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Actually producers almost always (and frequently do) contribute to scripts and stories and provide copious notes that are routinely ignored by the writer (which is why you have a whole second business in re-writing scripts).
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Just laughing because based on many conversations with film producers, that's so true
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Originally Posted by RINGLEADER
The WGA rules don’t allow producers to claim credit on scripts unless there is a pre-existing written deal between the writer and producer. There are other exemptions to the rule if the writer is also the director.
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Yeah, that's what happened in my friend's case. The co-writer's (and star of the film) manager suddenly claimed that he co-wrote the film, reducing the share from 50% to 33.33%. It was an ugly process but he eventually won but what a bunch of crap.
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I find it next to impossible to believe there weren’t all kinds of back-and-forth on the film but given the end product and how it tears down many of the set-ups from TFA I could be wrong.
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From my understanding, she allowed Rian Johnson "to do his own thing", only to become more involved with
Rogue One and eventually, Episode IX and
Solo.
What's interesting is that
Rogue One was an unmitigated success that clearly surpassed (and eventually changed) what the Star Wars Stories would become and earn at the box office. KK was so busy with overseeing all of the changes to
Rogue One, then hiring Trevorrow and setting up Episode IX while Lord & Miller were making a film that was waaaaaaaaaay out of the loop of what Star Wars is meant to be that it's possible that she just lost track of Episode VIII (that last part's not confirmed but I have heard that she's been laser focused on
Solo since firing Lord & Miller). Rehiring Abrams was a no-brainer for her because she trusts him implicitly and it's just one less thing for her to manage.
What's really strange is that Rian Johnson's film is such a mess that the story group, led by Kiri Hart, couldn't help to create a better story. I had heard that the first draft contained way too many new characters and that KK asked him to cut them out of the film in order to focus on Rey & Ren but that's about the extent of the original changes.
Meanwhile, Dave Filoni's overseen years of animated stories that were far more coherent and believable in the Star Wars galaxy than just about everything put forth in The Last Jedi but wasn't a part of the creative process whatsoever.
It's just weird.