Discussion Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy Star Wars Movie - NOT FILMING April 7th, 2024 (Blame Fredrik!)

MSW speculates that, with the delays, the Rey film could become Episode X.

 

It pretty much always was.

 

What does this even mean? How would delays turn this into Episode X if it weren’t already intended to be Episode X?

 

Isn’t he pretty inaccurate when he tries to speculate?

 

I think he means they may now market it as Episode X with taglines like “the Skywalker saga returns,” etc., and actually put “episode x” in the crawl.

I could see them also trying to coax Mark Hamill back so that they can put ghost Luke all over the marketing too.

 

Why would the delay make them do that?

 

Probably already was with re-write of Daisy Ridley back as Rey Skywalker.

 

When did "quoting the impression" become a thing? Anyway, I'll let that slide... But you seem to be arguing degrees of logic at DLF. Point being, DLF have history of poor PR, being erratic and reactive in how they respond... and often illogical. I think we've expended enough energy with this one.

I could imagine that as the script/conceit matures, they become more confident in the opportunities it could present for going forwards... especially if Filoni is more involved than he was 12/18 months ago. Perhaps the big bad in the Filoniverse becomes the big bad of X etc?

 

The's 40-50 years time span between both

 

Yeah if the Rey film is indeed going to be episode X it probably always was intended to be episode X. They said the Skywalker story was ending but I think the idea that the numbered movies were ending was just fan speculation.

 

I think a lot of this will be possibly down to Filoni and Fav... they are able to see the bigger picture... and if they (particularly Filoni) has more input/control over future stories, he's probably more able to bring elements together, and in turn, can sell the opportunity of long form cinematic story telling to Kennedy et al. I suspect there will be much needed synergy/connectivity between these films (including the Mangold one).

 

Nope

 

Somebody might but I won't. I have tried listening to that dude's podcasts in the past and it sounds more like college buddies making 'bro jokes to each other than something to listen to for legitimate information. He may very well get legitimate info but he doesn't have a very good online personality.

 

Its why best just wai to someone post on Reddit or X

 

I can squint and see the rationale behind this, being that there would be discomfort in promoting it as Episode X when they just ended the Saga a few years ago. The closer you get to the 10-year mark since the release of TRoS (similar to TFA releasing 10 years after "the circle was complete" with RotS), the easier it gets to position the film that way officially, as a matter of marketing. It's not GREAT logic, but it's there, certainly from a suits perspective.

 

I listened to the MSW podcast yesterday so y’all don’t have to, first time in years. Still has the awkward-cringe bro energy, anyway, you’re welcome.

Regarding the speculation that the Rey movie delay will morph it into episode X, it was barely mentioned, but I believe that’s speculation reflecting its rocky development. Originally they wanted this one to come out first and they had Lindelof onboard, he even produced a script for them. At that time it looked more like a stand-alone which could be optioned to other films depending on how things panned out and Rey was supposedly somewhat older. But then Lindelof got radioactive, and the strikes happened, and Knight didn’t produce a script, and now the Mando movie is getting pushed ahead. MSW speculates that when the dust settles it may have a more concrete place in an overall plan. And iirc it was just speculation, no sources have ever outright said it would be episode X.

And if that doesn’t make you hate MSW enough here’s the cherry on top: speculation that Lindelof’s cancellation was premature and has blown over, so he could be brought back onboard with some evolutions to the original script.

 

I hope Lucasfilm realizes that Episode X should be completely new. It would be an artistic and financial mistake to simply pick up where the ST left off.

Let's jump ahead ~100 years and see all new heroes, villains, ships, planets, etc. There's a time and place to continue Rey's story, but it's not in the mainline movie franchise.

 

Wait, you're suggesting that continuing Rey's story (a story that is directly tied to the Skywalkers and Palpatine) is less relevant to the main story than a story that takes places 100s of years in the future? I have to disagree with that.

 

If you’re going to jump ahead far enough that nothing from the prior films is relevant, then there’s no case for calling it Episode X.

 

Correct, they will instead call it Episode XX

 

MSW keeps mentioning that LFL will somehow bring Lindelof back but that goes against everything that Jeff Sneider has reported. Sneider has said that the Lindelof script wasn’t good and that the relationship between him and LFL ended in a really bad place. Sneider seems to know more about what’s happening inside LFL than MSW nowadays.

 

There is no reason to call it episode 10 if its something new. Heck there is no reason to call it episode 10 at all.

 

$$$$$$.

 

But they won't be giving all their movies "episode" titles. And they will still want those movies to make bank too. So throwing it all in one basket would be pointless and might even make people think less of the other movies released. Especially if you go buy "episode 10" as the big $$$$$$$.

But then of course whats the point of carrying on the saga of episodes? Where is there to go to give it another ending? Or is it just gonna be a constant continuation leading u episode 20 because $$$$$$