New Avatar Movie and Star Wars TV Trailers Revealed at D23 Conference (sfgate.com) 53
CNET reveals some Star Wars news shared at Disney's three-day "D23 Expo."
Fans were probably most thrilled by the reveal of a new Mandalorian trailer for the upcoming third season of the hit show that brought us Baby Yoda in all his cuteness... Lucasfilm also dropped a final trailer for upcoming Disney Plus series Andor. Diego Luna plays Cassian Andor as he's recruited into the rebellion against the Empire. The show takes place five years before the events of Rogue One.
And the studio presented a trailer for Tales of the Jedi, which offers six original shorts about Ahsoka and Dooku, and arrives October 26. Fans also got a glimpse, though not a trailer, showing Jude Law, who's starring in Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, a story about a group of younglings lost in space.
Also revealed was a "developer update" trailer for the upcoming mobile game Avatar: Reckoning, as part of the news about other franchises: James Cameron called in to the event from New Zealand to discuss Avatar: The Way of Water, and the crowd was given 3D glasses to watch some breathtaking footage [from] Cameron's long-awaited sequel... ahead of its December 16 release.
An exclusive clip from The Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania featured Kang holding Cassie Lang hostage and trying to force Scott to steal something for him. Also featured: Bill Murray!
Samuel L. Jackson returns as Nick Fury in a new Disney Plus show called Secret Invasion, where Fury and friends (Oscar-winner Olivia Colman among them!) takes on shape-changing Skrulls. The trailer looks intense."
And the studio presented a trailer for Tales of the Jedi, which offers six original shorts about Ahsoka and Dooku, and arrives October 26. Fans also got a glimpse, though not a trailer, showing Jude Law, who's starring in Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, a story about a group of younglings lost in space.
Also revealed was a "developer update" trailer for the upcoming mobile game Avatar: Reckoning, as part of the news about other franchises: James Cameron called in to the event from New Zealand to discuss Avatar: The Way of Water, and the crowd was given 3D glasses to watch some breathtaking footage [from] Cameron's long-awaited sequel... ahead of its December 16 release.
An exclusive clip from The Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania featured Kang holding Cassie Lang hostage and trying to force Scott to steal something for him. Also featured: Bill Murray!
Samuel L. Jackson returns as Nick Fury in a new Disney Plus show called Secret Invasion, where Fury and friends (Oscar-winner Olivia Colman among them!) takes on shape-changing Skrulls. The trailer looks intense."
Andor (Score:5, Interesting)
Who wants to see Andor? Not me. Knowing what happens eventually, do you really want to get attached to the character knowing he's a goner? the whole thing seems like a depressant. I'll stick to whiskey as my primary depressant.
I want to see Andor (Score:3)
I want to watch Andor more than any other Star Wars series that has been released. I'm so massively over Skywalkers and that whole story arch. It hasnt been done well since the original trilogy and is therefore best left buried at this point. The Star Wars universe desperately needs to move on meanwhile Disney feels the need to attach them to every single production they make.
Re:I want to see Andor (Score:5, Insightful)
The Star Wars universe desperately needs to move on ....
I think we need to move on from Star Wars.
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A wonderfully easy thing to say. Given the billions Disney has invested in this that will never happen though. Might as well shout out your preference for the series because it's pretty much assured the series will continue to move forward.
Re:I want to see Andor (Score:5, Informative)
A wonderfully easy thing to say.
Um, it's also easy not to watch. I gave up a long time ago, even though I grew up with and practically worshipped IV-VI.
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What an amazing revelation. You should write a book.
I've actually written a few, but none on anything as ephemeral as Star Wars.
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Oh that's super and super relative to the conversation! Thanks for sharing, really. I'm sure you're busy making equally inciteful comments elsewhere so don't mind me.
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The Star Wars universe desperately needs to move on ....
I think we need to move on from Star Wars.
This is so true. I loved SW and it has no where to go.
In the meantime there are stories like Greg Bear's "The Forge of God" and "Eon" which are two of the most remarkable pieces of Sci Fi.
If a series of movies are required I'd look no further than Alistair Reynolds "Revelation Space" (the Inhibitor series) for a great place for a new franchise.
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In the meantime there are stories like Greg Bear's "The Forge of God" and "Eon" which are two of the most remarkable pieces of Sci Fi.
I'm pretty sure Disney already got what they wanted out of "Eon": the Way of the Star Wars sequels - they just went on forever...
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In the meantime there are stories like Greg Bear's "The Forge of God" and "Eon" which are two of the most remarkable pieces of Sci Fi.
