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The release date is now December 15, 2017.
The Official Synopsis from Star Wars.com
“In Lucasfilm’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi, the Skywalker saga continues as the heroes of The Force Awakens join the galactic legends in an epic adventure that unlocks age-old mysteries of the Force and shocking revelations of the past.
Star Wars: The Last Jedi opens in U.S. theaters on December 15, 2017.”
I agree, there will be flares, oh yes... there will be flares.
I'll also say that having three different directors was inticing, but I didn't have much faith in Colin Trevarrow from the start regardless of the alleged difficulty of working with him. If we're going to get someone to do spectacle I will take JJ's work over Jurassic World any day, but not the best pick, just solid imo. Ron Howard would've been amazeballs. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Gravedigger:
I think the final film will come down to the studio's say so more than Abrams creative license.
Nah. KK will go along with Abrams vision but I'm sure it'll be a collaborative process.
What's crazy is that they tossed Trevorrow's script, hired Jack Thorne on August 1st to write a new story and script and less than two months later, hired Abrams and Terrio.
Terrio's involvement is interesting. He co-wrote BvS, adapted Argo (and won an Oscar) and co-wrote the Justice League.
My gut tells me that Abrams will outline the story and Terrio will write the script. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Gravedigger:
I agree, there will be flares, oh yes... there will be flares.
I'll also say that having three different directors was inticing, but I didn't have much faith in Colin Trevarrow from the start regardless of the alleged difficulty of working with him. If we're going to get someone to do spectacle I will take JJ's work over Jurassic World any day, but not the best pick, just solid imo. Ron Howard would've been amazeballs.
Howard didn't have time because he'll be working on Han Solo through the Spring of next year. Rian Johnson's schedule didn't line up, either.
When Abrams read Rain Johnson's script for Episode VIII, he immediately regretted not directing the film. Hopefully, Terrio and Abrams build off of Johnson's foundation. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud:
Nah. KK will go along with Abrams vision but I'm sure it'll be a collaborative process.
What's crazy is that they tossed Trevorrow's script, hired Jack Thorne on August 1st to write a new story and script and less than two months later, hired Abrams and Terrio.
Terrio's involvement is interesting. He co-wrote BvS, adapted Argo (and won an Oscar) and co-wrote the Justice League.
My gut tells me that Abrams will outline the story and Terrio will write the script.
If Kylo and Rey have two different mothers with the same name, I'm gonna cut someone. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud:
Nah. KK will go along with Abrams vision but I'm sure it'll be a collaborative process.
What's crazy is that they tossed Trevorrow's script, hired Jack Thorne on August 1st to write a new story and script and less than two months later, hired Abrams and Terrio.
Terrio's involvement is interesting. He co-wrote BvS, adapted Argo (and won an Oscar) and co-wrote the Justice League.
My gut tells me that Abrams will outline the story and Terrio will write the script.
It concerns me that they're struggling to crack the story here. These problems led to JJ finishing TFA's script without figuring out how to get Luke into the story and sloppily inserting another Death Star (BUT ITS 10 TIMES BIGGER!) [Reply]
Originally Posted by Chiefspants:
It concerns me that they're struggling to crack the story here. These problems led to JJ finishing TFA's script without figuring out how to get Luke into the story and sloppily inserting another Death Star (BUT ITS 10 TIMES BIGGER!)
Michael Arndt's original version focused on Luke, Leia and Han. It had very little room for the new characters Rey (original Kira), Finn and Poe.
When Abrams took over, he and Kasdan scrapped the whole script and concept. They felt that if Luke and the OT characters were to be the focal point, they wouldn't be able to develop the "Female Jedi" and the other characters, so they kept Luke's whereabouts unknown, so they could focus on telling the story with a new generation.
For Episode IX, Abrams and Terrio won't be able to do a "reboot", like TFA was but will need to continue the story as written by Rian Johnson. While there are no "I am your father" plot twists, there will be a few "What?!!" reveals in Episode XIII, so they'll need to build from there, not rehash ROTJ.
In terms of Trevorrow, the word is the guy felt HE was the film and not the story itself. More and more of his behavior has been leaking and with the failure of The Book of Henry, he's going to be picking up the pieces of his career for a while.
Also, I'm absolutely certain that a condition of Abrams hiring for IX was that he would co-write the script, so it's not surprising Thorne is now out of the picture. [Reply]
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PS: Almost everybody I've talked to has really enjoyed it. Lucasfilm is supposedly over the moon with it. The singular thing that I hear from everybody is that it's different. And it's going to probably not sit well with some Star Wars fans. It's going to be divisive.
HTB: I think that's exciting.
PS: Yeah, that is exciting. One person I know that has seen the movie messaged me after this news came out saying that he's happy that J.J. Abrams is coming on because he, you know, didn't like some of the choices that Rian Johnson went with. So take that for what it's worth.
