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If I’m remembering correctly, Disney did try to make the James Franco Oz film adhere more to the aesthetics of the 1939 classic than the Return to Oz did. I remember reading about a dispute between Disney and Warner Bros. (which owns the rights to the MGM library) over the pigment of the witch’s...

I agree, it's unusual. Like Darth Vader, the Disney Villains have been slowly rendered toothless over time. Plushies and kiddie toys will do that. Not that I mind, really. I find the Villains work best as a brand when one overlooks their respective misdeeds and focuses more on their collective...

I hate careless mistakes like these! Nothing new with Disney lately - the Disney Store website is rife with typographical errors. I can't tell you the number of times I've sent them emails pointing out their misspellings. How hard is it to spell "Maleficent" correctly? The worst was misspelling...

Sad - I’ve read some of your posts on other threads and you seem like a nice, reasonable individual who is very well-informed about the Disney company and its legacy. Not sure why you’re being so hostile in this case, but I really don’t think it’s called for. Is what’s being posited so...

You're making very strong assumptions about this supposed new generational appeal. I can't say for certain whether a majority of Americans under the age of 18 like the new ST - no one can. We're strictly relying on anecdotal evidence. But reports of declining toy sales from Hasbro and now...

Went to this last week. We also did the Animal Kingdom After Hours the Monday prior. We much preferred the event at AK, despite some early rain showers. Got to ride Everest and FoP several times and even caught the beginning of RoL in a near empty auditorium. I love the Villains (obviously) so...

I hope you’re right! I think we’ll likely see a cool down in ST material after IX and perhaps a return to some prequel-era films/literature. It must feel like whiplash at Lucasfilm. First, everyone hates the prequels and the ST does its best to repudiate them. Now, everyone wants a McGregor Obi...

Yes, but look at how well recasting Han Solo went over at the box office... It’s sad but true. They had one shot to get the band back together and they blew it. As I’ve said before, Episodes 7, 8, and 9 should have been a slow, deliberate changing of the guard, then 10, 11, 12 could have been...

Exactly! This is the right approach to these remakes - revisit and revise the imperfect ones, not the prestige films. You can't improve upon Beauty, Aladdin, Lion King without risking narrative bloat, so don't try. Remake Hunchback, Mulan, Black Cauldron - all films well suited to the live...

And that snap in Rogue One's only provided by Vader snapping rebel necks. The first two acts are a chore to sit through.

There was a taste of that amazement in 2015, leading up to the release of TFA. That was an event film if there ever was one. Too bad the sweetness soon turned sour. I knew there was a problem with the film when I couldn't remember the names of any of the new characters by the time I got to my...

Maybe, but there's an undeniable disconnect in tone and intent between the two films released so far in what is intended to be a coherent, unified trilogy inside a larger coherent, unified saga of nine films. There has to be a reason for this. And the behind the scenes scrambling on IX would be...

Yes, I had heard this too. But there's now Michelle Rejwan, who I believe will be fulfilling the Feige role of creative supervisor. I wonder how that decision was reached. Is she a Star Wars fan or just equipped with great networking skills? Or both, of course?

Yikes, I don't envy JJ his current task. Not sure I understand the dislike of Luke on behalf of leading Lucasfilm folks - sort of like disliking Dorothy or Alice, no? He's the star of the show. Crazy to hear about all the behind the scenes shenanigans. What a strange position for Iger to be in...

Yes. As with the Game of Thrones final season, any number of fan theories and revisions are better than what we got. One of the myriad problems with the ST is that many of the main characters feel like ciphers - there's very little to them and what is there is contradicted from film to film...

Wow, what a circuitous route this trilogy has taken. Perhaps the willingness to toss out JJ's treatment came in response to criticism that TFA felt too much like a rehash of ANH and that the next film should be more off the wall? In any event, it didn't really pan out well. Do you have any...

Can you go into any detail about the development of the ST? Was there a road map in place for the trilogy or was it up to each subsequent "auteur" to continue the story in their own fashion, like a bad game of improv. Is Lucasfilm rethinking their commitment to Benioff and Weiss in response to...

Would that then make Kathleen Kennedy an official Disney Villain? Or maybe JJ if she's the protagonist? Either way, neither can hold a candle to the ultimate Disney Villain, Chape-- yikes, I mean Chernabog!

I'd love to get some insider scoop! That is, before the inevitable tell-all is published. 😉

Oh, no doubt about the messiness of the original EU. As I said, take inspiration from the strong points, repackage it, and flush the rest. But why they felt the need to reboot Star Wars as if it were some arcane, long forgotten relic from the past? 🤷‍♂️