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Mark Hamill Supports New ‘Star Wars’ Boss After Kathleen Kennedy’s Exit and ‘Last Jedi’ Issues: ‘I Can’t Think of Better Hands’ Than Dave Filoni

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Mark Hamill Supports New ‘Star Wars’ Boss After Kathleen Kennedy’s Exit and ‘Last Jedi’ Issues: ‘I Can’t Think of Better Hands’ Than Dave Filoni
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Mark Hamill Supports New ‘Star Wars’ Boss After Kathleen Kennedy’s Exit and ‘Last Jedi’ Issues: ‘I Can’t Think of Better Hands’ Than Dave Filoni
Mark Hamill is celebrating Star Wars' new leadership under Dave Filoni after the exit of Kathleen Kennedy, who produced "The Last Jedi."
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dukenuk3m Apr 7, 2026 +272
I doubt you could find even one person that would prefer kennedy vs filoni
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Frequent-Hat-9835 Apr 7, 2026 +132
I read people thinking filioni is going to be pretty bad too
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pulpfriction4 Apr 7, 2026 +121
I think a lot of complaints is that Filioni makes the Star Wars franchise seem really small. Everything has to be connected. Every character has to know each other and show up at some point. It doesn't leave room for the universe to grow and expand beyond what is already established
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yesrushgenesis2112 Apr 8, 2026 +65
He has a limited set of actions figures that he smashes together in fun ways but eventually you notice his collection is pretty small and it’s none of the characters you actually like.
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randgan Apr 8, 2026 +23
I dont think Rebels overdid this. It definitely leaned into it too much when bringing >!Maul and Obi-Wan!< For that episode. But I gave it a pass since it was wrapping up a lot of threads from Clone Wars. I do think the Mandolorian jumped the shark when it became about the wider conflict rather than the more focused sorry it started it with.
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CaptainRhetorica Apr 8, 2026 +10
The Mandalorian expanded it's scope while nosediving in quality. the last half of BoBF and all of Mandalorian season 3 were painful to watch. That last season of The Mandalorian felt like they filmed a bullet list of all the things that needed to happen before Ahsoka and the Mando movie without writing or editing a single script. The first season of Ahsoka felt like it was made by someone who isn't critical enough of the prequels, not because of the connections to the prequels but because it was about as engaging as trade negotiations. The only good thing about Ahsoka was Ray Stevenson. Dark Santa was compelling every time he appeared on screen, unlike Ahsoka, Sabine or Ezra. The last 3 offerings from the Mandoverse have been subpar. I don't understand who they expect to go to the movie.
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PostApoplectic Apr 8, 2026 +8
I actually kinda enjoyed Ahsoka’s touchy witchy hippy aunt vibe. But you’re right about Ray. I think it’s interesting that they chose to recast him… Kinda wonder if it means they have plans for his character beyond just another season of Ahsoka? I like McCann, but he’ll bring a different vibe for sure.
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Hungry-Luck-5481 Apr 8, 2026 +9
Well they had to recast him. He died after Ahsoka was filmed. I’m still kinda bummed. Apologies if you already knew this.
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Devil-radiance Apr 8, 2026 +5
I think they mean they recast him as opposed to writing the character off.
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PostApoplectic Apr 8, 2026 +3
Just so. Star Wars seems pretty reluctant to recast their characters. So I guess, to me, learning they recast Baylan says either he’s just gonna have a very small part and die (which would be a tragedy) and the recast is to limp through it, or they want to use him for more, going forward. The fact that Rory McCann was personal friends with Ray Stevenson makes me hopeful for the latter. “Darth Santa” might be making light of the character, but saying he was compelling every time he was on screen wasn’t underselling it.
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Green_Burn Apr 8, 2026 +2
That Rebels episode was one of the few really good things about the whole show
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ilikechihuahuasdood Apr 8, 2026 +8
He definitely uses his own characters too much. That’s why people keep making the Glup Shitto joke. I worry about Filoni’s ability to let other creators tell stories unrelated to anything he’s done.
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cleric3648 Apr 8, 2026 +5
That was the mandate he had to work with. At the time, the only one allowed to play in the future was JJ Abrams and he caused such a mess with a sequel trilogy that it’s gonna take a generation to unfuck that.
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pulpfriction4 Apr 8, 2026 +5
The time frame has nothing to do with having other characters show up. He didn't need to shove every Clone Wars character into Mandalorian. It was a better show before all of that was crammed in anyway. But he still shoved as many of his characters into the story as he could
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Message_10 Apr 8, 2026 +2
I think that's the right take and probably the reality. From 30 Rock: "Synergy, Lemon! It's bigger than us all!" I think he's under pressure to make everything tied-together.
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darkeststar Apr 9, 2026 +1
You live in a different world
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ExcaliburZSH Apr 8, 2026 +4
The story where Lucas had Yoda- Obiwan - Vader - Luke - Leia are all connected, or related. And Cheewie fought with Yoda. Vader made C3PO.
