This LucasFilm leak is absolutely shocking

[@AgentConundrum1]

"Star Wars is a nostalgia-based enterprise" is one of the weirder ways to say "we can't write a compelling original story to save our lives."

[@dirtfarmstudio9829]

both true

[@RickyLaFlor]

They made Acolyte and Andor though. Maybe they need to make shows that start with an A.

[@ericg1100]

@@RickyLaFloracolyte was wackolyte

[@efrinzorlon16]

@@RickyLaFlor you missed the compelling part.

[@josh-mf7lt]

Which is crazy due to how fucking easy it would be if you literally just made a small effort

[@BKF0308]

Lucasfilm be like: - Creativity: 📉 - Popularity: 📉 - Disconnection from reality:📈📈📈

[@StridentSloth]

Nobody had heard of Star Wars before seeing it in 1977 and people loved it without any nostalgia at all. Make movies that are just good and don't rely on previous emotional connection to the franchise.

[@zombie5591]

THANK YOU, youre absolutly right and Lucasfilm needs to learn that

[@originalSiiiN]

💯💯🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@Fridgemasters]

Star Wars was good because it was a space story based on what made old westerns so good, now it’s a story based on itself, and has formed somewhat of an ouroboros where it’s basically just eating itself

[@trevturp6891]

Star Wars didn't exist until 1977, although that might not be true, because the novelization of A New Hope came out in 1976.

[@neondemon5137]

That would require people who don't hate Star Wars working on the new stuff.

[@RLCguy]

How are these people so out of touch?

[@javiervasquez625]

Money and Hollywood mindset can do that to people.

[@thelittleal1212]

That’s exactly what I am thinking

[@captainDJ87]

The company is spearheaded by a grandma, that's why

[@Feefa99]

It is franchise intended for children, I can ask you same thing.

[@jacksonlarson6099]

​@@Feefa99 And I can ask you to learn how to use articles in your sentences.

[@TheRealMoolander]

"no one can agree on anything". There is their problem: they're trying to make movies by committee.

[@ozzyace71]

“I am NOT a committee!” Princess Leia …

[@MrBazBake]

All movies are by committee. That's how you make movies. Lord of the Rings had 12 producers and 3 writers.

[@jimdaniels7531]

I'm trying to imagine how Andor would've turned out if they developed it in committee instead of just letting Tony Gilroy do his thing.

[@Acerbium]

Just gotta say, it’s very pleasing seeing someone use all three “there/their/they’re”s correctly🤌

[@TheRealMoolander]

@@MrBazBake Obviously, it takes more than one person to actually make a movie. But the vision of what the movie is going to be benefits greatly from coming from a singular source. Even the Lord of the Rings trilogy is decidedly the vision of Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh (his wife) and Philippa Boyens (a very close collaborator). I believe this is different from what Disney is doing with its Star Wars cinematic output.

[@ketluther]

Saying Rey is the greatest asset they have is laughable

[@noahrotter]

It’s code for “Daisy Ridley is the only one willing to work with us again”

[@NotaNazgul]

Their greatest asset is this. They are able and allowed to take one of the many awesome Star Wars books. And to make that into a good looking movie. If only they were willing to do so!

[@marietwetegi]

cinematic asset, so disney+ series stuff is not counted here, mando etc.

[@diamondheadify-v5i]

@@NotaNazgul Oh no I wouldn't want them to tarnish any more of the awesome EU stories after what they did to Thrawn.

[@JoaoPedro-ol7sl]

​​@@marietwetegi they said their greatest asset period.

[@BulletSponge178]

...the idiots are clearly still in charge.

[@WeesloYT]

I'd like to see you do better, nerd. Easy to talk shit when you have never contributed to society outside of your mom's basement.

[@emilyg1239]

Pretty sure they're refusing to let the writers who are actually creative have their way

[@Tyrionlannister86]

The greatest asset was Luke and they wasted that bitterly. If they still think Rey is their main asset then going forward this is going to be a disaster.

[@etutuit]

Luke had to die because he had to be replaced with female character. Diversity quota overrides all creative decisions. So after few hundred milion dollars spent Rey is the biggest asset.

