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Rian Johnson's Trilogy

Discussion in 'Rian Johnson's New Trilogy' started by TheBBP, Jan 18, 2018.

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    I couldn't agree more.

    RJ is a very talented guy, I loved Looper and I enjoyed Knives Out however I do think he is definitely more suited to creating his own story with his own characters. As for the RJ Trilogy, after TLJ I didn't think this would ever happen an it now looks dead in the water. Perhaps not a bad thing for Lucasfilm or RJ himself.
     
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    The weirdest complaint about RJ is that he's better off creating his own thing and that's not Star Wars. This is a franchise that's desperately in need of creativity. People like RJ are who they need to attract fans because there's only so much they can milk from the nostalgia cow.
     
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    It's not necessarily that it's not Star Wars, I agree that the franchise needs creativity and I think that if RJ had developed his own separate Star Wars stories with completely new and no pre-existing characters then I would have a different opinion of his time with Lucasfilm.

    I just don't think he is suited to working with characters/stories he did not create.
     
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    Yet, he directed 3 of the most famous Breaking Bad episodes ever. One episode is widely considered one of the greatest TV episodes of all time. Just because you didn't like one episode of Star Wars doesn't mean the guy can't work with existing characters. It kind of reminds me of the people who complain about the Breaking Bad episode "The Fly." That episode is by far the most controversial episode of the series. People hate it. That was Rian Johnson's first episode and it was a bottle episode. RJ's work was so great they brought him back for two more.
     
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    Well it doesn't look like Lucasfilm will be doing the same!
     
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    Isn't The Fly one of the more highly regarded episodes? I'm not a huge Breaking Bad fan (binged it several years ago), but I was under the impression it was rather well liked.

    Though I guess the same could be said for TLJ... :p
     
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    Not a huge BB guy on the whole, but The Fly is very much a love it or hate it episode. And it really depends on what you like about the show and why you're watching.

    And as @DailyPlunge said, it's a bottle episode. Explained best here:

     
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    Yes, the episode is critically acclaimed, but there are some who hate it. It's definitely the most polarizing episodes due to the nature of production.
    I guess we'll see... there's been plenty of time for Lucasfilm to say they were parting ways and it hasn't happened.
    Community is so great. I'm re-watching it now and if you've never seen it make it a priority. It's kind of amazing how many talented people were involved in make that show.
     
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    YES!

    Kind of off topic, but it's on Netflix US now.

    Such a great, strange, captivating show.

    Each episode is a weird new adventure- you go in expecting it to be a show about people in a Community college, but you definitely don't expect some of the bizarre high concept stuff that starts around the second half of the first season.
     
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    Community had a chance to be one of the greatest sitcoms ever. Then after s3 things went haywire and it never fully recovered but those first 3 seasons are peak sitcom IMO. 4,5 & 6 are solid with great moments.

    #SixSeasonsandaMovie
     
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    Agreed- I didn't mind 5 and 6 at all, but 1-3 were absolutely incredible.
     
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    Why are they not saying hardly anything about this trilogy lately?
     
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    They haven't said anything about movies lately.

    I feel like we're going through a cycle with this where is has to be reconfirmed for some people every 3-5 months.
     
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    Well they do have other projects that take more priority right now, plus with the pandemic filming as been put on hold. Meaning those more priority projects need to get shooting once they get the green light. As far as I'm concerned, no news is good news.
     
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    I very much agree with this :)

    For me, more time between the Sequel Trilogy finishing and RJ's new Trilogy can only be a good thing. It gives RJ's team more time to come up with a solid and interesting story, to plan it, the intricacies, the mis-directs, red-herrings, the emotions of the films. And then to execute it - something which the ST may not have had given the tight timeframe for releases.

    As well as more time to pass for anger from certain fans disappointed with TLJ to pass, and to look forward to something brand new and fresh in the Star Wars Universe. I wish him an his team well, much of the tv & film content from RJ has been superb and very fun to watch and enjoy, I hope his SW Trilogy will be as well.
     
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    I just wonder, is Rian still going to get his own trilogy? Since the next three films are tentatively slated for 2023, 2025, and 2027. But apparently Kevin Feige and Taika Waititi are each getting their own movie as well. Will Rian still get his three movies on top of that? Or will Disney merge some of these ideas and/or have the different directors more closely collaborate with each other?

    I guess I'll just have to sit here and hungrily await an official announcement. :cool:
     
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    Not to rain on anyone's parade, and this probably was already said months ago, but ... why would anyone realistically think Rian Johnson is getting any more Star Wars movies? Let alone a trilogy? The guy single-handedly broke the fanbase of one of the biggest intellectual properties of all time. Even if you're in the 50% who loves The Last Jedi, you have to realize that's a bad business move to keep working with him.
     
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    I don't think it's in either Lucasfilms or Rian Johnson's interest to go ahead with this trilogy, to be honest I still think this is dead in the water and remember this trilogy was announced before the release of TLJ.

    He might get the chance to direct the odd episode of one of the upcoming Star Wars tv series but I can't see him getting another film, Star Wars is in a far better place now with other directors that it was after the release of TLJ.
     
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    Setting aside the silly fanbase split claims that have long been debunked, Lucasfilm needs as many talented people involved in projects as possible. This is especially true with all the turnover they've had at the director position. Rian Johnson made a very good film (despite a very vocal minority) and he did it with no production drama. He's remained tight with Lucasfilm ever since. After the smash success of Knives Out, Rian Johnson is one of the most acclaimed directors around.

    Lucasfilm can consider themselves lucky if he wants to make more Star Wars films.

    Given the relationship between the two parties if they were gonna part ways they probably would have done it last year after Knives Out. Rian Johnson has visited the Mando set both seasons and has been cited as a huge help to Filoni. It's safe to assume Johnson is in their plans as long as Kennedy is running the company.
     
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    I get that you love RJ but can you not at least agree that Star Wars is in a much better place now with Favreau and Filoni? Also with various directors doing a great job with the Mandalorian I can't see RJ having much more to do with Star Wars, I doubt another film let alone a trilogy.
     
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