Oh God! It’s like constantly being forced to listen to an ex-girlfriend go on and on about what she is up to these days. Just a constant stream of meaningless, pointless tedium that can’t end soon enough. However, as a gathering of those truly beyond help is happening in a gigantic warehouse next to a runway in East London, we must also be forced to endure yet more Star Wars news.
Make it stop. MAKE IT STOP! Only they won’t. They won’t ever stop. This is our lot in life now, to be forced to endure an endless stream of this stuff while they try to pretend they didn’t secure the original cast for three movies, then kill them all off one-by-one without having them appear on screen together. Speaking of absolute disasters:
Rian Johnson
Kathleen Kennedy, the overseer of the biggest cinematic debacle since Heaven’s Gate, gave an update on the long-discussed Rian Johnson movie(s) that would see the subverter of expectations return to the world of Star Wars. She said:
“Rian and I talk all the time. He is unbelievably busy. So we’re not actively involved in anything at the moment because he’s doing another one of the Glass Onion movies, and then God knows what else. But he really wants to step back into the space. It’s a big commitment of time, so that’s really on him.”
You keep making those Glass Onion movies Rian, for as long as you like. It is your destiny.
More Ahsoka
Dave Filoni was on a panel speaking about Ahsoka, and he was asked about backstory, and if there is anything that has gone before that is a “must-see”, particularly from Star Wars: Rebels. In the post-panel press pool, he said if he had to pick an episode as a starting point, it would be Jedi Night, but he went on to say the whole fourth season also works. He was very clear the show is a direct continuation of animated the show:
“These characters are in really different places in their lives. There is an aspect to the hero’s journey that is very lonely. You sacrifice a lot when you’re out there fighting the good fight.
It’s going to be really beautiful and revelatory to see the things that can happen when you work in a community, when you find those relationships and the people that you can trust.”
Other news from Ahsoka was the final reveal of the actor behind the big-bad.
Thrawn Revealed
Lars Mikkelsen was confirmed to be returning as Grand Admiral Thrawn. Mikkelsen voiced the role for Star Wars Rebels and will be the blue-man himself for the live-action show. There was also an exclusive in-room trailer than showed more of him. This won’t be released online.
Filoni spoke about the Timothy Zahn books that introduced Thrawn originally:
“That all starts with Tim Zahn’s books. When we were all kids, hungry for something else, and Heir To The Empire hit, it was so unique and so wonderful.”
Return Of Return Of The Jedi
As part of a retrospective panel, Disney confirmed that Return of the Jedi will be returning to cinemas for a limited run from April 28th-May 4th in the US, April 28th-May 1st in the UK. The screenings are to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the film’s original release.
Don’t get too excited though, it’s the f*cking Special Edition. Yub nub to that bullsh*t.
