WHAT?! George Lucas Asked Disney To CHANGE Rogue One!

[@dimensiomat]

Andor is a political thriller and I like it for that. If George wanted star wars to expend as you say, I think it was a great choice. It is a series that will age well, I am sure.

[@Himmiefan]

Rogue One had the absolutely best space battle.

[@MariahJade1]

I'm very much looking forward to Andor season 2. I loved the first season. Loved the darker, grittier political thriller behind the scenes aspect. There's no reason SW can't have both adult stories and also do things for kids. It doesn't need to try to appeal to everyone and end up working for very few.

[@SwaggerLikeUz]

@@MariahJade1 FACTS!

[@bobbydrake07017]

Thankz again Meg, your contribution to star wars is supper appreciated and I feel the same as you do. SALUTE to my guy George Lucas !!!

[@donnicholas7552]

Interesting. I didn't know about Lucas' involvement with Rogue One! 👍

[@richardbradley2802]

Its George's universe, I think any input of his is canonical, I loved Obi Wan Kenobi too!

[@don39boo]

I would love to see a movie about the Bothan Spies and how they stole the plans to the Second Death Star.

[@acostajimmy30]

There has yet to be a comic or novel explaining this. I could be wrong but there should be some story about it.

[@timothyho5786]

KK and her cronies doesn’t respect the original source material EU (Legend). What make she will cooperate with with him (George Lucas!)🤨😑👽🤡💩👻.

[@ArmyJay]

@@don39boo It might be addressed in Andor Season two

[@TheLeatheryman]

It’s a good idea to have different Imperial troopers to define each production. Especially for merchandise sales

[@isaackim7675]

I actually approve of different roles of the Stormtrooper core

[@augustwest5273]

Rogue one is by far one of my favorite Star Wars as it leads right into A New Hope. They did a fantastic job with it. Andor has the same flavor and style. Love that timeline Andor , Rogue One , New Hope

[@OswaldPHaygood]

We need a Luthen prequel series. Who are the ghosts with whom he shared his dreams? What made him do the calculation that resulted in him realizing he's damned for what he does? I need answers, Meg! May the Force be with us all.

[@Maria_Espino]

We love the Maker! ❤ George did have some input into TFA as Keira was his original character who later became Rey. JJ Abrams has said so himself that he and Larry Kasdan consulted with him. And that came before Rogue One. George Lucas was at the premiere of both of those films. After that Rian Johnson didn’t consult anyone and was given free rein over TLJ, which I obviously thought was a mistake. And then Collin Trevorrow also didn’t consult anyone when writing the original scripts for TROS. And when it was handed over to JJ Abrams again, there was a lot of “input” and things he couldn’t change in it already and he was given very little time to turn it around. He didn’t get time to consult others and I’m sure at that point they wanted nothing to do with the whole thing. Larry was “done” with it after TLJ (he hated that movie) and how it affected Solo and of course George Lucas was also “done” by then.

[@SwaggerLikeUz]

Despite the current plight of Star Wars as an IP this universe is the greatest modern mythology in the last 50 yrs. Period! I seen "The Dune" series yesterday and it's ok. Nowhere near Andor's masterclass quality and/or "captivating writing".

[@JohnFourtyTwo]

@@SwaggerLikeUz Don’t judge Dune by the movies and TV series. It’s a literary franchise and the books are infinitely better than the movies or TV series.

[@SwaggerLikeUz]

@@JohnFourtyTwo FACTS! I've heard that for decades actually by the fans familiar with the novels.

[@niccistarkiller1131]

I still hope Luthen, Vel, Bix and others survives the Andor series. I would love to get to see them in a series of how their fight continues in the shadows of the Original trilogy.

[@SwaggerLikeUz]

@@niccistarkiller1131 Awesome theory! 🤣

[@acostajimmy30]

I hate to say this but to me in war there are better meaningful stories, to me, when a good side character dies. Love it when that happens.