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pulpfriction4 Apr 8, 2026 +12
Right. The prequels were so well received that they should definitely use those as a blueprint moving forward
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BirdmanTheThird Apr 8, 2026 +4
It’s kinda funny since the prequels made all those characters connected yet made people originally series had as connected, like uncle Lars basically an acquaintance and Alderaan is barely a thing. It’s kinda funny they bent over backwards to make connections but kinda ignored most of the “oh these people were super important but died in the OG series quick”
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jatd Apr 8, 2026 +4
Thee nerds are so negative
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legopego5142 Apr 8, 2026 +2
Yeah because people just loved those movies lol
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ExcaliburZSH Apr 8, 2026 +2
Yoda, Obi-wan, Vader, Luke, Leia is the originals.
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VideoRare6399 Apr 8, 2026 +2
Has he said anything regarding this criticism?
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Human_Document_1577 Apr 8, 2026 +5
Filioni is a kid smashing action figures together. I am not excited about him steering the ship. He’s turned the franchise into a trivial wash of fan service. The sequel trilogy has its flaws but I was more engaged and interested with Star Wars up to 2019 than I have ever been since we got the barrage of shitty TV shows. Andor is the only one worth watching. I couldn’t even finish the others.
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NiceRockyship Apr 7, 2026 +22
I have too, but don’t honestly know where they are coming from as someone who thoroughly enjoyed Filoni’s work on SWTCW
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Borange_Corange Apr 8, 2026 +18
TCW worked because Lucas and Filoni teamed up. People don't realize how involved Lucas was starting season 2 onward. 
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SheevPalps_ Apr 8, 2026 +20
Filoni has not done as well with live action compared to animation. The main thing though is that Filoni's SW shows as of late (Mando S3 and Ahsoka) are very clearly based moreso on Star Wars rather than the types of things George Lucas based SW on. It is derivative and winds up with the shows feeling more like playing with action figures than trying to have a moral or message behind them.
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PSPs0 Apr 8, 2026 +11
It’s like requiring a character to say “I got a bad feeling about this…” for no reason other than “fans will eat this up!” Nope. No we won’t. Give me good writing and a story that feels original.
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AltruisticGrowth5381 Apr 8, 2026 +21
He inserts his donutsteel characters into everything. Better than Kennedy maybe but flawed in alot of other ways.
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Italianhiker Apr 8, 2026 +22
Yea that’s my main issue with him, he very very much has a MCU type “cinematic universe” approach of interconnected heroes who all end up in cross referenced shows. It’s super fan-servicey and as shows like Boba Fett, Ashoka, etc are showing, it gets to be a bit too much. I’d rather somebody like Tony Gilroy lead, since Andor was amazing
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BeginningActual7900 Apr 8, 2026 +2
I think Ashoka was very underwhelming. When it comes to live action Star Wars I think they need to be broader and not require people to read non cannon novels and watch multiple cartoon series to understand everything. I know he loves past projects he worked on but focus on growing Star Wars instead of Easter eggs of past projects. I think Star Wars needs to limit the projects into one era especially if the ultimate goal is more movies. I would love to see more high republic after the epic failure that was the acolyte but think we need to just focus on new republic timeline for now. How much more can they get from Mando and Grogu before it ends? With none of these characters featuring in the sequel movies other than Luke are any of these stories that important? Maybe Grogu in a hundred years is a Jedi master but I’m not sure I want to follow along with his glacially slow progress.
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MrEHam Apr 7, 2026 +1
Star Wars: The Cute Wookie? Star Wars: The Cake Walk? Star Wars: The Challenging Wordle? Star Wars: The Cunting Welshman?
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Strange-Movie Apr 8, 2026 +5
The cloned Weiner
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Zealousideal_Bad_922 Apr 8, 2026 +2
Execute order 69!
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KittyInspector3217 Apr 8, 2026 +2
Glad i wasnt the only one. I thought i actually hit the “f*** im old” moment. JFC WTF OMG BBQ. Nah. These f****** kids just adopted yuppie corpo culture to acronymize everything to death til its unintelligibly coded to ID the “in crowd”. Belt onions are always in fashion.
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Borange_Corange Apr 8, 2026 +16
That's because Filoni exists and operates in a nostalgia-fueled  callback bubble and will bend over backwards to link Star Wars projects, causing an ever-diminishing return. Filoni isn't telling stories he is weaving Star Wars continuity, using established characters and situations. He worked better when he had Lucas there to reign him in, bounce ideas off of, keep the focus on characters and not continuity. Rebels, for example, is just a soft reboot of A New Hope; a smuggler and wookiee like alien, sassy droid, doing hit and run "rebellion" while an old jedi teaches a young punk kid.  Lucas shot down the idea time and time again as "been there, done that," and the moment Disney took over.... And while Rebels has its fans and is gaining a second life, never forget it failed miserably to catch on: ratings were c***, toys didnt sell, very few people cared. There was a reason for that. The Baby Yoda Movie looks like more of the same: a bland Mando episode, with bits of TCW, Rebels and sequel jammed in with "been there" action set pieces (a two-fer: Empire and Solo with snow ATATs winding up a mountain), and cute Baby Yoda shit. Filoni won't be reckless like Kennedy, but he won't move the needle much. Remember: Filoni had NOTHING to do with Andor, and it shows.
