Brian Earl Spilner said:
Flashdiaz said:
Quinn said:
TCTTS - do you think there will articles in the coming weeks or months about "what went wrong" in making this movie? Or perhaps articles focused on what Disney has done wrong since taking over the Franchise (RO reshoot, firing Lord and Miller, lack of a through-line for the main trilogy, firing Trevvorow, etc) Or is it still critically adored enough that we won't get an autopsy (for lack of a better term)?
I still don't get how there's not a small group of people that know where the story goes or has some sort of framework. If I had a billion dollar franchise to hold up, i'd want a bit more structure but maybe that's just me.
I actually have to agree with this, though I've liked both movies thus far.
It's a bit crazy to me that Rian can essentially go in any direction he wants, then JJ has to basically wait and see what happens there before writing Ep IX.
What Rian is talking about doing in his trilogy is kind of what I wish they'd done with Eps VII - IX. (Write one big, epic story that is told over that trilogy.)
It's definitely crazy that the trilogy wasn't/isn't more planned out than it is. It's honestly kind of shocking. But on the other hand, there's really no "waiting" on the part of the creatives. Johnson starting work on TLJ in July 2014, a year and a half before TFA even hit theaters. And Trevorrow's Episode IX script was completed early this year. The only reason Abrams got such a relatively "late" start was because they ended up scrapping Trevorrow's take. But Abrams pitched his Episode IX take to Bob Iger this past Saturday, so he's been working for quite some time now already. And they're not filming until the summer, so there's plenty of time to get it right.
Point is, it's not like the baton was handed off as each movie was completed, or that there wasn't communication/collaboration/overlap. That said, it is disconcerting how little Johnson knows about Episode IX. He's straight up admitted he has no idea what's going on there, what the plan is for Luke, etc. But I imagine he
did know what Trevorrow was doing, and that
they talked quite a bit. So, who knows.
Like Johnson or not, with the next trilogy at least one person (in conjunction with the story group) is overseeing / planning the entire trilogy in advance. Johnson likely isn't writing/directing the latter two, but at least there will be an outline to follow.