[@kurbisfurst5194]

@@etutuit Not entirely. They had to kill off the original cast, because they were just too old. It took way too long after Episode 6. So Disney just had a few options here, implement the old cast and kill them while creating new characters with young actors or cast new actors for the old characters, which is a strong gamble. Perfect example for this is the Solo movie. The young actor doesn't look anything like the Han Solo we know. In a similar way I still wouldn't believe that Episode 1-3 Obi Wan would grow up to look like Episode 4-6 Obi Wan. Casting new actors for original established characters is always a gamble and we can see that Disney would very much likely cast actors that were just not fitting to the role.

[@Matt_Bright_1983]

​@richardb6609 they don't even have to use Mark. They keep doing shows like Mando that take place when Luke was young so you just recast with like Sebastian Stan or someone and let Luke be involved more than the weird CGI cameos he had in the shows

[@finzard887]

@@etutuitno, Luke had to die because mark hamil was old, Han was already dead and the rest of the cast was also getting old and risking an entire saga ending trilogy upon the health of a handful of beloved and very good (but still old) actors just isn’t really worth the risk, look at how Carrie died before they even finished the final movie, that could’ve been any of the others, and what’s the point in having Luke be the main Jedi if mark hamil dies, how are they going to get the scenes filmed etc etc. I’m not defending the sequels, they were great visually but were lacking story wise and managed to waste every returning and new character which is an extremely impressive fuck up. But there is no point trying to cram ‘diversity sucks’ messaging and reasoning into places where it really doesn’t make sense or have a point like here.

[@speedflashanimations221]

We’ll A Harrison ford isn’t interested in doing Han Solo Liea is kinda dead And mark hamil is getting way older Do like Wha would you want to do?

[@jameschambers9969]

"in terms of creativity, we have no creativity" - disney

[@ADOGNAMEDCUPCAKE]

I like the part where disney said it's slavery time and brought back slavery💀

[@briansaben5697]

Lol. Are you the person recycling the same old criticisms year after year?

[@movielover7565]

​@@briansaben5697 Ikr? And the funny part is their wrong as usual.

[@thedoomtrainer8292]

​@@briansaben5697 Only because Disney is recycling the same old stories year after year. Fair's fair.

[@WillTheSkyBeBlue]

I expect the reason Rey was labelled the 'most valuable asset' to SW is because they're now trying to build an MCU with her as the ONLY link between films

[@Pigness7]

Instead of the actual link between all the movies: C3PO and R2

[@lukea136]

@@Pigness7There has to be a link otherwise what's the point. Rey was never the problem, the dreadful, confused storyline was.

[@Gamegedon.900]

they want to finally prove she's not a mary sue. because she is not, unlike other characters [COUGH COUGH ABBY FROM LAST OF US APRT 2 COUGH COUGH], but the fanbase deluded themselves into ignoring her psychological struggles and insecurities

[@Jbread456]

@@Gamegedon.900 sure she has family problems and a task to help build the new NEW republic, not as many issues that Luke had, just saying. She is not a mary sue, but she isn't a good hero either and thats a fact. Honestly the best thing Disney can do is get rid of her character. Ridely wasn't a bad actress by any stretch of the imagination, but her character is sorely lacking to say the least.

[@Gamegedon.900]

@@Jbread456 well at least you understood that she is not a mary sue. all you said is that you didn't like her. those are two separate things

[@giants8821]

I think its pretty obvious that none of those people quoted should be in their jobs. It's mind boggling how deluded they are

[@PizzaLoverrrrr]

0:47 “Amazing. Every word of what you just said was wrong”

[@John_The_Fourth]

0:58 also untrue.

[@adamb89]

It's almost as if they're deliberately trying to fail. I watched 7 and 8, but never bothered with 9. I can't watch that garbage, it's just so utterly lacking in anything resembling entertainment.

[@JustLikeTheSimulations]

I’d rather see a trilogy based around R2’s adventures than Rey’s.

[@azurefire-91]

Putting emotions aside, they're not wrong. Rey is basically the only thing they have after that fiasco of a trilogy.

[@neondemon5137]

​@adamb89 Agreed. The Last Jedi was horrible, subversive, malicious slop that ruined Star Wars.

[@brandonaskew2428]

in other words, Disney really f#%&*d this all up and no idea how to fix it.

[@neoatlas3364]

They literally have dozens of characters (including environmental characters) that would be less controversial than Rey. Rey is *an* asset, not *the* asset. Lucasfilm has just been hurting actors and making anyone want to step away from the franchise. A Jedi Finn movie would be more interesting if they didn’t tick off John Boyega so much. Why would anyone want to play a character if that character was gonna suck.

