Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019) Non-Spoilers! (1 Viewer)

[TravisR]

I keep seeing people calling this the last episode. Do we really think this will be the last “episode” in the series, that Disney will be content with ending the “episode” series? I fully expect a X-XII announcement soon after IX is released.

Personally, I think Episode IX will be the last numbered Star Wars movie. They may very well have movies set after Episode IX or movies that feature characters from the sequel trilogy but I think they'll just be called Star Wars: <subtitle> (like vast majority of Marvel movies) rather than Star Wars: Episode X, XI or XII. No doubt I could be wrong but numbering sequels has definitely fallen out of favor in Hollywood and I think that's because they don't want people to think about how many times they've been to the same or similar well.

 

[Jake Lipson]

No doubt I could be wrong but numbering sequels has definitely fallen out of favor in Hollywood and I think that's because they don't want people to think about how many times they've been to the same or similar well.

Disney doesn't even really use the number in marketing for the sequel trilogy; once the episode title is announced, it's only really in the opening crawl. I think this trend in Hollywood is mostly because it reduces the idea that you have to have seen all of these other movies in a given franchise before the current one, which depending on how many there are can begin to feel like a barrier to entry for non-fans. If Infinity War had been released with as "Marvel #19," there's no way it would have made as much as it did, even though it is essentially Marvel #19.

 

[Adam Lenhardt]

I wouldn't be surprised if there's another trilogy down the road, but I would bet it's at least 15 years off. So far each trilogy has been the story of a generation: The prequel trilogy was Anakin's story, the original trilogy was Anakin's children's story, the sequel trilogy is Anakin's grandson's story. If they do a fourth trilogy, Rey and Poe and Finn would be the old guard and a new generation of youngsters would take center stage. It's one of the ways the franchise renews itself.

 

[SamT]

J.J. Abrams’ ‘Star Wars: Episode IX’ Will Complete Principal Photography By February

 

[Jake Lipson]

Adam Driver and Kerri Russell are appearing together in the upcoming Broadway production of Burn This, which begins performances in March, so ending principal photography on Episode IX in February aligns with that commitment:

http://www.playbill.com/article/the...-to-join-adam-driver-in-burn-this-on-broadway

 

[SamT]

These are unofficial paparazzi photos.

First look at Star Wars 9 at secret location in the UK.

 

[Jake Lipson]

Dominic Monaghan, who of course played Charlie on Lost which was produced by J.J. Abrams, is joining Episode IX.

https://deadline.com/2018/08/star-wars-episode-ix-dominic-monaghan-jj-abrams-1202451972/

 

[dpippel]

Matt Smith has joined the cast as well, in a "key role":

https://variety.com/2018/film/news/star-wars-episode-ix-matt-smith-1202886507/

 

[Wayne_j]

Looks like Star Wars needed a Doctor.

 

[Adam Lenhardt]

Matt Smith has joined the cast as well, in a "key role"

My favorite Doctor! That being said, he pretty much has to be a First Order guy, with that look and that accent.

 

[Josh Steinberg]

My favorite Doctor! That being said, he pretty much has to be a First Order guy, with that look and that accent.

That’s what I said as soon as I saw the news!

 

[Sam Favate]

My favorite Doctor! That being said, he pretty much has to be a First Order guy, with that look and that accent.

Not necessarily. He could be a Resistance leader. There were plenty of those guys with British accents. The general from Rogue One, Draven.

"Significant role," eh? Rey's father?

 

[Jake Lipson]

Rey's father?

I hope not.

 

[TravisR]

I hope not.

I wouldn't because barring a flashback, they're dead in a pauper's grave in the Jakku desert.

 

[dpippel]

According to Kylo Ren. Doesn't mean it's true.

 

[Tino]

According to Kylo Ren. Doesn't mean it's true.

I hope it is. I think.

 

[TravisR]

According to Kylo Ren. Doesn't mean it's true.

I still think they have too much to wrap up in this movie to go backwards just to give a new answer to an already answered question.

 

[dpippel]

I think it's still very much an open-ended issue. At the point Ren tells Rey about her parents, he's trying to manipulate her into joining forces with him. I think he'd say just about anything to swing her over to the dark side, including undermining the emotions she has bottled up about her parents.

Also, we all know how much Abrams enjoys misdirection. He now has the opportunity to twist the situation however he sees fit, as long as Kennedy agrees.

 

[Tino]

I think it's still very much an open-ended issue. At the point Ren tells Rey about her parents, he's trying to manipulate her into joining forces with him. I think he'd say just about anything to swing her over to the dark side, including undermining the emotions she has bottled up about her parents.

Remember. SHE said they were nobodies. Not Ren.

 

[dpippel]

Because that is one of her worst fears, and something that Ren was happy to amplify with authority. He spoke to her like he knew, and I think this was the whole point of the exchange.