As 2023 approaches, the confrontation in Lucasfilm reaches its climax. This is expressed in a huge number of rumors and leaks from insiders and official news about upcoming projects that regularly appear on the Internet. At the same time, studio employees can be divided into three parts: the team of the head of Lucasfilm Kathleen Kennedydirector’s team John Favreau and pragmatists stuck in the center of the storm.
Lucas and Favre Hate The Last Jedi
Producer and screenwriter shared a new piece of information about what is happening in the bowels of the studio Kamran Pasha, which is known for the series “Kingdom“as well as the animated series”Tron: Rebellion“. In an interview with the portal GeeksandGamers.com he said that the creatorStar wars” George Lucas literally hates the movie Ryan Johnson “The last Jedi“
“I know people who personally interact with George Lucas … They told me that he hates The Last Jedi and is terrified of what happened.”
After criticism of “Awakenings of power“Lucas (he stated that work J.J. Abrams reuses material from old films) tries not to comment on projects Disney. Presumably, the terms of the contract stipulate that the director can not afford statements that adversely affect the value of the franchise. However, in private conversations, Lucas calls Johnson’s work “soulless”
A producer’s statement intersects with information from a blogger Doomcockwhose sources previously claimed that after watching the eighth episode, George Lucas stated: “I made a terrible mistake”
Kamran Pasha added that with the position of George Lucas agree and John Favreau. The producer noted that he knows the person who worked with the showrunner “Mandalorian“over a series of films. It turned out that it was after watching The Last Jedi that Favreau realized that Star Wars was uncontrollably rushing into the abyss. And there was something to be done.
The director is not only a passionate fan of the series, but also has a great influence in Disney due to the fact that he was at the origins of the creation of the cinema universe Marvel, and also took off by order Mickey mouse super-successful remakes “Jungle Books“and”Lion king“. As Pasha emphasized, it was not Favreau who was invited to work on the Mandalorian, but he himself offered his services.
“He actively lobbied for his participation in the project because he is a fan and wanted to save the franchise. It was not just Lucasfilm who turned to him, but he started saying:“ Guys, I can help with this. You are on the wrong track, “said the producer.
Star Wars awaits restart
Doomcock shared new rumors about plans to further develop the Star Wars universe. Information must be taken with skepticism, although it comes from several sources at once. The blogger himself emphasizes that she also contradicts some information from other insiders and known facts, which speaks of the struggle of the groups.
The rumor is this: supposedly at Lucasfilm, they are working on a plan to restart the Star Wars universe. Specifically, insiders mentioned “Well of Strength“that referred to the animated series”Rebels”
In the fourth season, the so-called Interworld – a place that exists outside of time and space. Force-sensitive creatures could gain access to it.
Once in the World, the main character of the animated series Ezra Bridger through the portal to the past could save from death in the past Ahsoku Tano, which in the second season on Malacor was left face to face with Darth Vader. It was emphasized that with a change in the course of events, you can screw up so that a new timeline will be formed.
According to insiders, Lucasfilm’s secret plan is to rewrite the current canon of Star Wars with the help of Interworld, to bring Disney’s new trilogy beyond, creating an alternative story. In fact, this is a concept Multiverse from comics and films Marvel.
Note that a similar idea was popular in the fan community. Before the leaks in the script of the film “Skywalker. Sunrise“many built theories that in the ninth episode the main characters will go back in time, which would lead the trilogy out of the impasse into which Johnson’s film led it. But Abrams took the most hackneyed way, simply canceling or ignoring the scenic decisions from the eighth episode, turning the tape into an illogical “porridge on aids.”
It is also interesting that recent statements by the writer intersect with the rumor. Matt Martinwhich is part of the story group. The scriptwriter said that the canon is still fictitious, so everyone who doesn’t like the Disney trilogy can ignore it.
