A/V Rogue Squadron movie announced, directed by Patty Jenkins

Well art is subjective...So maybe more people liked it than you give the internet credit for

And to be fair Rogue Squadron has been development for at least 3 years if Patty Jenkins was hired way before her announcement.

 

If we can't get Wedge or Poe in a post-IX film, at least give me more Jessika Pava.

 

Well as always though, here is the press release

Take what you will

 

I disagree, I think post-ST could be really interesting and exciting.

But I hadn't considered the NR era before. That could be interesting.

i mean the movie could be set IN the OT time for all we know.

 

I'm curious what is meant by "boundary-pushing". I assume it refers to visual effects?

 

One of the big reasons I want this film to be New Republic era, is we had very little appearance of the NR in the ST (a sad mistake) before it was blown up. Its nice seeing them pop up in The Mandalorian, but I doubt we will see the NR partake in any large scale space combat in live action unless it was done in film.

The opening of Rogue Squadron could give us another perspective of the Battle of Jakku before doing a time jump of some years where the main plot is centered in.

I want to see a Starhawk in live action. Maybe even an Imperial Star destroyer in Republic hands.

The main plot could be a Rogue Squadron tasked on defeating a pirate fleet (which also has stolen star destroyer).

A plot like that can allow the familiar Xwings vs Imp ships, but also vs other styles of ships, since a pirate fleet would likely be diverse in that fashion.

 

Could mean any number of things.

I mean has a woman directed a Star Wars film before? That could be called Boundary-pushing.

 

You mean Patty Jenkins writing herself into the story as not only a great pilot but a great Jedi as well, who tells Luke Skywalker he's a terrible teacher?

 

Well, I did say early Stackpole novels.

 

Then let that be what TV and the Mandoverse is! TV Books Comics and Games should be the things that fill in the games (High Republic being the exception) have the movies push forward or push waaaay back the Timeline and not be stuck in that 30 year gap.

Fertile projects...that are probably best set for TV, Books games and comics, which are the job to fill in the gaps.

 

Rogue One came before the streaming service with 10 shows and most of them around Ot trilogy, so yeah go post ST era and show use Wedge, Poe, Rey and Finn in cameo roles.

 

Rogue One honestly is the exception and not the rule.

And to be honest again...I think people just don't want it to be ST related because of anti-Sequel bias.

Plus i'm just sick of Jakku like Finn said "Why does everyone wanna go back to Jakku"

 

Yeah but why can't Rogue Squadron be post Sequel Trilogy? I'm really not hearing a good argument against it.

 

I don't think most people here are arguing against it, just stating preferences for why they'd like to see it in another era (or not even stating preferences, but merely thinking out loud about possibilities). A preference for one option doesn't automatically mean you're a hater or biased against a different option. It can just be... a preference.

I can somewhat understand why you'd be defensive about this, considering your own preference is post-ST and that indeed there are plenty of people online who, uh, vigorously vocalize their dislike of the ST, but the Lit subforum is pretty good about that second part, and dislike is usually delivered in a decent tone. Maybe I'm just taking such posts in better faith when I shouldn't be, but... I think you're reading "I would like to see X" as "because I'm anti-Y!" when that isn't always what's implied.

 

RoS ends very abruptly and arguably way too neatly. But that very same structure is an opportunity for a film like Rogue Squadron.

Say you open with a scrawl of the First and Final Orders being defeated, but a sole Final Order ship has escaped the Battle of Exegol. Rogue Squadron is to seek and destroy it....

It all depends on how much Disney really wants RoS as The End.

 

I mean once upon a time Episode 6 ended all smiles and Ewok dance parties

And then the special editions did the TROS thing and made things seem even neater

but all you need is a Thrawn Trilogy or Aftermath and BOOM it all gets recontexulized

 

You, er, know the EU's snarky reply in 1998 to the RotJ Special Edition Jid?

 

No

I know that Isard put down the Coruscant uprising brutally though

 

Pretty much that. X-Wing 6 Iron Fist has a character recount protesters pulling down a statue of the Emperor on Coruscant, then stormtroopers turn up.... Years later, Aftermath did similar for its prologue.

A good story could be built around hunting down a rogue Xyston Star Destroyer, crewed by Final Order fanatics.

 

the rise of the criminal empire.

 

They do have that OT-era Pirate SSD to deal with.....