Since he wrote for the Obama administration, Favreau has plenty of experience with fiction and fantasy.
It’s hard to imagine how I could possibly care less.
I look forward to not seeing this.
Star Wars is getting milked more than Paramount ever did to Trek twenty years ago.
I can see it now.
The new series will follow Ja’quishia Ja’quishia Binks, an “other-colored” transsexual Gungan who wants to be a Jedi but has no midichlorines.
It finds and steals the silver SR-71 that used to belong to Quai-Gon and goes from system to system one step ahead of the Troopers and somehow always causes a massive political and physical battle.
Hilarity ensues.
Ugh. Brace for more of the same. Eventually, they will find a way to actually transmit HIV through the screen. Favreau is going to bring the same world-view to this as did J.J. Abrams.
You just knew when Disney bought the Star War franchise that they would overexpose, water down and milk it so hard that it would lose interest and nobody would care about it anymore. And that’s exactly what’s happening.
I’m really surprised by everyone in this thread today.
Jon Favreau is why we have the MCU. His work on Iron Man was so good that it launched a thousand ships.
He stays on the original vision but properly brings updates to the story and designs.
Ryan Coogler = Creates Black Panther. Most movie tickets ever sold, the story brings to life a comic character by evoking racial pride, completely nonsensical happenstance to somehow elevate a race of cavemen into a space-faring race. Nothing makes sense.
Jon Favreau: Makes a fun movie with a billionaire playboy / super genius loaded with rock and roll music and non-stop violence and fighting.
Personally, I miss the days of “Big dumb fun” and would welcome him back to the fold. We saw Rian Johnson do to Star Wars what Ryan Coogler did with MCU. They take themselves and their mission too seriously. Not even Joss Whedon takes himself so seriously. And he’s a douche.
The ability to save these stories and movies may just rest in the hands of those who don’t take this sh!t so seriously. Spaceships and some pew-pew is all we may see.
And many would welcome that at this point. Instead of being lectured for 3 hours.
PSW. Peak Star Wars.
I’m waiting for the Jar-Jar Binks Comedy Hour. Fun for the whole family!
I waited in a long line back in 1977 to see Star Wars and loved it and also liked the next two.
But the three after that sucked so bad I gave up on there ever being a decent Star Wars movie again.
Since then, Disney bought the franchise and from what Ive heard, the latest, most recent movie screws up the cannon. Figures.
As such, Im not sure if it is because of or in spite of Disney, but I really enjoyed Star Wars Rebels!
Unfortunately, they killed it off last Monday night.
Impressive artwork, generally well-told stories and good voice work by all involved, it was more fun than the original movie was.
I am sorry to see it end.