[@alanmacleay6213]

Andor and Rogue One are about what there was before there was "Hope" so it needs to be dark and gritty. It really works because the original fans have grown up.

[@TheTrueBobDole]

There were a variety of troopers in the original movies. Sand, snow, forest, tie fighter.

[@andymiller6661]

TIE pilots aren't stormtroopers

[@TheTrueBobDole]

@andymiller6661 they die like them 🤣

[@andymiller6661]

@@TheTrueBobDole Cool.

[@hgf334]

You said it perfectly towards the end of this clip Meg, "Star Wars at least needs Tony Gilroy". If Disney are smart they will get him to do more Star Wars content down the track.

[@skepticalsmurf]

or even giving him the reins,unlike KK,he seems to admire and respect GL lore 🤔

[@taylormadealpha]

If he wants to. It could be he doesn't want to get back in. If you had an established career, didn't need money or prestige from Disney or Lucasfilm, would you want to jump into this meat grinder called Star Wars? It's the closest thing to a thankless job there is in Hollywood. Think about it; when's the last time an A list actor jumped into one of these things and it benefit them? Jude Law is about to find out. If they're not already signed on or need the money, I don't see these people getting involved anymore. Not right now any way.

[@Elemento0420]

I doubt Gilroy even wants to be any more involved. He made it clear he is not a Star Wars fan

[@Ruylopez778]

Gilroy doesn't like Star Wars. He thinks of RO as a 'Battle of Britain' movie.

[@GazingTrandoshan]

For a year ish or so there have been chatter , Meg knows ye but they want him to do more

[@drbuckley1]

When viewers know the fate of some characters, new characters are essential because their fate is unknown to viewers. That gives you suspense.

[@short11000]

YES, MEG... Fantastic comments!

[@hezzybaby]

Since both the original and prequels trilogy were political (GL was very anti-Vietnam war and you can see that in the OG trilogy) I can't see why the maker would have any issue with Andor being political too. Andor may be grittier than the source material but like you said, GL wanted Disney to expand.

[@chief664]

I don't think it's any coincidence that the Star Wars show that turned out to be the best is the one that had the least impact on the future story. Kathleen Kennedy probably left them alone and let them do whatever they needed to do to make a great show.

[@niccistarkiller1131]

Don't forget that George and Jon has a good creative relations. I think Jon has the best understanding of George philosophy

[@Djickeee]

It’s because it’s well written I love Andor

[@ArmyJay]

I’m an old OT fan - since 1979 - and i loved the prequels. There had been such a long time without anything new, i was overjoyed to see those films. p.s. I rate Andor very highly, it’s brilliant, i’m looking forward to the next one.

[@mr_eeeez]

Meg recommended watching the animated shows and I took her advice. I was not disappointed. Some of the Clone Wars was very good and I liked all of Rebels. I wasn't thrilled by the prequels, so I just ignored the animated stuff. It was my loss. But, yeah, I was pretty pumped for the sequel trilogy. It wasn't the greatest but it was a lot better than a whole lot of nothing.

[@acostajimmy30]

I loved Rebels more than Clone Wars but then decided to see Clone Wars again but chronologically instead, boy it made a big difference. Do love both animations pretty equally now.

[@ArmyJay]

@@mr_eeeez Yeah, same. I really got into the animated series’ - Clone Wars was good, Rebels excellent, but my favourite is The Bad Batch. I surprised myself, liking them as much as i did.

[@ArmyJay]

@@acostajimmy30 Yeah, me too, although The Bad Batch is my favourite.

[@mr_eeeez]

@@ArmyJay Yeah, Bad Batch really rocked it. Good show.

[@caselleknoxiv589]

I 🥰 the Prequels, never hated them. And I’m glad Lucas had some impact on Rogue One.

