I think the plan after IX is to focus on the upcoming TV series. They have a built-in audience for the Rogue One prequel and it's really freaking cool that Alan Tudyk and Diego Luna will return. As much as I LOVE The Mandalorian, there is so much territory to mine with the R1 prequel series.

There's going to be a massive audience for the Obi Wan series. And if (and this is just an IF at this point, although rumors persist) the 4th series is set during the time of Solo: A Star Wars story, with many of the actors from that movie returning to the series, it'll give Lucasfilm and whoever's in charge an opportunity to divert from the disaster of the Skywalker sage and rebuild trust with the fan base.

Unfortunately, the cat's out of the bag with 7-9 and it's difficult to see them just outright disregarding the sequels, at least in our lifetime.

FYI, the time to subscribe to Disney Plus for you is November 28th, as the final episode of The Mandalorian airs on December 27th. There's a lot of great content, including brand new 4K versions of I-XI, Solo and R1.

TV is the way.

Game of Thrones, say what you will about the ending, showed that a franchise does not need to be reliant on movies to be insanely successful.

Squirmin Herman Mother****ing Sack of **** Edwards kept a job for 3 years.

Just a regular wood one. She couldn't even spring for a crystal plunger handle.

Thanks, I'll keep that in mind. I've so far successfully fought the urge. :D

Broadcast TV still sucks but the HBO/Streaming TV shows are thriving. The best era of TV ever. Tarantino allowed to tell his stories over 8 hours instead of under 3? Expand the background of the Star Wars stories? Star Trek? Do some science fiction stuff, maybe from books that wasn’t possible before due to the cost of effects and needs more time than a movie to tell the story correctly.

I still love going to the movies and the big screens and sound. I like watching TV at home on my 70inch TV but the young people are happy watching on their laptops and their 20inch computer monitor. How content is delivered is changing. TV can step into that new lane easily.

They've screwed up this last trilogy so bad that the next movie should end with Bobby Ewing stepping out of the shower.

https://www.comicbookmovie.com/sci-f...sident-a171739

:banghead:

Nope... definitely no comics:

https://www.marvel.com/comics/events/327/star_wars

While there were definitely no 800 page novels... they did have 600 page novels before the edict that the EU was no longer relevant.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Star_Wars_books

Didn't watch TLJ after I saw some summaries and won't watch this shit. Outside the name Star Wars these POS's have nothing in common with the others so no need to watch.

i can't wait!

i have read no leaks!

I really want/hope I love it.

Still don't mind TLJ.

Still do not like TFA.

Mahomes is a Star Wars geek

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Just in case anyone is interested, Colin Trevorrow confirms that the return of The Emperor was JJ's idea when he was hired to write and direct Episode IX and not something that according to KK at the April 2019 Star Wars Celebration, "was planned all along" (which is something that I mentioned earlier in this thread).

https://www.empireonline.com/movies/...ker-last-jedi/

Abrams, who took over co-writing and shooting the movie, went in some significantly different directions, including a return for a classic character. "Bringing back the Emperor was an idea JJ brought to the table when he came on board," Trevorrow says. "It’s honestly something I never considered".


Also, JJ Abrams was on Good Morning America this morning and revealed that the film was completed on Sunday.

Sunday being November 24, 2019, which again, I mentioned earlier in the thread. I'm not sure at what level of "completion" they're claiming but if I hear anything further, I'll be sure to post.

Did the studio post leaks earlier to see the hardcore fans reaction?

I don't think I'm going to be able to drag myself to the theater for this -- and I saw the original in the theater in May 1977.

Disney has extinguished the flame in me.

Idiots...