I loved this show and I felt nothing but sympathy for Murray as his world imploded.

Spoiling it now. 2/3rds into the movie, they’re going to be saved by a one-armed Samuel L. Jackson.

“It’s just a big circle jerk now.”

The Last Jedi was made by a competent creative with a vision. It was free of the burden of launching the franchise and could do its own thing. (It also wasn’t crammed to the gills with dumbass fan service.)

Pretty sure Lawrence Kasdan registered a similar complaint (and, if rumors are to be believed, lobbied for their removal.)

Didn’t Eihrenreich complain to Disney that they were shooting it like a Will Ferrell comedy, just having everyone throw out random improvs to see what sticks?

I see this response in every single article about the show. Morgan Cooper shot a short film with this concept himself a few years back and posted it online. It got a ton of attention and a lot of positive feedback - Will Smith saw it and loved it as well. That’s why this show is being made.

I thought Rogue One handled it great, with the unfortunate exception of uncanny valley Leia at the end. We know from SW that tremendous sacrifice went into getting the plans for the Death Star, and get a Skywalker-free story of how it went down.  Not to mention a tremendous ending.  Taking that approach gives Disney…

Goddamn, I like this response.

The rest of this board is hashing out whether Solo was “good” or not, so I don’t need to address that. Instead, I would like to focus on what they said about fan service and doing something unexpected, which is a very honest and insightful comment and why L&M are so successful. The Kessel Run is a great example - SW…

At the end of the day, you’re always in film school. You’re always learning and trying to become a better filmmaker.

Solo is forgettable. Mrs. F. and I saw it in the theater.

Solo got very meh audience reaction scores, and is by far the least successful Star Wars movie in terms of inflation-adjusted box office. The way these things work, that is indicative of a lack of repeat viewings and weak word of mouth.

So I think Rogue One was a success because it was also a pretty faithful adaptation of a classic type of movie, the “rag-tag group goes on a suicide mission” war movie. Interestingly, that was a popular type of movie in the same period as the Westerns that inspired a lot of other Star Wars content were at their peak…

I think Solo is a good illustration of why it is easier (albeit not infallible) to do a decent TV series than a movie in a context like this.

What, it just so happens that literally every notable event in Han Solo’s life prior to ANH occurred within the space of a week.

Some of the actors, Emilia Clarke in particular, we’re having a rough time with L&M because they were unable to really articulate to her what the hell she was supposed to be playing. So she was definitely relieved by the changing of the guard. Woody, however, (a far more seasoned actor who probably needed much less…

I keep saying that the problem with the new Star Wars projects is that the original run was paying homage to Kurosawa, Westerns, and adventure serials, whereas the new run is paying homage to...Star Wars.  It’s just a big circle jerk now.  That’s why the Mandalorian was so good:  it went back to the idea of drawing…

Along those lines, it’s entirely possible that Kennedy (or whoever) knew that while they’d make more money overall by letting L&M finish (as opposed to spending a bunch more money to reshoot the movie and release a movie that wasn’t as good), they didn’t want to get a reputation for not being able to control directors.…

Did not enjoy Solo. Don’t mind some fan service but that movie was written as if someone had put the 7-8 things we know about Han on a board and strung some yarn between them to develop the plot.