{"id":2086418,"date":"2025-10-12T21:08:19","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T21:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2086418"},"modified":"2025-10-12T21:08:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T21:08:19","slug":"the-next-star-wars-film-is-dead-and-the-franchise-is-better-because-of-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/the-next-star-wars-film-is-dead-and-the-franchise-is-better-because-of-it\/","title":{"rendered":"The Next Star Wars Film Is Dead, And The Franchise Is Better Because Of It"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Recently, James Mangold (the director of hit films like <em>Logan<\/em>) signed a major deal to create multiple feature films for Paramount. This led to widespread speculation that the deal will prevent him from creating <em>Dawn of the Jedi<\/em>, his Star Wars origin film, for Disney. Should it be canceled (which really seems inevitable), the Star Wars franchise will be stronger because the <strong>last<\/strong> thing we need is another movie ruining the Force.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\"><strong>The Jedi\u2019s Origin, Revealed?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">For some context, <em>Dawn of the Jedi<\/em> is supposed to be set 25,000 years before <em>The Phantom Menace<\/em> and is meant to focus on where the Force comes from, how it was discovered, and how people learned to use it. Mangold also wanted to explore how this developed into religious legends that span the galaxy. While that sounds neat on paper, the blunt truth is that this movie was already doomed because fans of this franchise always hate prequels that mess with pre-existing lore.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The greatest example of this is the Star Wars prequel trilogy, which threw out the mysticism of the Force in favor of a bland explanation involving midi-chlorians. This served a narrative purpose by explaining how Jedi can scan and detect someone\u2019s Force potential (the more midi-chlorians, the greater the ability), but it really ruined much of this franchise\u2019s magic. It turns out that it was much cooler for us fans to speculate about a mystical energy field than it was to have everything explained in terms of in-universe pseudo-science.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\"><strong>Repeating the Failure of The Phantom Menace<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/lR2qqi.ew1uinXxysrOpFw--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/giant_freakin_robot_articles_628\/8ba824ab5dec3974d8f3ae24a8441eb3\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This is the chief reason I think James Mangold\u2019s <em>Dawn of the Jedi<\/em> would be a disaster: it is intended, from the ground up, to explain how the Force works. Remember how mad everyone got at a single scene in <em>The Phantom Menace<\/em> that tried to explain how the Force works? Just imagine how angry everyone would be at an entire <strong>movie<\/strong> meant to provide explanations for something previously left largely up to our imagination.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Plus, Mangold has created a kind of no-win scenario here: if he changes the Force up too much, it will upset fans because it will retroactively change our understanding of characters like <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.giantfreakinrobot.com\/topic\/Luke-Skywalker\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Luke Skywalker;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">Luke Skywalker<\/a> and Darth Vader. But if he doesn\u2019t change anything, there\u2019s no real point in having a Jedi origin movie in the first place. Therefore, the director can either deliver a controversial movie or a superfluous one; either way, the result is a bunch of annoyed fans, and Star Wars really can\u2019t afford to drive many more of them away at this point.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\"><strong>This Will Be The Acolyte All Over Again<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/zjho3ZYju7H3q2I0jlFUEg--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/giant_freakin_robot_articles_628\/f6eadfc5ca840447cc1575cd620d3589\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Finally, Mangold previously expressed excitement at setting a movie so far in the franchise\u2019s past because it meant he didn\u2019t have to worry about disrupting canon. But aside from the fact that changing up the Force would be arguably the biggest change you could make to this canon, <em>The Acolyte<\/em> is proof that setting a Star Wars project in the distant past is no guarantee that it will be good or that fans will care about it. And that show also tried to explore other aspects of the Jedi (including just how Sith-like they can be) in ways that ultimately upset the fandom just as much as the series\u2019 erratic storytelling.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The shows that have been a success (like <em>Andor<\/em>, <em>Obi-Wan Kenobi<\/em>, and <em>Ahsoka<\/em>) show that fans are more eager to watch legacy characters and familiar settings; therefore, <em>Dawn of the Jedi<\/em> would be a hard sell even without its inevitably clumsy handling of the Force. The movie hasn\u2019t been officially canceled yet, meaning that we may eventually see James Mangold\u2019s vision for this famous galaxy far, far away. But unless he wants to trigger a disturbance in the fandom (as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror), it\u2019s best if this <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.giantfreakinrobot.com\/ent\/best-star-wars-memes.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Star Wars movie;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">Star Wars movie<\/a> never sees the light of day.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, James Mangold (the director of hit films like Logan) signed a major deal to create multiple feature films for Paramount. This led to widespread speculation that the deal will prevent him from creating Dawn of the Jedi, his Star Wars origin film, for Disney. Should it be canceled (which really seems inevitable), the Star [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2086419,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[392937,24564,23300,392938,392939],"class_list":["post-2086418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-dawn-of-the-jedi","tag-james-mangold","tag-star-wars","tag-star-wars-prequel-trilogy","tag-the-phantom-menace"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/The-Next-Star-Wars-Film-Is-Dead-And-The-Franchise.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2086418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2086418"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2086418\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2086420,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2086418\/revisions\/2086420"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2086419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2086418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2086418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2086418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}