Leslye Headland hired as showrunner for new Star Wars Disney+ series

Leslye Headland hired as showrunner for new Star Wars Disney+ series

 

Disney+ has announced a new Star Wars series Leslye Headland as showrunner. No release date has been announced yet. In fact, the only information released so far has been that it will be “female-centric”. Before we dive into thoughts and opinions, let’s take a look at her history and see what makes her tick.

Resume

As a writer, Headland has been credited with TV shows such as Terriers and Russian Doll.

Terriers lasted only one season, but received good reviews from both fans and critics alike. It’s one of those shows referred to as the good shows people aren’t watching.

Russian Doll she wrote for and co-created with Amy Poehler and Natasha Lyonne. This 8 episode Netflix series won a Golden Globe for best actress in a musical or comedy for Natasha Lyonne. Headland received a nomination for Outstanding Writing in a comedy series.

And famously, she worked as an assistant to Harvey Weinstein at Miramax.

Public Eye

When asked in an interview from Variety about her favorite Star Wars Movie, Headland replied she didn’t have a favorite Star Wars movie and that she wanted to live in the Star Wars universe forever.

She has been quoted by Rolling Stone as saying that Hollywood’s interest in women is:

“They are not interested unless we are in a group. Probably just wearing lingerie”

YouTubers describe her as “woke” and obsessed with race, gender, and sexual orientation.

She recently deleted over 4,500 tweets, according Social Blade, since July 2019.

Thoughts and Opinions

Let’s not jump the gun on our judgements. While I agree that woke Hollywood sucks, and is not entertaining, I have seen only Russian Doll out of her list of work, and I liked it. I didn’t feel like there was an agenda being pushed. Look, sometimes people are triggered by anyone advocating for more equality for minorities and women in show business. I am tired of hearing about it personally.

The only thing that matters when making shows and movies is the story. If the story makes sense and has cohesion and depth, then I’ll watch it and enjoy it. If it is just a vehicle for hate or discrimination or how “men are bad”, it’s probably going to fall flat.

An all-female Star Wars show is kind of a new idea and sounds like it could be full of agenda, but it may not be as well. It could be just a new perspective. Star Wars has had good, strong female characters in Princess Leia, Ahsoka Tano, Hera, and Sabine to name a few.

You can have strong female characters that do not put up with nonsense and also not disparage men (just for being men) at the same time. This has been done in other series with Ripley in the Alien series, Sarah Connor in Terminator, Alita Battle Angel, Avatar. The poor attempts are the woke attempts. Who knows what this will be. I am a little concerned that she couldn’t pick a favorite Star Wars movie, but Not Your Status Quo will wait until this show comes out and judge it based on the quality of its content.

 

 

 

Star Wars the Rise of Skywalker Spoiler Filled Review

One year after the Battle of Crait, Kylo Ren obtains a Sith wayfinder device and travels to the planet Exegol. He discovers a physically impaired Palpatine who reveals he created Snoke as a puppet to control the First Order and lure Kylo to the dark side. Palpatine unveils a secret armada of Star Destroyers and tells Kylo to find and kill Rey, who is continuing her Jedi training under General Leia Organa.

Meanwhile, Finn, Poe, and Chewbacca retrieve information on Kylo's discovery originating from a First Order spy. After learning that Palpatine has returned, Rey discovers notes on a Sith artifact in the Jedi texts Luke Skywalker left behind. Rey, Poe, Finn, Chewbacca, BB-8, and C-3PO leave for Pasaana to seek a contact Luke knew, while R2-D2 stays behind with Leia.

On Pasaana, they encounter Lando Calrissian, who leads them to the artifact's last known location in the desert. Kylo learns where Rey is through their Force bond and travels to Pasaana with the Knights of Ren. Rey and the others discover the remains of a Sith assassin, his ship, and a dagger inscribed with Sith text, which C-3PO's programming forbids him from interpreting. Sensing that Kylo is nearby, Rey goes to confront him.