[@imperial5477]

It's okay to want to use Rey in more movies, but to say she's the ONLY cinematic asset is beyond braindead. You've got the Mandalorian, Ahsoka, Thrawn. If they weren't so allergic to it they could even pick up stories from the EU, like how Boba became leader of Mandalore or how the galaxy had to fight the yuuzhan vong

[@dozyproductionss]

they already ruined thrawn... and Ahsoka... and Luke, Leia and Han. Those last three and their children played a huge role in the yuuzhan vong war. Having Rey take their place would just kill any EU story she gets put in.

[@keanueraine]

It's one side of Lucas film saying that. That Kathleen Kennedy side. The other half, the half run by Filoni and Favreau absolutely know Legends exists and would pull from it in a heartbeat if they had true control. Alas KK controls what's said to the media side and she's so far up the DEI bandwagon all she can see is Rey is the greatest thing ever. Edit: spelling

[@azurefire-91]

That's not what they meant. It's the only "established" asset they have, as in after all the sequel trilogy, she's the only thing they've created that can create buzz.

[@azurefire-91]

@@dozyproductionss If by ruined Thrawn you mean brought him more in line with his OG portrayal...

[@imperial5477]

@@dozyproductionss Ruined is being dramatic, flat out. Thrawn's barely been used in live action so far, and from what we have seen he was great. Be patient before you judge too hard. Luke I can agree with, same with Leia and Han, very underutilized, very wasted. As for Ahsoka, I think there could have been better paths for her but I'm not really complaining with what they've done, especially since her story is not yet finished.

[@skiper7795]

1:22 "There is no source material" -Kathleen Kennedy

[@shhh5743]

Genuinely wanna cry listening to this video😭😭😭this company is unbelievable

[@Karshall-]

The Mandalorian S1, Andor and Skeleton Crew, the projects which rely least on nostalgia, are clearly the most loved projects so far. How are Disney not seeing this?

[@indianajim]

Nostalgia is an important element of Star Wars, but not the most important one. George infused Star Wars with nostalgia for Flash Gordon, Buck Rogers and common mythic tropes. The thing is understanding how to flavor with nostalgia rather than lean on it heavily. Saying it’s “based on nostalgia” means they fundamentally misunderstand what it is.

[@mori1bund]

If "Star Wars is a nostalgia-based enterprise" then it's absolutely their fault, because 1) their incompetency made it into that, and 2) they're incapable of getting Star Wars out of that corner. What a *complete admission of failure and incompetence!*

[@sleepwalking117]

3) anyone around to make us feel nostalgia is dead irl or in the films or both.

[@CrossBreedTacoHD]

"We are creatively bankrupt and are doubling down." ~ Disney

[@narp3094]

in other words, Disney has learned nothing from their past mistakes

[@Herkules16]

Disney desperately needs to clean house at Lucasfilm, the current regime has had over 10 years to try and figure this out and they're even more clueless and out of touch than when they started.

[@Soup-man]

"It's a bold strategy Cotton, let's see if it pays off for them"

[@silver292]

Legend for quoting this. :D

[@jimdaniels7531]

Morgan Freeman voice: "It did not pay off for them."

[@mustard7306]

How in the world can they think she's their best asset? Everyone wants more Mando and literally NOBODY wants to see Rey again.

[@ClericOfPholtus]

Hell if we need to mix it up after Djarin/Baby Yoda's story is done? Lets do a war story from the golden age of Mandalorian pride One of the times they fought the galaxy and nearly won. Maybe get all Sengoku Jedai with it; multiple clans with folks they want to claim the title of Mandalore Bring in that sea dragon thing the Mythosaur they hinted at. A war show with people riding a dragon was pretty successful for awhile last I checked.

[@deaconx]

All that to say "THESE PEOPLE AT DISNEY HAVE NO FUCKING IDEA WHAT THEY'RE DOING WITH STAR WARS"

[@HGShurtugal]

Ray is a hated character. I don't get why they think she is thier golden goose.

[@mohsdef]

Wokeism pal

[@Piratesi666]

Whose Ray? I thought Rey was alright. Then again i don’t have a fit when theres a woman main character.

[@HGShurtugal]

@@Piratesi666 nice strawman.

[@supremelebowski2712]

Darth Bane, Revan, Plagueis, KotR, Young Yoda, Ahsoka... There are so many things they could do that fans would love. Disney clearly has no idea what fans want.

