File this under ‘Rumour’ for now
The Darkhorizons site is mooting that the discarded ‘Rogue Squadron’ movie project is possibly being reworked as a TV show now -
https://www.darkhorizons.com/rogue-squadron-to-become-a-tv-series/
Kathy Kennedy herself said in 2023 that this was a possibility.
Had the Ben Solo movie gotten made, I have a feeling it woulda lifted elements from the scrapped Duel of the Fates script (mainly Mortis). On the other hand, maybe it woulda been cool to see Ben have to explore the criminal underworld, and get a taste of his dad’s life.
LFL posted this today (“coincidence”): https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YGLJ43vqFxk
Adam Driver confirmed in an interview today that in 2021 he tried convincing Disney to make a movie about Kylo coming back to life called The Hunt for Ben Solo, but they said no.
Oh yeah that’s definitely for a callback when Ahsoka shows up.
Ahsoka is still lost in another galaxy and season 2 of her show doesn’t come out until after this movie. I doubt she’s in this.
Never knew about any of this. Very cool stuff!
The Shawn Levy directed film has begun production in the U.K.
Amy Adams is an interesting addition.
I finally got around to binging season 2 and absolutely loved it! This show is one of my favorite things ever now.
Not sure if this has been discussed here yet but:
New rumor going around is that the theatrical re-release of Star Wars A New Hope planned for 2027 will be the original, unaltered version… but they might use AI to upscale it to 8k/ 120 frames per sec.
You joke (I think?) but Cameron literally used that TrueCut technology to “motion grade” certain scenes in Titanic and Avatar for 48 frames per second.
Wasn’t joking: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7rjebUZNRHs&pp=ugUEEgJlbtIHCQmtCQGHKiGM7w%3D%3D
Not sure if this has been discussed here yet but:
New rumor going around is that the theatrical re-release of Star Wars A New Hope planned for 2027 will be the original, unaltered version… but they might use AI to upscale it to 8k/ 120 frames per sec.
Jeff Sneider (sometimes right and sometimes wrong) says that Smith is actually playing an imperial commander this time around.
Matt Smith is confirmed to be playing the big bad in Starfighter (the post-episode 9 movie). He’s probably playing the “Sith King” character that Palpatine was originally gonna transform into in episode 9. It was described as all the Sith morphed together or something. So, in a sense: somehow Palpatine returns (again).
Well so far he hasn’t done anything for Star Wars or Star Trek for that matter. He was a producer on the Fox X-men series and did two lousy attempts on adapting the Dark Phoenix Saga the second of which he directed, and which closed out the Fox X-men franchise on a whimper.
I guess his name is in the credits of Logan and Deadpool and Wolverine and Lucasfilm wants that kind of cachet. I mean look they desperately want Sean Levy to make a Star Wars movie as well.
Hasn’t done anything for Star Wars? You do realize he was involved in the early story stages of TFA and R1, right? He even got a thank-you credit in both movies. He also basically co-created Rebels, alongside Filoni.
Kennedy just confirmed that Shawn Levy’s movie (the one Ryan Gosling is starring in) takes place “five or six years” after TRoS and that some st characters could be in it. So I guess the rumors of it being an “old lady Rey” movie were false.
So now, we have this:
Shawn Levy’s movie (5-6 years after TRoS)
Sharmeen Chinoy’s movie (15 years after TRoS)
Simon Kinberg’s trilogy (some undisclosed time after TRoS)
Kathy Kennedy confirmed she’s retiring at the end of this year.
James Gunn says swamp thing isn’t happening anytime soon, so maybe this movie really will happen first.
IMO Interstellar proved he’s capable of adapting to film what would usually work best if it stuck to the written word. Considering that, I believe this adaption will be amazing. I have high hopes.
The emotional undercurrent in Tenet was non-existent, and a bit inaccessible on repeat watches of Oppenheimer. I hope that isn’t the case here, but he’ll likely stick to his usual style. Bracing myself to be disappointed again in this regard.
