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[Mike S]

Rian Johnson's Star Wars Trilogy Gets Hopeful Update (But Will it Happen?)

Rian Johnson offers another update on his long-gestating Star Wars trilogy, revealing he is still open to making it at some point.

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I’m sure he is lol

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

…when a pig flies straight out of hells @$$ carrying a snowball

 

[Heppenheimer]

Rian Johnson's Star Wars Trilogy Gets Hopeful Update (But Will it Happen?)

Rian Johnson offers another update on his long-gestating Star Wars trilogy, revealing he is still open to making it at some point.

comicbook.com

Read the room, Rian.

Do like we all did as kids, play out your own Star Wars ideas with the toys. At least then, your bad ideas don't get shared with the world and become canon, like my scenario as a 7 year old that had ewoks flying x-wings.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Read the room, Rian.

Do like we all did as kids, play out your own Star Wars ideas with the toys. At least then, your bad ideas don't get shared with the world and become canon, like my scenario as a 7 year old that had ewoks flying x-wings.

I think the GI Joes were attacked by imperials more than a few times

 

[erasure fan1]

I’m sure he is lol

I find it funny how there are people who think this is still an actual thing. Rian is a troll, that's all he's doing. He's just trying to get a rise out of the people who criticize last Jedi. Hey maybe he's collaborating with Benioff and Weiss!

 

[Hawkeye_2018]

The fact they haven't officially cancelled this is so stupid. Do they like the online discourse this brings?

And even if KK wants this to happen, Disney would never allow it.

 

[Serpico Jones]

Rian Johnson and his producing partner Ram Bergman are expert PR grifters. Don’t pay attention to anything they say publicly.

 

[Phroobar]

Rian Johnson's Star Wars Trilogy Gets Hopeful Update (But Will it Happen?)

Rian Johnson offers another update on his long-gestating Star Wars trilogy, revealing he is still open to making it at some point.

comicbook.com

He knows a good racket when he sees it.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

He knows a good racket when he sees it.

What he doesn’t know is a good Star Wars script

 

[easyrowrdw]

Rian Johnson's Star Wars Trilogy Gets Hopeful Update (But Will it Happen?)

Rian Johnson offers another update on his long-gestating Star Wars trilogy, revealing he is still open to making it at some point.

comicbook.com

They should've stuck with him. Look what a disaster 9 was when they abandoned all of his ideas.

I know most people here won't agree with me on this lol

 

[Nevermore525]

They should've stuck with him. Look what adisaster 9 was when they abandoned all of his ideas.

I know most people here won't agree with me on this lol

JJ Abrams was the mistake. Played it too safe at the start and gave nostalgia berry A New Hope with new characters instead of taking a chance with something new.

Of course audiences rewarded the safe nostalgic play in high numbers.

Then tries to revert to more nostalgia berries in the last one, and it was an absolute stinker.

 

[Wendy Pleakley]

They should've stuck with him. Look what a disaster 9 was when they abandoned all of his ideas.

I know most people here won't agree with me on this lol

I said at the time, they should have had Rian and JJ collaborate on Episode 9.

JJ did a great job making a movie that felt like classic Star Wars, but leaned towards rehashing what came before a bit too much. Rian was more willing to move the franchise forward.

 

[Hawkeye_2018]

They should've stuck with him. Look what a disaster 9 was when they abandoned all of his ideas.

I know most people here won't agree with me on this lol

Couldn't have been worse. We don't know what his ideas for 9 were though do we? There's actually some parts I really like in TLJ. Rian did get Mark to act his a$$ off in that movie.

 

[easyrowrdw]

I said at the time, they should have had Rian and JJ collaborate on Episode 9.

JJ did a great job making a movie that felt like classic Star Wars, but leaned towards rehashing what came before a bit too much. Rian was more willing to move the franchise forward.

That would've been interesting. I think it would've really required a strong hand from Kennedy. Given how JJ walked back so many of Johnson's ideas I could see him not being too keen on "giving in" to the direction Johnson might have wanted to go.

Couldn't have been worse. We don't know what his ideas for 9 were though do we? There's actually some parts I really like in TLJ. Rian did get Mark to act his a$$ off in that movie.

True. I remember years ago Johnson was listed as also writing 9, but that was very early in the process so maybe it was just speculation. I thought Colin Trevorrow's plans for 9 were interesting (from what I read) and seemed to be a more consistent continuation of the story vs the backtracking we wound up with. I guess I assume it would've been something similar but we don't know for sure.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

They should've stuck with him. Look what a disaster 9 was when they abandoned all of his ideas.

I know most people here won't agree with me on this lol

…most will disagree cause you’re wrong

It was a disaster…because it hurt the IP. And we’ve seen this exact thing before. Damage was done…so the “some people liked it” doesn’t hold

Results based business

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

I see the nuts hour has set it…revisionist history flowing

 

[easyrowrdw]

…most will disagree cause you’re wrong

It was a disaster…because it hurt the IP. And we’ve seen this exact thing before. Damage was done…so the “some people liked it” doesn’t hold

Results based business

I appreciate the bluntness of your response

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

I appreciate the bluntness of your response

I’m not saying it ruined my childhood or anything…
You gotta let these things percolate and it’s been 7 years. The general consensus is it was a huge mistake amongst fans and even media

When a movie is referred to as “controversial” by variety, deadline, Hollywood reporter, etc…that roughly translates to “Mistake…and money is lost”

 

[MisterPenguin]

Switching writers/directors was a mistake. It's like they didn't understand what is meant by "a trilogy."

Rian's "Knives Out" franchise is doing well. Accusations of PR grifting is hilarious for a director that is working on popular and well-received movies. Especially since the "maybe..." status is publicized only because people keep asking Rian about it. It's not Rian bringing it up over and over again unsolicited.

Kennedy has had no issues with abandoning directors for whatever reasons and killing their projects and making it known their project is no more. She hasn't done that for Rian... yet.

 

[Serpico Jones]

I said at the time, they should have had Rian and JJ collaborate on Episode 9.

JJ did a great job making a movie that felt like classic Star Wars, but leaned towards rehashing what came before a bit too much. Rian was more willing to move the franchise forward.

Rian and JJ couldn’t stand each other.