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  1. Adam Lenhardt

    New Star Wars Trilogy Announced (Rian Johnson)

    I think that will greatly depend on how Avatar 2 performs. If the franchise missed its moment and the sequel badly underperforms, then Disney will probably shift the future movies to a less competitive release day, and maybe consolidate the five movies into three or four.
  2. Adam Lenhardt

    New Star Wars Trilogy Announced (Rian Johnson)

    Also, Disney requires content and right now Episode IX is the only thing in production. With the anthology films on hold for the time being and no plans for more saga films, Rian's trilogy is at least a path forward. It'll also be interesting to see how aggressively Benioff and Weiss move to...
  3. Adam Lenhardt

    New Star Wars Trilogy Announced (Rian Johnson)

    I don't think the average moviegoer gives one wit about who the director is, unless that filmmaker constitutes a brand (like Hitchcock in the fifties or Spielberg today). Either Johnson's concept is one that Lucasfilm is confident will put butts in seats, or it isn't. And it's not like The Last...
  4. Adam Lenhardt

    New Star Wars Trilogy Announced (Rian Johnson)

    I always viewed the Jedi training as more of a process of unlearning than learning; you come into it with certain preconceptions of how the universe works, and the Jedi training deconstructs those preconceptions and rebuilds your understanding of the universe in a new way. Anakin spent the...
  5. Adam Lenhardt

    New Star Wars Trilogy Announced (Rian Johnson)

    I'm glad this new trilogy "is separate from the episodic Skywalker saga". I hope they stick with Lucas's plan that the main saga films are an intergenerational family drama, where the family in question just so happens be at the center of the events which shape the galaxy. It's also too soon to...
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