[@billgully3681]

I wish that George Lucas never sold Lucasfilm to Disney, it's been so severely mishandled at times ever since then. I understand that he has pointed out that he is getting older. Also, I have read that it isn't easy for him to finance the films. But I'd be willing to bet it's quite possible, and could be done. He wouldn't have to be the actual creator of the content. He would only have to approve the content. If Lucas could have simply surrounded himself with a competent team he could have acted only as his company's CEO. Things could have been so much sweeter, likely less of it, but sweeter. I'd be more interested in quality than quantity.

[@ParanormalMetalMan]

Completely agree 👍

[@ChrisGrogu]

Let’s goooooooooo!!!!❤

[@pcb462]

The fans that keep up with sites like this one as well as others is probably less than 5%. Most Star Wars fans watch the content and feel like it was just a fun show. The only ones wringing their hands and splitting hairs are the 5%ers that feel entitled enough to say what’s Star Wars and what isn’t. Every video now days is just an analysis of what George thinks or what’s Disney doing wrong or etc etc. I’m glad I have not forgotten how to enjoy a galaxy far far away.

[@Grommok]

I can’t wait guys, it will be May before you know it.

[@akizaki4076]

Imagine how buffed must Andor and mando be when they have to carry whole franchise XDD two guys without force XD wtf

[@bennieburger3153]

Totally agree with you that Andor is moving Star Wars in the right direction.

[@FreedomforHaiti]

The prequels spoke to me, too, and I grew up with the middle trilogy.

[@johnsieverssr8288]

Love your show Meg ❤

[@Andor1980]

Nobody is asking about this, but will we get a cameo from Felicity Jones at the end of Andor? Jyn Erso did star in Rogue One. Felicity is the British actress that SW fans don’t feel annoyed with unlike Daisy.

[@EgoChip]

It would be cool if they could work it in somehow.

[@ablejon1470]

Daisy is rad. The position she was put in by Disney was impossible to succeed at.

[@kathrinkweseleit7074]

I never was annoyed by Daisy but by Ray. And even that character was interesting in EP7. There was so much potential in the sequel trilogy and it’s actors. *sigh*

[@mr_eeeez]

@@kathrinkweseleit7074 Yes I felt the same way about the sequel trilogy and some other projects. Really good opportunities and potential just got frittered away. They need to give creative control to Dave and have to CEO of LucasFilm handle only the business aspects of the IP.

[@kathrinkweseleit7074]

@@mr_eeeez Sounds good to me. 😁

[@comradestannis]

Great stuff.

[@robmurphy4221]

It kinda kills me a bit to hear this. I mean this is so obvious to any fan of the saga that you would do that (scout troopers!) and the fact they needed to be told that by the maker tells me they really don’t have any handle on what is needed to make Star Wars great! Hope George keeps more of an eye on things going forward.

[@Ruylopez778]

They just want to push nostalgia and don't have any real imagination or vision. It's kind of sad they think fans only want nostalgia.

[@charleshartley9597]

Well said Meg. Cheers!

[@boomieboo]

It's tragic LF isn't referring to Lucas constantly for SW content. We have to use his talents and knowledge as much as possible while we still have him. Start by making an animated version of his sequels.

[@jw5425]

No No No! Bothans did not start helping the Rebellion until later in the timeline THAT is the reason why they helped with the second death star destruction. They were not around during the first. This is a MAJOR mistake most fans get I'm glad that George is in contact with Tony about rogue one and hopefully about andor it shows that George liked this movie and possibly liked the tv show. I was surprised to see he worked with Solo when you consider how different it was to anything George would have written

[@mr_eeeez]

Bothans were still around at the time of A New Hope, and there is a story behind what got them to support the Rebellion. I think Master Meg was hinting that such a story is worthy of being told.

