James Mangold’s ‘Star Wars’ Movie Is Set 25,000 Years Before ‘Phantom Menace’ So That It’s Not ‘Handcuffed by Lore’: Then ‘You Can’t Please Anybody’
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James Mangold's "Star Wars" movie is set 25,000 years before "The Phantom Menace" so that it's not beholden to any franchise lore and canon.
  • @MagicShel@lemmy.zipEnglish
    10•3 months ago

    That’s probably a good way to go, though I hate the idea of doing “the first Jedi.” That being said, if the movie fucks everything up, 25,000 years is a lot of time for whatever they break to be fixed and covered up.

    Can’t possibly be worse than TRoS in any event.