Hello, and welcome to The State Of The Comic Book Movie Union Series: 2019 Edition: Part 3 of 6, on the Star Wars films and their related live-action Disney+ projects. There are only two Star Wars universe projects that will debut in 2019 that we’ll talk about today; Star Wars: Episode IX and Disney+’s show, The Mandalorian. Anyways, without further ado, let’s get to it.
Star Wars: Episode IX is supposedly going to be the last installment of the “Skywalker Saga”, the live-action Star Wars movies that showcase the Skywalker family, as opposed to the Star Wars Anthology films. I don’t necessarily believe this will be the last time we see the Skywalkers. I partly think this because the Skywalkers are the most famous characters in the series, and partly because I still believe that Rey has a chance to be a Skywalker. Daisy Ridley is just too bankable of a star for Disney to just get rid of after 3 movies. The family includes at least 6 of the main characters; Anakin, Padme (by marriage), Luke, Leia, Han (by marriage), and Kylo Ren, so it just wouldn’t make sense for them to disappear after this next movie. Anyways, the movie will return cast members Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Lupita N’yongo, Domnhall Gleeson, Kelly Marie Tran, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher (posthumously), Billy Dee Williams, and Anthony Daniels, while bringing in new cast members Keri Russell, Richard E. Grant, Matt Smith, and Dominic Monaghan. Star Wars: Episode IX is scheduled to release on December 20th, 2019.
The Mandalorian is probably the season of television I am most excited for in 2019, which is probably only rivaled by Season 9 of American Horror Story and Season 2 of The Punisher. So far, not a whole lot has been announced about the show. Disney described it as being about “a lone gunfighter in the outer reaches of the galaxy far from the authority of the New Republic.” The show will be set approximately three years after the end of Return Of The Jedi, so sometime around 7 ABY (Years After The Battle of Yavin), considering Return Of The Jedi took place during the year 4 ABY. The main character is, as the title suggests, a Mandalorian, which is another name for a clone in the Star Wars Universe, so we can theorize from that information that the main character is a rouge clone that was cast to the wayside after the fall of the Galactic Empire, and ends up working as a bounty hunter to survive. Does that not sound at least somewhat like the story of Boba Fett? I mean, I really doubt that this show will be about Boba Fett, but it sounds like a proxy for Boba Fett. The only two cast members that have been announced so far, Pedro Pascal and Gina Carano. It would be amazing to see Pedro Pascal as Boba Fett, I think he could fit into the role as a military man who’s stoic facade slowly starts to melt away into either a charismatic Casanova or an emotional wreck that’s been fighting to survive for years. Gina Carano would also be amazing in that same role, but I would also very much like to see her play the type of character that Captain Phasma was supposed to be in the sequel trilogy; this kind of legit physical threat to the hero of the story and not just someone that stands around and gives orders. The production team has worked very hard to make sure that we can’t tell at all who is behind the bounty hunter helmet that they’ve shown in set stills so either actor could be the main character, or it could be a completely different actor that has yet to be announced for the project. The Mandalorian will debut on Disney+ sometime in 2019
Alright, thank you so much for reading. Please, remember to tune in on Friday for my Character Of The Month article for December 2018, which will be on Ocean Master, in anticipation of Aquaman coming out later next month. Thank you again for reading, and remember, have a nerdy day.
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