Last night brought the shocking news that Game of Thrones creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss were no longer making their Star Wars trilogy for Lucasfilm. Though there’s been talk of other planned projects falling through, D&D’s films seemed to be set to go, so it was a surprise to see them jumping ship to concentrate on their Netflix deal. Though for a lot of folks who were burned by the GoT season 8 finale, the news is a happy surprise.
In particular, many people are pointing out the irony of season 8 being shortened in order for the creators to move on to Star Wars… only for them not to work on Star Wars.
They rushed Game of Thrones to work on Star Wars just to quit Star Wars to work on Netflix shows? pic.twitter.com/3JPBmvYUfb
— Michael
(@michaelcollado) October 29, 2019
For some, the wording of Deadline’s write-up of the story wasn’t really accurate.
this is the opposite of a setback https://t.co/rnbaD5fx1y
— Kelsey D. Nuclear Aftermatherton (@AthertonKD) October 29, 2019
Cersei’s face says it all…
So the writers of game of thrones aren’t writing a Star Wars trilogy anymore pic.twitter.com/3kcxxQD4ZQ
— Count Snackula (@omgShutUpDon) October 29, 2019
Some people really didn’t want them unleashed on Star Wars.
https://t.co/ba6aVmn079 pic.twitter.com/YLJG33OyRk
— Flaming Couch (@Jeggstar) October 29, 2019
The timing of the news is interesting as the pair’s comments made at the Austin Film Festival recently went viral, as they came clean about their inexperience when starting out on GoT. And now, some are drawing a possible connection between the two events.
Yesterday: "Oh, that massive, super-expensive fantasy franchise we ended up beefing? We never had a plan."
Today: https://t.co/d28su1BPeN
— Norm Wilner, Found In Several Pieces (@normwilner) October 29, 2019
With D&D’s trilogy no longer happening, does this mean Rian Johnson’s trilogy could be bumped up? The Last Jedi fans are certainly hoping so.
LOOKS LIKE THE SCHEDULE JUST OPENED UP FOR A CERTAIN WRITER/DIRECTOR!
https://t.co/pJwVTAT9m9 pic.twitter.com/MbHAgsq9w6
— One bad little 2 foot guy (@frigginhegg) October 29, 2019
Though the loss of a whole trilogy might seem like a big blow, Lucasfilm has still been working with various other filmmakers – including Marvel’s Kevin Feige – so there’s plenty more Star Wars on the way.
We're still getting a Rian Johnson trilogy and a Kevin Feige-led trilogy in the 2020s plus all the TV shows. We will be fine. https://t.co/NekD4UrlSR
— Alfredo (@NOLA_Fredo) October 29, 2019
And if you think these tweets have been critical, wait ’til you get a load of this one:
The best ending these two will ever give us. https://t.co/jQ7vKEgIiI
— trick-or-treater (@neontaster) October 29, 2019
Obviously, other people were more interested in the idea and are bummed out by the news, but these tweets make clear that the vast majority are seeing this as a positive, which just goes to show how negatively received GoT season 8 was by the fandom. Nevertheless, D&D supporters still have their upcoming Netflix projects to look forward to and Star Wars lovers have a ton of content to come after The Rise of Skywalker completes the Skywalker Saga this December as well.
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