It occurred to me, since I have no idea how these deals work, do you think Disney hopes that Avatar 2 is a huge success? It's not their movie, but given their new Avatar Land park, wouldn't Cameron's sequels being successful also be in Disney's interest?
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Gareth Edwards' Star Wars Spinoff is now "Rogue One," Rian Johnson Confirmed for Ep 8
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It occurred to me, since I have no idea how these deals work, do you think Disney hopes that Avatar 2 is a huge success? It's not their movie, but given their new Avatar Land park, wouldn't Cameron's sequels being successful also be in Disney's interest?
George Oscar Bluth II
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Wedgette Antilles, his daughter.
Bobby Roberts
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Wedgina?
Wedgella?
Weddie?
Wedgella?
Weddie?
BrokenFiction
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Wedgie.
SCULLIBUNDO
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Yeah it would be better for them and all the money they've pumped into that park if Avatar does well.
Bobby Roberts
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Nobody wants a wedgie, though.
BrokenFiction
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Star Wars: Rogue Thong
Bobby Roberts
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George Oscar Bluth II
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Wedgelina who then becomes Darth Wedgie.
BlueDogAnchorite
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Ever since Disney announced that they wanted to do Spinoffs to the Star Wars franchise, I've been wanting an X-Wing movie. So excited for this film. Here's hoping that they do that Obi Wan spinoff next 
We gonna act like Avatar's gonna make that release date?
Abrams may have had disputes with the studio, I'm sure he did, you are right about that. But Faraci tried to re frame his misinformation about Abrams jumping ship as being okay because it suggested rumblings of discontent.
I can't believe he was naive enough to suppose that people on the internet weren't going to run with it and that it wouldn't become a misleading headline (which it did). Same with the women in Star Wars thing, it tied into a narrative that was bound to capture a huge amount of attention, even if it was based on bad info. People on IO9 also wrote about that, though I am willing to believe that they were uninformed enough to not know about the parts that weren't cast yet, and were just feeding the Gawker beast.
Fair point, though if you're engaged with this stuff it is hard to avoid. Everything written somewhere is sourced everywhere else.
Anyways, that's enough Devin Faraci talk. He'd love all this attention. We can agree to disagree on him being the worst.
Back to Star Wars, are you the Bobby Roberts from the Full of Sith podcast? If so, I enjoy the show.
Count Dookkake
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Vadge Antilles
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True, it's hard to duck things from people you don't really like if they insist on being really, really loud all the time. But there are ways to muffle them, and I feel like if I can fix the signal-to-noise ratio a little, I might as well try. Hell, sometimes I *am* that guy. And I understand when people do what they can to get me to shut the hell up a little bit, too
And yeah, that's me! And thanks for listening. It's definitely appreciated.
Considering Wedge's actor turned down Episode VII because he thought it'd be boring to be in Star Wars again, odds are we won't be seeing Wedge again anytime soon.
Yeah, it's unfortunate for the fans that Denis Lawson does seem to be really down on Star Wars, and doesn't seem to want anything to do with it. He's a great actor, so it is a loss for us. It'd be a real thrill to see Wedge on screen again.
Fans of Wedge should definitely check out Lawson in Local Hero and Hornblower.
Good points!True, it's hard to duck things from people you don't really like if they insist on being really, really loud all the time. But there are ways to muffle them, and I feel like if I can fix the signal-to-noise ratio a little, I might as well try. Hell, sometimes I *am* that guy. And I understand when people do what they can to get me to shut the hell up a little bit, too
And yeah, that's me! And thanks for listening. It's definitely appreciated.
You guys will be podcasting from Celebration right? I'll be covering it as press, so maybe we'll run into each other.
Bobby Roberts
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The show will be there definitely, but I have neither the vacation time nor the extra cash to spend to hit up Anaheim, so if I make an appearance, it'll be via Skype or nothing
SCULLIBUNDO
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Yeah. It's already gone through the requisite Cameron cycle of two delays. They're pretty confident about starting filming later this year - which is why Saldana has blocked out more than 6 months for filming.
