Reshoots - "Things are not looking good."

Sites have been reporting that reshoots for the TROS will be happening according to entertainment journalist Art Tavana:

"I’m being told that Disney is reshooting scenes for Star Wars (don’t quote me). Things aren’t looking good. Too many variables and audiences to please. George Lucas as a creative consultant seems like a very likely occurrence—though there’s no telling how much say he’ll have."

https://wegotthiscovered.com/movies/star-wars-rise-skywalker-set-major-reshoots-good/

I can't say that I'm surprised by this. It is a bit worrying that they would consider doing reshoots this late in production, I honestly wish they had postponed this film a few more years. However, it's also possible that they filmed major revelation scenes early on with a different script to throw the cast and crew off and to prevent leaks.

Has anybody else heard anymore on this? Maybe it's a good thing, they obviously want it to be the best movie it can be.

 

It's the same quote on every site. I know it's just this one guy saying this, but I still think it's interesting. Like I said though, maybe it isn't a bad thing. However, if there is any credibility and truth to what he's saying regarding "too many audiences to please." (and if that comes from someone involved with the film) - It could mean that they are trying to make critical last minute plot changes, which makes me concerned that the story wasn't fleshed out properly from the beginning.

 

I'm sure he said "don't quote me" to evade legal entanglement. Wording is key.

Here's a summary from his website, he sounds quite accomplished:

"I'm a writer and culture critic based in Los Angeles, and a former columnist at L.A. Weekly and Playboy. My byline has appeared in VICE, The American Conservative, Spin, USA Today Pop Candy, The Spectator, Billboard, Paste, National Review, Arc Digital, Penthouse, The Weekly Standard, Village Voice, O.C. Weekly, The A.V. Club, The Washington Examiner, Consequence of Sound, MTV News, Pitchfork, et al.

In 2017, I won an L.A. Press Club Award for my work at L.A. Weekly. Since then, I've been asked to appear on radio programs and podcasts such as the Bret Easton Ellis Podcast (author of American Psycho and Less Than Zero), BBC Radio 5 Live, and KFI AM 640 to provide commentary on politics and pop culture.

In the spring of 2019, my writing (and Twitter) were discussed in a chapter of Bret Easton Ellis' first nonfiction book, White.

Prior to my work as a journalist, I was a media consultant and marketing executive at leading entertainment PR firms and film studios. Between 2008 and 2014, I helped produce marketing copy and media strategies for corporate brands such as Nintendo and Netflix, classic and cult films at Warner Bros., and several local and statewide political campaigns in California.

I have over a decade of media relations experience in the arena of politics and culture.

I'm currently authoring a cultural history of Guns N' Roses for ECW Press. For inquiries relating to publishing, please contact my literary agent:

David Patterson at Stuart Krichevsky Literary Agency."

 

Perhaps he felt the need to say something based on the "too many variables and audiences to please" statement. I simply hope they aren't making extensive plot changes trying to make everyone happy.

Years after this film is released, I hope we get some back story at the creative and decision making process when it came to writing the scripts for these films and how much flexibility there was.

 

The original post was from Twitter, that's the same quote posted on all websites. I explained this earlier