DannyJC13
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« Reply #162 on: 05-09-2018 19:50 »
« Last Edit on: 05-09-2018 20:38 »
any dates? Resistance pemieres this fall.
In other news, new
Solo clips!
Just booked my tickets for the midnight screening on the 24th May, hype!
Otis P Jivefunk
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I saw Solo last Friday and I was very impressed, Han Solo was played perfectly and I loved how he met Chewy. The plot was fast paced and the action scenes were amazing. Better than The Last Jedi and probably better than Rogue One too. Shame that it's flopped at the box office.
Otis P Jivefunk
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I think releasing it in May was a bad idea when they've always gone with December previously. It was too soon and had too much competition. Also, people are more likely to go to the cinema on long dark December nights than light May and June evenings. That's one of the reasons I think it may not have done so well, oh and the extortionate budget hasn't helped profit margins.
Otis P Jivefunk
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I hope there's still another spin-off after the next main Star Wars. I really enjoyed Rogue One and Solo.
Javier Lopez
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I liked Solo... i liked it quite a lot...
not as much as Rogue One but it was a good star wars movie.. much better than TFA and TLJ ... it was what i hoped it to be.. quite a lot of consistency and lots and lots of expanded universe calls
whats sad is its unfair failure wich Penny Arcade perfectly sumarized:
Also to blame is most likelly the great deception and insulty that for many TLJ was ..
Javier Lopez
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Yeah, something was really off with the marketing for Solo. And yes, releasing it in May was a dumb idea. ironically i think keeping May was a last ditch effort to give the impression that "everything is under control"..
TFA was postponed to December after repeated begs from JJ Abrams.. but its intended original release was may 2015... rogue one was also intended for my 2016 but after the reshooting and changing finale issues was moved to december.. the last Jedi was from start scheduled to december 2017 due to TFA having been released in dec 2015 and JJ/KK convincing Disney to keep 2 years between them..
Solo was scheduled however for May 2018 .. and when the big Lord/Miller frakup happent everyone expected the date moved to december 2018..it was even logical as TLJ was just 6 months before and there would be 19 months until episode IX
However Ron Howard took charge and they insisted they were keeping the schedule.. i believe it was to give the impression that the director change and reshootings werent that bad and they could still finish production in the planed date
Svip
Administrator
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Yeah, it's your own fault!
DannyJC13
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I don't know why Disney are shitting the bed, surely they saw this coming?
Solo had a budget of $275 million dollars, thanks to the reshoots (making it the 6th most expensive film to make of all time), it was released in the middle of a bunch of other big movies (
Infinity War ,
Deadpool 2 ,
Incredibles 2 , etc.) & it was also released just 5 months after the last
Star Wars film which received almost universal hate from fans. Even people who like
The Last Jedi are probably a little burnt out from so much SW.
Still... I thought Rogue One and Solo were both better than TFA and TLJ so hopefully they're not put on hold indefinitely. It's a shame because I agree with this entirely, both spin-offs have been miles better than the two sequel trilogy films we've had so far.
DannyJC13
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Star Wars : Episode IX Cast AnnouncedReturning cast members include Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyong’o, Domhnall Gleeson, Kelly Marie Tran, Joonas Suotamo, and Billie Lourd. Joining the cast of Episode IX are Naomi Ackie, Richard E. Grant, and Keri Russell, who will be joined by veteran Star Wars actors Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels, and Billy Dee Williams, who will reprise his role as Lando Calrissian. The role of Leia Organa will once again be played by Carrie Fisher, using previously unreleased footage shot for Star Wars: The Force Awakens .
Tachyon
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I had no idea that Billy Dee Williams was even still alive. And I can't recall just when it was, that I first heard that Lucas had planned a nine-movie story for Star Wars. We all laughed because the chance of that happening seemed literally beyond the realm of possibility. Sometimes life is stranger than fiction.
Tweek
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I think the rumour that it would ultimately be in nine parts was going around before The Empire Strikes Back was released. As was the idea that Vader needed his mask because he fell in a volcano while fighting Obi Wan.
DannyJC13
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« Reply #195 on: 10-04-2018 19:56 »
« Last Edit on: 10-05-2018 17:50 »
Jon Favreau's live action
Star Wars TV show is titled
The Mandalorian :
After the stories of Jango and Boba Fett, another warrior emerges in the Star Wars universe. The Mandalorian is set after the fall of the Empire and before the emergence of the First Order. We follow the travails of a lone gunfighter in the outer reaches of the galaxy far from the authority of the New Republic.... Source *edit*
More info & first-look:
The series will be written and executive produced by Emmy-nominated producer and actor Jon Favreau, as previously announced, with Dave Filoni (Star Wars: The Clone Wars , Star Wars Rebels ) directing the first episode. Additional episodic directors include Deborah Chow (Jessica Jones ), Rick Famuyiwa (Dope ), Bryce Dallas Howard (Solemates ), and Taika Waititi (Thor: Ragnarok ). It will be executive produced by Jon Favreau, Dave Filoni, Kathleen Kennedy, and Colin Wilson. Karen Gilchrist will serve as co-executive producer. Source
DannyJC13
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*bump*
Cassian Andor Live-Action Series Announced Disney Chairman and CEO Bob Iger announced today that Lucasfilm is in development on a second Star Wars live-action series for Disney+, the Company’s new direct-to-consumer streaming service. The series, which will go into production next year, follows the adventures of rebel spy Cassian Andor during the formative years of the Rebellion and prior to the events of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story . Diego Luna will reprise the role of Andor.