re: Lando series intended for D+ is being reworked for theatrical release

it couldnt be that starwars fatigue is reaching marvel level fatigue.....certainly not.

or that almost none of the offerings has had writing stronger than a children's book.

Solo is very underrated. Just got fricked over by the sequel trilogy.

They’re great directors for buddy action comedies. I cannot imagine a better choice for that type of movie. My best guess as to what happened is someone at the Studio saw the success of Guardians of the Galaxy and wanted to do something similar with Star Wars. They hired Lorde & Miller with the intention of making a fun comedy heist adventure movie in space. However, someone else at Lucas film saw some of the early scenes and had a conniption because it didn’t match their vision for Star Wars, causing the tonal shift to try to be this gritty dramatic movie which it wasn’t meant to be.

Solo turned out alright, albeit a fairly routine “color by the numbers” origin story, but the movie does feel a little unfocused, like much of the Disney Star Wars content outside of Andor, Rogue One, and the first couple seasons of Mandalorian. Ron Howard did a great job cobbling together a decent film out of all of the various pieces he was given, but I can’t help but think there was a more interesting and entertaining film idea in there than what we ended up with.

I think Lorde & Miller were hired to do exactly what they’re great at, but then were fired for doing exactly that because studios are places full of power-struggles and egotistical morons.