__________________ ''It is necessary that I should die for my people; but my spirit will rise from the grave and the world will know that I was right." The Almighty Führer
A Kenobi movie would be awesome. They can just create a new villain and have him somehow threaten (or would, if left unchecked, eventually become a threat to) Luke. Some crime lord who has a bunch of goons Kenobi can thrash.
It's a complete old school fanboy wish come true. Would prefer if they make the Han Solo and Boba film the same film. Waste less films that way satisfying old school fanboys.
Personally I think Fett would be better suited to that Gangster Underworld Tv series Lucas tried to get off the ground.
"It's OT" - isn't a legitimate critique against the movie kek. Try to think in terms of actual storytelling potential.
Fact is Han Solo is one of the very few main Star Wars characters who lacks an origin story, and there are a lot of unanswered questions in that regard i.e. how he got the Falcon, how he met Lando, how he met Chewbacca, how he made the Kessel Run & how he got his rep in general. It's got a lot of storytelling potential, and there is a lot of room to explore new characters, places etc. Making it a comedy also fits with the theme of these anthology movies exploring different approaches to the mythology.
Obi-Wan Kenobi? He's been sitting on Tatooine for 20 years, doing not a lot. And really, doesn't need to be doing a lot besides reflecting on the Force and protecting Luke from an odd gangster or a Krayt dragon. It makes for a good character study (of which several already exist) but I'm of the belief that these are best kept to books, comics etc., with a movie, you need a strong central plot and a three act structure, Kenobi could only get that through a series of contrivances. And there is not real justification for him leaving Tatooine.
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Last edited by Beniboybling on Apr 1st, 2017 at 12:26 PM
Origin story? Yes because we need to see how he got his powers?
Han Solo always worked best as an addition to the franchise. He gave the OT that comedic action/entertainment factor. Almost every scene with him in the OT was entertaining. Doing a "origin story" for him might Take that away from him. Just to answer questions we don't really need an entire film for. Or need answers to (how he got his name lol).
He would fit much better into other projects IMHO. As would Boba Fett.
And btw I'm not saying this is gonna suck. So far post Disney I've enjoyed the spin off's more than the Saga films. I'm just saying it wasn't the best choice in such a Vast Universe, not by a long shot. And regarding the OT, it's yet another indication Disney wants everything to revolve around that era.
They would probably have Vader in it, which Disney definitely wants to give us more of.
But honestly the main reason they're even considering this is because Ewan is still around and the right age for the project. And he's the one part of the PT everyone agrees they enjoyed, so a perfect way to link the PT to the new post Disney Star Wars world.
Last edited by Darth Thor on Apr 1st, 2017 at 12:47 PM
And we didn't need to know how the rebels captured the Death Star plans either, or what Kenobi is doing on Tatooine, all of these spin offs are peripheral.
If your argument is that Han Solo isn't a "Leading Man" so to speak, I would absolutely disagree. As the classic scoundrel archetype I think that he's actually got a lot of potential.
I'm not saying its the best choice, just a better choice than Kenobi.
God no, let's not shoe-horn Vader into this movie, which would be completely premature. But yeah Ewan is probably the only justification for making this movie.
Apr 1st, 2017 12:35 AM
