Rian Johnson Star Wars Trilogy Scrapped By Disney
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I thought that was the case. Or I guess it’s official now. Abrams shares the blame by having Luke in isolation on that island and turning himself off from the force. An easy layup would’ve been Han/Luke/Leia and maybe Lando together in an early scene as well as Luke training Jedi at his academy in an early scene. Then the new heroes emerge and the torch is passed over three movies. I remember a Disney shill at the time TLJ came out saying that George Lucas’s plan was to have Luke in exile. What they didn’t say was that Lucas had him in exile due to meditating on the force and he was going to come back.
The EU Jedi Academy stories were good. Why Disney decided to not even have a Jedi academy in their canon or even young Jedi is beyond me. Also why in the world do you want a director that is obsessed with subversion.
And the old Jedi Academy setting was absolutely perfect in my mind. An abandoned temple (that was previously used as a Rebel operation site) on Yavin IV? A completely isolated forest region? A place of learning, rather than a place of grooming?
While its cheesy and weak, its incredibly easy to turn Luke into a fine character arc from what Abrams had setup with TFA. He had very little set in stone by that point, and you could branch into any basic "mentor" plotline from there.
Now, Rise he fucked up in everyway but trying to pick up after TLJ wouldn't be easy for anyone.
That’s true. He chose to make him a quitter. Although looking back they were obsessed with elevating women so of course Rey lectures Luke. Sequels would be seen in a much better light if they had just not had him be a loser.