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PackageOk4947 Apr 7, 2026 +6
I honestly don't know on this one. Filoni and Favreau are an amazing combination, but Filoni on his own isn't so great—just look at Ahsoka for that. On the other hand, Filoni managed to sneak in Holocrons and re-canonize a lot of the EU right under KK's nose, so he is pretty canny. At the very least, Filoni will certainly respect the lore more and won't allow c*** like The Acolyte to happen again, which was lore-breaking. I'd be more excited if Filoni brings Witwer and Favreau back into the fold, now that would be the shit. But, c'est la vie we'll have to wait and see. ¯\\\_(ツ)\_/¯
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nola_fan Apr 8, 2026 +8
Yes, Kathleen Kennedy, famous for hating holocrons.
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Yorkie2016 Apr 8, 2026 +1
And making coffee.
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PackageOk4947 Apr 8, 2026
Really, or is that sarcasm. I get the feeling it is, the holocrons is not the point, the fact that holorons is tied to the Sith, the Rule of Two and Bane. By making Bane canon, he makes the Sith Academy canon, which then, in turns makes the games, canon. You see where I'm going?
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nola_fan Apr 8, 2026 +7
It was sarcasm. Honestly I find the whole freak out over Disney de-canonizing stuff ridiculous. They didn't do it because Kathleen Kennedy hated the lore. They did it because they know that lore should only exist to support the story. This is a fictional universe, none of it is real, it's just an opportunity to tell entertaining stories. Limiting the stories they can tell in order to be "loyal" to lore that 99% of fans don't even know about would've been idiotic. That doesn't mean they won't neccesarily tell some of those stories that exist, or at least their own version of it. It just means they are free to tell whatever story they want without artificial limitations because of some throw away line in some book that only 1,000 read, and that 1,000 people didn't include George Lucas. If you were one those people who enjoyed that book or game or whatever, well guess what, it still physically exists and you can go enjoy it again. Disney wasn't burning books.
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jerem1734 Apr 7, 2026 +9
Filoni did great with the majority of the clone wars. He's a little too obsessed with putting his OC in every show, but there is one massive advantage he has over Kennedy/any other person being in charge. Filoni would be very happy to collaborate or incorporate George Lucas's ideas. Lucas gave Disney an outline for what he thought they could do with the sequel trilogy and they threw it in the garbage. Filoni would have at least tried to incorporate the best ideas Lucas gave them if he was in charge of the sequels
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PackageOk4947 Apr 7, 2026 +2
Agreed on all counts.
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ThatMerri Apr 8, 2026 +1
Filoni working together with other creatives is basically my best case scenario for things going forward. It's just not possible for him to be actively involved in every show and movie coming down the line, so he's going to have to sign off on other folk's ideas and processes sooner than later, letting them take the lead on their own projects. I'm hoping he'll be a good gateway for other up-and-coming creatives to get their momentum going.
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Yorkie2016 Apr 8, 2026
Sneaked it in while she was making coffee. I heard she does that so well!
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PackageOk4947 Apr 8, 2026
Tell you what, back in the day, she could get me coffee.
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Green_Burn Apr 8, 2026 +1
It’s just that there is little hope around, they managed to bleed the fans good will dry.
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Gizmorum Apr 8, 2026 +1
how can it get any worse?
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helphouse12 Apr 8, 2026 -1
I would trust Sam witwer
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Optimal_Brain_2908 Apr 8, 2026 +26
Kennedy has produced some of the biggest blockbusters in history. FIloni has made some OK cartoons and terrible live actions shows
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TotalRecognition2191 Apr 8, 2026 +4
Filoni sucks.
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atomsondre Apr 8, 2026 +19
I’d rather have Kennedy putting out a few bad, rushed films and two great seasons of Andor than stomach even one more second of that insufferable jackass with the cowboy hat and his box of action figures pretending he knows how to tell stories.
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SonnywithaCage Apr 8, 2026 +18
Someone occasionally willing to take risks on creatives vs someone obsessed with rehashing lore from an animated show (the only good thing he’s worked on)? Yeah, I think I prefer Kennedy
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Grumpiergoat Apr 7, 2026 +22
Better Kennedy's lack of direction than Filoni's direction. Sure as hell aren't getting another Andor under Filoni.
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zerg1980 Apr 7, 2026 +16
That’s the thing. While Kennedy’s tenure was generally a disaster, she was willing to take an occasional crazy risk with the franchise. That may have resulted in stuff like The Acolyte, which just didn’t work, but it also resulted in Rogue One and Andor. Filoni just wants to make live action sequels to his cartoons, which I’ve never liked. It’s going to be a very uniform and safe interpretation of Star Wars.
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ScorpionTDC Apr 7, 2026 -13
Eh, Rogue One was pretty whatever too. Maybe with better characters it would’ve landed but
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DruidDog Apr 8, 2026 +17
wtf lol rogue one is incredible. literally the only film in the disney era that is worth watching more than once
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Samanthacino Apr 8, 2026 +2
Rogue One has a great third act, but the first two thirds feel very sloppily put together and slapdash (because they were). You can really smell the production hell stink coming off it. When I first saw it, I thought that it just had bad editing and that was to blame, but now knowing the filming problems it makes sense.
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Salarian_American Apr 8, 2026 +1
Yeah I'm with you on that. The first 2/3rds is a slog, populated by a main character who has zero agency in the story and is yanked around from place to place by her arm
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ScorpionTDC Apr 8, 2026 -3
Glad you enjoyed it so much. I didn’t hate it just found it mid. As I said, I think the bland and kinda underwritten ensemble undercut it a lot for me
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DruidDog Apr 8, 2026
did you think any recent disney star wars film was better?
