Chat corner 135: possibilities

[annathecrow]

Welcome to the Monday chat corner!

This week, my choice of canon media is a little questionable: the three movies announced by Disney this April - one by James Mangold, to be set in the far history of the Galaxy Far Far Away, one by Dave Filoni, meant to tie into his TV shows, and the last, by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, which is supposed to continue Rey’s story as she rebuilds the Jedi Order.

…okay, so I opened my trusty timeline of canon media, found the Mangold movie as the first item, and went “wait, what?”. I am not the most well-informed of fans. I figure you might not be either - or you might enjoy speculating about projects that might never see the light of day (still waiting on my Rogue Squadron movie, Disney!)

What are your thoughts?

Comments

[atamascolily]

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.

[yourlibrarian]

Came across this article today: https://www.gq.com/story/filmmakers-please-make-your-rejected-star-wars-pitches-into-non-star-wars-movies

While it isn't out yet, I think the writer has a point about stories created for franchises and then changed to be their own thing, as well as the reverse.