[@isaacchillman11]

Do nothing with her

[@Chapmike]

I wouldn't go that far, since The Clone Wars managed to make even Jar Jar more appreciable IMO. Anything is redeemable if done right, and Rey could earn that. But that should be done in her own stories, since I agree that current nostalgia plan will never work, because it didn't even work with actually beloved characters.

[@Rando_Shyte]

I'm done with everything SW related so IDGAF what they do with Ma Rey Sue.

[@Rikuto01]

Man, I'd love to see a movie about a random storm trooper who wasn't really involved in anything with the rebels. He's just stationed out on some planet dealing with local BS.

[@spaceagepenguin]

That sounds like a good idea, May do something with that…

[@Wolf359inc]

AFK here on KZbin have an excellent series on that. Starts out as a comedy, but becomes more serious as time passes…

[@doubleedgedfist1535]

I like this idea!

[@nomeatbags8286]

I don’t know why it’s so hard for them to pull from the old EU or just make new characters. You can’t create more nostalgia without creating something to be nostalgic for in the first place. Honestly even capitalizing on nostalgia in the first place seems very manipulative. Perhaps they don’t want to take risks anymore, is that why they refuse to actual create anything new? We shall see.

[@crime_dog27]

I think why they won’t do the EU is because people will get mad if they DONT DO IT RIGHT

[@keanueraine]

Disney doesn't want to pay those EU creators unless absolutely necessary. It's why everything is all "new" and created in house. If Disney creates it, then no royalties need to be paid. It's a huge reason why Thrawn was such a big thing, Disney caved to Filoni and had to give Timothy Zhan royalties every time they use him. In Thrawn's case, they will maximize his use to make sure they get as much cash as they can out of him....not hard as he is a fan favorite. So yeah, great ideas in EU/Legends but rights issues with all those novelists creations and stories mean Disney has to either pay royalties or flat out buy them out, something Disney doesn't necessarily want to do because Money. Something like the Yuuzhan Vong invasion while it would be amazing to see on the big screen just wont happen because of this.

[@holdobot2281]

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[@mrzirak792]

​@@crime_dog27 people are mad regardless. They canonize things and adapt stories from EU but always fail to deliver necause they deviate. At this point they should give Legends a chance and just pay thr goddamn writersthat theyve kicked, and create some cgi show directly based on Eu story

[@JP-eu2dc]

@@keanueraine oh crap, solid point. game over.

[@AlvinFlang69420]

“Rey is tue only cinematic asset Star Wars has right now” What… WHAT!!

[@Victfil]

basically setting the sequel trilogy decades after the OT was a big mistake. In the current timeline every legacy character is dead or too old to be a lead

[@SystemZ3RO]

She's the only character not tied to a D+ show. Everyone else is dead, a supporting character, or from D+.

[@jimdaniels7531]

The year is 2037. Star Wars: The Chronicles of Rey Skywalker 6, Thrawn's Revenge Part 1 has bombed in theaters, making a paltry $200M worldwide, not even covering its enormous production budget. Disney exec: "We have to make part 2 to conclude the story. Besides, what else are we supposed to do? We have no other assets."

[@ClericOfPholtus]

"Repeat last call, it came out garbled; you couldn't possibly have said what I heard"

[@realhorrorshow8547]

They simultaneously think that they've only got one worthwhile character, but they're developing multiple projects at once? Rey is not the only worthwhile character. She isn't even _a_ worthwhile character. Secondly, stacking up a Jenga tower of projects, each less defined and more dependent on it's precursors than than the last, is how they got into this mess.

[@mar.prz10]

The Delulu is strong with the “Rey is the only thing going on with Star Wars” notion

[@Wackaz]

I can't take ANYTHING that comes out of Lucasfilm seriously nowadays 😭😭😭😭

[@Chris_Thorndyke]

Yep

[@Bastion83]

Bingo. I'm done with Disney Star Wars no matter what. 12 years of trash.