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ScorpionTDC Apr 8, 2026 -5
Last Jedi for sure (and no - I’m flat out not in the mood for a listnook debate about liking it). Then it’s about even with Force Awakens for being mid in different ways (Rogue One was slightly bolder in its storytelling h; Force Awakens had more likeable characters and a stronger emotional core). Solo and Rise of Skywalker would be the two worst and if they’ve done any others I didn’t bother seeing them. That’d make it either second or third best by default for me, which is a testament to Disney generally not doing a good job with Star Wars as far as I’m concerned
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DruidDog Apr 8, 2026 +3
TLJ better than rogue one? good god 🤣
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Gluverty Apr 8, 2026 +3
I get it. Rogue One is top for me, but TLJ is next for me. It was the best of the sequels IMO. I liked TFA a lot too, when it came out but the trilogy was a mess and I deplore TROS.
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Equivalent-Rate-6218 Apr 8, 2026 -1
The fact that Leia got blown out into space and whipdeedood herself back into the ship is all that is required to disprove any argument you have ever formulated about Star Wars. *Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it.* I award you no points, and ***may God have mercy*** on ***your soul. Jesus Christ.***
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Samanthacino Apr 8, 2026 +4
If you're curious, the reason for this is that the director had the actors wildly change their character's behavior, motivations, and persona in between takes. It was a f****** nightmare to compile the takes because there was no universal throughline for what the movie was intended to be. It's a miracle it ended up remotely coherent (and a testament to Tony Gilroy's surgical skills that he could clean up Gareth Edward's mess)
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ScorpionTDC Apr 8, 2026 +1
Damn that’s crazy. Thank you for sharing and I had absolutely no idea
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Mammoth-Talk1531 Apr 8, 2026 +3
Rogue One walked so Andor could run.
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Samanthacino Apr 8, 2026 +4
It was pretty funny rewatching Rogue One after finishing Andor, and seeing such a stark drop in quality.
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Deep-Meat-3583 Apr 8, 2026 +4
Thats an opinion, for sure. Not popular by any means, but it's certainly an opinion.
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gzapata_art Apr 8, 2026 +3
Eh. I think Kennedy's biggest issues was being rushed to fit Disney's plans. Whether it was hitting specific deadlines for the sequel or needing to fill up Disney+ with shows. I think she did good for the job she was given and it seems most people have a positive experience with her Filoni has storytelling issues with needing to overly connect things among his biggest problem. He's a good storyteller if he gets reigned in just a tiny bit
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Numerous_Actuary_548 Apr 8, 2026 +6
Well, as you see, the Star Wars “fans” have arrived to tell you that they now hate Filoni after non-stop bitching for years about Kennedy and sucking Filoni off at the same time. Can’t appease these people. They are fickle and flip their opinions more than a fry cook flips burgers.
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dukenuk3m Apr 8, 2026 +2
almost can't believe my eyes haha. star wars fans are a different bunch that's for sure.
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bendstraw Apr 8, 2026 +2
I'm glad you put fans in quotations because those are 100% not real fans. If you wanna know what real fans think go to r/StarWarsCantina
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manachar Apr 8, 2026 +2
Kennedy made shareholders more money and has a more proven track record
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FormerWrap1552 Apr 8, 2026 +3
Filoni just ass ass in a different direction though. Disney is just not good for Star Wars. Lucas selling that thing is one of the worst moves in art history. At this point, let's just move on. Something creative and new if that's even possible now xD. It's like if Tolkien sold his rights to Hitler. Small exaggeration but yea... creative death.
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bendstraw Apr 8, 2026 +3
As President of Lucasfilm, I back KK over Filoni for sure, she's probably one of the best people to run a film business in the entire industry. Filoni is great at coming up with ideas and executing on them, but that doesn't make him qualified to be President of a company. The setup they have with him as Co-President with Brennan makes sense given that.
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StaticInstrument Apr 8, 2026 +3
Me! I wish Kennedy had gotten her vision instead of having to constantly compromise with the Disney C-Suite. We would have: Rian Johnson’s VII-IX (theoretically a cohesive trilogy), a movie from David Fincher (pitch killed by Disney), a movie from Steven Soderbergh (script killed by Disney), and a Damon Lindelof Jedi series starring LaKeith Stanfield (in development until being killed by Disney)
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DarthKhorne Apr 8, 2026
Yeah they would be either contrarian or not really grasping the situation
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PlumRelative4399 Apr 8, 2026
Kennedy is a very talented producer but has never had the creative chops necessary for her job. Of course hindsight is 20/20 but she really should’ve had a partner to handle the creative side similar to DC Studios with Gunn and Safran and the current Lucasfilm regime with Filoni and Brennan.
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Bubble355 Apr 7, 2026 +51
Mark Hamill has given Star Wars the franchise, Star Wars fans, and fandom a mountain of earnest work, effort, and happiness. Let him be. If he truly wants to offer his opinion as a fellow fan of all things fantastical and fictional I’m happy to hear it. But please let the man be. No matter which producer, writer, or showrunner ends up helming these larger than any one life franchises now or for forever Mark is golden. His input should not be shared as a bargaining chip but simply as part of the conversation. He’s given us all so much with his performances and we should all be grateful for his continued presences, passion, and input whether we agree with it or not. This icon’s words should not be tossed around as a talking point or a bargaining chip. If George Lucas has abdicated his authority over SW, so should Hamill be allowed to do the same. Star Wars will continue in some way shape or form. It’s such an engrossing story and universe that it feels inevitable. Love what you can about it while you can, and be grateful that we still get to experience the privilege of greats like Hamill being a part of the conversation.
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Equivalent-Rate-6218 Apr 8, 2026 +12
Who is hating on Mark Hamill. Man is a legend.
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SnazzySammich Apr 8, 2026 +3
Nobody. Mark is awesome.
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FileHot6525 Apr 8, 2026 +36
Give it time. The fandom will eventually turn on him too
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Braidaney Apr 8, 2026 +17
They already have, Filoni has been pumping out trash ever since Disney bought Star wars.
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sentient-sloth Apr 8, 2026 +8
He struck gold with Clone Wars but yeah outside of the diehard fans I think most people would agree he’s been kinda hit or miss since.
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Connect-Plenty1650 Apr 8, 2026 +11
Clone Wars was gold only if you ignore \~70% of the episodes. Rose tinted glasses and all that.
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sentient-sloth Apr 8, 2026 +2
Struck gold as in it was a big hit at the time and brought some new life to the franchise.
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FileHot6525 Apr 8, 2026 +3
Nobody hates SW as much as SW fans. Most toxic fandom ever
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CaptainBorg Apr 8, 2026 +2
Ay, Rebels is pretty good just skip the filler
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big_thundersquatch Apr 8, 2026
I blame that more on Filoni being trapped within the narrow guardrails they’ve placed on the franchise in order to reduce risk and maximize profits. US Capitlism’s current state demands they continue milking the Skywalker saga and play things safe, as opposed to risking something new that will actually innovate the franchise and excite fans and newcomers.
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HiphopopoptimusPrime Apr 8, 2026 +1
Ever seen This is Spinal Tap? When the band breaks up and then Derek Smalls emerges with his big idea, “Jazz Odyssey”. That’s Dave Filoni. Waiting for his opportunity for “Ahsoka Odyssey”. Helicopter lightsabres, space whales, and other rehashed EU junk.
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JayKay8787 Apr 8, 2026
ive been sick of him since mando s2 tbh. They need someone who will focus on good scripts and take some risks, develop characters, and tell stories that are more than an excuse to sell toys
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IdealizedSalt Apr 7, 2026 +28
Leave the poor guy alone. Quit making him opine about every Star Wars issue for the rest of his life.
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AsherahEnd Apr 8, 2026 +12
but don't you understand??? he HATES Disney and Kathleen Kennedy because she personally shot Luke in the face 😡😡😡 Luke is actually the only role he ever cared about and everything he says is coded speech hating on Disney Star Wars!  I honestly think he don't cares that they killed off Luke but it's funny seeing the deranged fan theories
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sketchampm Apr 8, 2026 +3
Some heavy editorializing in the title there.
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unwocket Apr 7, 2026 +20
Luckily we only really need 6 Star Wars movies, and we’ve already got those
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StaticInstrument Apr 8, 2026 +13
The OG 3, Last Jedi, Rogue One, and Solo?
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SlouchyGuy Apr 8, 2026 +3
The OG 3, maybe Rogue One
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Garlick_ Apr 8, 2026 +1
Based based based
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thatblondboi00 Apr 8, 2026
low IQ rage bait
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Jevano Apr 8, 2026
No, he meant the good ones
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Strange-Future-6469 Apr 7, 2026 -1
I think of them as 3 Star Wars movies and 3 bonus Star Wars movies that are more like junk food than the main course the first 3 were. Then there were some neat spinoffs like Rogue One. There were no other Star Wars movies. Those abominations that shall not be named do not exist.
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Kappokaako02 Apr 8, 2026 -1
We have 3 anyway. Only rogue one and solo can even compete with the ot
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unwocket Apr 8, 2026 -1
I didn’t say we had 6 masterpieces (not even close), but Star Wars without George Lucas ain’t really Star Wars for me
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Kappokaako02 Apr 8, 2026 +4
Except Andor which is light years better than anything lucas ever drew with his crayons
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unwocket Apr 8, 2026 +3
I loved Andor but you’re talking like it’d be a possibility without GL with that mouth
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ThunderheadStudio Apr 8, 2026 +1
Problem is *why* Andor was good. Andor could have been set in a thousand other universes and it would still have been good. Nothing about it was all that *Star Wars*. It could have been set on Earth and been good.
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SellaraAB Apr 8, 2026 +1
I have mixed feelings about that statement. On the one hand, I agree that Andor could have been good in any setting, but it was putting it in a setting I already loved and understood with such depth that made it incredible. Also, because it was a pre established setting, we got to skip a shit ton of world building and focus tightly on the story they wanted to tell.
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Kappokaako02 Apr 8, 2026 -1
I firmly have the opinion (as a guy covered in Star Wars Tats) that Star Wars doesn't deserve Andor lol
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ThunderheadStudio Apr 8, 2026
I don't disagree. Its just... good. Regular, plain old good.
