I’m excited to see how Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy will handle and interpret Steven Knight’s script . As to the ongoing conversation in this thread , I’ll just leave this here …https://screenrant.com/star-wars-new-jedi-order-movie-controversy-absurd/
Same here, and nice article. I enjoyed that.
I, for one, am cautiously optimistic. I don’t want to get my hopes up too high, but she and Knight are both pretty competent.
And yeah, it’s crazy that people are hating on this movie while it’s still in pre-production.
Yeah, I really hope this does well,
It is crazy that simply stating that she is the first woman and person of color to direct a Star Wars feature, with the inference being in 2024 it is “about time” this has happened. So what? It is a fact. How important or relevant it is to people of course will vary.
Personally I want to see people from different walks of life and experiences from across the world make Star Wars films and TV series. To being something different “to the table”, whether in story, tone, or style, and what is has to say. Her background is a fascinating one, as a journalist, and documentary maker, and now film maker. I’m looking forward to this film with her directing it, than I would be if JJ was coming back to do it, or other random Hollywood based or the latest “hot-shot” studio director was doing this, or people close to Lucasfilm like Filoni & Favreau.
The rest of that CNN interview was more interesting, personally. Sharmeen talking about a role model who stood out in her journalistic and film making life, the importance of a support structure in difficult times, and the opportunity for other people from minority backgrounds to be given a chance, like someone did for her. So they can tell their own stories. Her film company in Pakistan enabling others to do that in making 15 films last year, and 15 films this year.
The 3 minute CNN interview with Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy: