Star Wars Anthology Discussion

[Dukefrukem]

[megladon8]

That was terrible.

[Dukefrukem]

I thought it was cute. And it address something that no one else brings up in Star Wars. Why does everyone speak every language they come across?

[Skitch]

Babel fish.

[Dukefrukem]

LOL.. Did anyone read Andy Serkis's interview? Where he basically reveals they kept Snoke's history a secret for a possible prequel.


http://collider.com/star-wars-snoke-...y-andy-serkis/

[Dead & Messed Up]

Of course they could always spin off, but part of me wonders if Serkis is Dan Aykroyding.

[Sycophant]

The quotes are

We wanted him to have a great deal of mystery, but we did … J.J. [Abrams] and I discussed it, and Rian [Johnson] and I did discuss backstories to him, where he came from. I’ve been asked to not shed anything, should we want to bring him back in any way whether [in a] prequel or whatever. I think there’s something cool about that. It still does remain a mystery for people. I know that some people find it incredibly frustrating, but I think it allows for further exploration and layering at a further point.

and

Yeah, I would love to think that there is room for him to come back. I think anything’s possible in a Star Wars movie. I’d be all up for it. I think there’s a lot more to be had from the character for sure, but I’m not in discussions with anybody at all about it.

I mean... This doesn't sound like cynical sneaky moneygrubbing sneakytimes or even braggadocio so much as "We wanted Snoke to be mysterious but to inform my performance both directors discussed with me what his backstory might be--and who knows? Disney's going to make a fuckton of these Star Wars things for the foreseeable future and maybe we'll get to use some of it some day!"

[Dukefrukem]

[Morris Schæffer]

http://www.ign.com/articles/2018/05/...witter-roundup

Twitter reactions after the L.A. World premiere. Apparently, it is not bad.

[Dukefrukem]

http://www.ign.com/articles/2018/05/...witter-roundup

Twitter reactions after the L.A. World premiere. Apparently, it is not bad.

That's good.

There's rumors that third Anthology film will star Obi_Wan and begin filming soon after Episode IX is done. This comes from London's Pinewood Studios being booked immediately after.

[Ezee E]

That's good.

There's rumors that third Anthology film will star Obi_Wan and begin filming soon after Episode IX is done. This comes from London's Pinewood Studios being booked immediately after.

Ha, here I thought the Obi-Wan movie was already official with Ewan.

[transmogrifier]

Already on Letterboxd, a number of Solo reviewers haven’t been able to resist getting their digs in about people not liking TLJ enough to their satisfaction:

“Viewers put off by The Last Jedi’s revisionism can rest assured: This one is 100% free of subtext”

(a) Just because something is revisionist doesn’t mean it’s good.

“on a positive note, at least the internet trolls will *lay off THE LAST JEDI for a second”

(b) Yes, we are all trolls. Nice talk.

[Dead & Messed Up]

Trans says he's not a troll, but I had to say his secret name backwards before we could discuss Luke's story arc.

[Watashi]

Does trans dislike The Last Jedi? We'll never know.

[transmogrifier]

Does trans dislike The Last Jedi? We'll never know.

It's up there with "Does Watashi get bent out of shape when trans criticizes films he likes?" as one of life's eternal mysteries, that's for sure.

[Dukefrukem]

Isn't that every Disney film?

73% RT score, lowest RT score for a Star Wars film since Star Wars: Episode II (and 10 points lower than Rogue One)

[Dukefrukem]

Sounds like Lucasfilm liked Glover's performance. Lando to get his own spinoff movie.

http://www.indiewire.com/2018/05/don...dy-1201965205/

[Lazlo]

Sounds like Lucasfilm liked Glover's performance. Lando to get his own spinoff movie.

http://www.indiewire.com/2018/05/don...dy-1201965205/

Beat me to this by less than a minute.

This is cool. Was interested in the Obi-Wan movie. I hope they still do that too.

[Dead & Messed Up]

The exciting thing about a Lando movie is you figure Glover can exert some real pressure who joins the creative team.

[Lazlo]

The exciting thing about a Lando movie is you figure Glover can exert some real pressure who joins the creative team.

Hiro Murai FTW.

[Dukefrukem]

Ryan Coogler

[Lazlo]

Ryan Coogler

I'm guessing he's going to be tied up with Wrong Answer and probably Black Panther 2 during the time Lando would be in production.

I wonder about Kennedy being gunshy on directors after Lord/Miller, Trank, Trevorrow, and Edwards and how that'll affect future anthology hires.

[Dukefrukem]

We might have been quick to jump on this.

Update:“Following the publication of our article, Lucasfilm informs us that there would have been a misunderstanding between our journalist and Kathleen Kennedy. ‘We would love to tell a story about Lando Calrissian one day, but it’s not relevant, it would be fun to tell the story of Han and Chewie ...’” A different translation puts that new quote as “We would love to tell a story about Lando Calrissian one day, but this is not news. It would also be fun to tell the story of Han and Chewie.

[Dead & Messed Up]

I mean... okay, but Kennedy, you'd be dumb not to.

[Dukefrukem]

I mean... okay, but Kennedy, you'd be dumb not to.

I haven't seen the movie yet, but the early word is that Glover steals ever since he's in. So, this.