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FruitMustache Apr 8, 2026 +3
Can they delete the last 8 or so years and try again with similar content? Except Andor, that can stay.
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lordraiden007 Apr 9, 2026 +1
All of the best stuff that comes out for Star Wars, the shows and broader mediums like books and comics, is written in a way that is entirely indifferent to the old legends canon. They should honestly just start a Star Wars Legends line of shows.
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greenheadMT Apr 7, 2026 +29
I loved TLJ and think the backlash has led to milquetoast lowest common denominator schlock we’ve gotten since. Kennedy and all of Disney is so afraid of risk and doing something different. Andor is the exception and Filoni is reportedly not a fan so I don’t have hopes it will get better. I like TCW, Bad Batch, and Rebels quite a lot and same with first season of the Mandolorian. But I don’t have hopes that his aesthetic transfers to live action. Just me.
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StaticInstrument Apr 8, 2026 +7
Kennedy loves Rian Johnson and the Last Jedi. She originally wanted to give him the entire sequel trilogy and he was again her pitch as writer/director for IX once Carrie unfortunately died and Trevarrow crashed out with Book of Henry
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DogFartsonMe Apr 8, 2026 +7
Which would have been a great decision. Despite the criticism for TLJ, the sequel trilogy needed more cohesion and an actual plan.
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StaticInstrument Apr 8, 2026 +2
Yep, there aren’t many details out there of Johnson’s pitch for the whole trilogy, but JJ Abrams essentially remaking IV for VII and Johnson getting his vision for VIII was a compromise reached between Lucasfilm and Disney. The same pattern of Disney wanting safety and Kennedy sticking by Johnson repeated when IX had to be reworked. Disney was especially scared by loud segments of online complaining about The Last Jedi I’d argue you can feel that conflict in the sequel trilogy
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popularis-socialas Apr 8, 2026 +1
The plan was to make money lol. And they did that.
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Outside_Pie_9037 Apr 8, 2026 +6
Half of TLJ was really good, and half of it was really terrible. Sidelining Poe and Finn was a bad choice, and even worse was not doing anything with the hints that he was force sensitive. And I'm not even against pointing out that Poe was a hothead, but I think him and Finn going in a side quest together would've been better than what we wound up with. And I also like Rose's final line, but her character just wasn't written that well, and she didn't have very much chemistry with Finn either. And finally, Rey was waaay too good at swordfighting in the throne room scene. I know it's a right wing trope to call her a Mary Sue, but she was. The scene was really cool, but it should've been choreographed to show her shortcomings as a fighter, and she, realistically, should've been playing more of a supporting role, given her background and someone practically untrained. I like alot of what the movie did, and even more, what it attempted to do, but it really wasn't all that. Ya, it was alot better than its followup, and actually brought new ideas, unlike both of Abrams' films, but it definitely had plenty of shortcomings and bad decisions.
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Gluverty Apr 8, 2026 +3
Solid take. The elements of it that were good were so good I forgave a lot of the stuff you articulated here. It’s such a shame TROS didn’t know what to do with a Rey not being related to anyone and that force broom kid... or the spark… or any good ideas.
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emb4rassingStuffacct Apr 8, 2026 +7
> Rose's final line You mean that scene where she stops Finn from saving the rebels and then opines to him about “Saving what you love.” as a giant laser blows up the base where the last hope of humanity is holding on for dear life?  I’m being somewhat facetious here, but I can’t help that laugh whenever I watch that scene 😭
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HiphopopoptimusPrime Apr 8, 2026 +1
I have similar feelings. TLJ is a rare case of a movie I mostly agree with, but dislike. Rey being nobody was great. TLJ was bold. My issues were what it ha done to culture. In hindsight, was what Rian Johnson was trying to say about Star Wars worth it? Ultimately, all it did was add more fuel to the online far right griftersphere fire.
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ScorpionTDC Apr 7, 2026 +2
Not seen Andor but otherwise same page on liking TLJ and overcorrection to internet backlash basically derailing this franchise
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Tito_Come_Back Apr 8, 2026 +3
I'm a rather casual fan but definitely check out Andor. Best thing out of Star Wars since Empire Strikes Back in my opinion.
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AsherahEnd Apr 8, 2026 +1
There are problems with the new trilogy, but SO much of the criticism was disingenuous and thinly veiled (and often not veiled at all) anti woke bullshit.
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LPMadness Apr 8, 2026
Them having that knee jerk reaction to the community was the final nail in the coffin. They would have been better off letting Rian helm the entire trilogy or letting him follow up to TLJ. Bringing JJ back was a horrible decision. TLJ rules.
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GL2U22 Apr 8, 2026 +2
Haven’t been super impressed with a lot of Filoni’s stuff over the past few years but whatever, I’m going to watch anything that’s released regardless. Andor is still the best Star Wars content since Empire Strikes back and it’s not even close. I’d much rather see an Andor style story set between A New Hope and Empire Strikes Back in a “Shadows of the Empire” vein before anything relating to Rey and the sequel trilogy.
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MustangBarry Apr 8, 2026 +5
It's too late. We had one small window of opportunity where Harrison, Carrie and Mark could work together and kickstart a new beloved galaxy arc, with something for fans of the old and fans of the new. A handover of the old guard for the new era. Instead we got a pointless death, blue milk and Mary Space Poppins. Disney gonna Disney.
