I'm very excited for the future of Star Wars and I think by the end of this
video you will be too a new hope indeed but yes the rise of Skywalker is
rallying its rally to Christmas week and I think with that mind it's clear that
even though Bob Iger said Disney is taking a break with Star Wars movies the
franchise will be back on the big screen sooner rather than later and when you
pair the tremendous reaction to the Mandalorian season one finale the whole
show has been well received but this finale is something else and then when
you pair that again with the rise of Skywalker surprisingly strong box office
well the Disney starship is definitely writing itself and with Benioff and
Weiss out of here they took themselves out what luck a wide open future lies
ahead of Star Wars which is also very exciting yes I still suspect the
cackling Kennedy will move on when her current contract ends I think it's
healthy for her and for the franchise and you know Disney I think everybody
would benefit from a new chapter here and she can I think with the rise of
Skywalker rallying at the box office she can leave with her dignity intact and
likely move on to a lucrative producing deal over at Disney much like Amy Pascal
was fired as the head of Sony after the email leaked and scandal but just you
know moved to her having her own law office on the lot as a producer and it's
worked out put it down well for Pascal so maybe it will for Kathleen Kennedy
too now as I've said before I suspect that Jon Favreau Johnny fans might be
taking over as the new head of Lucasfilm with Dave Filoni as a second and George
Lucas in an advisory position let's bring that guy back I don't think we
should listen to every single one of his ideas but I think we should know what
he's thinking and after watching the mandalorian season one finale it seems
like that for the next movie it would be beneficial for all to have Johnny faves
and Taika Waititi in the mix I'm not quite sure in which roles both our
writers and directors and while only Johnny faves gets writing credit for the
season finale and has such strong taiko with teeny flourishes
I would suspect some stuff was added on set but anyway what do you know when it
comes to Favreau and watch edy Taika Waititi not only are both of them disney
guys even Jojo rabbit ended up being a Disney movie but they're both Marvel
guys as well and isn't Kevin Feige about to produce a Star Wars movie tyke you
know Jon Jon Favreau is his schedule is pretty open coming up but Tyco with t DS
is not don't worry I have a whole list of Directors here as you know but first
I want to say on a side note that having a film director made such a big
difference for the Mandalorians season one finale and to be fair though - Jon
Favreau he never directed an episode I feel that this means that casseon and/or
has the edge as for when it comes to upcoming Disney Plus series because
that's the only one that has big screen talent attached behind the camera Tony
Gilroy returning after saving rogue one from Gareth Edwards so what if Tyco
would TD is too busy making Thor love and thunder Ohi feel even more confident
in after the Mandalorians season 1 finale and maybe John Johnny fans
doesn't want to be in Star Wars I think that seems ridiculous considering how
much time is invested in it but you never know maybe they're too busy right
so here are some suggestions of other directors who could take over for
episode 10 will it even be called episode 10 uh I think I maybe call it
episode 10 makes it easier on the metadata thank you very much alright so
what is the criteria for being a Star Wars director I want to give you some
insight as to how I put together my list well you have to have experience with
not just action but also story so I'm sorry chance to hausky I'm not saying
never but you're not ready just yet and also you have to have experience
handling a big IP for a big audience I think we need a break from India
experimental directors because that has not worked out so well for Star Wars and
I don't think that they can take another hit right now just look at the
Mandalorian with Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni handling it who are exactly what
I just said experienced creatives who have a lot of
you know who have experience working on big eyepiece pleasing big audiences and
making both fans and the studio very happy that's what we're looking for here
we also can't have anybody who has been burned by Star Wars
or Marvel which is actually it's a presently long list because I think that
means you can't go back to Lord and Miller or Colin Trevorrow or anger right
which is unfortunate I think Edgar Wright would be a good fit considering
how well Tyco with TD is fared here but he said maybe but he's not gonna do the
Kevin Feige one I don't think also you can't be committed to another studio
because this talented as james wan and todd phillips are their team warner
brothers for the foreseeable future for quite the foreseeable future and good
luck to them they're doing great work over there alright so I think that makes
the obvious choice after Johnny fav Sentai kurwa tini the Russo brothers
especially for that Kevin Feige Star Wars movie the Russo brothers have
already said they'd love to make a Star Wars movie because I like everyone you
know Chris Evans and brie Larson were both like we'd like to be in a Star Wars
movie everybody is making sure you know I said I told you the squeaky wheel gets
the grace and everyone's squeak squeaking around