The First Order captures the Millennium Falcon, Chewbacca, and the dagger; Rey, attempting to save Chewbacca, accidentally destroys a First Order transport with Force lightning. The group escapes on the assassin's ship, presuming Chewbacca was killed in the explosion.

Poe suggests that they head to Kijimi to have the Sith text extracted from C-3PO's memory. Rey senses that Chewbacca is alive, and the group mount a rescue mission. While Kylo searches for Rey, the group infiltrate his Star Destroyer with the help of Zorii Bliss, an old friend of Poe's.

Through the Force, Kylo tells Rey that she is Palpatine's granddaughter; Palpatine had ordered her death as a child, fearing her power. Rey recovers the dagger and has visions of the assassin using it to kill her parents.

General Hux discovers the group and reveals himself to be the spy. He allows them to escape on the Falcon, but is executed for treason. The Star Destroyer destroys Kijimi using a superlaser cannon.

The group follow the coordinates to Kef Bir and a wayfinder device revealing Palpatine's location. A woman named Jannah leads them to the remains of the second Death Star near Endor. Rey uses the dagger to locate the wayfinder and envisions herself as a Sith upon contacting it.

Kylo, having tracked the group to Kef Bir, destroys the Wayfinder and duels Rey. A dying Leia calls to Kylo through the Force, but Rey impales him. Sensing Leia's death, Rey heals Kylo and takes his ship to exile herself to Ahch-To, shaken by her Sith lineage.

Luke's Force spirit appears and encourages Rey to face Palpatine as he faced Darth Vader, giving her Leia's lightsaber and his old X-wing. Rey leaves for Exegol, using the wayfinder on Kylo's ship. On Kef Bir, Kylo converses with a vision of his father and throws away his lightsaber, reclaiming his identity as Ben Solo.

Rey arrives on Exegol and transmits her location to the Resistance. She confronts Palpatine, who demands that she kill him to transfer his spirit into Rey. The Resistance engages in battle with Palpatine's fleet.

Ben overpowers the Knights of Ren and arrives to help Rey. Palpatine rejuvenates himself by absorbing the life essence of Rey and Ben and then attacks the Resistance fleet with Force lightning.

A weakened Rey hears voices of past Jedi lending their strength; Palpatine attacks her with lightning, but Rey deflects it using the two lightsabers, killing him. Rey dies from the attack, but Ben sacrifices himself by using the Force to resurrect her; the two kiss before Ben fades away and becomes one with the Force.

Lando leads the Resistance, now backed by reinforcements, to destroy the remainder of Palpatine's armada.

As the galaxy celebrates, Rey visits the Lars homestead on Tatooine, where she buries the Skywalker lightsabers, having built her own. A local asks her name; as the spirits of Luke and Leia look on, she replies, "Rey Skywalker.

In addition to Luke and Leia, here’s a list of Jedi who are identified in the credits:
Qui-Gon Jinn (Liam Neeson)
Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor.)
Mace Windu (Samuel L. Jackson)
Aayla Secura (Jennifer Hale)
Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen)
Ahsoka Tano (Ashley Eckstein)
Kanan Jarrus (Freddie Prinze Jr.)
Yoda (Frank Oz)
Luminara Unduli (Olivia d’Abo)

Adi Gallia (Angelique Perrin)

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Star Wars the Rise of Skywalker Spoiler Free Review

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (also known as Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker) is a 2019 American epic space-opera film produced, co-written, and directed by J.J. Abrams. It is the third installment of the Star Wars sequel trilogy, following The Force Awakens (2015) and The Last Jedi (2017), and the final episode of the nine-part "Skywalker saga". It was produced by Lucasfilm and Abrams's production company Bad Robot Productions, and was distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. The film's ensemble cast includes Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Anthony Daniels, Naomi Ackie, Domhnall Gleeson, Richard E. Grant, Lupita Nyong, Keri Russell, Joonas Suotamo, Kelly Marie Tran, Ian McDiarmid, and Billy Dee Williams.