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Taika Waititi to direct and co-write new Star Wars movie
- Thread starter Enthus
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I think most filmmakers would put "doing a Star Wars film" over "toxic fan base." Taika doesn't seem like the kind of person who is going to be bothered by losers on Twitter.
It's unlikely he'll ever face the toxicity that Rian Johnson has had to deal with.
i mean TLJ opens up with a yo mamma joke. And even "who goes first, you or me?" Or "who's in charge now? I'm in charge now!"...bring it down.
I'd rather they adapt Doctor Aphra into a TV series (I assume that's what Leslye Headland is working on?) but man...Taika could fucking KILL IT with an Aphra movie.
Maybe it doesn't need to be designed with a sequel and spinoff franchise in mind? Could just be a great movie set in the universe and left alone everything except comics. Because, let's face it, Star Wars comics can't leave anything alone.
So many folks in this thread forgetting Taika has already directed one of the best hours of modern Star Wars
It's a testament to the enduring spirit of Star Wars that top talent is still willing to sign on after the sad and often nauseating spectacle of the last 5 years.
I hope that the IP will finally move into new territory and get away from the Sheev era, the baggage that comes with such direct association to the old films as well as the old nuked EU is not good for anything at this point. Let's have new stories with new characters, in a new era.
I hope that the IP will finally move into new territory and get away from the Sheev era, the baggage that comes with such direct association to the old films as well as the old nuked EU is not good for anything at this point. Let's have new stories with new characters, in a new era.
Honestly, I think the hate is there because of the connection to the skywalker saga....I think there should be less hate if its a brand new story.
This immediately turned me off the entire movie. Like, holy shit.
Still excited about this.
Well his episode of The Mandolorian was by far the best one, so I think he will be ok
Nobody is saying "Taika Waititi is good so all Star Wars movies should be comedies now" ffs.
Eh, to the best episode of Mandalorian. Though my problems with the episode are on a script level. He did a great job directing.
HELL NO to the best live action content of Disney SW, though. Not even remotely close.
It's also potentially the most serious of the episodes.
Taika does a lot of comedy, but he's really fucking good at serious dramatic elements as well. I wasn't exactly rolling with laughter at a large chunk of Jojo Rabbit.
I quite enjoyed the first Thor, which wasn't devoid of fish out of water jokes; but it's pretty obviously with Chris Hemsworth at Thor that not having him do some comedy would be a waste of talent, as his other films such as Extraction has shown.
*looks at prequels*
It's a bit lat for that.
Already been done. We've all seen the prequels.
Maybe Disney finally realized that they have to do different fucking shit with Star Wars for it to matter.
So...maybe comedy Solo sequel or Gambino Lando spin-off for Taika...?
Peeps wonder what would've happened with the Lord-Miller take on Solo, Taika could go from there.
Peeps wonder what would've happened with the Lord-Miller take on Solo, Taika could go from there.
relax lmao, I'm not saying that either. just speculating since literally every single movie he's made has had a similar tonality to it.
I too hope he doesn't, like Rian did, ruin Star Wars by making a fantastic film
You and I both know that's not what Disney wants.
I'll be happy to watch this movie but I'll most likely pass on anything they do to followup on this.