The plan allegedly has already begun to be translated into reality, but it will never be supported by the head of Lucasfilm Kathleen Kennedy, because this is a direct threat to its “heritage” and a kind of slap in the face. However, the time of the top manager is coming to an end, because her contract expires in 2023.
Passion for Filoni
Strange events unfold around the head of animation projects Lucasfilm Dave Filoniwho is part of the Favreau team. Earlier portal LRM Online citing an informed source, he wrote that the studio intends to change the approach to creating projects in the Star Wars universe, which are released exclusively on the streaming platform Disney +.
From mid-2021, one show will be released at Disney + once a quarter. In this case, all series will be connected by a single storyline. The over-runner of the Mandalorians and the head of animation projects Dave Filoni will oversee all work for the streaming platform.
However, around this time, a number of bloggers and fans suddenly opposed Filoni. The reason was the producer’s speech in National Center for Women and Information Technology (NCWIT) The performance took place in 2016, after which the video was posted on the official YouTube channel Star wars, but drew attention to the video just now.
Bloggers especially did not like the fact that Dave Filoni began to make fun of fans from the rostrum. From the speech you can understand that he is offended by the criticism associated with the full-length cartoon pilot “The Clone Wars. According to Filoni, he was outraged that some criticized Lucasfilm for making the project “for children” and adding a female character, Asoku Tano.
“Yes? Good! How old were you when you first watched Star Wars? Oh, when I watched Star Wars, I was seven years old, my father took me to the show. And I’m like that: Yeah … and you now you want to deprive the children of the opportunity, because … “, the producer ironically retold his conversation with fans to the audience’s laughter.
As for Ahsoka, Filoni said that she was created taking into account the young female audience. And if we talk about “characters for boys”, the producer is sure that “strong, independent and smart character” will appeal not only to girls, but also to boys.
He mentioned and Ray Palpatine. According to Filoni, Lucasfilm tried to create a wide variety of characters. With a caustic grin, he added that when it became known that the main character of The Force Awakens would be a “strong and independent” Ray, “panic began on the streets.”
“Then the trailer comes out, and all of them: Oh my god! Another female character at the head. Oh my god! How dishonest!” – he added maliciously.
The audience now perceived ambiguously such statements. Some now consider Filoni a “traitor”, others urge not to judge so unambiguously. Let’s try to figure it out.
First, you need to understand the context. It was May 2016, before the premiere of “The Last Jedi” about a year and a half remained. At that moment, it seemed that Kennedy’s exchange rate was completely justified in terms of income (Awakening Strength raised two billion dollars, and the Rogue One spin-off, released at the end of 2016, raised more than a billion). Therefore, it was pointless to go against the system.
This position is held by Kamran Pasha, who believes that Dave Filoni told the public at this conference what Kathleen Kennedy herself wanted to hear. In addition, the atmosphere in modern Hollywood can not be called healthy. For words that diverge from the “general line”, you can be subjected to public harassment and subsequent dismissal, and the “general line” itself becomes more and more vague for interpretations every year.
The second is Filoni’s personal insult to Star Wars fans. You need to understand that he is still the director of the worst movie release franchise in history (35/100 on Metacritic.com) Yes, with a budget of just $ 8.5 million, the Clone Wars raised more than $ 68 million, but it’s crumbs for such a significant IP.
The series also had problems: for a long time, none of the American television networks wanted to take it (leadership Warnermedia forced Cartoon network sign a contract), and many perceived the first season ambiguously (he was harmed by the non-linear narrative when the series do not go in chronological order). Do not forget that the new “Clone Wars” removed from the canon the old “The Clone Wars“(short from Gendy tartakovsky), which only further confused the audience.
Gradually, the Filoni team was able to gain the trust of the fan community thanks to interesting stories and prescribed characters. If originally Ahsoka Tano resembled a “trait from a snuffbox” (appeared literally from nowhere), then in the end she became one of the most famous characters in the saga. But Filoni clearly held a grudge.
