Film director “Star Wars: The Last Jedi“(The last jedi) Ryan Johnson really wants to shoot one of the episodes of the series “Mandalorian“(The mandalorian). He told about this in an interview with a journalist. USA Today Saria Wilson…
According to Johnson, he allegedly negotiated with the head of the animation division. Lucasfilm and the producer of “The Mandalorian” Dave Filoni on the issue of cooperation. However, the production of two sequels to the film “Get knives“(Knives out) for Netflix remains a priority project for the director.
Johnson also claims that he visited the set in the midst of the production of the first season of the series and saw a doll. baby Yoda (Grogu). The director was also delighted with the innovative set.
Note that as part of the promotional campaign of the series “The Mandalorian” it was not mentioned that Ryan Johnson attended the set. At the same time, the visit of the creator was widely covered “Star Wars” George Lucas… It is also interesting that Johnson negotiated with Filoni, but not with the showrunner of the series. John Favreau…
Wilson has long been piece by piece leaks interview with Johnson. Thus, the director claims that Lucasfilm allegedly still plans to launch its separate trilogy in the Star Wars universe.
However, in the past few years, the studio hasn’t talked about the project at all. Only two films officially announced: an unnamed project Taiki Waititi and “Rogue Squadron“(Rogue squadron) Patty Jenkins…
In April 2023, the American office of Lucasfilm went into radio silence. If before the PR department published posts on social networks on a daily basis, in recent weeks only videos have been released on YouTube.
Several dry records as part of the promotion of the animated series “Rejected batch“(The bad batch) Dave Filoni… A separate line goes press releasesdedicated to the cast of the film “Indiana Jones 5“(Indiana Jones 5).
But no more congratulations from people involved in the “Star Wars”, more in Twitter appears. In particular, Lucasfilm “forgot” about the birthday Daisy Ridley, who played the role in the new trilogy Ray Palpatine…
The Last Jedi split the fan community and alienated a significant portion of the paying audience from Star Wars. If the tape J.J. Abrams “Force awakens“(The force awakens) earned more than $ 2 billion, Johnson’s work raised only $ 1.3 billion, and “Skywalker. Sunrise“(The rise of skywalker) – a little over a billion.
In addition, toy sales plummeted, and “Han Solo. Star Wars Tales“(Solo: A Star Wars Story) was the first film in the history of the franchise to flop miserably. Only the series “The Mandalorian” helped to improve the situation for Lucasfilm.
The studio representatives blamed the “Russian trolls” and “white supremacists” for what was happening. But in 2023, the actor spoke sharply about Johnson’s work. John Boyega, who complained about the insults and racism that was happening on the set of the new trilogy. The final result was dissatisfied with myself Mark Hamill, who criticized Ryan Johnson even before the release of The Last Jedi.
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