Star Wars Thread (a Galaxy Far Far Away) Obi-Wan Movie In The Works! (36)

I'm trying to be objective here, but Alden Ehrenreich is just bad. A lot of footage in this one of him, and I'm having a lot of trouble with his portrayal. What's even more weird is Donald Glover's Lando didn't land for me either. It felt like I was watching Troy Barnes do an impersonation of Lando. You know it's bad when Emilia Clarke is the most refreshing, believable character in the trailer. Nothing against the Mother of Dragons, but she's never been a strong actress in my opinion. Yet she seemed to be the best cast character.

 

I actually thought Chewbacca was the best character here. Solo, funny enough, is clearly the worst, and I feel zero connection between this Han and the Han I know and love. Lando seemed fine, if not just ok. The original issue for me now comes back around though, this movie feels entirely unnecessary. I think they thought they’d use known characters for a safe cash grab and I think they’re gonna be wrong on this one, and I’m starting to see why we’ve seen so little footage for such a long time. Honestly it makes me a little more pissed we haven’t officially gotten an Obi-Wan movie announcement, as that’s the one I’d much rather see if we’re going with known characters.

 

I’m actually not sure I will even go to see this in the theater, first SW movie that would ever be true of. Trailer is just bad, looks like bad fan service, and that’s coming from someone who freaking loves Rogue One. I’ll wait for reviews and fan reaction and if it’s poor I don’t think I’ll give my money to Disney, and hopefully they’ll stop playing it so safe. Then again, they didn’t play it safe with TLJ and you can’t go on any comments section anywhere without reading people calling it the worst movie ever. And this isn’t even on movie or media forums.. (though comments sections for this trailer seem to have people eating it up, so I guess people want the same ol’ same ol’). I got TLJ Blu-ray the other day though, watched it for the first time in months, and my opinion remains the same as the last time I commented on it. SW masterpiece, chills every time, tears shed, laughs had, so damn good.

 

I hope it’s good, I’m rooting for it, I want people to enjoy SW again. But, if it’s lame, and it still makes a ton of money, to me that will only make Kathleen Kennedy go safer, and I don’t want that. The movie looks fine, but I want more stuff like the Rebels episode “a world between worlds”, not playing it safer. If SW is now like the Marvel universe, then they’re gonna need to go bigger and bolder eventually. The Marvel universe got better when Guarians of the Galaxy came out, because it was weird, and fun, and awesome, but people were skeptical of it beforehand. Bottom line I guess though, I just don’t think this guy makes a good Han, I’m not seeing it at all, I’m trying to figure out what they say in the audition that said “Han”, or how bad everyone else was that they went with him.