Arguments that conservative fans are opposed to “children’s projects” and “female heroines” do not withstand any criticism in principle. Under Lucas, Lucasfilm offered a line of products for the whole family, trying to reach all demographic audiences, including young: designers, video games, many different animation projects (Boba Fett debuted for the first time in the cartoon), children’s books and even films (Lucas produced several films about evoks).
The fan harassment trend began to take shape under Kennedy, while Lucas himself tried to ignore most of the criticism. As it is now known, the top manager is confident that the original Star Wars trilogy is supposedly interesting only to people aged 50 years and older, so you need to expand your audience. When the core of the fan base was outraged by the “innovations”, Lucasfilm and her retinue from the media began to drown the fans of the franchise with might and main, calling them “trolls”, “misogynists”, “white men”, “racists” and so on and so forth.
There is nothing wrong with integrating female characters. But modern Hollywood has misplaced priorities, and the noble concept of the struggle for social justice and universal equality has been perverted. You need to understand that the idea must be supported by a quality history, which just does not happen. The result is Ray Palpatine – “strong and independent” Mary suewhich makes everything better by default.
The lion’s share of the audience does not matter whether the character is strong or weak. But the hackneyed work of filmmakers is striking and can scare people away and cause widespread hatred. In the old canon of Star Wars, there were many interesting female characters that fall under the concept of “strong and smart character.” Attempts to promote the idea to the detriment of the narrative slide into absurdity.
As for Dave Filoni, his work shows that he shares the concept of the struggle for social justice. The main difference from Kennedy and her minions is that he can create fascinating stories and work on a script.
Therefore, his team managed to create many interesting characters: Ahsoku TanoRex Sabin Wren, Ezra Bridger, Hera Sendullu, Darth Maul etc. Lucasfilm team’s team was annoying Ray Sue, Finn, Rose tiko and Emilyn Holdo, which everyone knows as “that aunt with purple hair.”
Let’s make a remake of the original trilogy! Wait what?
As we mentioned above, Kathleen Kennedy does not intend to give up without a fight, actively putting sticks in wheels of the head of All Disney Bob Iger and opponents from the camp of Favro / Filoni. This is expressed in causing the maximum possible damage to the franchise. And it’s not just about the series from the former assistant Harvey Weinstein Leslie Headlandwho was forcibly given a “green light” through controlled rumors of rumors through loyal media outlets.
Say, how do you like the idea of rewriting the original trilogy of Lucas? It sounds crazy, but it’s already happening. For example, in an animated web series Star Wars Galaxy of Adventures there is a series dedicated to the Battle of Hot. In it, Leia Organa was turned into a general, entrusting the command of evacuation and battle. In this case, the film was directed by a male general Karlist Riekan. This episode is for some reason not available in Russia.
Do not forget that the new canon is trying to level out the exploits of Luke Skywalker to please the main character “Outcast One” Gene Erso. Or that in one of the new comics for the children, Skywalker was turned into an androgyne.
Some journalists are already urging Lucasfilm to begin work on a remake of the George Lucas trilogy, which will take into account all current trends. This article was just recently published by the portal Comicbook.com.
At the same time, Kennedy has another secret weapon – Ryan Johnson. Recall that at one time it was announced that the director would work on his separate trilogy in the Star Wars universe. After the scandal with The Last Jedi, the project was quietly buried, but not officially canceled. And if necessary, the head of Lucasfilm can always get him out of the chest.
According to the LRM Online portal, the Ryan Johnson trilogy is at an early stage of production. According to the preliminary plan, the first film will be released after the tape Thai waititifor which they booked 2024.
It must be emphasized: Johnson is not a bad director, but he was charged with making a film that was part of the trilogy. The director decided to shock everyone by showing everyone the middle finger with the approval of the head of Lucasfilm. As a result, he undermined the financial stability of the brand and the trust of a loyal audience. The re-announcement of the trilogy from Johnson could deliver another powerful blow to the brand, which is already in a precarious position.
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