We’ll sure all of that sounds fantastic but apparently the true fans only want to see Luke Skywalker destroying ATATs with a wave of his hand.

Pfffft, no! We want to see him throw a lightsaber over his shoulder and drink alien titty milk like a meth-head hobo!

That definitely sounds more interesting!

I wouldn’t say that. I wouldn’t have had that scene play out the way it did at all personally. I’d have wanted a more simplistic fight that could have shown Luke as a badass Jedi Master but done believably.

I think what he did showed how badass he was as a Jedi Master, but that's for another thread.

He said they have "creative entities" including the Game of Thrones team developing other films, not only the Game of Thrones team. That doesn't mean RJ's trilogy isn't still being developed.

No, but given Johnson has already directed a film in the franchise and the GoT team has not, I agree with Mike86 it's telliing Iger would not emphasize Johnson's work given the opportunity.

He gave one example, the first to pop into his head. Maybe he just got off the phone with the GoT guys before the interview, or it's the one he's looking forward to the most. It's not evidence of anything.

Why would he omit his name? That to me says they may be reconsidering his trilogy. Whether that means it’s cancelled or there will be changes to it who’s to say, but I don’t think you’d leave out or just forget the name of a director who just did a film for you less than a year ago on accident while mentioning Abrams and people who haven’t done anything for you yet. Also Johnson’s trilogy was announced before the GoT creators trilogy.

My thought is maybe he intentionally left his name out so as not to be directly asked how he felt about how divisive The Last Jedi was.

Maybe because Iger only felt the need to mention one creative "entity" during the interview as an inclusive example, and for whatever reason chose the GoT team as that example.

And I don't think Iger chose his example based on "what project was announced first" or any formal criteria. This wasn't a formal announcement of what projects were still in development. He mentioned the film that's actively in production, and then one of the pre-productions projects, possibly selected at random based on what entered his head first.

But he didn’t mention just one name. He also mentioned Abrams who has Episode IX upcoming. Johnson had his film out less than a year ago and is supposedly directing a trilogy. Abrams is obvious to mention because that’s the next film but it’s weird to omit Johnson when supposedly he’s on board for three more films and yet mention other guys who haven’t done anything for you.

Right, because it's the one project in active production. There's basically two pools of films he was mentioning: Ones in active production, and ones in pre-production. He gave one example of each.

Iger explicitly said it was an inclusive list. You can't rule out a film because it wasn't mentioned in an incomplete list that explicitly states it includes other projects not mentioned.

Like I said I’m not saying that’s an indication of the films being cancelled but I just think it’s a rather glaring omission for one reason or another. I also feel like he may have been purposely trying to avoid a question on the divisiveness of The Last Jedi as that interviewer likely would have asked.

You're grasping at straws trying to justify your own conclusions based on your dislike of TLJ. Stop it already. Seriously.

He just admitted to being wrong about making too many Star Wars movies. You really think he was scared about being asked about ONE of them? Please.

I’m not grasping at anything. I’m taking what he said at face value and speculating on that. I’m hardly the first to have noticed this online. You really think he just didn’t mention Johnson’s name because he only felt the need to give a couple examples?

And I don't think your speculation is valid based on what he said.

Exactly. It shouldn't be read into at all.

Again I’m not saying it’s cancelled. I’m just pointing out that it’s weird to have left his name out. It could be that there are some changes being made to the trilogy. Maybe they want to try one and see how it pans out before giving him three. Maybe Johnson is only producing/developing a trilogy but not directing all three.

If anything it seems like fans of The Last Jedi go on the defensive and act like those of us who didn’t care for it have no valid points. It’s odd to not bring up a person you just worked with and announced future projects with. That’s all I’m saying. Not sure how it’s hard to see that for some of you.

It's only "weird" because either:

1. You don't understand the conversation Iger was having, and the context of his statement.
2. You want it to be weird, and are reading way too much into it.

You can hate TLJ all you want. This thread isn't about that film.

I don’t think I’m reading too much into it. Again I’m speculating based on what he said and didn’t say in the interview. This thread is fueled by news stories, rumors, and speculation. It seems like some of you want me to not post because you don’t like my speculation.

The thread isn’t about The Last Jedi but is about future Star Wars films of which that film’s director is supposed to be in charge of three. Again I’m taking what was said and speculating on that in the thread where that’s what a good chunk of the conversation is about. That makes me wrong or my opinion invalid?

Someone like Iger is not going to let his words fall carelessly in my opinion.

Of course no one here has any more insight into his thoughts than anyone else. It's all SPECULATION.

I’m not claiming to be right or wrong. People (not you) have cherry picked my posts and assumed differently because of my feelings towards The Last Jedi. I’m just making an observation.

Right - like the post telling us Iger picked the first one in his head. That's apparently the more "valid" speculation.

Given how much they wanted people to know Johnson was working on that trilogy at the time I do think it's fair to point out how Iger and others no longer mention it. Wouldn't be the first time Disney had made sure a project got a lot of attention and then ignored it hoping people would forget it was ever a thing.

It's not more valid, it's equally valid, which is the point. Mike86 was asking a number of "why then X?" questions, as if his speculation was the only possible answer. I responded with a number of equally plausible scenarios. The fact that a number of equally valid scenarios can be spun from the same material points out that there's not enough evidence there to accurately infer, well, anything about the RJ trilogy from what Iger said. The interview isn't evidence that the RJ trilogy is cancelled, being reworked, etc., but it's also not evidence that the RJ trilogy is still in production, on schedule, etc. In terms of relevance to RJ's trilogy, the interview is a giant nothing sandwich.