The fact that this info is coming out from an official source straight from the mouth of a former executive who was there on the scene of the crime, and not leaked from behind closed doors, is the most surprising part. Could this be Disney’s way of unofficially pushing all the blame for SW’s failure onto Kennedy? I’m sure if they didn’t want this information out there, this ex-VP would have been told to keep his mouth shut about GE, or else...
Well, you're wrong but I respect your arguments and find them of quality and well made.
I don't know they were an ex disney employee and they did put some blame on Bob Chaptek, regardless Kathleen Kennedy and the Bobs suck.
New face of how to get fanfiction on TV yeah.
I watched a video that explained that becoming a Jedi in SW:G was originally hard yet underwhelming with Jedis being made of glass and if i remember correctly (it's been quite a while since i saw that vid) permadeath so Jedi in Galaxies always were problems
Uh oh, looks like the executives reportedly were not informed of this, which they should have been especially since KK's hire was literally the personal assistant of Harvey Weinstein (albeit at the start of her career in the mid 2000s), who also just deleted most of her tweets with the earliest now being from March 2020. Nice PR move, probably came in handy to avoid getting burned by being associated with Weinstein.
I suppose, to me, far more impactful than the "I am your father" reveal is what follows that revelation in the next movie: that being, all of Luke and Vader's interactions following that revelation. One of my favorite bits in ROTJ, and something that eclipses all of ESB for me, is the scene where Luke and Vader are sharing a quiet, harrowing moment on the Endor observatory before being shuttled to the Death Star II, particularly the bit where Luke tries to reach out to Vader, who responds with his back turned: "Obi-Wan once thought as you did". You feel that somber desperation with Luke, both in this scene and during his attempts to sway Vader in the dark bowels of the Death Star. You can argue that ESB's simple reveal had more impact than any of that, and you'd have no shortage of people agreeing with you, I'm sure. But it's what a story does with newfound information such as that reveal that strikes a chord with me, not just the advent of that information being revealed.
I heard George Lucas picked Filoni, because he liked Godzilla and Kurosawa more than the others.
Meh, it looks like the guy has lost his mojo. It's not as funny as it used to be.
If it's not just playing the entire movie with one long ding sound effect throughout, then it's wrong.
Yeah, it’s still good in parts, but not as funny as older ones.
Hey, I know this is the 3020s and all but I'm still not comfortable with you taking our women.
I actually brought this up before during my Galaxy's Edge coverage last year. She and Bob Chapek were the idiots who completely ruined the park. Kennedy wanted it to be ST focused and Iger went along with it because this was back in 2015 when he thought the shitty Disney Trilogy would be bigger than sliced bread, and then Kennedy picked her park development team to redesign the park into a freaking shopping mall. This was made even worse when Bob Chapek decided to cut corners and remove features and alien meet&greets from the park. It feels quite satisfying seeing this finally be confirmed.
It does feel out of place with how more obvious its real world influence is, but its something George had in mind for SW as far back as the 80s and maybe before, with 50s-esque diners having regular appearances in media from the early 80s and onward.
I still have my doubts about that claim. I personally think he was trying to push that narrative to shut down any criticism about the Ewoks being an obviously toyetic marketing ploy despite that there was already kiddie books, dolls and a cartoon in the works before ROTJ was even released. I'm betting when he replaced the wookiees with the more cost effective ewoks he thought that he could make them into the next Carebears.
Not just the "movie" (calling it a movie is wrong since it's a bunch of scenes slapped together with no consideration of how they fit) but the title crawl and credits too. The title crawl probably because it contradicts itself or some other Disney bullshit (I was drunk when I watched Plan IX so I don't remember what it was) and the credits because I'm sure Disney cheated or mislabeled some actor or film crew somehow. It wouldn't surprise me given how much of a clusterfuck production was.
