I increasingly get the feeling that Disney doesn't have a long-term plan for Star Wars, and is just throwing stuff at the wall to see what sticks, then doubling down on whatever is most popular at the moment. They really seem to want Star Wars to be the MCU, but the lack of planning (outside of the David Filoni Cinematic Universe, which is really its own thing at this point) is working against them, nor has the constant rotation of directors. At this point, there have been so many movies/projects announced that have failed to come to fruition that I've adopted a jaded "well, I'll believe it when I see it" attitude towards everything.
As I see it, the real problem is that The Rise of Skywalker put such a hydrospanner in the works due to said lack of planning that no one has wanted to deal with the fallout, thus making it more challenging to continue the story in that direction. So instead, we get a lot of prequels and interquels "filling in the gaps" while people try to figure out how to salvage what they can from the situation without outright declaring TROS non-canon/AU.
I had not heard of the proposed Mangold film, but my first reaction on learning they are supposed to be about the origins of the Force is "Heck, no!!!". This is one worldbuilding element that I don't think needs to be explained, and while it's certainly possible it could work, I think it's far more likely that any attempt will end up like the midichlorians from The Phantom Menace.
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Date: 2023-11-20 07:34 pm (UTC)I increasingly get the feeling that Disney doesn't have a long-term plan for Star Wars, and is just throwing stuff at the wall to see what sticks, then doubling down on whatever is most popular at the moment. They really seem to want Star Wars to be the MCU, but the lack of planning (outside of the David Filoni Cinematic Universe, which is really its own thing at this point) is working against them, nor has the constant rotation of directors. At this point, there have been so many movies/projects announced that have failed to come to fruition that I've adopted a jaded "well, I'll believe it when I see it" attitude towards everything.
As I see it, the real problem is that The Rise of Skywalker put such a hydrospanner in the works due to said lack of planning that no one has wanted to deal with the fallout, thus making it more challenging to continue the story in that direction. So instead, we get a lot of prequels and interquels "filling in the gaps" while people try to figure out how to salvage what they can from the situation without outright declaring TROS non-canon/AU.
I had not heard of the proposed Mangold film, but my first reaction on learning they are supposed to be about the origins of the Force is "Heck, no!!!". This is one worldbuilding element that I don't think needs to be explained, and while it's certainly possible it could work, I think it's far more likely that any attempt will end up like the midichlorians from The Phantom Menace.