[@mechanicaltiger207]

Disney killed star wars when they deleted the existing legends timeline. Now they can only take characters and themes from legends and ruin it and call it art

[@Theu131]

That quip “Star Wars is a nostalgia based enterprise and they are running out of way to create nostalgia” is the exact thought process that’s making it fail. People loved the OG ones because it was spectacular and new and they’d never seen anything like it, even if it did draw inspo from old Cerealized shows. Do something fresh and new for gods sake. You should not be leaning on what came before to make what you are currently doing seem good. Time skip 100 years. If you can’t get away from skywalker, then make that name mean something new. The Star Wars legacy comics with kol skywalker and the three way battle of the republic, imperial remnant and sith empire upgraded old ideas, redesigned ships and organizations, and made characters feel fresh.

[@danpage6907]

Rey is so compelling that I fell asleep during "Episode IX" and didn't care enough to rewind or rewatch the last half of it.

[@spaceagepenguin]

Oddly enough, that’s actually the best half of the film

[@MyNameRingRing]

@@spaceagepenguin just spoiled rotten by the first part

[@spaceagepenguin]

@@MyNameRingRing agreed, the first half is a mess

[@tyefyta4567]

Rewind did the 80’s lend you a VCR I bet the 80’s version would’ve been better than the dogshit that was TROS

[@WippetWzrd]

They have to actually be joking

[@McBreezyCTF]

The people in charge of Star Wars aren’t even aware that there’s lore outside of the movies. Wild.

[@14bface]

It is a waste of time and resources to focus on Rey

[@isaackim7675]

Besides. The First Order is gone, so who’s the next Big Bad’s gonna be?

[@johnb2422]

Yuuzhan Vong

[@joshuajohansen1210]

@@isaackim7675 The Second Order

[@NubcakeVII]

​@@isaackim7675 The Second Order 😮

[@BalrogUdun]

Imagine spending this much money on a franchise just to devalue it and have no forward planning or roadmap at all.

[@lindseyfaelan8339]

Turning their backs on, and flat out denying the expanded universe's existence is the the most short sighted move in the history of decisions. Disney didn't see Star Wars as a setting to care for and grow, they saw Star Wars as a brand that could make money. Disney has lost all of its magic, there is no soul, and i pity any animator and employee who works there.

[@OdaManjiro]

Everyone should have seen the writing on the wall when the original 2D animation studio Walt founded was gotten rid of. If a company doesn't respect its origins, it cannot be expected to respect anything ever.

[@rodrigotm1461]

A bad writen character normally is *NOT* considered to be a high valuable asset.

[@LairdErnst]

How about: 1) Drop Rey entirely. 2)Focus on continuing the story line from the original trilogy like they’ve been doing. (which has been so much more successful than the sequel trilogy) 3)Stop trying to reinvent the wheel and take note of what Filoni and Favreau have been doing which is using the EU material that has existed for decades now to make more stuff. Skeletons Crew is proving that it is not hard to write good, original stories in Star Wars. You can use all of the books, comics and games that already exist to make new stories.

[@jamesbernald2850]

Give Tony Gilroy a blank check to make whatever project he wants in the Star Wars universe. That’s the only Star Wars creative I truly have faith in. Make Filoni go back to what he does best - the animated series.

[@darkocakic1488]

What exactly did they expect when they killed everyone off? Just how low is the collective Disney IQ lol

[@DarthWhisper]

Star Wars is a space opera. Everything in it is 'magic', you can mostly go crazy with any story you want to tell. This is immense creative freedom. You can create new characters and tell stories that would rival that of the Skywalker Saga. The fact that they think it is all about nostalgia is proof that they know nothing about writing stories, let alone about Star Wars.

[@indianajim]

Yep exactly. They think fans only want fan-service. It’s a cynical, shallow view.

[@Kennephus]

When the expanded universe was first rebranded as Legends, I was actually excited to see how they would weave in the retold/updated versions of those stories and characters. Then they just burned it all down.

[@kennethreid8110]

They have no idea what they're doing, that's the problem.

[@matthewbishop8743]

Everybody hates Rey, WTF!!

[@originalSiiiN]

not true at all.

[@misterviper1]

One of the only bright spots of the sequel trilogy, actually.

[@thx1138thecrane]

A real fart stain of a witch character. A non-canon Palpatine that wants to masquerade in the skin suit of the Skywalkers and us actual Star Wars fans are asked not to look upon it with abject horror... Disney can kiss both sides and get bent for all I care.

[@damagingthebrand7387]

Daisey Ridley is a below average actress playing a derivative mary sue... in what way is she any good??

[@originalSiiiN]

@@damagingthebrand7387 in all the ways people disagree with you on, obviously.

