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

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

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.

I have too, but don’t honestly know where they are coming from as someone who thoroughly enjoyed Filoni’s work on SWTCW

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.

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)\_/¯

It’s just that there is little hope around, they managed to bleed the fans good will dry.

how can it get any worse?

I would trust Sam witwer

Filoni sucks.

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.

almost can't believe my eyes haha. star wars fans are a different bunch that's for sure.

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

Nobody. Mark is awesome.

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.

Nobody hates SW as much as SW fans. Most toxic fandom ever

Ay, Rebels is pretty good just skip the filler

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.

The OG 3, maybe Rogue One

Based based based

low IQ rage bait

No, he meant the good ones

I didn’t say we had 6 masterpieces (not even close), but Star Wars without George Lucas ain’t really Star Wars for me

Which would have been a great decision. Despite the criticism for TLJ, the sequel trilogy needed more cohesion and an actual plan.

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.

> 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 😭

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.

I'm a rather casual fan but definitely check out Andor. Best thing out of Star Wars since Empire Strikes Back in my opinion.

"robbed the world"

Give me a beat from TLJ and I point you to the beat that matches ESB (or RotJ from where it also borrowed).