Have they confirmed who’d be directing the photography?
This person: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoyte_van_Hoytema
First look at Damon as Odysseus:
https://vxtwitter.com/odysseymovie/status/1891519115262669304
Nolan also built a life-sized Trojan horse.
I wonder if they’ll use British accents.
George Nolfi is officially the new writer of Sharmeen’s movie (so I guess getting Kasdan back didn’t work out).
At least they hired a new writer. So, it’s not dead in the water. Just severely delayed. No way in hell does it come out in 2026 for Christmas.
As for Larry I hope we get the second season of light and magic soon.
Disney already confirmed that the December 2026 date is gone. For now, these are the only dates:
May 2026 - Mando & Grogu
December 2027 - unknown movie
If I had to guess: they’re gonna squeeze the Gosling movie into May 2027, and then use December 2027 for either Mangold’s film, or the Thrawn movie. Whichever one doesn’t come out in December 2027 will likely come out in May 2028 instead. Not sure where Lando’s film fits into all this. And stuff like Taika’s film and Rogue Squadron are never gonna happen anyways.
Ryan Gosling may be onboard for Shawn Levy’s upcoming movie -
Jeff Sneider says he still thinks Rey will have a small role in this one too. Should be interesting either way.
George Nolfi is officially the new writer of Sharmeen’s movie (so I guess getting Kasdan back didn’t work out).
Apparently Jabba’s son is gonna be a buff gladiator with scars on his face and a vibrator sword in this movie. Idk about you guys, but that sounds hot to me…
I haven’t watched this show, and it’s encouraging to read all the positive reactions. But it seems this show barely registered on this forum’s radar, judging by the extremely limited engagement in this thread. In contrast, the thread for The Acolyte (which had a mostly luke-warm or negative reception on this forum) generated like 15 pages of posts, and the Andor and Kenobi threads generated even more than that. It seems this forum is just not particularly interested in Skeleton Crew. I wonder if this is a more universal phenomenon that extends beyond this forum. I wouldn’t be surprised if this is the case, because this show does not use widely-known pre-existing characters and has a very unique or niche premise for a Star Wars show.
This reminds me of a larger conversation about awareness and advertising for streaming shows. I mean, 20 years ago whenever a Hollywood film or network TV show (especially something as culturally impactful as Star Wars) was released, the marketing would be pretty much unavoidable. You would become aware of the show fairly quickly, and then be constantly reminded of its existence via an unrelenting bombardment of television commercials, movie trailers, billboards, etc. But nowadays, fewer and fewer people (particularly younger people with Disney+ subscriptions) watch cable television or go to the movie theatre, choosing instead to watch things on YouTube or other online platforms. Of course, these streaming video platforms do embed video advertisements in their content, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen an ad for Skeleton Crew. Perhaps there are fewer vectors available to advertisers nowadays to cost-effectively spread awareness among target audiences than there was in the past. Or perhaps the target audiences are scattered across too many different online platforms, making it difficult to cost-effectively reach them, unlike 20 years ago when everyone was watching the same television networks and seeing the same movies in theaters. This problem is probably further exacerbated by the niche premise of Skeleton Crew and the fact that its title lacks any connection to the Star Wars IP. Of course, if you already subscribe to Disney+ you’ll see new shows advertised on the home screen, but if you don’t already have Disney+ you might never become aware of new shows.
Personally, I was aware of Skeleton Crew and its Goonies-inspired premise months ago, and I subscribe to Disney+. But I still haven’t watched any episodes. I’m not even sure why. The limited promotional material and positive reviews I’ve seen simply haven’t sufficiently motivated me to actually go watch it, even though I (perhaps hypocritically) really do want to encourage the production of original shows like this that take creative risks with the Star Wars IP. That’s how you get really outstanding stuff like Andor.
Negativity always generates more discussion than positivity. There’s only so many ways you can say you liked something, but there’s certainly plenty of ways to express how much you hate something…
The finale was pretty damn good, I must say
