In February, the studio Lucasfilm intends to launch a new phase of the development of the universe “star Wars“that could give a new breath to the franchise, battered by the current mess of Kathleen Kennedy’s incompetence. It’s about Project luminous.
Little details about this project are few, the studio left hints that were supplemented by insiders. According to preliminary information, as part of Project Luminous, the company intends to focus on a new segment of time in the universe.
Hints contained in comics Star Wars # 2 and The Rise of Kylo Ren # 2. Events related to the multimedia project of the work will unfold 400 years before the film “Phantom menace“This is the era of the so-called.”High republic“when science, art and culture were on the rise, and the Outer Ring was a rather dangerous place.
During this period, there was also a high activity of the Jedi Order, which actively explored Unknown Regions and created new temples. The main events should revolve around the initiative Project starlight.
As the journalist of the TV channel specified ABC Clayton Sandell, in the framework of Project Luminous, only comics and books will be released so far, but not films and series. For this, I also had to completely change the release schedule.
More details about the new initiative. Lucasfilm due in late February. Also known is the composition of the authors, which the studio brought to work:
- Claudia Gray;
- Justin Ireland
- Danielle Jose Alder;
- Cavan Scott;
- Charles Soul.
At the same time, the author of the portal Cinelinx Jordan Mason said that Electronic arts Develops a game related to a new multimedia project. Details have not yet been disclosed, however, it is known that a studio is working on a certain unannounced project based on Star Wars. EA Motive. It is possible that he is related to Project Luminous.
Note that what is happening is very much like a strategy George Lucas which in the mid-90s of the last century launched a multimedia project “Shadows of the Empire“(Shadows of the empire) It’s about the story arc connecting the films “Empire strikes back“and”The Return of the Jedi“. As part of the initiative, a book, comics, merchandise, and a separate video game for PC and Nintendo 64.
Lucas’s attempt to repeat a similar trick with the series Underworld failed, which cannot be said about “The Clone Wars“Despite the uneven start of a feature-length animated film, the main animated series caught on, fueled by books, comics, and video games.
Project Luminous may be a fresh start for Lucasfilm, which is mired in scandals. Do not forget about transferring the series about Obi-Wan Kenobi. In addition, the movie feesSkywalker. Sunrise“collapsed completely.
According to the data Box Office Mojo, world fees for the ninth episode of the saga froze at $ 1.05 billion. At work J.J. Abrams there’s still a chance to overtake the spin-offs “Outcast One“who earned $ 1,056 billion. But about the indicators of the seventh (more than two billion dollars) and eighth (1.3 billion dollars) episodes of the finale of the trilogy Disney It remains only to dream.
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