August 6Aug 6 Andor, by modern standards, bucks the trends againLiving proof that something half decent will retain or grow viewership.
August 8Aug 8 I'm pleased Gina Carano got that settlement - good on Elon Musk for funding that too.. The fact Disney settled and are being very polite towards Carano suggests discovery on that lawsuit would have been absolute fire if it got there. Just sad for her that it took 4 years of her career away when others still working are far worse people with far worse views. But glad she can move on now.
August 11Aug 11 Author We just started watching Skeleton Crew, a few episodes in. My 12 year old son loves it. I previously made him watch Goonies first, he's also seen Pirates of the Caribbean, the Indiana Jones movies and others to get where a lot of the inspiration comes from. I think it's good to have a show that appeals to kids, but also it has some new planets, worlds, droids and other SW stuff to make it interesting enough.
August 12Aug 12 Most of the reviews I saw for Skeleton Crew were basically it was decent; not great, but did its job and was fun. A shame it was caught up in the whole general suckiness of Star Wars and it didn't really get watched.
August 19Aug 19 Damn, that's a quite a burn from the Director of an episode of Andor, and Tony Gilroy too. Don't watch anything else as its crapI said "Yeah, sure, I’m interested,” and I had an interview with Tony and executive producer Sanne Wohlenberg. I loved everything they were saying about what they were trying to do with Andor. This was before season one came out. I said, "Look, I haven’t seen all the spinoffs,” and Tony said, "No, no, don’t watch anything. This is something else. Don’t watch anything, because it will just give you the wrong idea.” With all respect to what’s been made, he really wanted to take Andor in a different direction. He framed it as the Ken Loach version of Star Wars.ScreenRantAndor's Janus Metz Was Told Not To Watch Any Star Wars Be...Andor avoided some Star Wars influences.
August 21Aug 21 Disney had a boys brand in Star Wars, and then changed it a Girls brand with films Rise of Skywalker or TV like the Acolyte because the Force is FemaleThe scale of stupidity in Disney is vast
August 24Aug 24 They could have done it as OG Star Wars sat down, Prequel Star Wars on the right, Disney Star Wars on the left.
September 23Sep 23 I am glad I wasn't the only one that laughed at the AT-AT falling off the road. It looked crappy and cheap for Disney. Why did they include it?However. do I hate the trailer? No. but I don't have any real positive feelings either - it will do ok in the Cinema because of Grogu, but will largely be forgotten 3 weeks after release.
September 25Sep 25 Andor showed what can be done when you mix both together. F1 (not seen yet) reportedly did a good job too. It doesn't need to be bad CGi and dark all the time. And even more ironically, its not cheap to look that bad either
September 27Sep 27 Author It doesn't need to be a movie. Cash grab. Just do more episodes of the show. I thought they were supposed to take the shows and have them end in a movie where they team up against Thrawn?
September 29Sep 29 On 9/27/2025 at 4:57 PM, NOTW said:It doesn't need to be a movie. Cash grab. Just do more episodes of the show.I thought they were supposed to take the shows and have them end in a movie where they team up against Thrawn?Yep after Mando and S2 of Ahsoka has completed..so technically the film is still happening. But so is Riain Johnson's trilogy. And D&D from GoT.At this point, it will just be another film where X will say how great it is, but the cinema numbers will be awful after week 1 of release. Speaking of bad numbers, turns out the Acolyte costs $254m to make 1 series of it. Andor was expensive, but at least looked good for it. Damn
October 9Oct 9 Some info is coming out about the Starfighter film.ComicBook.comI Think Star Wars: Starfighter's Jedi Rumors Are What's B...Star Wars: Starfighter is rumored to have significant connections to the Jedi and the sequel trilogy, which could be just what the franchise needs.Bringing Rey back in a trilogy? Hard pass here. Didn't work the first time, won't work after they slopped Star Wars. Sad...
October 14Oct 14 The Rise of Skywalker cost $593.7m to make. Holy ish, that's a lot of money to spend on a mid at best film. I suspect the next Avengers films will cost similar, thoughForbesCost Of ‘Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker’ Approaches $60...Disney has today revealed that the total cost of 2019’s 'Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker' came to $593.7 million making it the third most expensive movie in history.