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BlockHeadJones Apr 8, 2026 +4
Can we re-do the sequel trilogy?
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Technicoler Apr 8, 2026 +4
I love Mr. Hamill, but The Last Jedi rules and is my 3rd favorite of the films!
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LPMadness Apr 8, 2026 +3
TLJ has flaws, but I absolutely love it. It was doing new and interesting things. Best of the new trilogy by a country mile.
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Youngsville Apr 8, 2026 -6
I mean, it’s the most cohesive and emotional. I love the Rey/Kylo tension. Oh well. Guess Star Wars will be macho c*** from now on…
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FafnirSnap_9428 Apr 8, 2026 +2
Variety is really going on all out with digging up tired old rage/click bait bullshit, aren't they.
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Borange_Corange Apr 8, 2026 +1
Ultimately, Hamill supported Kennedy too, so ... kinda bogus headline.
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KrookedDoesStuff Apr 7, 2026 +2
No one hates Star Wars more than Star Wras fans. Fiolini’s gonna get shit on just as bad
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VernBarty Apr 7, 2026 +2
Too little too late
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Fun-Tooth-622 Apr 8, 2026 +2
Star wars fans literally never happy
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HiphopopoptimusPrime Apr 8, 2026 +1
I didn’t like TLJ but respect Rian Johnson was trying something new. Unfortunately he brought about the very future he was trying to avoid. Now it’s Dave Filoni parading memberberries and recycled EU content. The future of Star Wars is Ahsoka Tano folding her arms stoically as she ascends to become the avatar of the force. Literally, with a helicopter lightsaber.
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popularis-socialas Apr 8, 2026 +3
Everybody says he did new things, but I don’t see it. Opening is basically the Hoth invasion, Rey is on her Dagobah with her Yoda while her friends go on wild-goose chases. Luke is basically Obi-Wan/Yoda, the Jedi who failed Anakin/the Jedi Order and went into exile. He dies sacrificing himself to distract the Imperials like Obi-Wan did. I mean he killed the Emperor figure off in part 2 of the trilogy instead of part 3. Force Skype is cool I guess. Rey being a nobody is certainly a subversion.
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wjbc Apr 8, 2026 +1
For those like me who had to look him up, I saved you the time: >[Dave Filoni’s] early career included work as a director and storyboard artist on the first season of Nickelodeon's *Avatar: The Last Airbender*, which caught the attention of George Lucas. In 2005, Lucas recruited Filoni to Lucasfilm Animation to help build the studio and develop *Star Wars: The Clone Wars*, an Emmy Award-winning animated series (2008–2020) that he co-created, directed, wrote, and executive produced across seven seasons and over 100 episodes. >Filoni's influence grew with subsequent Star Wars projects, he later created the follow-up series *The Bad Batch*, *Tales of the Jedi*, *Star Wars Rebels*, *Star Wars Resistance*, executive producer on *Star Wars Forces of Destiny*, *Skeleton Crew*, and *Maul – Shadow Lord*, co-created and is an executive producer on *The Mandalorian*, *The Book of Boba Fett*, and *Ahsoka*, serving as the latter's sole writer. In 2023, Filoni was promoted to Chief Creative Officer of Lucasfilm, granting him creative oversight over all upcoming films and television projects in the franchise. In January 2026, Filoni was announced as president of Lucasfilm, alongside co-president Lynwen Brennan, taking over from Kathleen Kennedy.
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Fantastic_Bug1028 Apr 8, 2026 +1
did Mark bring “the issues” in his quote or the headline is written by some idiot trying to creat drama?
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SethOval Apr 8, 2026 +1
Pretty much “Hey, I gotta keep a job here”
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Highly_Appropiate Apr 8, 2026 +1
Luke damn near turning into Darth Vader in real time.
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Dettelbacher Apr 8, 2026 +1
WTF is a "star wars boss"?
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dlkslink Apr 8, 2026 +1
Yeah but the damage is done….
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Oodlemeister Apr 8, 2026 +1
If Star Wars should be in anyone’s hands, I’m glad its Filoni. In saying that, he has a bad habit of making EVERYTHING Jedi-focused. Like almost too much
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Yorkie2016 Apr 8, 2026 +1
In animation Filoni has done well. Live action is a different story. He just can’t write for it. His timing is still based around animation. Ahsoka had a decent potential but was almost ruined by scenes that had so much padding in them. Especially the scenes inside Ahsoka’s ship with Sabine. Ahsoka season 2 will show us if he learned from his mistakes but I’m not holding out too much hope.
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SeiriusPolaris Apr 8, 2026 +1
I’m sure he doesn’t *actually* care. Just giving whatever answer is needed for them to stop asking him about it.
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60discpriest Apr 8, 2026 +1
Just let it die. Star Wars stories have been ass for years
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LupusDeiEl Apr 8, 2026 +1
Yeah since Disney got it. The old expanded universe was way better.
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SedesBakelitowy Apr 8, 2026 +1
Does it matter to anyone? He both coined Jake Skywalker for the sequels and apparently is in full support of everything. He’s doing as told.
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Redducer Apr 8, 2026 +1
I’d want whoever wrote the first KotOR game to be in charge. New period. New characters. Loose connection through shared concepts, zero fan service. I’m also OK with not expecting much from that franchise anymore.
