Star Wars Episode VIII SPOILERS thread

[DaneMcCloud]

For all things Episode VIII related info including spoilers.

The release date is now December 15, 2017.

The Official Synopsis from Star Wars.com

“In Lucasfilm’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi, the Skywalker saga continues as the heroes of The Force Awakens join the galactic legends in an epic adventure that unlocks age-old mysteries of the Force and shocking revelations of the past.

Star Wars: The Last Jedi opens in U.S. theaters on December 15, 2017.”









New footage in Japanese Trailer

[DaneMcCloud]

Dave Filoni as the showrunner for the Live Action series...

I guess I'll need to spring for yet another streaming service. There's no way I'm missing out on a live series.

[RINGLEADER]

Prediction: it will be a prequel trilogy.

[sully1983]

Originally Posted by DanBecky

Disney has given him the keys

Yeah it would certainly seem that way and makes me more confident that the Last Jedi is gonna deliver.

Damn, I can't believe the director of that little indie film Brick is gonna be directing all these Star Wars movies! Very cool & happy for Rian .

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by RINGLEADER

Prediction: it will be a prequel trilogy.

So a prequel trilogy to Episode 1? Hmm.

Just last week, KK talked about the continuing adventures of Rey, Poe and Finn on the weekly Star Wars Show, so I'd be surprised if the next trilogy is set pre-Anakin Skywalker, although it would be super cool.

[DaneMcCloud]

I know there are close to 100 episodes of Star Wars Underworld in the vault but I'd rather see a Live Action TV Series set before The Phantom Menace, maybe like 700 years earlier, when Yoda was not yet a Jedi Master.

[DanBecky]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

This also means that he'll have more "power" to guide the storyline in Episode IX so hopefully, it won't be all Abrams and his sensibilities.

Disney and Kennedy must’ve really loved the direction he has taken The Last Jedi. I mean, common sense says so anyway, with this deal he now has.

[Bowser]

Every true nerd out there wants a KOTR series, but that will never (likely) happen.

[RINGLEADER]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

I know there are close to 100 episodes of Star Wars Underworld in the vault but I'd rather see a Live Action TV Series set before The Phantom Menace, maybe like 700 years earlier, when Yoda was not yet a Jedi Master.

I agree.

Interestingly, Star Wars is one of the few sci-if franchises where prequels could actually be very very cool (if done right, they could even replace the Lucasfilm prequels that suffered from having about half-a-movie’s worth of story stretched into a trilogy). Rian could make an alternative to Episodes 1-3 and everyone would embrace it (mostly because it wouldn’t suck).

[RINGLEADER]

Originally Posted by DanBecky

Disney and Kennedy must’ve really loved the direction he has taken The Last Jedi. I mean, common sense says so anyway, with this deal he now has.

Or he simply is good at doing what they tell him to do.

Seems like a lot of directors have problems with that...

[eDave]

[Buehler445]

Originally Posted by eDave

Foiled again!

[Sassy Squatch]

Another trilogy after this one. Really getting all they can out of that 4 billion.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by Superturtle

Another trilogy after this one. Really getting all they can out of that 4 billion.

Disney earned half that $4 billion back after the release of The Force Awakens.

Star Wars will be around in 100 years or more.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by RINGLEADER

Or he simply is good at doing what they tell him to do.

Seems like a lot of directors have problems with that...

I think it's likely to be a combination of both.

He's working well within the given parameters but he's also very talented, very driven, very creative and an easy going guy on set.

This announcement has made me even more excited to see Episode VIII, as if that was even possible.

[keg in kc]

Maybe by "not skywalker related", they mean the next trilogy will continue Rey/Poe/Finn's adventures after Luke dies and they kill the artist formerly known as Ben Solo. Meaning (possibly...) no Skywalkers are left.