I bet Lucasfilm was like "Shit, go ahead and announce it because we are really looking bad compared to DC of all fucking people."



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2nd unit doesn't get a co-director credit so I've been sideeying the way these news have been phrased but it's still an important position & I'm happy for her

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ia just imagining lucasfilms cesspit of whites patting themselves on the back over the good press is rly irritating to me lol

obviously tho it's amazing for her and i wish she was directing the whole shebang because why the fuck not

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IA, I don't think most people understand what a 2nd unit director is and are too lazy to Google. Also Mahoney is a director so to me this seems like kind of a step backwards unless they are purposely grooming her for the next Star Wars film.



Just hire some women to direct Disney, it's not that hard.

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they're probably grooming her to work on that jon favreau series thing, whatever it is

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it def feels like a step down but now I see ppl (not only here) doing the most shitting on 2nd unit as a position w/o knowing what skills are required for and what effort goes into it smh



one can criticize LF's bs without putting down ppl who are making your popcorn cinema @ least visually enjoyable tbh

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It seems more lateral to me. If she was mainly directing tv and then goes to do Star Wars 2nd Unit. Same amount of work(ish), but higher profile project.

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MTE - I'm not sure what Ava is doing, but she like JJ so that's why she is championing this nonsense.

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mte the way they're announcing it is obviously PR. I do hope this leads to more work for her, though.

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Feeling bad that DC of all movie franchises are being more diverse huh. Bet Kathleen isn't too happy lol.



But this is great news though!

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Yay! Now we might get lightsaber finn!

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It seems so backwards this news is being celebrated. Mahoney is a great director and has lots of experience in that job. Maybe being second director on a big franchise film is Disney's way of grooming her for a big franchise film, but given both Disney and Star Wars' track records I'm not holding my breath.

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I went to check her imdb after cos I had to remind myself that she isn't some newbie. This is so very random. I hope this is a stepping stone.

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Once again this seems like a minimal amount of effort, but I guess it's something. #Justice4AmericanCrime tbh

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I was so upset when it got cancelled

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It deserved better than ABC. :\ I feel like it would've done so much better on cable.

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I'll take it. Congrats to her, I'm sure she's hella excited.

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Aren't there actually quite a lot of female assistant directors? And they just never get the chance to actually do their own movies?

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My heart leaped... but then I read "second unit". Oh.

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What is second unit exactly? Like filming the sunset and shit?

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lmao i mean pretty much, establishing shots and close-ups of items, stuff like that



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+ stunt/action scenes

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so she should be happy for a step back because it's lucasfilms?

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This is nothing to celebrate over tbh ...at least to me, I mean every step counts, but it's the big steps that make waves, call me when a black woman or any woman or man of color get to be THE director ...not some second unit thing, I never knew existed until yesterday.

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This is good. Hopefully this puts her ass closer to the director chair.

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The thing is she HAS worked as a director in film and TV so I'm baffled at this being celebrated.



Call me when Disney hires her to direct something of her own.

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I mean, Ava also celebrated Cloverfield Paradox so she has her blind spots lol.



Mahoney ain't stupid -- she is positioning herself in the Disney/Star Wars machine. It might not be a SW trilogy they handed her but this is nothing to scoff at imo.

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