October 14Oct 14 Author There's a way forward if they want to use Rey and other sequel characters and salvage it. We saw during the sequels that they overcorrected from fan reaction. The Rise of Skywalker was trying to make up for fan reaction to The Last Jedi, so that tells me they will make corrections if they feel the need, despite still making money on the movies. They could have a new powerful villain Sith/dark Jedi, or group or whatever that proves too strong and difficult for Rey. She could struggle and have issues using the force. They could then explain that while Luke and Leia were alive, "the Force" that awoken was guiding her partly because of their influence. I know, sounds corny. Or just at least acknowledge that she's now regressed or struggling on her own. I always thought that in The Force Awakens, the reason Rey was able to pick up on things so quickly like a Jedi mind trick was that the Force willed it, to help the good guys. Now there's another imbalance in the Force with new dark force users, Luke and Leia gone, Ben was Anakin's grandchild...all those bloodlines are gone. The Skywalker line is gone. Rey encounters new Jedi/force users that have been around but not fully trained Jedi. The Rebels cartoon had Kanan, Ezra, Sabine was trained eventually in the Ahsoka show. Obi-Wan show had another Jedi who was leftover from Order 66. The Ahsoka show had former Jedi in training Baylan Skoll (RIP, would have been perfect for a role like this), and a new dark force villain Shin Hati (Baylan's apprentice or partner or whatever). So Rey can encounter other force users who aren't Jedi, the same way the Knights of Ren weren't Sith. So Rey struggles, takes a step back, has no one to rely on. But encounters force users who had indirect connection to the Jedi order. An older character who never finished training because of Order 66 and relocated to a distant system away from all of it. Rey and this older almost Jedi locate and gather some other force users/force sensitive (there are still naturally force sensitive people born). Make it a team rather than about one main character, like Rogue One.The look, tone and style of all SW content going forward should be like Andor and Rogue One. Grounded, real sets and locations, practical effects, etc. Get a director that can pull really good performances out of the actors.
October 14Oct 14 1 hour ago, NOTW said:There's a way forward if they want to use Rey and other sequel characters and salvage it. They got Clone Wars off the prequels, anything is possible I guess.
October 15Oct 15 17 hours ago, NOTW said:There's a way forward if they want to use Rey and other sequel characters and salvage it. We saw during the sequels that they overcorrected from fan reaction. The Rise of Skywalker was trying to make up for fan reaction to The Last Jedi, so that tells me they will make corrections if they feel the need, despite still making money on the movies.They could have a new powerful villain Sith/dark Jedi, or group or whatever that proves too strong and difficult for Rey. She could struggle and have issues using the force. They could then explain that while Luke and Leia were alive, "the Force" that awoken was guiding her partly because of their influence. I know, sounds corny. Or just at least acknowledge that she's now regressed or struggling on her own. I always thought that in The Force Awakens, the reason Rey was able to pick up on things so quickly like a Jedi mind trick was that the Force willed it, to help the good guys. Now there's another imbalance in the Force with new dark force users, Luke and Leia gone, Ben was Anakin's grandchild...all those bloodlines are gone. The Skywalker line is gone.Rey encounters new Jedi/force users that have been around but not fully trained Jedi. The Rebels cartoon had Kanan, Ezra, Sabine was trained eventually in the Ahsoka show. Obi-Wan show had another Jedi who was leftover from Order 66. The Ahsoka show had former Jedi in training Baylan Skoll (RIP, would have been perfect for a role like this), and a new dark force villain Shin Hati (Baylan's apprentice or partner or whatever). So Rey can encounter other force users who aren't Jedi, the same way the Knights of Ren weren't Sith.So Rey struggles, takes a step back, has no one to rely on. But encounters force users who had indirect connection to the Jedi order. An older character who never finished training because of Order 66 and relocated to a distant system away from all of it. Rey and this older almost Jedi locate and gather some other force users/force sensitive (there are still naturally force sensitive people born). Make it a team rather than about one main character, like Rogue One.The look, tone and style of all SW content going forward should be like Andor and Rogue One. Grounded, real sets and locations, practical effects, etc. Get a director that can pull really good performances out of the actors.Do you want to replace Dave Filoni at Lucasfilm? That makes senseI have one condition though. Absolutely no more Ahsoka.
October 15Oct 15 Author 1 hour ago, UK Eagle said:Do you want to replace Dave Filoni at Lucasfilm? That makes senseI have one condition though. Absolutely no more Ahsoka.I like the Ahsoka character. And she was good in the Mandalorian. She was more stoic and bland in live action than the cartoon, where she was feisty and sassy, and moved quicker. They did a bad job with her character in the Ahsoka TV show. There was a lot of silly stuff. There were some good things in that show as well, and the look and tone of a lot of it was cool.But if they're moving forward with new stories that take place after episode 9, they need new characters. They could draw inspiration from prior content like The Clone Wars show, novels, etc. for planets and races of beings, plot lines, etc. They could scale it down, instead of always being a story to save the entire galaxy, it can be more like Star Trek or certain comic book movies that center on a smaller story. Stopping an invasion or genocide on a certain planet for example. Frankly that's how the Force Awakens should have been.
October 15Oct 15 agreed that they could've done a better job with live action ahsoka, but i guess they wanted to show a more mature and mindful character. with that in mind, i still say part of season one of ahsoka should've been her backstory, which too may didn't know because they didn't watch the animated series. the season should've ended with elsbeth launching to get thrawn.
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