Kevin Feige and but the Russo brothers whose we're talking about directors here
I would go with Chris Evans to be honest - I think brie Larson because Chris
Evans this Marvel Run is done where brie Larson's you know she's just getting
started he's Captain Marvel so as much as she loves Star Wars which I
appreciate and also I think we want to stay away from divisive people for now
everyone loves the Chris Evans have a have a Star Wars sweater alright so when
I went back to the Russo brothers they have proven multiple times that they can
check all the boxes when it comes to franchise filmmaking they understand
both the creative and the business side they're actually I think I think they
actually understand the business side better than the creative side but
they're so strong with the business side that look how well they do and they're
as I said which was important they're very good at making both the studio and
fans very happy plus they have absolutely no controversy
as filmmakers they're great now a fan if they are they're not available they said
they make themselves available but maybe they're too expensive maybe Star Wars
wants to have more of its own identity I would consider James Mangold he's a big
studio player has serious awards cred and fan cred thanks to Logan I think
he'd really be able to deliver something at fans and the studio were happy with
then I finally I have to left-field choices because again not a lot of
people can do this not a lot Wilkin fit the criteria especially when
we're looking for safe choices that's as many as I've discussed with you before
we talked about this a shortlist available for a job many of you were
like who wouldn't want to be the head of Lucas Fallon who wouldn't want to direct
a Star Wars movie I didn't say who wanted to do it I said who could do it
and the way that the studio wants me these are huge multi-million dollar
investments with billions of dollars on the line it's not like you know we can't
just you know who wants it the most we have to make responsible business
decisions all right so next I'd like to put Alfonso Cuaron on my list right
remember when he saved Harry Potter right back in the day and he has a
history with the dystopian futures and politics thanks to children of men and
big-budget space epics with gravity now would well what Alfonso Cuaron won to
make a Star Wars movie at this point in his career I think if there was a good
enough angle and you gave him lots of creative freedom to even maybe come up
with that angle himself and a huge paycheck I think maybe he would do it
and I think that it would be worth perhaps giving him those elements
because you know you might be like will we get another Rian Johnson situation I
think korone is a little bit more responsible and I think a little you
know Quarren doesn't have a history of subverting expectations and that's like
Rian Johnson's you know even with knives out that's his that's his you know
creative choice I still don't think it's a good one but you know it's knives out
I think was definitely considered a hit for Rian Johnson then finally well I
know a lot of you want to see John Krasinski and Emily Blunt over at Marvel
christens he has proven himself to be a very strong creative and business minded
director with a quiet place he's also very funny which has proven to be an
important ingredient for Star Wars talent as well he'd be just as great in
the Star Wars universe as he would Marvel in my opinion and a behind the
camera role in Star Wars maybe even on camera as well to some degree right it
wouldn't preclude him from an on-camera role or even a behind the camera will
also let Marvel in fact it could help his odds he can join the team with Tycho
with TD and Johnny fabs and I think John Krasinski actually fits
on that team really well so those are my choices for the next Star Wars director
and I would like to take a moment to address the fact
that my only diverse choices well it's like a big part of the list because it's
a short list are Taika Waititi and alfonso cuarón because you know this is
a big part of movie discussion these days representation which I am a fan of
I think it's important and yeah it would be great to have a couple of more
directors of color of a choice here particularly you know black director and
I wish I could put a woman on this list as well all I do i but again we're
looking for a safe choice here with experience and unfortunately not a lot
of diverse directors have that kind of experience at this point they're getting
there though like look at Deborah Chau taking over the you who's in charge of
the Obi Wan series so we're getting there but you know Star Wars needs to be
firmly on track before it can experiment with directors again that said though
that doesn't mean they can't expand you know experiment with the cast for this
new Star Wars movie in terms of diversity and other types of
representation I think that's crucial and we've already seen it done very
successfully with the Mandalorian so and there are lots of other roles to be
filled behind the camera as well where you could have that kind of
representation but I'm looking for a captain of the starship
and again I want experience so I just wanted to let you know my my thinking on
that one so also by the way speaking of this new movie I think it should clearly
start from scratch so to speak with all new characters so there are lots of
opportunities to to bring in that diversity organically alright so what do
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