[@miggs8]

It's almost like they shat the bed and now they don't know what to do. It's almost like, Disney can't do original storytelling, like at all.

[@jimdaniels7531]

Instead of washing the sheets, their trying to convince themselves that shit smells good. Making compelling movies is hard work; you can't take spreadsheets and market research and throw it at the first available writers/directors and expect a hit.

[@thechominator43]

No one wants Rey

[@jmhjr1419]

💯

[@speedflashanimations221]

You do know I exist yeah?

[@14bface]

Rey fans: “there are dozens of us!!”

[@BurntToast-m3s]

i do

[@darththor3982]

there is an entire generation that wants sequel stuff. it's the way Star Wars hates the new until you grow up and defend it. Then something new comes out, and that's not Star Wars at least the sequels were good. 10 years and this is what will happen

[@supersupersomething]

Can Disney just ignore the sequels moving forward? Please?

[@papski188]

No one wants Rey. Not then...not now. 3Disney - just move on if you have any care for this property.

[@MrTVintro]

"the closet is a little bare" Just fucking give us a pirate space opera Han Solo series ffs.

[@thebutterstick8659]

It’s so crazy how out of control this whole situation has gotten and it all started with the mixed reception over The Last Jedi. One single movie was the catalyst for everything to follow that created a massive downfall

[@ohwellplaythecardsthatimgi9494]

Wow, I want whatever these executives are smoking. Relying on Rey will not save the franchise

[@kemicalhazard8770]

*Just make the thrawn trilogy into a movie is that so f***ing hard*

[@charlesajones77]

If they insist on keeping the continuity of the movies they've already made, yes. Yeah, they should have just made the Timothy Zahn books into movies instead of trying to make up their own stuff.

[@mxvega1097]

Exactly. I console myself with DarthAngelus's Heir to the Empire fan flick.

[@luk1e._.pook1e]

yes

[@spaceagepenguin]

They are technically already doing that, just very loosely with the two Ahsoka seasons and Dave Filoni’s movie

[@LuiDeca]

you want them to ruin that too????????

[@thorlafrance7107]

When they say Rey is their most valuable asset all I'm hearing is that Daisy Ridley is the only actor that is willing to work for them again.

[@augusto6950]

These reports are absolutely ridiculous

[@indianajim]

Star Wars is not “nostalgia-based.” These people simply don’t know how to look beyond their own nostalgia because they’re amateur storytellers. Maybe George’s story has been told and the IP needs to be retired rather than have every possible dollar wrung out of it.

[@andylgarcia]

Damn, those people should not be in charge of Lucasfilm.

[@carterbucks1912]

I would argue that Mando and Grogu are the most valuable assets right now for Star Wars 🤷

[@mc2project1]

Here is the truth: because Disney cant see why they failed and are blind. In there mind they did everything already and still failed They gave the fans a boba film They gave them obi wav More clone wars Ahsoka Mando (just make something about bounty hunters the fans said) Disney cant understand why it failed. They cant understand its because the writing. So they said hey. Rey is the most valuable asset. Because to make any new projects with these washed characters would require a new universe or rewriting. Or even acknowledging their mistakes or the fans. So rey is the only thing they can do while maintaing bias and dodging responsibility

[@jwaller51]

If they think Rey is their most valuable asset, they all need to be sacked and replaced with people who understand the franchise.

[@luispablogonzalezv4522]

Whatever problems they have right now, they brought it on themselves. Only Rey? Well, what did they do with the classic ones? Luke, Leia, Han? They threw them on the trash.

[@connman1495]

I really don’t understand; do these creatives know ANYTHING about the current Expanded Universe canon? There’s dozens of canon books, hundreds of comics, and dozens of episodes of animated content to pull characters from! Like, Dr. Aphra is RIGHT THERE as the Star Wars equivalent of Indiana Jones, and she could ABSOLUTELY hold her own show/movie series if she was cast and written properly. Why are they trying to write and create with both hands tied behind their backs? Because boomers/Gen Xers won’t go watch animated content or read comic books?

[@plonkersbro]

Bring Luke back. Oh and fire Kathleen and her sexist view

[@Living-pretzel]

And homophobe view as well

[@tibedog5629]

If only Disney hadn't purged the extended/expanded universe to avoid paying royalties..... So many movies and tv shows could have been made.

[@BarracksBunnyOG]

they are running out of stuff to copy paste sadly.