[@ianhenry1031]

Hi Meg, awesome news update, we do not want anything to spoil Togue One, Andor series 1 was awesome, and I am hoping Series 2 is better, George Lucas is Awesome the Maker of Star Wars and if I ever met him I would be Star Steuck lol, thank you SWM

[@dougstephens1979]

Andor is by far the best thing Disney lucasfilm has done, along with the mandalorian. But I really hope andor season 2 gets big numbers and people appreciate how great this show is. And yes, God bless the maker, George lucas!

[@dianesinger9729]

I love Rogue One and Andor, I would think he would like Andor and give Adults some content to enjoy.

[@QuestionMan]

I'd hope George would influence Edwards to strain out the Earth-centric elements from Andor. Lose the Earth-identifiable weaponry and slang, where possible. It's just not helping.

[@1000g2g3g4g800999]

While Star Wars weapons were always at least inspired by real world weapons, and the T21 is very obviously a Lewis gun, the laser AKs in Andor managed to reach the point they're actually jarring.

[@QuestionMan]

@@1000g2g3g4g800999 I know, right? It really was. If they'd just removed the clip or replaced it with a "space-clip" or something, I think that'd been enough to sell it. Gratefully, the show itself was strong enough to smooth that over. I'm glad they changed Marva's F*** the Empire to Fight.

[@mr_eeeez]

@@QuestionMan Yeah I had to tell myself to ignore the AK blaster there. Most, if not all, Star Wars weapons are based on real weapons, most of them from WW2. The huge blaster Skeen "acquired" during the heist was an MG 42. The weapons in a lot of sci-fi shows look like they would shatter if you sneezed on them wrong. Star Wars never had that problem. They all look like weapons you can really use and are reliable.

[@QuestionMan]

@@mr_eeeez Yeah. I recently watched an Adam Savage Tested video about an auction of of the trooper blasters. It was simple but elegant. Firearms being so modular make them easy to adapt, if someone bothers to do it.

[@stephcint13]

I am wondering if Lucas is not also materially interested in having more variety of toys on the shelf.

[@debbralehrman5957]

I think it was a good thing. Thanks Meg 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼🎆🎄🎁⛄🍭

[@sonechop]

Fans will get behind shows that respect the canon and treat the stories the way they deserve. The Crap-o-lyte did not. It was a gross attack on everything we hold dear about Star Wars and a perverse inversion trying to make the Sith into the heroes. Seriously, they really had no clue what they were doing with that show or they just didn't care that the fanbase would not accept such a stupid idea

[@bigredxennial]

The Andor story may be a dead end, but its also a lot of world-building, which is important.

[@Ruylopez778]

"Not only did George Lucas call Tony Gilroy to congratulate him on Rogue One" You mean according to Gilroy's reported speech? We don't know how or why they actually spoke, or what was said.

[@NicolaSinclair-l3c]

If George gets to buying back the franchise, it would be a great day in Star Wars history......make it happen, George.

[@joshuaanderson5934]

good work Meg🎉

[@jetlorider]

yeah they need new ones....Quiettroopers

[@mr_eeeez]

How about Argue Troopers? They just stand around arguing with people all the time. When they lose the argument, they call in the Storm Troopers.

[@ImperialActivity9487]

I have been Absolutely Entirely & Totally Infatuated with & by Stormtroopers from being a 9 yrs old boy when they first blew the hatch onto the Tantavie IV to this very day ! an unrelated comment - Mr. Lucas did Not ask "disney", he asked Gareth Edwards.

[@artiemedley9369]

"He wanted Disney to expand Star Wars, not keep it the same." Shallows watching The Acolyte: "This is NOT George Lucas's Star Wars!" Lol, and, regarding Andor: when you already have the third act, AND that third act is widely accepted as "great", it becomes easier to work backwards to create the beginning of an already great story. Andor is so good, that if Rogue One didn't already exist, it would be a great stand-alone political thriller. If they re-released Rogue One after the Andor season 2 finale, I'd go to theaters and watch it again.

[@markabele8794]

It seems funny that despite the fact that George Lucus sold his franchise to Disney to help fund his non-profit organization, he still can't seem to let it go after he initially walked away from it.