I'm pretty sure Disney already got what they wanted out of "Eon": the Way of the Star Wars sequels - they just went on forever...
So true, and very cleverly put.
Star Wars has everywhere to go (Score:1)
I loved SW and it has no where to go.
The thing about Star Wars is that is has so, so many places to go!
You can just totally ignore the Jedi and explore countless worlds in regions way outside the core, like with Thrawn and the Chiss.
Or you can not ignore Jedi and do what they are doing with High Republic, go hundreds of years earlier and tell really interesting stories around a differently structured Jedi that is much more interesting than classic Jedi we are used to (even if they did cheat a bit and leave
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I agree with you that Star Wars has a large number of great settings, but thats not the problem with Star Wars - the problem with Star Wars is that every show done has to be about fan service and combinations of characters.
Take for example the Mandalorian - fantastic first season, new characters that all got an intro so you knew who they were and care about them somewhat. But why did the internet erupt when that bad guy used that black light sabre at the end of the last episode? Well, you had to already b
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Star Wars writers simply cannot write for the average person, they always end up writing for the Star Wars fan
I'll agree they go overboard at times on the connection, but like you said the first season of Mandalorian they didn't - even the Darksaber was something that was a small subplot of a handful of Clone Wars shows.
So it is possible for some to write stories that are more disconnected, which I agree is really key to something feeling fresh.
Andor is also fairly well removed, though it does seem to bring
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The thing about Star Wars is that is has so, so many places to go! It has a great mix of different creatures.
Have you read The Hero with a Thousand Faces [wikipedia.org] by Joseph Campbell [wikipedia.org]? He is an amazing American philosopher IMO and this work of non-fiction researches commonalities in stories from human history. Both Disney and Lucas use Campbell's work in story construction. Cinderella is actually an Egyptian story and it is based on the third (smallest) pyramid in the Great Pyramid complex - a story based on phi. It blows me away some of the roots of these stories. Star War
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Interesting thoughts...
Perhaps in that respect the story is too big for most would be viewers to wrap their heads around
Well if they can make Dune work (which is seems lie they have started to do a decent job of) maybe that is also possible.
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Yeah - good point, - I just watched that on Saturday and it was pretty good. I think "Foundation" also supports your point. I have a friend who has written a movie that was on the big screen. He tells me that with small screens starting to dominate there is a shift in the way movies and series are being done, so maybe.
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The problem with Alastair Reynolds is that his stories are all build up and world building, but he completely skips the event being built up to. Pretty much every one of his stories are like this, including the Inhibitor series (and Im including the recent books in that as well - same deal, build up, event skipped).
He produces fantastic universes during this, but then leaves the story unfinished.
One of his best universes is Terminal World, and he wont be writing anything more in that - despite the book lit
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He produces fantastic universes during this, but then leaves the story unfinished.
I think the Inhibitor story is still going and the unfinished building was because it was all destroyed anyway. I recently read "Inhibitor Phase" which rendered the first fight against the Inhibitors. And we are yet to see how things turn out in Andromeda where Giliana (was it Giliana?) was saved by the artificial life form and delivered to the Artificial's (I can't remember what they were called) . There is a lot more going on in this story and I think there is more to come.
One of his best universes is Terminal World, and he wont be writing anything more in that - despite the book literally ending before anything is explained or resolved.
Well - we can only hope. How
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Sorry, got to disagree with you there - Peter F Hamilton writes complete stories each time, and his series have a decent beginning, middle and end. While he may carry on the story later on with new plot lines, the old plot lines are not left dangling - you can read each of his Commonwealth series individually and be satisfied at the end. The Nights Dawn trilogy is wrapped up at the end. The Salvation Sequence has a small sequel teaser but the storyline is wrapped up neatly.
Alastair Reynolds on the other
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Yes - I do enjoy Hamilton. I picked up "A Night without Stars" recently which is set in the Commonwealth universe. He has not disappointed.
Sorry, got to disagree with you there Alastair Reynolds on the other hand does not finish things - the Revelation Space trilogy builds up to a conflict which is skipped entirely.
Having read "Inhibitor Phase" recently, I have to admit you do have a point although the effect that it had on me was to imagine what the battle was like once the scene is set in my head and I had a good understanding of the imagined technologies at play. Perhaps this is Reynolds intention? He did it when they went into the corona of the star and I could not help but im
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What brilliant replies from people who enjoy Sci Fi - thank you!
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They had their chance to reinvent SW and give us something original with TLJ, but they reversed course and will probably never recover. The Mandalorian is okay, good and bad episodes, but The Book of Boba Fett was a flop. Obi-wan wasn't great either.
