I still have issues with the film, but I do think TFA did a decent job at setting up the sequel trilogy, just a lack of planning for the overall story and letting each director choose what they wanted their film to be about is what really messed it up, like as much as I dislike TLJ, the worst part is that it does nothing to continue what was setup before it and doesn’t really end on a good note of where the final film will go
Comic adaptations of films are interesting. They quite often used to contain scenes that didn’t make the final film because the were usually based on earlier scripts with a selection of photos so they actually knew what they were drawing.
The Marvel adaptation of Star Wars has a unique version of Jabba in docking bay 94 because no one knew what he was going to look like.
Finally, if you want to see a poor comic adaptation, check out the one for Terminator 2, looks like it was drawn during a lunch break!
Fingers crossed that it isn’t mainly about setting up future movies and can put a wrap on the character’s journeys. It won’t surprise me if Grogu is in the rebuilt Jedi order movie with Rey. I’m also curious about Mangold’s film, but the most recent Indiana Jones movie has tempered my expectations a bit as well. When is Andor season 2 out?
Now that Dave Filoni is at the helm as chief creative officer for Lucasfilm, I feel a lot better about new movies. As long as they don’t bring back Jar Jar Abrams.
Good to see that Favreau is directing, not Filoni.
I like Filoni’s world-building - imho he “gets” the Star Wars universe in a way that other writers don’t… but I absolutely cannot stand his writing and directing. I remember watching his episode of Mando, the one where Ashoka fights in a Japanese-esque village, and the dialog was so awful I immediately googled to see who was making that awful ep and sure-enough it was him. I want him commanding the ship but not steering it.
He’s got a good sense of vision and a nice stable of continuous characters to carry forwards the franchise, but I can’t stand any of the shows he makes. Somehow they manage to be both tedious with infodumps of backstory while at the same time they make it feel like you’re missing most of the background because you didn’t watch a zillion episodes of his TV shows.
And while his capturing of the Star Wars “feel” is better than most, it’s still very prequel-y compared to others.
With him at the helm, even with good directors like Favreau involved, it will likely feel like the recent MCU films - okay-ish movies bogged down with too much CGI and too much continuity from previous entries that weren’t good-enough to deserve a follow-up.
Dave Filoni does seem to have a more unified version for where things should go. I’m looking forward to seeing where it may go, but I just don’t want to get my hopes up so I’m not let down.
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