[@Hamstar78]

One Way Out

[@sonnyhernandez9607]

We need to remember that Star Wars isn't just for adults

[@myronstokes5585]

Star Wars Obi Wan Kenobi is good and Star Wars Andor is good. I'm writing a Star Wars story and it's inspired by my own life and the lives of my family members including politics. My Star Wars story is very political, and it talks about the rebel vs the empire but the story will be very different. I took a lot of time to write the story and it has a lot of world building and a lot of new character developments.

[@ernstfrutphlinguhr2494]

The irony is deep that fandom cries for the new, but what they really want is more of the same. Want more of the minutiae, more ways at looking at the familiar rather than something actually new.

[@brianonthescene]

“George cared about the small details” because having unique character designs equals more toy and merch sales.

[@opwave79]

Andor has so many standout new characters because the writing is eons better than other series. Baylan, Shin, Crosshair, and The Armorer (up to her one appearance in BOBF) are other examples of well written characters. The rest are average to horrible.

[@mr_eeeez]

This is a Golden Age for Star Wars. Disney has internal conflicts and lapses in good judgement that complicate things and make it difficult to get projects into actual production. In spite of this, there are a lot more projects that are getting completed than there were when The Maker was working on his own. Skeleton Crew starts tomorrow, and I'm ready for it. Andor comes in May, and I hope we get some animation before the year is out. This is a good time to be a Star Wars fan.

[@dasparado]

Golden age? Star Wars is dead. Disney killed it a long time ago.

[@mr_eeeez]

@@dasparado Star Wars is dead? Then how is Skeleton Crew premiering tomorrow and Andor in May?

[@marswillrule2431]

Star Wars was primarily for children? Maybe when the Ewoks showed up.

[@themaxreboexperience5221]

Should’ve used the AT-AT drivers from ESB.

[@elainenagano2735]

Oh yes and yes yes again. Wouldbe wonderful to have George do an episode or two or the whole darn thing! Wish George Would write a book rewriting the Sequels where we have Hayden Christiansons force Ghost and Padme oh wow and Luke and Leia and Kylie Wren but from George’s mind! I crave that for sure, If not George give us a book with the rest of Your Vision!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Haydie181]

He should of been on set when they were filming the last Jedi 🥴

[@GodspeedSuperbeast]

I liked Obi Wan too

[@DarkDesertMovies]

Re: Andor, D+, and Disney SW The new D+ shows, meaning anything after Mando S2, are borderline unwatchable, at least by me. Except Andor, which is exactly what I wanted, and the *only* new project, including Mando + Grogu, that I have any desire to see. I will be subscribing to D+ a day or two before Andor 2 drops, watching Andor 1 and maybe some of my fave Clone Wars episodes, and then canceling the day after the final show of A2. Disney take not: It's time to give Lucasfilm to the Gilroys. How many times does KK have to fail before they get tired of losing all that money? It's crazy.

[@Carrie449-xyz]

I thought they made the Prequels for me, haha! It was magical to be able to take my son nearly the exact same age I was to all the OT, and LOTR too!! Yeah, I didn’t find them as good as the OT, but honestly by a vey small amount. By then I had read so many books, Luke is just is hard to top, but the story of Anakin was fantastic!! George needs to secure the erasure of Aco, haaa!!!!

[@billdwyer5719]

He did it because it screwed up cannon because the rebels didn’t know what the Death Star could do until episode 4. Short of that the movie was great

[@andymiller6661]

Yet still bad

[@DudleyCreekStudio]

Ask kids how they like SW. That's who its for. Folks that grew up with it are old, now. Of course they want an adult show. SW is for kids. Adults are online. kids not so much. No wonder Disney is confused.

