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Disney and Lucasfilm are moving off from theStar WarsStory spinoff film , but are they learn the wrong lesson ? The Anthologies idea has been around almost as long as the subsequence trilogy , with standaloneStar Warsmovies for Han Solo , Boba Fett and more first reported in early 2013 . Two films thick , however , it looks like that plan is being - at the very least - incase in carbonite ; theplannedStar WarsStories are being put on grip , with the studio apartment now focusing onStar Wars 9and the next trilogy ( presumably Rian Johnson ’s ) .
Much of the blame for the switch away fromStar WarsStories is being placed onSolo : A Star Wars Story . The franchise’sfirst corner office failure , its production was mired by run afoul opinions on what it should be to the point that director were changed and a eminent per centum of the movie was reshot . However , while the result budget increase -Solocost around more thanStar Wars : The Force Awakens- that ca n’t take away from the box office being so low . Its opening was belowJustice League ’s , and the drop off even more terrible . It seems that the interest in exploring the original trilogy ’s yesteryear is not there .
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However , this may not be the right moral for Disney to learn . The output issues on both moving picture ( Rogue One : A Star Wars Storyhad a less public conductor imbalance ) andSolo ’s financial struggle are certainly concerns and designate some producing change are needed , but the current failure of the go-ahead may be that they simply picked the wrong stories to tell .
Rogue One Had A Story, Solo Didn’t
Rogue Oneunequivocally worked . Despite no recognisable characters beyond a barely - in - it Darth Vader , it grossed over $ 1 billion worldwide and review were prescribed on a equation to the main episodes . Even with oft - discussedreshootsthat commute much of the third act and cut most of the prime trailer footage , the film has pick up mostly good press since release . The fact it was buoy by the advantageousness coming offThe Force Awakensis certainly a factor , sure , Rogue Oneis still , by nearly all metrics , a in force film .
Crucially , though , it ’s also a account immediately worth telling . The Rebels ' first victory against the Empire , the isthmus whostole the Death Star architectural plan , and how Princess Leia escaped with them has been onStar Warsfans ' minds since the first film ’s opening crawl , and indeed was retold many multiplication in the pre - Disney Legends . Rogue Onewas a key objet d’art ofStar Warshistory that plug in directly to the chief episodes yet had type and themes that existed in isolation from them .
Contrast to Solo , which recount us that the tidings " solo " think " solo " . The film ’s finish is abstract and ego - explanatory - how did Han become who he is - and so lack the same information hook . There ’s plenty of thing that must have happened in his past , yet do any of them warrant echt curiosity ? That doubt has replicate the weightiness give how Disney were never quite sure where to go with it ; the expectant " reveal " that stimulate the project green - fall was how where theSolo name came from , and behind - the - scenes concept art reveal an ever - changing account . That the Kasdans and Ron Howard delivered a desirable account in the end - Alden Ehrenreich ’s battle with idealism is a desirable precursor to Harrison Ford ’s stoic entrance in the original trilogy - is certainly impressive , but did fiddling to deliver the pitch to many audience .
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We have two idealistically opposed films here , and only one seem to be the future tense .
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The Star Wars Story Plan Was Wrong
If you look at the undertaking that were often rumor , they ’re very much in theSolocamp : movie where the sell is but seeing more of a character . Fans may have been clamoring for Millie Bobby Brown , but a Young Leia motion picture would be more ofSolo , as would the long - desiredObi - Wan Kenobi . One of the most in advance task wasBoba Fett , a theatrical role with a strong bequest thanks to merchandise that leaves minimum interest of what lie behind the masquerade party ; something the prequels did to mixed result . The same run for oft - rumor Yoda andJabba the Hutt : a offence movie could work but the question of why start with a theatrical role who ’s done after the scuttle act of an otherwise unrelated plastic film is strange . All of these motion picture fit a well-defined blade desire , but none instinctively have a quality hook .
However , a picture about the early Rebellion struggling with peaceful resistance ( that includes Leia ) ? A Tatooine crime western that sees Obi - Wan brush up with Jabba ? Or an amoral bounty hunter camarilla involving Boba Fett ? Immediately , they all have a purpose before even trying to connect them into any greater narrative . The stress on character over emplacement may come from the fact we tend to pick up about these projects in the early stage when they ’re little more than a fistful of idea , but the fact that what could have been an ensemble picture show about a gang of malefactor attempt to break from the underworld during the Empire ’s summit was neglected for the linear character focus ofSolosuggests not . The prevailing thinking seemed to be " make a movie about someone multitude like and we ’ll fill in the blanks after " , rather than " make a moving-picture show audiences actually will want to see , then figure out which stain embassador to feature " .
There ’s a confusing of how non - episodicStar Warsstorytelling works here . While it ’s sport to joke that theExpanded Universewas about throw every background theatrical role from the original trilogy an epical backstory and primal grandness , this was actually more a by - product of expansive authorship , short story anthology , database book and Wookieepedia bite . In world , the Legends world is live by warm , unambiguously angle story that , while often being too reverential the original motion picture at full point ( see how the only OG submarine to bite it over forty age was Chewbacca ) , could stand on their own . There were character - pitch tarradiddle , but what stood tall were the more nuanced adventures .
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The same logic must be apply to allStar Warsmaterial going forward , from comics to books to games ( note that the majority of classicStar Warsvideo games introduce new protagonists and configurations ) , and the unspoilt stand out for being more than build around a popular character . AsStar Warsfandom and general audience moviegoing habits currently exist , mere recognition is n’t enough . There need to be a aim .
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TheStar WarsStory banner is not lesser , it just needs to be film - forward . Rogue Oneworked because it belong . Solohas many problems - and being a unsound film was not one of them - that come from an undecipherable slant to its conception . Lucasfilm focused on theStar war . They should have been thinking more about the " Story " .
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