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Infamous-GoatThief Apr 8, 2026 +1
I’m just at a point w Star Wars where unless I hear *overwhelmingly* good things from people whose opinions I value about a piece of Disney-Star Wars media, I will never engage with it They’ve just lost any credibility they had w me, and that wasn’t much to begin with
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StrengthFew9197 Apr 8, 2026 +1
I trust Dave Filoni with Star Wars. He has created some of the best content in the franchise.
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woopwoopscuttle Apr 8, 2026 +1
Kennedy shepherded the modern miracle that is Andor. That is all.
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darkeststar Apr 8, 2026
Kathleen Kennedy is a victim of the nerd culture epidemic of our times, charged with being a woman in charge of a business who happened to make decisions that made a certain subset of fans upset while completely ignoring every good thing and accomplishment she made. The film industry gamergate, where the worst of the worst took to sending out death threats to stars of Rian Johnson's movie just because they were big mad that Luke Skywalker is maybe a flawed character. Kennedy had decades of track record behind her producing some of the biggest and most well loved movies in history, but because she simply existed while divisive projects went out to the masses there were calls for her resignation. She also greenlit Mandalorian AND Andor. Dave Filoni is basically just a walking encyclopedia of Star Wars material and his whole MO since having an exec position at Lucasfilm has just been bringing old existing characters back, or ones he created for animated shows getting live action adaptations. He's not taking chances. Does anyone like the live action material he's responsible for? Does anyone like it more than what Kennedy greenlit? His first big series since taking over is going back and doing yet more stuff with Darth Maul. Okay.
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lordraiden007 Apr 9, 2026 -1
Kennedy was the person who personally shuttered the expanded universe and all the things people had spent literal decades loving for… what? A bunch of subpar movies that basically rehashed the original trilogy? All legacy characters behaving like the writers only knew about them from bad fan fiction stories before unceremoniously killing them off? A new cast of characters each more bland than the last? A bunch of new TV shows that rapidly declined in quality? What did she do that was better for Star Wars than adapting existing and defined lore? She robbed the world of proper theatrical showings Mara Jade, Ben Skywalker, Jana Solo, Wedge Antilles, Darth Bane, Darth Revan, Talon Karrde, Kyle Katarn, Jan Orso, and literally dozens of other characters that each could carry entire movies or TV shows on their back.
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darkeststar Apr 9, 2026
"robbed the world"
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lordraiden007 Apr 9, 2026
If you knew anything about the literary world she destroyed you’d agree that what we have now is akin to depriving the world of actual art. Might as well be the same as torching a museum and putting up a print out of an NFT monkey in its place.
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lablfoto Apr 8, 2026 +2
TIL people really enjoyed The Last Jedi. What did you like about it so much?
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DrBeetlejuiceMcRib Apr 8, 2026 +1
It actually did something different. It’s not my favorite Star Wars movie and there are things I dislike about it but at least they tried something. The Force Awakens was just “hey remember this?” For an hour and a half. A beat for beat remake of A New Hope. Boring. And Rise of Skywalker was ridiculous.
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Connect-Plenty1650 Apr 8, 2026 -1
Give me a beat from TLJ and I point you to the beat that matches ESB (or RotJ from where it also borrowed).
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Jmonkey77 Apr 8, 2026 +1
All of filonis works post clone wars have been shit, I have no hope for this franchise moving forward
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Akita51 Apr 8, 2026 +1
They should just do a whole new sequel trilogy and retconn the originals as a “dream”
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GuelmiGames Apr 8, 2026 +1
We need a movie that explains 7-8 and 9 were a dream
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JammedTlilet Apr 8, 2026 +1
Kathleen Kennedy did so much damage this franchise is dead to a lot of people now. Though the Sith Lords often have an apprentice. Will be interesting to see what happens
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Paddlesons Apr 8, 2026 -4
TLJ was good, is good, and probably will be one of the better remembered SW films of all time. He just didn't care for the treatment of the character, which was stupid.
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Alex3884 Apr 8, 2026 +3
It was ass then and it’s ass now
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HiphopopoptimusPrime Apr 8, 2026
It has been nearly 10 years and its reputation hasn’t improved at all. Its only cultural legacy is a burning dumpster fire of a griftersphere.
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FangornLeghorn Apr 8, 2026 -1
Hamill supported Kennedy too. Stop trying to create drama out of nothing because you hate Kathleen Kennedy for putting girls and black people in the lead of your space wizards opera.
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jerslan Apr 8, 2026 +4
Right? That headline has some crazy editorialization to it... Granted, it's Variety, so I don't expect any of their editors to have even taken Journalism 101.
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SpaghettiNCoffee Apr 7, 2026
It doesn’t matter. I don’t see how the magic can return.
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Sir_Tea_Of_Bags Apr 8, 2026 +2
By having the writers state it somehow happened, obviously. # Somehow… the magic returned.
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bwc4cncAZ Apr 7, 2026 -2
Star Wars sucks. Thank you.
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ComicsEtAl Apr 8, 2026 -1
Okay, that… that hurts, Mark. I thought we’d… Y’know what, nevermind.
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justusleag Apr 8, 2026 -1
Dave’s takes have been bright points in the post OG trilogy era.
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