Star Wars spinoff set for 2020

[imsounoriginal]

Disney confirms third standalone Star Wars movie for 2020

Full Force ahead: Though no plot details have been released, a writer has already been hired for the new movie.

The Force will be with us for a long time to come. On Thursday, Disney confirmed a third Star Wars film in the standalone series that will begin this December with "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story."

It's set for 2020, so if you're counting, that means those who were born on the same 1977 day as "Star Wars" hit theaters will be 43 when this movie comes out. Since the series' popularity seems to just keep going, someday those same people will be able to take their great-great grandkids to watch a galaxy far, far away unfold on the big screen. (Although by then will we even see movies in theaters? They'll probably just beam them directly to our eyelids.)

Deadline reports that Disney CEO Bob Iger said he's just heard the pitch from the writer working on 2019's "Star Wars Episode IX," and revealed that a writer has been hired for the previously unannounced 2020 film.

So mark your calendars, you've got "Rogue One" this December, Episode VIII in December of 2017, a as-yet-untitled young Han Solo film in 2018, then Episode IX in 2019, and now this movie in 2020. The films are alternating release years between the remaining two of the original series and the three standalone movies.

Iger told Deadline he doesn't expect "Rogue One" to do as well as "The Force Awakens," but he did say that "interest is high." We'll go out on a limb and call that perhaps the biggest understatement since Luke described Ben Kenobi as "a strange old hermit."

from CNET.com via Deadline

[CharlesD]

I bet that whole Boba Fett idea is scrapped.

[imsounoriginal]

Hoping for something set between Episodes VI and VII, lots of unexplored territory there. This will also be the first spinoff to release AFTER the new trilogy is finished.

[Doctor Jack]

Originally Posted by CharlesD

I bet that whole Boba Fett idea is scrapped.

Hopefully. The most overrated character in the history of storytelling does not need their own movie. He's a putz.

[CinemaBlu]

I'd like at least one of these three standalone films to be set in the old Republic era when the Jedi were in their prime. Maybe even WAY before the prequels, when Yoda first started his training or before the Sith were thought to be extinct.

[Lord Method Man]

Originally Posted by CharlesD

I bet that whole Boba Fett idea is scrapped.

Indeed. Give us SOMETHING ENTIRELY NEW with a spinoff film, please.

[callahan09]

Starting to sound like Star Wars is about to be the Call of Duty of the cinema industry.

[dgoswald]

Perhaps something set in the PT era? A different take on that period in SW lore could be fascinating. Although, I wouldn't say no to something completely new, as others have noted.

[imsounoriginal]

I still don't see them going back to PT-era anytime soon, unless somehow Episodes VIII and IX tie into that trilogy more than expected and help redeem them in the public's eye. Besides, they seem to wanna center these spinoffs around characters or events we're already familiar with, there isn't a whole lot of ground DURING the actual PT left to cover thanks to the Clone Wars show (they could always cover ground between Eps. I and II, but since those are the two least-popular movies in the franchise it just doesn't make a lot of sense).

[dgoswald]

Originally Posted by imsounoriginal

I still don't see them going back to PT-era anytime soon, unless somehow Episodes VIII and IX tie into that trilogy more than expected and help redeem them in the public's eye. Besides, they seem to wanna center these spinoffs around characters or events we're already familiar with, there isn't a whole lot of ground DURING the actual PT left to cover thanks to the Clone Wars show (they could always cover ground between Eps. I and II, but since those are the two least-popular movies in the franchise it just doesn't make a lot of sense).

I see, that makes sense. Perhaps during their next spin-off phase? Don't get me wrong, I'm not a fan of the PT at all, but there's moments here and there I wouldn't mind seeing examined by a fresh mind and a new pair of eyes, if you know what I mean. I'd love a wandering hermit Ben Kenobi film starring McGregor. Just make it like a western set in space. "The Jedi With No Name."

[imsounoriginal]

Originally Posted by dgoswald

I see, that makes sense. Perhaps during their next spin-off phase? Don't get me wrong, I'm not a fan of the PT at all, but there's moments here and there I wouldn't mind seeing examined by a fresh mind and a new pair of eyes, if you know what I mean. I'd love a wandering hermit Ben Kenobi film starring McGregor. Just make it like a western set in space. "The Jedi With No Name."

There's a very good chance that's what this spinoff will end up being, but as much as I'd love to see that movie, that sounds like a huge risk.

[dgoswald]

Originally Posted by imsounoriginal

There's a very good chance that's what this spinoff will end up being, but as much as I'd love to see that movie, that sounds like a huge risk.

