When Star Wars: The Phantom Menace opened in Could 1999, it had some notable star energy hooked up within the type of Liam Neeson, who performed Jedi Grasp Qui-Gon Jinn. Though Qui-Gon met his demise by the hands of Darth Maul in direction of the top of the film, the character has remained a fan-favorite all these years later, and Neeson’s even had a couple of alternatives to reprise Obi-Wan Kenobi’s mentor. Nevertheless, Neeson has shared that he’s not a fan of the Star Wars franchise launched a lot content material lately.
Liam Neeson shared this opinion on Watch What Occurs Dwell with Andy Cohen whereas selling his 2023 new film launch Marlowe, as he was requested by a fan if he was serious about doing a Qui-Gon Jinn spinoff for Disney+. The actor answered:
No, I’m not. There’s so many spinoffs of Star Wars. It’s diluting it to me, and it’s taken away the thriller and the magic in a bizarre manner.
This assertion comes eight months after Liam Neeson cameoed on the finish of the Obi-Wan Kenobi finale as Qui-Gon Jinn in Pressure Ghost type, showing earlier than the title character after he’d returned to Tatooine. Whereas Liam Neeson stated that it was good to do the “little bit” with Ewan McGregor greater than twenty years after they had been first paired collectively in a galaxy far, far-off, however that was sufficient for him. Not solely does he have little interest in main any sort of Qui-Gon undertaking, he thinks there’s an overabundance of Star Wars content material out now, which has diminished the franchise in his eyes.
The final a number of years have definitely seen an elevated output of onscreen Star Wars tales. Granted, a Star Wars film hasn’t been launched since 2019’s The Rise of Skywalker, and whereas there quite a lot of them in improvement, together with Patty Jenkins’ Rogue Squadron, the film Taika Waititi is writing with Krysty Wilson-Cairns and the film Shawn Levy will work on as soon as he’s accomplished with Deadpool 3, none of them have launch dates. Conversely, Disney+ subscribers have had entry to reveals like The Mandalorian, The E-book of Boba Fett, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Andor, and Ahsoka, Skeleton Crew and The Acolyte (which has an particularly stacked solid) are on the best way. All that, plus the video video games, novels and comedian ebook sequence being usually churned out, imply that Star Wars followers aren’t missing for tactics this franchise can hold them entertained.
Nonetheless, possibly you are feeling like Liam Neeson does and need the Star Wars franchise would cut back this output, inserting extra emphasis on high quality over amount. Effectively, that want could be granted, as THR not too long ago shared that Disney will reduce down on the quantity of Star Wars and Marvel initiatives made so as to reduce prices. This doesn’t imply we’ll return to the times when a 12 months or extra would move earlier than new choices from both franchises had been launched, however evidently the panorama received’t be as crowded going ahead.
In any case, sorry for these of you who’ve needed to see a Qui-Gon Jinn-centric film or TV present, but it surely’s not going to occur. However if you wish to know the most recent on what’s occurring with Star Wars each on the massive display and on Disney+, hold CinemaBlend as your vacation spot for such information.
