News Deadline-- Simon Kinberg signs deal for new trilogy-

[Set Harth]

And since they got their hand slapped over The Acolyte, they'll hesitate to go back to that era, unfortunately.

 

[Gaith]

From what I've seen and heard, The Acolyte was basically a prequel-era show. It could have been set 10 years before the prequels instead of 100 and been pretty much exactly the same. So, I don't buy that it was any big risk, time/setting-wise.

 

[Saul]

You know what. I bet it really is episode 10,11,12. That Rey movie is gonna disappear and she'll be in this trilogy instead. And that's far smarter money than what disney have been doing with all these throw a dart at the board projects.

 

[Tuskin38]

The other two shows had basically no redeeming features

You're always very wrong.

 

[Neroon]

Are we assuming Kennedy herself has decided? Maybe she wants him to do outlines for both, and she'll decide what she wants later.

BTW, how many times can Kennedy fail and yet keep her job?! What does she think she is, the Republican nominee for president, or something?

@Gaith - Please keep the politics out of here and focus on the topic at hand. Otherwise, it will be a warning.

 

[Tuskin38]

From what I've seen and heard

Well, you saw and heard wrong

 

[JD]

He also made Thor 3

It's also worth keeping in mind that he also made What We Do In The Shadows, Jojo Rabbit, and Last Goal Wins which I believe were all fairly well liked. The one of those I've seen so far is What We Do In The Shadows, which was pretty great.

IF, and that's a big IF, this is a Skywalker saga trilogy, my interest is already a lot less.
The Skywalker saga has been told and should be done. I'm mildly interested in the new Rey movie, but that's it.

I've seen multiple reports saying it's not a Skywalker trilogy, so I think we can be pretty certain that it's not.

It's amazing that for god knows how long fans have been asking for an Old Republic setting, and Disney just keeps going back to the same few decades of in-universe setting, with the exception of The Acolyte. And personally, that was what interested me the most about that show.

I'm hoping The Acolyte wasn't enough to scare them off from setting more stuff in The High Republic era, but with the way these things tend to work out, it probably has. It seems like more often than not, the people in charge of this kind of stuff always focus on the wrong reasons when deciding why something failed.

 

[Xerxes82]

The Acolyte's myriad problems have nothing to do with it's setting. The writing is problematic. I can see what the authors intended, but that intention is lost in the translation to the screen. Casting also wasn't the greatest, with really only Sol and The Stranger being worth watching. When your lead twins are far and away the least interesting part of your show, somebody done screwed up.

There are the bones of some interesting ideas buried in there, though. Sol's descent into madness being one of them. But none of them are really executed all that deftly. Manny Jacinto makes The Stranger compelling and magnetic, but the character just doesn't have enough meat.

 

[Mage]

I've seen multiple reports saying it's not a Skywalker trilogy, so I think we can be pretty certain that it's not.

Then again.....

Daisy Ridley's Rey set to play role in several new Star Wars movies

Daisy Ridley's Rey is set to play a role in several Star Wars movies that are in development, but which will actually be released?

www.joblo.com

 

[Set Harth]

I can see what the authors intended, but that intention is lost in the translation to the screen.

Is it, though?

 

[Tuskin38]

She can show up without it being a Skywalker movie.

 

[Kor]

As long as he doesn't direct. He has co-written a couple of my favorite movies and produced some solid movies, but directed a couple of real stinkers.

Kor

 

[think]

A long time ago in another galaxy far, far away... something else happened???

 

[fireproof78]