So out of the 3 new TV shows, the only decent one was the one with an original character at the centre. And even then its low point was when a certain old character turned up.
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I personally didn't like Avatar much at all, I thought the story was not good.. but I am happy for others that liked it they are getting more.
However your post seems awfully spammy...
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Rogue One had already been a rehash of old stories from books and video games that Lucasfilm had thrown in the dumpster after Disney's acquisition.
So, fans are already expecting the series to contain other old stories rehashed and repackaged.
Good eyes have spotted that Andor in the trailer is even sporting a side-arm that is obviously patterned after the one used by the old video-game character that Andor had been based on.
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All I know is Cassian won't die in Andor. Otherwise I'm looking forward to seeing it.
Sure, sad but could be powerful (Score:1)
Who wants to see Andor? Not me. Knowing what happens eventually, do you really want to get attached to the character knowing he's a goner?
The funny thing is that I really do want to see it exactly because I *am* so attached already from Rogue One. Basically we are sort of following his story in reverse chunks... but I really enjoy his character and want to know more about how he got to where he was in Rogue One.
Yes in the end it will be depressing, but there could easily be moments of hope that spin off in
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"Knowing what happens eventually, do you really want to get attached to the character knowing he's a goner?"
This is why no one makes shows or movies about historical persons or events.
Avatar (Score:1)
Avatar seems cool. I can't wait for the future, like ten years from now, when there'll be movies like Avatar watchable in a high-resolution (70+ ppd) VR headset.
Nightmarish avatar (Score:2)
Please ditch Grogu (Score:1)
I flinched a bit when I read "Fans were probably most thrilled by the reveal of a new Mandalorian trailer for the upcoming third season of the hit show that brought us Baby Yoda in all his cuteness..."
To me Grogu is worse than Ewoks. A very artificial feeling character whose sole purpose is to look cute. I mean, he cant even fucking talk in any meaningful context and didnt even have a name until well into the series. The character really makes no meaningful contribution to the viewing experience outside of
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But still no avatar yet... (Score:4, Funny)
I guess by the title this movie is going to be about Korra, but I'm still not sure who the first one was about, it certainly wasn't Aang. In fact we still haven't seen any avatar yet.
I'll just leave this here (Score:2)
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Kx... [youtube.com]
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That's better than the sequel movies. At least we get to see Luke, Han and Leia together.
Avatar, pretty but preachy (Score:4)
Avatar just annoyed me with its infantile portrayal of the evil industrialist. I'm fine with archetypes but that was just shitty writing. It reminded me a lot of when I saw Episode I. Long on flash, ultimately thin on substance. Haven't seen it since it was in theatres.
I miss the James Cameron of Terminator. Ever since Titanic I haven't enjoyed his work. I was so ready for Leo to die... I would have walked out if my date wasn't busy swooning over how romantic it was...
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Avatar just annoyed me with its infantile portrayal of the evil industrialist.
Why not try looking around at the state of our biosphere before you decide it's unwarranted? This is a recurring theme because it's true. Did you make the same complaint about Aliens? The evil of industrialists is literally destroying our own life support system and you think that the portrayal in Avatar is unrealistic? Are you new?
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There's nothing wrong with having an industrialist as a villain. An example of a movie that does it really well is There Will Be Blood. The thing is, to a make a *good* movie, that villain should have some human element, a character motivation beyond just moustache-twirling.
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The thing is, to a make a *good* movie, that villain should have some human element, a character motivation beyond just moustache-twirling.
pssst they call it money
Have looked, complaint is spot on. (Score:1)
Why not try looking around at the state of our biosphere before you decide it's unwarranted?
We have, it's rife with oil companies trying to get on the ESG train even though it will mean the eventual death of millions because oil and gas exploration has fallen out of fashion. And supposed ecological supporters who are against nuclear power, the only viable CO2-free emitting power source that can replace traditional power...
So if you actually look around the real world and not your propaganda shaped mind, th
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And nuclear power is not as great as the proponents make out.
It costs a lot per unit of energy,
It takes a long time to build.
We have to reduce our uranium consumption if we want it to be a long term solution.
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How does this link back to Avatar and shitty writing?
D23. Sponsored by Visa. (Score:2)
Because of course a Credit Card company would sponsor something Disney.
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Because of course a Credit Card company would sponsor something Disney.
What is more the deal there is Disney has a specific Visa card they offer, and want everyone to use so they keep more of the money charged on it.
One day, Tron 3... (Score:1)
No new ship design? (Score:2)
What? Disney getting so cheap they can't hire someone to design a new ship for the Mandalorian?
starwar (Score:1)