[@Lucas-ek2uc]

Rey trains Finn, Rey dies, and Finn starts the New Jedi Order. It’s not the best, and it’d be a little annoying to hand the torch of starting the New Jedi Order over AGAIN, but I think it’ll be slightly better than Rey starting it

[@Ami-vh7sr]

Disney Star Wars is just horrible.....Rey isn't Valuable.....she's crap.....

[@joermnyc]

Lucasfilm: Rey! Fans: Baby Yoda!

[@Bladescorpion83]

Their major asset is letting Ahsoka use the force portals from Rebels to kill Palps post Death Star fall and push the sequels to non canon or multiverse.

[@AgentOrangeHLLE]

Dear lord SW would suffer even more with it bringing in multiverses. Multiverse storylines have been the worse thing to hit media since Adam Sandler movies.

[@Wolf359inc]

Oh, if only…

[@Wolf359inc]

@@AgentOrangeHLLEthey are not multiverses. It is the same universe, at different points in time.

[@bruh949]

I’m fed up of all this after the OT era garbage. Like they ruined the original better legends continuity just for all that garbage in s7-9. More prequel era content is what will save Star Wars.

[@overdose0074]

Nostalgia is a crutch for the untalented

[@Eagle-mn9mo]

The character of Rey is such a wound in Lucasfilm's reputation I'm afraid will never fully heal.

[@glennlaroche1524]

...and thus we get "Goonies In Space".

[@hunterkiller1440]

If Star Wars wanted to make movies that feels like an event, each episode of the Sequel trilogy should've been 3 years apart. In between those 3 years, it could've been the fan favorites' spinoffs. Fans are curious about Finn? Make a political Stormtrooper liberation thriller for him and him becoming a Jedi under Leia. Fans like Kylo Ren? Make a rise of Kylo Ren film. Fans want Luke and his new Jedi Order? Use Rey's point of view to tell Luke's story. Then, the next episode of the trilogy will feel like an Avengers crossover event.

[@TheKidwBlueGlasses]

1:06 bro the closet couldn't be more full 😭 And this aint a gay joke

[@TimRHillard]

Star Wars was great because it was a classic western, but in space. Well written, decently acted, and with ground breaking special effects. It didn’t rely on foul language, any kind of political, social or cultural “message”. No nudity, well almost none. They had to go there with Carrie Fisher. I mean, ya know✊. And most importantly, and important for ALL movies, we must be able to suspend our disbelief. Not just to believe in things like aliens and space travel, but in characters. That the characters might actually be able to do what they do. When you get into the message weeds, nobody can suspend belief, because the message is so false. 76 million Americans voted for an orange man to prove it.

[@gusguy00]

Lucasfilm saying Rey is Their greatest asset is utter bullshit. She's one of the worst Star Wars characters ever.

[@mattrismatt]

Why do you consider Rey to be one of the worst Star Wars characters ever? Is she not comparable to Luke or Anakin?

[@therac197]

​@@mattrismattHonestly don't think so. Rey had a good base VII but the didn't build uppon it, quiet the opposite. There isnt really an ark or development, she comes out the same person just more skilled. Naivity would be something one could have played well of. Her trying to fix everything and having to come to the realisation that she can't. Luke and Anakin both pay tolls for overstimation of their skull and lack in discipline. The "toll" is quiet literal in form of their right hands. And that's somewhat the main problem, Rey gets almost everything gifted to her. I mean even relationships. Name one character outside of the villians that doesn't immediately has a liking to her?

[@Zerossoul]

I think what they're trying to say is that Rey's story is very open ended and they can't agree on where to go with her. That's fair. The issue is, the movies allow Rey to be anything at this point. Good, Evil, A bumb... And there's no real opposition, and therefore no motive to continue. The sad thing is, everything people are saying about Daisy Williams are the same things people said about Hayden Christian after episodes 1, 2, 3. They're blinded by bad writing, and can't actually see that Daisy Williams is fine as an actress. Disney just isn't utilizing her effectively because the writing and narrative is so bad. What's the solution? DON'T FORCE IT. They need to take their time and craft something that's actually Star Wars and not a political statement.

[@Ivbo]

Rey wasn’t even the best character in her own trilogy, enhancing Kylo Ren/Ben Solo’s backstory on screen would’ve been *the* move as far as sequel characters go…why tf do they insist on force feeding us Rey, it’s so confusing.