Do you reckon? I guess it is. Maybe once Disney have got a few hit SW spin-offs under their belt, they'll allow some experimenting. Here's hoping.

[Karmasux96]

The fact that this isn't until 2020 throws a lot up in the air. My money is on Obi Wan, since McGregor has stated how much he wants to do one but we'll see.

The stuff I'd really love to see is anything Old Republic or Shadows of the Empire (call that one nostalgia).

[MechaGodzilla]

Originally Posted by CharlesD

I bet that whole Boba Fett idea is scrapped.

I'd love to see more of Boba, but he doesn't really need to be the main focus. They could easily make him the antagonist of the Han Solo spin-off for example and it gets the job done. There were rumors in the past that they were struggling to figure out how to do a Boba film because it would mean making a villain the "hero", so maybe they settled on just letting him be the villain in another film?

[imsounoriginal]

Originally Posted by dgoswald

Do you reckon? I guess it is. Maybe once Disney have got a few hit SW spin-offs under their belt, they'll allow some experimenting. Here's hoping.

Spending $100M-$150M on a Western that'll have to be almost entirely on Tattooine with little excursion into the actual STARS, filling in chronological gaps that'll mainly be of interest to the die-hards? At least with the Han Solo movie he'll have Chewie and Lando to bounce off of and have a good time, but Ben Kenobi being a loner recovering from the loss of Jedi/Anakin and spending time with the most wretched hive of scum and villainy doesn't sound like something Disney would leap at the chance for.

[Karmasux96]

Originally Posted by imsounoriginal

Spending $100M-$150M on a Western that'll have to be almost entirely on Tattooine with little excursion into the actual STARS, filling in chronological gaps that'll mainly be of interest to the die-hards? At least with the Han Solo movie he'll have Chewie and Lando to bounce off of and have a good time, but Ben Kenobi being a loner recovering from the loss of Jedi/Anakin and spending time with the most wretched hive of scum and villainy doesn't sound like something Disney would leap at the chance for.

The key elements being Western and isolated character study. As much as I would love it that guarantees a massive loss of interest from the general public. Even if they stripped the budget down.

This is probably something they'd throw in a comic or book tie in.

[imsounoriginal]

Originally Posted by Karmasux96

The key elements being Western and isolated character study. As much as I would love it that guarantees a massive loss of interest from the general public. Even if they stripped the budget down.

This is probably something they'd throw in a comic or book tie in.

Exactly. I'd honestly prefer they don't do it as a movie unless they're willing to commit to it properly. But by 2020 this'll be their sixth Star Wars movie and third spinoff, so they may be more willing to stretch things and try an unconventional story, so we'll see.

[dgoswald]

Originally Posted by imsounoriginal

Spending $100M-$150M on a Western that'll have to be almost entirely on Tattooine with little excursion into the actual STARS, filling in chronological gaps that'll mainly be of interest to the die-hards? At least with the Han Solo movie he'll have Chewie and Lando to bounce off of and have a good time, but Ben Kenobi being a loner recovering from the loss of Jedi/Anakin and spending time with the most wretched hive of scum and villainy doesn't sound like something Disney would leap at the chance for.

The way you've described it has me salivating at the prospect that such a film could ever be possible. Although, if something like BvS is any indication, the internet doesn't want to be "depressed" by a SW film, or see characters moping around whilst kicking some a**, which is a shame, because for a one-off it could work.

[imsounoriginal]

Originally Posted by dgoswald

The way you've described it has me salivating at the prospect that such a film could ever be possible. Although, if something like BvS is any indication, the internet doesn't want to be "depressed" by a SW film, or see characters moping around whilst kicking some a**, which is a shame, because for a one-off it could work.

You and me both, man. I even tried taking a crack at writing something like that just for fun a few months back, but then my computer crashed and I kinda dropped it (went back to taking a crack at writing a Bond flick, but hit a block about halfway through and now that's languishing on my iPad lol).

[postmodel]

I would love an Obi-Wan/McGregor film.

I wouldn't mind some short films to go along with some of these spin offs, kind of like how in front of every cartoon film there is always a short.

An example being Jabba the Hutt. It's been established that Jabba wasn't always a fat, immobile slob. He at one point could slug along on his own. I wanna see his rise from "I go to you" to "No, you come to me" power. Could be a nice gangster film. The Godfather of Star Wars. Thinking about it, that actually would make for a good feature film if done right. At least how I see it in my own head haha.