Saladana is filming Star Trek this summer as well (June start date I believe). So I assume it'd not begin till after that wraps. She also has Guardians of the Galaxies 2 which will shoot in early 2016 I believe. Pretty tight window. They can't delay Avatar 2 because that is likely the only 6 month window Saladana has free. She has to jump straight from Trek to Avatar straight to GOTG currently.
Gambit 1138
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When is Cameron gonna give up on that dream and come make a Star Wars movie?
I could see him as a child of Han/Leia.
Sectorseven
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What about Bruce Willis? He could play a Jedi that doesn't want to be there.
i wonder how they're going to differentiate these spinoffs from the main series. kinda worried about oversaturation... like by the time episode VIII or IX roll around regular movie-goers are going to be like "oh, that's just another star wars"
normally i wouldn't worry about it but since they're ditching the 'Episode VII' title from Force Awakens, it makes me wonder
normally i wouldn't worry about it but since they're ditching the 'Episode VII' title from Force Awakens, it makes me wonder
ratcliffja
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Man, Looper was just such an awful movie. These movies may be even worse than the prequels.
Hilarious.
SCULLIBUNDO
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lol
SmackAttack
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Yeah. I was crushed when I found out he wasn't interested.
SargerusBR
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Rogue Squadron movie? I will take it.
Holy shit! A Rogue Squadron movie?! I am in. I am so in.
The space combat has always been one of my favorite parts of the Star Wars movies, so if we end up with a movie dedicated solely to that, Episode VII could go full prequel quality and I'll still come out of these new films happy.
Yes. YES!
The stars are aligning. Rogue One will need a video-game tie-in. EA is making its Star Wars games a major release. Star Citizen is raising a jillion dollars and is set to revitalize space sims.
Totally Games is still around. Someone get Lawrence Holland on the phone, right now!
The space combat has always been one of my favorite parts of the Star Wars movies, so if we end up with a movie dedicated solely to that, Episode VII could go full prequel quality and I'll still come out of these new films happy.
Time to bring back
Yes. YES!
The stars are aligning. Rogue One will need a video-game tie-in. EA is making its Star Wars games a major release. Star Citizen is raising a jillion dollars and is set to revitalize space sims.
Totally Games is still around. Someone get Lawrence Holland on the phone, right now!
Byakuya769
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Hold up. Looper is considered a modern sci-if classic?
exmachina64
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It'll ideally be like Marvel and we'll get multiple movies a year.
TDLink
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Have there been cigarettes or cigars in any Star Wars movie? I can't seem to recall any instance of it.
Well it's one of the best sci-fi movies released in the last many years, so there's that.
ThoseDeafMutes
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I am going to be so burned out on Star Wars by 2020.
TDLink
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New Star Wars, Avatar, Marvel, and DC movies every year until 2020.
I really am going to wonder what people in general are going to think of all these big franchises after a few years of being barraged by them. Surely it's going to lead to burnout on something.
Gambit 1138
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Riann confirmed Frank Oz will be in Episode VIII
http://www.slashfilm.com/rian-johnson-terry-gilliam-star-wars/
He also pledges the virtual sets of the prequel trilogy are a thing of the past and he will rely on more practical effects, less CGI:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/rian-johnson-says-next-star-726036
This man gets it. Its the reason 99% of the movies released in the past 15 years have been huge letdowns for me. The 80s films I grew up with felt way more real than anything I've seen recently. Even early 90s stuff like T2 and Jurassic Park are far superior because there is a weight to everything and everything is believable.
http://www.slashfilm.com/rian-johnson-terry-gilliam-star-wars/
He also pledges the virtual sets of the prequel trilogy are a thing of the past and he will rely on more practical effects, less CGI:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/rian-johnson-says-next-star-726036
This man gets it. Its the reason 99% of the movies released in the past 15 years have been huge letdowns for me. The 80s films I grew up with felt way more real than anything I've seen recently. Even early 90s stuff like T2 and Jurassic Park are far superior because there is a weight to everything and everything is believable.
exmachina64
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YES!
There's a guy that sells "death sticks" in Episode 2. You think the name would imply what kind of opinion the film maker had of them.
I consider it a modern classic. At the very least, it's a good movie.
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