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🕑 Added 2024-10-10 15:34:00 +0000 UTCHollywood What If Chapter 460
The fans of Star Wars kind of love and hate the franchise. The old fans who watched the first trilogy, which was released in the 70's to 80's, had mixed opinions on the second trilogy.
They were the first generation of Star Wars fans and they felt like the second trilogy didn't give Anakin's development enough justice.
The second-generation fans were also having the same mixed reviews regarding the franchise. They were those who were young when the second trilogy was released.
As for the third generation, which were the ones who watched the third trilogy with Rey Skywalker as the protagonist... Well, they were the youngest ones and their humor was different from the other generations.
But overall, everyone could agree that Star Wars fans had toxicity in it, and so does every fandom. It was just the toxicity in Star Wars fandom was a bit higher.
Such as now that Star Wars Episode III: Revenge Of The Sith was released, oh boy, many fans were a bit disappointed in the movie.
Anakin's corruption of the Dark Side was not explored enough. It was too rushed.
The dialogue was lower than mediocre. People acknowledged that the dialogues in Star Wars second trilogy were not that great.
The pacing of the movie was underwhelming.
But hey, at least the fans found the reason why Anakin Skywalker became the iconic Darth Vader.
Despite the criticism, Star Wars Episode III grossed more than $158 million on its first weekend. Everyone could agree that people loved Star Wars.
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Since there were many loyal fans of Star Wars, some of them started thinking of the "What If's"
What if Anakin's development was further explored... (The Star Wars animation would answer that question.)
What if Darth Vader and Obi-Wan Kenobi had a proper fight in the original trilogy? Wouldn't that be sick to watch?
What if... What if Director Kazir Grey directed the trilogy, what would happen?
Many questions that sometimes didn't have answers.
Kazir and Scarlett were having a date in a fancy restaurant. They were having fun until they came out of the restaurant and were blocked by two people. One was holding a camera while the other was holding a small microphone.
"Director Grey, what do you think of Star Wars Episode III?"
Kazir didn't listen and decided to hold Scarlett's waist, shielding her from the paparazzi. The actress was surprised by his gesture but didn't stop him, instead, she was blushing hard.
"Director, we heard that George Lucas tried to hire you to be the director of the Star Wars trilogy?"
"Uh, yes. But I turned down the offer because I have other projects to film."
Kazir heard the second question and decided to answer.
"Then, isn't it your fault that the trilogy is in shambles right now?"
"Nope, not at all. You're crazy if you're going to blame me for that."
As always, there was a reason why celebrities didn't like paparazzi. The worst career in the Showbiz.
It was understandable why Tobey Maguire hated these people. Thankfully, his bodyguard, Anderson, showed up and blocked the paparazzi. They tried to ask more questions but they couldn't pass the bodyguard.
Kazir and Scarlett entered the car, and then Anderson sat on the driving seat.
"Thanks, Anderson."
"It's my duty, sir."
This was not the first time this situation happened. Every week, Kazir would experience unexpected interviews with the paparazzi. Anderson was there 90% of the time to protect Kazir.
The remaining 10% was when Kazir was trying to live his life peacefully but paparazzi would show up to pester him.
This was the life of a famous person.
"Gosh, I can't believe they blame you because they didn't like Star Wars." Scarlett was mad.
"It's fine. Haters will always find a reason to hate me."
"Maybe it's a good thing that I didn't pass the audition for Padme. I don't want to be pestered by paparazzi."
Scarlett Johansson auditioned for the role but Natalie Portman got the role. Being Padme Amidala helped Natalie Portman and it boosted her career.
"It just shows that you're not famous." Kazir teased her.
"What did you say to me?" She glared.
"I said you're so gorgeous that I feel lucky to have you as my girlfriend."
"You better be, humph!" She pouted but then hugged Kazir's shoulder.
"You don't have to worry, I will make you a star." He pinched her nose and Scarlett clicked her tongue before playfully biting his finger.
"I know." She replied.
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Since May was the start of the summer season, Star Wars was not the only movie released in that month.
The Longest Yard and Madagascar were also released in May and performed well at the box office.
When June arrived, the atmosphere changed and more of the movie-goers became focused on the upcoming superhero movie, which was Batman Begins.
The billboards for Batman Begins looked menacing and dark. People even saw a batmobile circling Los Angeles. Warner Brothers was spending money on marketing just to make sure that the movie would be a success. They didn't want to experience another Cat-Woman failure.
Even Kazir had to attend programs to promote Batman Begins. He showed up on the Tonight Show and even participated in game shows such as Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader and Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?
The money he won in the game shows was given to the charities he supported such as Make-A-Wish Foundation.
Pirates Of The Caribbean was in the preparation stage so Kazir had the time to play his part in the promotion of Batman Begins.