[@steveafulton]

"Rey" from "The Force Awakens" was a decent asset with promise that they then managed to ruin over the next two movies.

[@MattCookOregon]

More like biggest liability lmao

[@MeatsOfEvil]

Rey is their only real asset? TBH I thought Daisy did a great job with what they gave her to work with, but I've got no attachment to Rey whatsoever, in fact she's more of a deterrent for me at this point. She may as well be a harbinger for the people behind the scenes having no idea what's going on or what to do.

[@jesseruiz417]

What’s up Eck have a great day

[@NedstarYouTube]

0:53 whoever said this has clearly never used the internet or seen any starwars media.

[@isaackim7675]

We need a new Lucasfilm president

[@mUtH4Fr3AkEr]

All of those "insider" leaks are just interviews of katlheen kartman

[@Darbobski]

Thrawn. Why is Star Wars forgetting that Thrawn has a lot of book history that would translate well to the big screen over multiple movies?

[@wmv8996]

I feel bad for Daisy. Star Wars is all she has. No one seems to want her anywhere else.

[@doubleedgedfist1535]

She can do only fans?

[@therac197]

Not true if you check. Just doesn't seem to be AAA material.

[@BillN-lp9xq]

Just fast forward 300 years to prime adult Grogu and an entirely new plot + characters

[@UltraBrian]

Lucasfilm should not do anything with Rey, they should have Luke Skywalker return in a film and have him build his new Jedi Order in a new era! Luke is more of a most valuable cinematic asset and a Star Wars legend than Rey.

[@Blisterdude123]

Nothing about any part of this leak is shocking. Its all too depressingly predictable. The fact Disney CONTINUE to ignore all the massive, sprawling backlog media from Star Wars pre-Disney is wild. Except when they choose to plunder and mangle bits of it for nostalgia for themselves, of course. It's only 'nostalgia-based' because Disney made it that way.

[@battledroidsecurity4612]

Maybe not the most popular opinion, but I think the sequels may be salvageable. I think most of us agree that they should’ve done more with Finn, as he was built up in TFA but then they just threw him out of the window after, but he definitely has potential. Given this, I think that, if executed properly, a Finn movie/series would do him justice and maybe make people like the sequels for something other than the memes. I also think the starkiller base was just an awesome concept, I mean just turning a planet into a superweapon and sucking the energy from a star and harnessing it to completely annihilate several planets at a time is just such an amazing concept.

[@Dennis-vh8tz]

They threw their relationship with John Boyega out the window with Finn, and recasting Finn would ensure that conversation about the new project would be an acrimonious and toxic argument about whether Disney's treatment of Finn was racist. So I don't see a Finn moving/series happening any time soon.

[@watcherzero5256]

Or 'Weve been relying on previously established charachters from the 70's to carry our movies until now, but the only one we have left Rey".

[@Deathshuck]

It's horrifying how Star Wars has become completely unrecognizable from what it's supposed to be. They've taken one of the most memorable sci-fi settings and turned it into absolute mediocrity. I just saw the poster for "Skeleton Crew" and there was not a single recognizable element in it. If it didn't have Star Wars logo plastered on it, I wouldn't have had any idea what it is. Seriously? How hard is this to screw up. The funny thing is, seeing the prequels as a teen and hating them (I was the target audience at the time) I couldn't have imagined the movies could get any worse. Now, after seeing the sequel fan-fic trilogy, I know things can always, always get worse. IF they only had 1 person at Disney who actually (for real) gave a shit about this franchise and lived it and breathed it like we did, we wouldn't be in this mess. The reality is that the "sequel" trilogy was already written decades ago in the novels, but they didn't want to use it and doomed the franchise for good. There's no salvaging it now, because even if they make a KOTOR movie, they will fuck it up too.

[@luk1e._.pook1e]

yea, they'd ruin a kotor movie by adding "new, unique and diverse" characters instead of what everyone wants to see like malgus walking over the jedi temple like we got in the kotor cinematics. VIDEO GAME CINEMATICS. BETTER THAN ACTUAL MOVIES i just can't anymore

[@BattleHippie2020]

This is pretty cut and dry evidence that these guys have no idea what their fanbase enjoys about the star wars universe

[@Tarodenaro]

"Star Wars is a nostalgia-based enterprise" is like saying that people are nostalgic for Vietnam War, which the O.G 1977 fourth episode is based on.