Should Episode IX be split in two movies?

A talented filmmaker can should be able to an adequate story within the timeframe of an average length film. It’s something I feel is becoming a lost art.
I imagine Ep. 9 will mainly focus on the character arch’s of Rey and Kylo. It shouldn’t be impossible to do this in one movie.

 

I agree. Kylo and Rey's arch, their development and fate is the most interesting part, and that's where IX should focus on, at least in my opinion.

In the PT we had Anakin going into darkness. In the OT we had Anakin's turn to the light and redemption at the last minute, with the crucial and determinant help of his son. In the ST it seems to me that something different and unexpected should happen this time. Going into the dark and turning into the light were already explored in the Skywalker saga. So, what will the fate of the two opposites of the force be? The exploration of this duality concept, of opposites facing each other and interconnecting is the interesting part to me.

 

Well there is another one:

Mostly Harmless is a novel by Douglas Adams and the fifth book of a four part trilogy, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

 

Please no. Another Hobbit movie.

I think JJ can tell all the story in just one movie of 2hr30m.

 

Oh I know. Described as "The book that gives a whole new meaning to the word 'trilogy'" as well as "The fifth book in the increasingly inaccurately named Hitchhiker's Trilogy" as seen on that cover.

I just referred back to the days of the four part trilogy as it seemed more apt for this thread.

There is of course a sixth book in the Hitchhikers trilogy, "And Another Thing...", although it wasn't written by Adams.

 

That's why I ignored it.

 

anyone that knows me will know that my answer will always be "gimme mooarrr Star Wars".
a year ago, i would have answered this thread with.. "i want 20 episodes - don't stop at 9 !"

because of constant immature childishness from a small but loud minority, i now realize that the saga needs to end.


so no.. i don't think ep 9 should be split into 2 parts.

 

Just the Skywalker saga needs to end. : D

 

i'd argue that it's not actually possible for the Skywalker Saga to end..

even if all the remaining blood relatives of Anakin die.. Anakin was conceived by the force.

if 1000 years after the last Skywalker dies - the force needed to intervene in the same way again and conceive a child... wouldn't that child technically be the same bloodline? yeah i know the child wouldn't have the name.. but he/she would have the same father as Anakin - no?

 

And furthermore the force won't need to conceive another child. Balance will be restored with EPIX. ;D

 

hehehe

 

I posed the same question back in April, whether IX could/should be split into two separate films.

I am still supportive of that idea as long as the story calls for it and can support it.

I think some franchises use it as a marketing tactic. Hunger Games could have easily fit its story into one solid final film. Harry Potter utilized the spit finale well in my opinion. I think it all depends on the story.

But it wouldn't shock me in the least if Disney/Lucasfilm announced Episode IX as "an epic two part finale to the Skywalker Saga."

 

I would love it if it was split. There really needs to be a strong sense of closure with the final film or films in the Skywalker Saga. I loved TLJ left the resistance destroyed, just a handful of people on the Falcon. I would love a part 1 about building alliances and creating a strong resistance and a part 2 about the final battles and the resistance winning.

 

Splitting E9 into 2 films would no doubt involve some very major contract restructuring for many of the interested parties; too much to actually succeed in doing. Those who are under contract for 3 movies aren't going to just say "oh ok... I'll just consider these 2 movies as 1 long movie that I had to film....."

I see this idea as a complete non-starter.

 

I'd advocate that we have our triangle have three sides. I'm not a fan of four-sided triangles. Totally wrecks the aesthetic of, triangles.

Sure, profit would be the only real reason to split the finale into two parts.

Well, we aren't the writers and have no real idea what the story is moving toward and how it needs to flow so the proposition "there's too much story" is based on too much assumption. But even if the case is "more story" than previous episodes, then that just means, "more runtime" no need to split the movie into two. Except for profit, of course. I'd propose though there a risk/reward factor here. Have to weigh the potential. It's not just a "pure reward with no risk" scenario splitting the movie into two. You could potential turn a lot of people off to your movies/franchise and end up losing money. I'd play it safe in this scenario and not go screwing with things in a major way.

Now we're back to four-sided triangles. It's as close to "objectively ruining Star Wars" as you could get. I'm not saying it would, I'm just saying that now a person actually has some kind of logical and objective grounds for the proposition. So far "ruined Star Wars" is a completely subjective claim, I think it's a bad idea to start handing out four-sided triangles to people who are looking for 'prrof' that the ST(Q?) "ruined Star Wars". To put it in a clear analogue:

PT - OT - ST

^no problem.

PT - OT - S[T]={Q(I-II)}

^something objectively 'wrong' with the third part