This is interesting news and I think this is a really good trio of movies as there’s something for everyone. I know some people won’t like that they’re going back to the sequels, but I’m glad because 2/3 of the sequel trilogy was actually really good, and there are fans of that trilogy that are going to be chomping at the bit to see something, anything, out of the sequels given how fast they were abandoned after the disaster that was Rise of Skywalker. The trilogy isn’t going to be fondly remembered when that movie is the final note and them not doing anything with it is what’s giving the impression that the sequel trilogy was a failure even though it all made over 1 Billion Dollars.
Then you’ve got the one I’m most excited about, the James Mangold movie set at the beginning of the Jedi era. I think this one could really appeal to the segment of the fanbase that hasn’t really liked anything Star Wars outside of the original trilogy as this era hasn’t been at all depicted during the Disney era. I think that the stuff that’s working best for Disney’s Star Wars is the series that debuted and focus on completely new characters, I’m talking about Rogue One Andor and The first 2 seasons of The Mandalorian. I think this could appeal to the segment of fans that don’t like much outside The Original Trilogy as we won’t have to compare characters with how they were previously depicted. Also, James Mangold is a fantastic director and if Disney doesn’t interfere too much it’ll be really good.
We’ve also got a movie for fans of the Finoni-verse which has a lot of fans that really seem to love his stuff, I consider myself one of them. Personally, I’m hoping that it’s going to be an animated 3D CG movie because that type of animation on a movie budget would look absolutely incredible. That and the fact that his stuff that’s been inserted into The Mandalorian hasn’t been received that well so maybe seeing some distance from that by doing an animated movie might be a good idea. But yeah if all of these Actually Come Out And Aren’t Cancelled, I think these could do pretty well as they’re really trying to appeal to all segments of the Star Wars fanbase with this.