Guillermo del Toro on his cancelled Jabba the Hutt film

[queenursula]

Guillermo del Toro on Star Wars: The Rise and Fall of Jabba the Hutt https://t.co/pq0shmx9pa pic.twitter.com/N7dNfMOSQ8
- io9 (@io9) October 8, 2023
Guillermo del Toro opened up a Star Wars project that he was working on for Lucasfilm before it fell through

Comments

[joe_pwnz_pete]

i missed out on the pan's labyrinth hype (recently watched it and thought it was very good!) and also have never seen hellboy so this might be a little harsh on del toro but i find the entire problem with star wars to be that people think every character needs a cinematic backstory.

no cares about jabba like that. feels like we as a fandom all barely tolerate the hutts as characters honestly.

[euraylie]

I’m honestly not fully convinced by Del Toro as a filmmaker. He’s had many missteps.

[floatinglately]

i haven’t watched a lot of his movies but i feel like i may not vibe with him which is sort of a bummer because he seems like a nice cool fun dude as like, a person… but pacific rim was fine as a big silly action film but felt very overhyped to me and did not stay with me at all, and i was soooo excited for nightmare alley because i LOVE the novel, which is totally deranged, but i got like halfway through and never went back to finish it… i found it boring, bradley cooper felt WILDLY miscast, it’s fine to make changes from the book but some of the specific changes made felt off or kinda sexist almost? idk. but i still haven’t done pan’s labyrinth which everyone says is his masterpiece so i’m making myself suspend judgment until then. lol.

[euraylie]

I haven’t seen his Pinocchio yet, but I really dislike all his recent movies. Pacific Rim actually infuriated me; Shape of Water was terrible; Crimson Peak was cheap and unimaginative…and Nightmare Alley…
Pan’s Labyrinth is definitely his best, although dare I say, I feel it’s a bit overrated. I might have to watch it again

[picturemegone]

I think he has a great artistic vision, but his movies don't always work.

[genbu_no_miko24]

I think he can be too heavy-handed at times.

[ari_angelique]

Leia's backstory is the one I'd care about. Why haven't they done one?

[gillenvillain]

Young Leia being a badass and making Tarkin's life hell? I'd watch that.