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Recent rumors about the halt of future developments of Star Wars movies might have had young padawans hopeless to see more of their favorite galaxy. The disappointing sales, coupled with the lack of praise from audiences and critics alike, Solo: A Star Wars Story seemed to be the movie that would slowly crash the franchise. The spin-off featuring the origins of the fan-favorite smuggler received mixed to positive reviews with some stating that it did not capture the magic of the Star Wars franchise.
The movie did have a rough competition, releasing in between two of the most anticipated movies for comic book fans. Deadpool 2 featured the return of the fourth wall breaker merc with a mouth, while Avengers: Infinity War placed every MCU superhero into one big event. Even discounting these colossal competitions, many fans had expressed concerned of the movie’s success even before the movie had released. Some had argued the movie as a pointless spin-off, months before its actual release.
Nevertheless, despite the lack of enthusiasm of fans and critics for more spin-offs, Lucasfilm won’t stop the wheel. According to ABC News, Lucasfilm has denied having stopped development of future Star Wars spin-off films. In addition to these “multiple” films, they added that the main entry lines would not suffer from the development. Lucasfilm gave no further details regarding names or tentative release dates for the projects
The next main installment in the Star Wars franchise that fans can hope to see soon is Star Wars Episode IX. The upcoming film looks to close this trilogy which revolves around Daisy Ridley’s character, Rey.
The movie is slated to release on December 20 of next year.
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Forthas
I feel very bad for Solo. It was a pretty solid film and got caught up in an uproar that had nothing to do with its quality. I hope the Star Wars Stories cn bounce back!
Annette Magaña
There is so much to explore in this universe, that a welcome change would be to deviate from the characters we already know and tell other stories. I know that they are doing this with the current trilogy, but it’s being bogged down by wanting to appeal to nostalgia.
Forthas
I agree with you to a point. It is definitely a good thing to move beyond the characters that have thus far defined Star Wars, but I have to agree that the jarring departure from their characterizations specifically in The Last Jedi was not a wise creative choice. There was not the same response to Force Awakens which DID introduce new characters but not at the expense of deconstructing all of the previous lore of the franchise. I believe there is a workable balance.
Annette Magaña
Yeah! I think the problem is that they went jumped head on 20+ years to catch up to the real actors aging in order to integrate them in the movies. If they didn’t have a problem recasting anyway, as seen with Solo, then they should have recast the original actors to show how the original characters evolve and solidify their actions in later movies. We wouldn’t have flashbacks that would not detract from building up the new characters.