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Star Wars movie, Dawn of the Jedi, is already a unique concept for the universe, set 25,000 years ago and tracing the origins of the Force. But now it sounds exciting for a different reason. That would be the announcement that Beau Willimon is co-writing Dawn of the Jedi. Yes, I know, “who?” but you will understand when you realize what he’s responsible for. That’s not just that he wrote episodes of Andor, the beloved, grounded Star Wars series halfway through its run on
Disney Plus, it’s what he wrote in Andor. Namely, he wrote three specific episodes, the
prison arc, Narkina 6, Nobody’s Listening and One Way Out. Here's a refresher on that for you, if you wanted to relieve the glorious finale of that arc. But in addition to that, he was also responsible for Stellan Skarsgård’s monologue as Luthen Rael (also in One Way Out). That speech: " Calm, Kindness, Kinship, Love. I’ve given up all chance at inner peace. I made my mind a sunless place. I share my dreams with ghosts. I wake up every day to an equation I wrote 15 years ago, from which there’s only one conclusion. I’m damned for what I do. My anger, my ego, my unwillingness to yield, my eagerness to fight. They’ve set me on a path from which there is no escape. I yearned to be a savior against injustice without contemplating the cost and by the time I looked down, there was no longer any ground beneath my feet. What’s my sacrifice? I’m condemned to use the tools of my enemy to defeat them. I burn my decency for someone else’s future. I burn my life to make a sunrise that I know I’ll never see. And the ego that started this fight will never have a mirror, or an audience or the light of gratitude. So what do I sacrifice? Best Nintendo Switch Games: It’s Mario’s World, We’re Just Visiting EVERYTHING So you’ll stay with me Lonni. I need all the heroes I can get." And here’s him actually performing that: So yes, this man has written some of the best scenes and best lines in modern Star Wars history, and they’ve got him working on this movie. Andor can’t last forever, but the more Willimon is involved in the universe, the better it’s going to be. That much is clear by now. Follow me on Twitter , Threads ,
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