film, they decided to choose someone who already was.

 

[Man in the Suit]

 

[OnTheAir]

Star Wars: Inside Damon Lindelof’s New Movie – The Hollywood Reporter

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Puck News - The Next Star Wars Movie Terrifies Lucasfilm

It’s accepted internally that the last trilogy, and especially Rise of Skywalker, was rushed to meet aggressive release dates, and Kennedy played it safe in every possible way, choosing fan service and franchise management over creative swings. Look at her decisions: From jettisoning most of original writer Michael Arndt’s ideas and essentially remaking A New Hope with The Force Awakens, to freaking out and bringing back director J.J. Abrams and the villainous Emperor for Rise of Skywalker after some fans complained about Johnson’s mythology-busting choices in Last Jedi—choices that Kennedy had enthusiastically supported… right up until she didn’t.

Yeah but Trevorrow was removed and Abrams was brought back months before The Last Jedi came out.

 

[GREEN =w= DAY]

I give it a year or two until this film gets canned

 

[NotNickFury]

As is, Star Wars has found great success on TV. I'd be surprised if we get another Star Wars movie in the next few years. I'm sure we will at some point, but with all the shows greenlit on Disney+, I see Disney focusing there. So yeah, Lindelof can soon join Rian Johnson, Patty Jenkins, and other directors I'm forgetting who had a Star Wars project that was either axed or won't happen.

 

[Brother Jack]

Give Lindelof a TV project instead. That medium is where his talents are.

 

[antsman41]

Supposedly Damon has now left this film…



Ugh.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Disney Reportedly Scrapping Star Wars Movie With POC Lead, 'Watchmen' Director Damon Lindelof Being Let Go as He's Not Sticking to Schedule - FandomWire (January 2023)

Damon Lindelof Says His Star Wars Film 'Shouldn't Exist' if It 'Can't Be Great' (March 18, 2023)

This is today’s rumor:

Star Wars Exclusive: Damon Lindelof and Justin Britt-Gibson Exit Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy’s Top-Secret Movie | Above the Line

 

[Comicbookguy339]

Lucasfilm is clearly completely paralyzed. TLJ massively divided fans and at least part of the reason why Solo bombed was the negative TLJ fan reaction that was at its peak at the time. They then tried to course correct with IX but overdid it and displeased both fans and critics even more. So now they are afraid of putting out an anthology movie because Solo flopped and they're afraid of continuing with the ST universe and characters because of the negative reaction towards TLJ and TROS.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Avatar is a bigger space movie franchise for Disney for the time being. Their interest in SW theatrical releases decreased upon the acquisition of Fox which closed in 2019.

 

[Frodo]

I can't say I'm all that surprised .

I feel the film side needs a rest anyway , and they should shift their focus to exploring the SW universe and vast time line on TV as they have been doing.

I think they've got to give the general audience a chance to truly hunger for another SW theatrical release, and right now, that hunger ain't there.

 

[Comicbookguy339]

I can't say I'm all that surprised .

I feel the film side needs a rest anyway , and they should shift their focus to exploring the SW universe and vast time line on TV as they have been doing.

I think they've got to give the general audience a chance to truly hunger for another SW theatrical release, and right now, that hunger ain't there.

I think for that to happen they'd also need to stop putting out shows.

 

[henzINNIT]

Honestly happy to see this one go down the pan. Surely all these cancellations are costing money, must be adding up.

 

[antsman41]

Honestly happy to see this one go down the pan. Surely all these cancellations are costing money, must be adding up.

Between money and time spent on reshoots, delays, failed productions, and such since 2014...

We could have had a whole other trilogy on the side, by now.

 

[GREEN =w= DAY]

I give it a year or two until this film gets canned

My comment from October aged rather well. Only off by 7 months

 

[Scarlet Spider]

I think for that to happen they'd also need to stop putting out shows.

Agreed. It dilutes the brand. Why should anyone be excited for a new movie when we get plenty of Star Wars at home.

 

[Frodo]

I think for that to happen they'd also need to stop putting out shows.

Agreed. It dilutes the brand. Why should anyone be excited for a new movie when we get plenty of Star Wars at home.

Frankly, I'd be down if they stopped the shows as well, and gave everything a rest for a while, but Iger would would pull a Bane on me if I suggested that .:smilingeyes:

 

[henzINNIT]

It's interesting to think about. Star Wars was this special thing. It seemed special enough to generate non-stop content. But perhaps a part of why it was special was because it only came around once in a while. I find it hard to imagine the property will ever reach the heights of anticipation that TFA saw, returning to screens after a long absence, and with beloved original actors back after an entire generation.

 

[Elayis]

Lucasfilm is clearly completely paralyzed. TLJ massively divided fans and at least part of the reason why Solo bombed was the negative TLJ fan reaction that was at its peak at the time. They then tried to course correct with IX but overdid it and displeased both fans and critics even more. So now they are afraid of putting out an anthology movie because Solo flopped and they're afraid of continuing with the ST universe and characters because of the negative reaction towards TLJ and TROS.

Solo bombed cause it sucked.

It's interesting to think about. Star Wars was this special thing. It seemed special enough to generate non-stop content. But perhaps a part of why it was special was because it only came around once in a while. I find it hard to imagine the property will ever reach the heights of anticipation that TFA saw, returning to screens after a long absence, and with beloved original actors back after an entire generation.

I said this after Rogue One came out.

 

[henzINNIT]

I said this after Rogue One came out.

Yeah I was skeptical of the yearly releases from the off. It was quickly apparent that things weren't being thought out. And here we are, where they've gone from 5 films in 5 years to likely none in the next 5.