Well given the fact that she fired Colin Trevorrow over creative differences and JJ Abrams leading the ship, I believe we got ourselves another shitshow in the works.
I have mixed feelings on nu-canon tackling the Old Republic. We already have references to the Mandalorian Wars and even Revan. It'd also be really cool if they follow up on the "feudal Japan in space" theme that the era is implied to have looked like now. We could have Jedi and Sith in sci-fi samurai armor and wielding laser katana and other more Japanese-y weapons like naginata. Would stick out even more from the prequel and OT eras.
This is the current canon's take on Darth Bane if you want to know what that'd look like. He existed 1000 years before the OT and was the one who created the Rule of Two to correct the waning influence of the Sith in the last days of the Old Republic.
This is the current canon's take on Darth Bane if you want to know what that'd look like. He existed 1000 years before the OT and was the one who created the Rule of Two to correct the waning influence of the Sith in the last days of the Old Republic.
Yup. The samurai armor in the Clone Wars is kind of a plot hole in old canon since he never wore it in his novels but it's the only time we've seen him that's still in new canon and it fits with Rebels showing Old Republic sabers looked more like katana. I'm not sure who suggested it since they were going to do the bug suit originally.
That last part is what's the most nonsensical to me since it completely contradicts the narrative that the higher-ups are trying to push, namely that the fans who hate the sequel trilogy hate women and POCs. Except they released a movie ostensibly about a straight white man, and that one is doing worse than the ones with the empowered wymyn protagonist. If it were the reverse then they'd have a leg to stand on, but frankly the failure of Solo should be telling them this isn't the case.
People joke about Star Wars fans being socially maladjusted nerds, and that is true to an extant, but at the same time Star Wars has one of the most "normal" fanbases out there.And now, hack director Rian Johnson, creator of a forthcoming trilogy of his own, has begun snarkily posting passive-aggressive attacks on the TOXIC FANBASE:
Is Bob Iger aware of how hostile these people are being towards the fan base? Because if I were him, I would do something about it. I hope Rian Johnson’s next film bombs hard so it can be a karma revenge on him for fucking with the SW fans.When there's a popular backlash to a major Hollywood product, the managers at the top (and their hack in-house directors) come to a fork in the road. Will we rethink our approach to the material, or will we double down and attempt to manipulate the cultural environment to view our product more favorably? You'll notice that despite the latter approach ending horribly in nearly every case (*cough* Ghostbusters 2016 *cough*), it's the go-to move for our corporate overlords.
"Message discipline" has been the name of the game in the wake of Solo's disastrous opening. First, Lucasfilm called its pet film commentors, people like Breznican at Entertainment Weekly and the usual neckbeard geekbloggers and planted quotes suggesting that, really, Solo was an excellent movie hamstrung by a TOXIC ONLINE CULTURE OF CYNICISM and THE INEPTITUDE OF LORD AND MILLER who TRIED TO MAKE IT FUNNY.
And now, hack director Rian Johnson, creator of a forthcoming trilogy of his own, has begun snarkily posting passive-aggressive attacks on the TOXIC FANBASE:
I haven't seen "manbaby" trotted out since this much since the wake of the lady Ghostbusters film.
All of this bodes well. As Paul Feig and the GB2016 disaster showed us, once the audience becomes the enemy many hilarious meltdowns surely follow. When Johnson's shitty new trilogy inevitably disappoints, I expect the gloves to finally come off. Johnson, the schlub, will show his fangs, and he'll go right for the jugular and saying anyone who didn't care for his films are "alt-right manbabies" and possibly "incels".
After all, this is exactly how they reacted when their last bold and subversive deconstructionist triumph The Last Jedi tanked at the box office and now you have people seriously saying that Solo did poorly because men who live in their parents' basements complained about female protagonists.
Ah, look at you, you silly old bean.
Pff, call me "manbaby" all you want for not liking a poorly scripted mess of a movie.
I would say especially the autistic ones are the backbone of a franchise.
Can only speak for myself, but I am not going to watch a Rian Johnson movie anytime soon- based on how shitty TLJ was and how toxic that entitled asshat is on social media.
But don't you get it? Hollywood doesn't need those damn dirty Alt Right manbabies as fans anymore! For every Straight White Male fan that leaves Disney will gain 2 Non White Women in their place. The Force is Female!
