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re: Daisy Ridley's "Star Wars: Episode X - A New Beginning" starts filming in September

Posted on 6/17/24 at 9:10 pm to
Posted by WestSideTiger
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2004
5289 posts
Posted on 6/17/24 at 9:10 pm to
Has any movie with “A New Beginning” in the title ever been worth a shite?

Posted by Draco Malfoy
Member since Mar 2024
2858 posts
Posted on 6/17/24 at 9:42 pm to
When did this liberal invasion start with Disney? Back in the day it was a family oriented conservative company
Posted by Dairy Sanders
Member since Apr 2022
2963 posts
Posted on 6/17/24 at 9:49 pm to
Started with their investors. Vanguard, Blackrock, and State Street.
Posted by biglego
San Francisco
Member since Nov 2007
84758 posts
Posted on 6/17/24 at 10:25 pm to
Those sweet sweet ESG points
Posted by dallastigers
Member since Dec 2003
10617 posts
Posted on 6/17/24 at 10:30 pm to
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The film will be directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, who also directed episodes 4 and 5 of ‘Ms. Marvel’.


Big jump from mostly documentaries and a couple of Ms Marvel episodes to a large budget Star Wars sequel.

Posted by OMLandshark
Member since Apr 2009
120445 posts
Posted on 6/17/24 at 10:34 pm to
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Big jump from mostly documentaries and a couple of Ms Marvel episodes to a large budget Star Wars sequel.


They really got the wrong message of Marvel previously hiring Jon Favreau, James Gunn, and the Russo Brothers. Got to hire someone with obvious talent first and not just pluck a rando from an Indy project.
Posted by wadewilson
Member since Sep 2009
41563 posts
Posted on 6/17/24 at 10:42 pm to
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Chance we get to see the "All Women" Jedi Order. That Women represent "the balance" necessary to manage the Force correctly?


Space Wheel of Time?

Yes, Disney is exactly the hero we need to out-retard Amazon.
Posted by Lima Whiskey
Member since Apr 2013
22594 posts
Posted on 6/18/24 at 2:56 am to
The message is the business, and it transcends profit motive.
Posted by jmarto1
Houma, LA/ Las Vegas, NV
Member since Mar 2008
38726 posts
Posted on 6/18/24 at 8:29 am to
From her Wikipedia

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harmeen Obaid-Chinoy is a Canadian-Pakistani journalist, filmmaker and political activist known for her work in films that highlight gender inequality against women. Obaid-Chinoy is slated to direct the next Star Wars film, due for release in 2026, and which will feature Daisy Ridley.



Someone tell me the definition of insanity again...
Posted by Fun Bunch
New Orleans
Member since May 2008
130323 posts
Posted on 6/18/24 at 8:30 am to
I honestly think there is SO much interesting stuff they could do with the future after the Skywalker saga. There is even interesting stuff they could do with Rey.

It would be very lonely, cold, and dangerous out there for her.

But they won't do any of that stuff, and they didn't hire a Director that will likely have the experience, vision, or talent to do it.

Just another nobody activist
Posted by FreddieMac
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2010
24922 posts
Posted on 6/18/24 at 8:49 am to
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Someone tell me the definition of insanity again...


The propaganda is more important than the story, this is not hard to figure out people.
Posted by biglego
San Francisco
Member since Nov 2007
84758 posts
Posted on 6/18/24 at 9:16 am to
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She’s a cute, sweet young woman with quality acting skills


I honestly have no idea about her acting skills. Being Rey doesn’t demand much.
Posted by CarolinaGamecock99
Member since Apr 2015
24824 posts
Posted on 6/18/24 at 9:36 am to
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honestly think there is SO much interesting stuff they could do with the future after the Skywalker saga. There is even interesting stuff they could do with Rey.

Such as?
Posted by meeple
Carcassonne
Member since May 2011
11187 posts
Posted on 6/18/24 at 9:43 am to
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onestly think there is SO much interesting stuff they could do with the future after the Skywalker saga. There is even interesting stuff they could do with Rey.

There was, TFA left it open ended. That ship has sailed.

And then sunk.
Posted by Fun Bunch
New Orleans
Member since May 2008
130323 posts
Posted on 6/18/24 at 9:54 am to
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There was, TFA left it open ended. That ship has sailed.

And then sunk.


A talented filmmaker with vision could make things interesting. You don't think, say, Denis Villeneuve could do something with it?
Posted by Fun Bunch
New Orleans
Member since May 2008
130323 posts
Posted on 6/18/24 at 10:07 am to
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Such as?



I would cast off almost all of the Disney+ content, and I would retcon or just sort of blackhole a lot of 7-9. I understand that's a bit counterintuitive and hard to do given, well, its Rey, but frick it. Make your own film that respects canon but is a little fast and loose with anything not episodes 1-6.


Rey, essentially alone, the only real Jedi that she is aware of, searching like a detective for signs of force sensitive people. We are dealing with a galaxy with the New Republic in shambles, the Resistance not a governing body capable of overseeing the galaxy, the Empire/New Order essentially over, and a thousands of planets in disarray, left to fend for themselves.

She has a completely lonely, impossible job searching the universe in often hostile places. It is hard, singular, demanding, and lonely, while she herself must struggle with the inner demons of her past.

I would set it up almost like a detective/bounty hunter story, dealing with the outer rim.
Posted by thenza
Member since Sep 2013
1603 posts
Posted on 6/18/24 at 10:29 am to
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We are dealing with a galaxy with the New Republic in shambles, the Resistance not a governing body capable of overseeing the galaxy, the Empire/New Order essentially over, and a thousands of planets in disarray, left to fend for themselves.


I’ve never really put much thought into it (because those movies aren’t worth thinking about) but this is insane.

The galaxy is probably in worse shape than had the Empire just won. Literally every government structure has been destroyed. Every competent person killed. There’s just pirates and slaves left.

What a disaster of a happy ending the sequel trilogy left…

Posted by Fun Bunch
New Orleans
Member since May 2008
130323 posts
Posted on 6/18/24 at 10:59 am to
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I’ve never really put much thought into it (because those movies aren’t worth thinking about) but this is insane.

The galaxy is probably in worse shape than had the Empire just won. Literally every government structure has been destroyed. Every competent person killed. There’s just pirates and slaves left.

What a disaster of a happy ending the sequel trilogy left…



That is correct. Abrams decisions in tFA put them inexorably down that path.

Its a wild wild wild galaxy now. That could be interesting.

It also leads to force sensitive people living in places where there is no Empire hunting them down to kill them, but essentially 1 person in the galaxy looking to help them.

They are left to their own devices which could also lead to some interesting stuff.
This post was edited on 6/18/24 at 11:01 am
Posted by scottydoesntknow
Member since Nov 2023
10870 posts
Posted on 6/18/24 at 11:16 am to
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quote:There was, TFA left it open ended. That ship has sailed. And then sunk. A talented filmmaker with vision could make things interesting. You don't think, say, Denis Villeneuve could do something with it?


Are we seriously still pretending that Star Wars isnt just a vessel for woke propaganda for Disney to write off as a tax loss?
Posted by Fun Bunch
New Orleans
Member since May 2008
130323 posts
Posted on 6/18/24 at 11:22 am to
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Are we seriously still pretending that Star Wars isnt just a vessel for woke propaganda for Disney to write off as a tax loss?



No, we aren't pretending.

We are talking about what could be, not what is and what will be.

I've said it won't happen. Just saying that there is plenty of ways they could do it right, knowing they will not
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