STAR WARS! STAR WARS! STAR WARS

imtheocean said:
Happy Life Day! The Star Wars Holiday Special premiered on this day in 1978 and introduced us to Chewies family - His Dad Itchy, Wife Malla, and of course his son, Lumpy. Not to mention the first appearance of Boba Fett.
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So fitting that I read the 4-year-old his first Star Wars stories at bedtime last night.

(I suppose if I had him tonight it would be even more fitting, but whatever works!)
 
This was an interesting read about the state of Star Wars post-RoS:

www.polygon.com

Star Wars is better with no new movies coming out

The Star Wars films have stalled — and that’s great news for the franchise and its fans
www.polygon.com www.polygon.com

Albeit it still hews to a specific perspective of Star Wars fandom, namely one which has been loyal to the Filloni tv shows prior to and through the Disney acquisition. I think I overall agree with the premise of "the movies are too big and try too hard to be all things to all fans, while tv, comics, and novels let people dig into specific areas of the franchise."

However, I think the EU (or whatever they call it now) stuff remains beholden to the OT era and doesn't necessarily create memorable characters or events that stand as part of the pop-culture Star Wars identity (Grogu is basically the only one to break through; look to Ashoka for an example of a "fan-favorite" who most people seeing Star Wars movies don't really recognize. Thrawn as well). For the most part, it feels more like spackling cracks and holes rather than erecting new architecture.

If I could play armchair quarterback, I think Disney/Luscasfilm could have their cake and eat it by, instead of doing "a movie every year," doing a trilogy every decade or so. Put 'em out every other year and build anticipation and make it a mainstream "event film," which would mean about four years of Star Wars trilogy promotion cycle, then go dark for six to ten years while planning the next big arc. Honestly, with Taika, Johnson, and Feige's projects in limbo status, this may very well be the case.
 
The sequels (and Solo) are so bad, I'd honestly be pretty happy with no more movies, and just keep churning out the books, comics and Disney+ shows. The Mandalorian is already a better continuation of ROTJ then the sequels were, and it's not even trying to be that. The High Republic books and comics have been by far my favorite content in the new canon, and that's basically just a group of 6 diverse writers who love Star Wars just doing their thing.

It really bums me out, since the "Legends" New Republic era is filled with so much good stuff. They had all the material, they just chose not to use it. And now you see them trying to work bits in (Last scene of Bad Batch anyone?) but it's just too late. It'd just be tricky, with the sequels taking place where they are. But man would a New Jedi Order film adaptation be something to behold (but sadly will probably never happen).
 
DJSJ said:
The sequels (and Solo) are so bad, I'd honestly be pretty happy with no more movies, and just keep churning out the books, comics and Disney+ shows. The Mandalorian is already a better continuation of ROTJ then the sequels were, and it's not even trying to be that. The High Republic books and comics have been by far my favorite content in the new canon, and that's basically just a group of 6 diverse writers who love Star Wars just doing their thing.

It really bums me out, since the "Legends" New Republic era is filled with so much good stuff. They had all the material, they just chose not to use it. And now you see them trying to work bits in (Last scene of Bad Batch anyone?) but it's just too late. It'd just be tricky, with the sequels taking place where they are. But man would a New Jedi Order film adaptation be something to behold (but sadly will probably never happen).
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We thought Rogue One was great!

On the other hand we all lost interest in Bad Batch pretty quick.
 
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JohnnyCashFan said:
We thought Rogue One was great!

On the other we all lost interest in Bad Batch pretty quick.
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Rogue One is great! It's one of those films where if I'm flipping through channels and it's on cable, I'll prettymuch always watch it. I liked the first BB episode but after that it just became boring and formulaic. Kept watching for Omega and her fantastic accent. It's just a matter of time until an older, live action Omega meets Boba Fett.

But the final scene in the last episode, and the cloning tanks seen in The Mandalorian, it's sort of obvious they're setting up an "Heir To The Empire" story for Ahsoka. Which is cool I guess, but if just seems desperate at this point. At this point Filoni seems predictable, and that's a real bummer.
 
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