[@Deuteromis]

R1 is the best Disney Star Wars film to date. Though one issue with the film is how it now makes Leia's first interaction with Vader really hilarious. Vader knows full well how Leia is full of BS when she claims to be on a diplomatic mission. It's like you're in the getaway car of a bank robbery, the police give chase and when caught you have the nerve to tell them you were just on your way to a friend's house.

[@niccistarkiller1131]

Hmm Disney can do tv shows right, yes they can. But it ain't them doing it, it depends on who is the creative mind behind it. Who writes it and is directing it. Not who sits on the money. For example Mando and the Mandoverse worked better when Jon the creator was the one in creative control, then when Dave took over.

[@dawnkladerman598]

Utidiiiiiii 🎉😂❤ im excited for SK &A². No apologies....

[@fredlusyk6741]

...Dissney STAR WARS doesn't need George AND/OR me, & i don't need Dissney STAR WARS... 👽 🖖 🤖

[@adrialwrecker]

Star Wars Rogue One was one of the best Star Wars story movies I have ever watched in Star Wars History.

[@ThomasBuchwinkler487]

Well you can watch Star Wars ep 1-3 than Andor season 1+2 than go directly to Rogue One and that leads to Episode 4/ New hope. What more could you want as a fan ? That it make sense in a larger perspective.

[@johnmiwa6256]

Great story. Rogue One is awesome. I have watched it many times.

[@Prometheus-Unbound]

Rouge one is simply the best star wars film since the original trinity. And it demonstrates that it's the writing that matter, solid story line, solid character development - in that situation Female lead or any letter of alphabet you want doesn't matter. Start from any letter of the alphabet with poor writing and poor characters and you get a failure - which is driven by poor writing and poor character. Andor demonstrated the former not the latter.

[@andymiller6661]

Yet still bad

[@sniperic1]

I been waiting for Andor season 2, Lucas film has really blown it taking so long between seasons. They could have had it out by now but got diverted into other useless garbage.

[@chrisval04]

Tony Gilroy is not even similar to George, George Lucas mind is a full galaxy, his imagination is vast, he created a galaxy far far away with a lot different worlds and species, Tony Gilroy is an excellent writer but he had to get rid of all that kind of imaginative stuff in order to make his style of story work, that's why Andor feels more like a "humans" show more than a galaxy far far away show.

[@mpalfadel2008]

I’ll take Tony over George

[@behavior852]

Sorry Meg, the sequel sucked! I remember dropping aciid and regretting it because of Jar jar B's! If Star Wars can't pass the Aciid test then it sucks!

[@Mark-ud2wf]

Maybe he should’ve asked Disney to redo the ST. 😂

[@mrspeigel3593]

I mean Rogue One wasn't really a Disney movie, it was a Lucasfilm movie

[@superjohngoldsmith8406]

Example of fan willing to stick head in sand to not admit to themselves they liked Disney SW content. Easier to live in pretend land

[@mrspeigel3593]

@superjohngoldsmith8406 read the legal indicia at the end of the movie

[@Rezzanine]

George Lucas was developing the Star Wars Underworld tv series before the sale to Disney - and from the sounds of it, Andor is closer to the plans for Underworld in terms of tone and approach than most of the other Disney Star Wars projects. So it wouldn't surprise me if Lucas likes Andor overall.

[@superjohngoldsmith8406]

OMG - this is getting ridiculous, almost as bad as the right-wing SW channels. Disney/Kennedy did the same thing with Andor, they did with shows that you may not happen to like. Can SW channels be adults and accept that "if you didn't like it" didn't mean others didn't. And all this stupid "Disney SW" talk is willingly being blind to all the recent SW content you do like. Channels should be thanking Disney/Kennedy for all they like as much if not more than for stuff they don't like

[@jt5765]

Problem being they blame us for not supporting the stuff we don't like by calling us ists & phobes. Disney & Lucasfilm can do one until a change or leadership & rhetoric takes place.

[@ceemichel]

Shouldn't the next movie after Andor be called IfBut