JonnyH
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Back in my day...
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Not to mention, Droids. And, well, a few billion toys.
Back in my day...
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It's aimed at that crowd and their parents...the ones who watched Goonies, ET, and Star Wars in the theater or on VHS. This is the first full series that's not a cartoon that's easy for you to watch with your kids.This feels like it's aimed at an elementary school crowd. The bulk of Star Wars feels like it's got a higher target demo.
Back in my day...
To clarify, I'm not saying it's a bad thing that this is aimed at youths.It's aimed at that crowd and their parents...the ones who watched Goonies, ET, and Star Wars in the theater or on VHS. This is the first full series that's not a cartoon that's easy for you to watch with your kids.
To clarify, I'm not saying it's a bad thing that this is aimed at youths.
Spoiler Alert: It is.And, despite what I just said, Andor is my favorite thing Star Wars from the new era... so like Wu Tang, I guess SW can be for the adults too. My family is going to start Skeleton Crew together soon, though... hopefully it's better than the Ewok movies and holiday special!
Andor S2 trailer is allegedly coming towards the end of Skeleton Crew's run so that's dope. If they can maintain this level for the entire series, it might not just be among the best SW properties, but maybe up there with the best sci-fi in yearsAnd, despite what I just said, Andor is my favorite thing Star Wars from the new era... so like Wu Tang, I guess SW can be for the adults too. My family is going to start Skeleton Crew together soon, though... hopefully it's better than the Ewok movies and holiday special!
Disagree. I love it. It’s a fun ride.
It’s *fine* and for a show that is largely lead by child actors, it could be way worse. I just find it to commit the sin of being too obviousDisagree. I love it. It’s a fun ride.
I rewatched the prequels and OT a couple months back (still gotta finish the Sequel Trilogy) but was struck by 1) just how aimed at kids the prequels are and 2) just how much the OT is about adults. I think The Watch podcast zeroed in on a key differential: watching Star Wars as a kid you're swept up in the idea of adventure and stepping into a larger, grown-up world. Many of the newer Star Wars projects seem more interested in catering to memory of being a child watching Star Wars (or a child playing with Star Wars action figures) than capturing a childlike wonder.I'm a baby of the early 80s, with a dad who loved Star Wars after seeing it in high school, so my memories of Star Wars movies, toys, and made-for-TV Ewok movies go back to my very earliest childhood. It was just always something I knew about and loved. I slept with a hard plastic toy of Rancor as a kid because it was my favorite toy in the world. I guess the modern era has skewed more PG-13 (because that's the sweet spot financially nowadays), but I still think that for me, Star Wars is like Wu Tang: it's for the children.
This is exactly what I thought of. And I loved it. My brothers and I still might randomly say "star cruiser...CRASH" in our best Wicket voices.Back in my day...
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Yeah the dialogue in Obi Wan is just bad. Maybe not the actress’s fault, but there’s no way that a kid would be saying those things at her age. Skeleton Crew feels more natural and written much better.I think the material they have to work with is so much better and maybe that's more to do with it is a show centered around kids and not a kid being forced into a storyline. It's what made 80s adventure kid films so good.