TCTTS said:ABATTBQ11 said:
That is the direction I think they're going for now, but it will be a long time, IMO. Taiki wants something completely new, which is admirable, but my understanding is that there's not even a story yet. I think it'll be awhile before a movie is made and released. Supposedly they want late 2023, but I don't see that happening. Kathleen Kennedy has said they're really focused on theatrical releases, but I think that's kind of lip service and they're putting their resources into Disney+ content. For one, they want subscribers, but for two I don't think a standalone movie would be successful at this point. Taika's might be at some point because he's a great filmmaker, but more specifically because he wants something new. I think a Lando movie would absolutely crater because it would be seen as another Solo. So would a Poe movie or a movie about any existing character. R1 was phenomenal because all of the characters were new and fresh. It was still tied to the original saga, but by just the right amount. That's the kind of movie they need.
I don't think any kind of big crossover movie of Disney+ content would go over well either. That would be the equivalent of the Paw Patrol movie or the Simpsons movie. It will inevitably be just a long episode with a bigger budget for better effects. A lot of people with Disney+ will simply wait for it to come out like they do for the next season of any show.
Gonna have to disagree with you here. Mando and Grogu are *hugely* popular. I'd argue that they're potentially more popular than even Rey or Kylo at this point. Combined with Ahsoka and Thrawn, and their stories coming to a head in the same movie, along with Luke wrecking shop again in some capacity, and it would be a massive event movie. Not to mention, when it comes to blockbusters, audiences are showing up again in droves. Give the movie an exclusive, 45-day theatrical run before it hits Disney+, and the audience will be there. Just like they are for Marvel movies.
I'm not sure saying they're more popular than kylo and rey is saying much at this point.
All of these characters are on very different arcs. Mando is reconciling his sense of duty as a Mandalorian with his sense of duty to Grogu as a father figure along with his seeming desire for solitude and being thrust into the battle for the leadership of Mandalore. Ahsoka is tying up lose ends and, I think, still trying to figure out exactly who she is and where she fits in the world. She may or may not (I think not) be on a path to returning to the Jedi. Luke's story is already written, and any such huge event is conspicuously absent, though it could certainly be explained and retconned. With all of that, bringing those arcs together for some kind of event would probably be and feel very contrived and forced (pun intended). I think it's fine for them to drift in and out of each other's shows as anchors to a wider universe, but a team up event would be a little much. To me, it would be best for these stories to remain on the small screen and be well developed over many episodes in their own series than exploited for a single event movie.
Would it be a huge event? Sure. Would it be commercially successful? Yeah, I have a hard time seeing it lose money. Would it be good? No, or at least i don't think so. I think it would be like the sequels and make money while also damaging the brand. I think it's a movie people would walk out of and think, "I should have just waited for Disney+," which hurts the chances for every movie that follows. A team up movie based on multiple streaming series will be looked at as a cheesy cash grab like Solo while having to reset the low expectations of the sequels. It would have to be good and not just big.
As for Marvel, I for one am Marvelled out. I have very little desire to watch anything new in a theater. I watched multiverse of madness on Disney+ and wondered what the hell was going on until I realized it played on wandavision, which I didn't watch. I'm not watching 6-8 hours of a show to set up a 2 hour movie i have to pay an arm and a leg to go see. I'm also not going go watch every Marvel movie to get all the tie ins for whatever big event movie they're going to do. It's just way to much for something so formulaic. If I watch any of them, it'll be on D+. I still haven't watched Thor. I loved GotG, but even that I'm going to wait for. I think there's a danger in doing the same with Star Wars and being it to death through crossovers. At some point, it'll be too much for people to invest in and they'll walk away.
