We’re encouraged to engage 😅

I said this in a lot of other words in another reply, but I’ll just shorten it here to remind you that Flipper himself is named after flippers. Those things dolphins have. I can’t 100% say it’s a reference unless you can point me to official communication saying that.

Maybe “wordplay” would have been a better choice…

I agree with everything you said, but replace Chris Farley with Bobcat Goldthwait.

This article feels like it was written by an AI.

I feel like a Sarah Sherman/Molly Shannon two-hander would have been fertile ground for a weird character sketch, but I guess it was not to be. Maybe next time!

Molly Kearney does comedy like a woman doing an impression of a man, who is himself doing a bad impression of Chris Farley. 

The bad standup comic Jeannie Darcy was one of Molly’s characters when she was a cast member. I’m glad they only alluded to Mary Katherine Gallagher a few times rather than build a whole sketch around her.

That's like blocking the view of the Grand Canyon.

Why? It’s not like the bad Star Wars stuff would be erased from existence. Rebooting the whole thing to me seems like a cynical way to retread tired ground and regurgitate the same stories we’ve already been told under the guise of “hey we’re going to do it ‘right’ this time.”

Not sad about either of those reports. I’d much rather have Rian Johnson making more Benoit Blanc mystery movies, and the Obi-Wan series had some charm but mostly felt like a squandered opportunity (although they did some amazing child actor casting with that film).

Why? It’s not like it sullied the franchise. There’s so much bad Star Wars it just seems silly to get upset when they release more bad Star Wars.

I see no reason to rush it though, it’s good they didn’t just decide “season two will come out in 2024, now come up with an idea.” 

Disappointing. TLJ was a striking movie and I would’ve loved to see more in that vein. I get it, though. A trilogy would be like a decade of the man’s career that could be better spent making original projects without built-in legions of easy- to-upset fanboys.

I mean, presumably God does know, but you also know how Rian Johnson likes to subvert expectations. Even Christ Himself was reported to be “perplexed” by the Canto Blight subplot.

Come, boy, see for yourself. From here, you will witness the final destruction of the Rian Johnson trilogy and the end of your insignificant Obi-Wan series. 

They’re not saying it but if you follow the development scuttlebutt like I have, the Mangold project is basically the same project that Johnson and Benioff and Weiss had pitched as their projects to Lucasfilm. Both projects were first Jedi/origins of the force stories.

“(It is generally considered not great, in terms of making a movie, when your studio head uses “God knows” when describing your scheduling.”

Unpopular opinion, but I loved the Obi-Wan series. I also thought it ended perfectly and didn’t need a second season, so I’m actually kind of relieved to hear this.

Honestly, good. Just stop dragging out the obvious and officially end the Johnson project. Regardless of how you feel about TLJ, whether you loved it, hated it, or somewhere in between, both sides would benefit from going their separate ways. SW has plenty of content already. Rian Johnson is doing just fine, making…

Eh. I’m fine with this. With all the Star Wars content we’re getting in the next few years it’s not like we’re starving for it. And frankly, Rian Johnson deserves better. Also, I thought Obi-Wan was just a one and done.