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Taika Waititi to direct and co-write new Star Wars movie
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Please just let it be a Jojo Rabbit remake where he plays Darth Vader, and the boy is a stand in for toxic fandom.
He improvs a lot, so honestly the humor was probably altered from the script, at least.
With Star Wars current track record of ever-changing projects & creative teams; I'm not going to get excited for a while. This is a long ways off with Thor barely in pre-production. There's no guarantee this actually happens.
Oh shit. Star Wars is saved!!!
It's already a joke. Taika will make it funny at least.
It was super out of place but yea that was like the only sequence of the show that was actually enjoyable
Isn't he like the 10th person to have a Star Wars movie in the works despite none being announced?
is it possible he's directing the one that Feige is producing?
is it possible he's directing the one that Feige is producing?
Eh, speak for yourself. I think Mandalorian felt like such a breath of fresh air because it was completely detached from the movies and only vaguely mentions them. As someone who's been long disillusioned with Star Wars since the iterations prequels this makes new excited for new Star Wars content. The further away they get from the movies the better.
Love Taika, but I actually felt that was a bit out of place.
Anyway.
This is amazing news.
On one hand, I love Taika's work and I think he can make a great Star Wars film.
On the other hand, I'd prefer that he would stay away from this toxic franchise and fan base. He deserves better.
On the other hand, I'd prefer that he would stay away from this toxic franchise and fan base. He deserves better.
Damn. Thought it would be hard for me to muster excitement for Star Wars lately, but count me in!
Taika seems like a reasonable person unlike Star Wars fans on the internet, which means he likely doesn't few the trilogy that way.
Damn. Thought it would be hard for me to muster excitement for Star Wars lately, but count me in!
He makes comedy films almost exclusively so...yeah probably.
There's plenty of space in the franchise for a comedy film.
YES YES YES but PLEASE actually make this movie and not cancel it like most of the upcoming theatrical movies were!
Do you always talk in hyperbole? If you were literally enjoying nothing from the show, why did you watch til the end? Dont you have better things to do?
Sorry.
*MCU Thor should have always been a comedy. Thor 1/2 confirm this.
Is this a new definition of "joke" where it means "acclaimed movie that people loved?"
his brand of self-aware/irreverent humor fit into the MCU because they were already going that route post-guardians
but I'm not sure if its good for Star Wars, its nice to distinguish that from the route many other franchises are going now and have it take itself fairly seriously (not saying it should be devoid of humor obviously but Waititi's brand of it is quite different from what has been the case so far)
but I'm not sure if its good for Star Wars, its nice to distinguish that from the route many other franchises are going now and have it take itself fairly seriously (not saying it should be devoid of humor obviously but Waititi's brand of it is quite different from what has been the case so far)
Tbf it's not Waititi's fault that the attempts at "serious" Thor movies both sucked and so his comedy one ended up being the route forward rather than a fun one off.
Same
I'm sure I will find his movie to be entertaining and thought-provoking but what's the point?
I don't see him doing multiple movies so any followup would be wasted just as much as Rian's concepts were bungled in tros.
I don't see him doing multiple movies so any followup would be wasted just as much as Rian's concepts were bungled in tros.
Watched a few EPs then stopped for a while, then one night some people wanted to watch the rest so I just went with it lol. So I guess I didn't have better things to do at that time
You should know by now that "SW shouldn't be funny!!!!" is the lowest common denominator in terms of SW hottakes.
You can already see the roots in this thread.
