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rose_griffes) wrote2019-09-12 08:19 pm
rose_griffes) wrote2019-09-12 08:19 pm
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(probably) accidental tracking of (probably) useless information
So have y'all seen the "leaks" for Star Wars IX? Because it's a lot.
If you haven't stumbled across them, they're widespread: real? fake? leaks for IX, along with speculation about what they mean. Such as: LucasFilm is testing audience reactions to different endings! The sequel trilogy is in trouble! (I mean... it is. But that's not new information, nor is it as dire as some make it to be.) They're gonna have flashbacks of young Luke training Leia because they need to reframe Luke as a hero (yet again)!
Rey is Palpatine's grandchild! Matt Smith is playing a character who is taken over by Palpatine's spirit! Rey actually does go dark for a bit and Kylo saves her from the Dark Side! Leia dies and her force ghost joins with Luke's force ghost and they help Rey defeat the Palpatine-connected MacGuffin! Kylo Ren is going to die to save Rey, and she'll bring him back to life with her new resurrection powers! These leaks don't talk about Finn, and that's bothering me as much, if not more, than the weird stuff that the leaks are saying!
Given just how not-good some of these "leaks" sound, maybe I should be grateful that Finn hasn't been mentioned.
Anyway. Abrams and the IX acting crew are--possibly--doing a few reshoots. I forget the term used, but last-minute reshoots are a thing that happens with some regularity in film production, so that's unlikely to be significant. Unless you're a youtuber who wants to get clicks for your theory about how LucasFilm and Star Wars IX are doooooomed.
If you haven't stumbled across them, they're widespread: real? fake? leaks for IX, along with speculation about what they mean. Such as: LucasFilm is testing audience reactions to different endings! The sequel trilogy is in trouble! (I mean... it is. But that's not new information, nor is it as dire as some make it to be.) They're gonna have flashbacks of young Luke training Leia because they need to reframe Luke as a hero (yet again)!
Rey is Palpatine's grandchild! Matt Smith is playing a character who is taken over by Palpatine's spirit! Rey actually does go dark for a bit and Kylo saves her from the Dark Side! Leia dies and her force ghost joins with Luke's force ghost and they help Rey defeat the Palpatine-connected MacGuffin! Kylo Ren is going to die to save Rey, and she'll bring him back to life with her new resurrection powers! These leaks don't talk about Finn, and that's bothering me as much, if not more, than the weird stuff that the leaks are saying!
Given just how not-good some of these "leaks" sound, maybe I should be grateful that Finn hasn't been mentioned.
Anyway. Abrams and the IX acting crew are--possibly--doing a few reshoots. I forget the term used, but last-minute reshoots are a thing that happens with some regularity in film production, so that's unlikely to be significant. Unless you're a youtuber who wants to get clicks for your theory about how LucasFilm and Star Wars IX are doooooomed.
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I went and looked after posting this response last night and discovered there's a lot of contradictory leaks at the moment. One has Rey as Luke's daughter. The one that makes sense is Matt Smith being Palapatine (because I know Matt has been cast in an undisclosed role).
Oddly, I didn't mind any of the Luke stuff in Last Jedi. That was on of the few things in the film that worked for me. The character arcs in of themselves didn't bother me -- it was the execution. The movie was so cluttered and busy, it was hard to follow and frankly boring in places. Case of a director with too many ideas and bad editing.
They've probably done with GoT did to avoid spoilers as much as possible -- which is to film multiple endings and multiple scenes. (It worked and didn't work for GoT -- the ending still got spoiled before it aired.)
I have to say, I'm no longer invested in Star Wars. They sort of lost my interest with Last Jedi. But I was also more interested in Han, Luke, Leia and their story than the new characters...so there's that.
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