Star Wars Thread

Darksakul · July 3, 2020, 1:56am

NO!

ruthless_nash · July 3, 2020, 2:01am

Yes! Holding onto the past is part of what made the last 3 lame and cringe.

Darksakul · July 3, 2020, 2:16am

No, because it gives fuel to idiots like Alpha Charlie.

Radiantsilvergun3 · July 5, 2020, 6:03pm

Darc_Requiem · July 5, 2020, 6:21pm

Being dismissive of the past to prop up the new characters was the problem. It’s a terrible story telling tactic with zero benefit. All you do is risk agitating the existing fanbase and making them nonreceptive to whatever you are seeking to tell.

Optimus124 · July 5, 2020, 6:33pm

I saw the reason many call it “dismissive” is because the EU exists and made the canon implode on itself. It’d be far less likely that there would have been as much backlash if 20+ years of a precedent weren’t made. This is honestly while the Mandalorian works so well. It’s does the Star Wars well enough that it feels at home while not destroying the canonical minutia. I am pretty certain that if Boba Fett was in fact the titular character, this would be a different conversation.

Radiantsilvergun3 · July 5, 2020, 6:37pm

I didn’t think the new movies where dismissive of the past much at all. In fact they where, imo, hamstrung by it and constantly making call backs to it. That pissed people off at first so they went with kill the past and that pissed people off even more (Even tho the guy who touted this idea fucking lost) and just spent the rest of the trilogy tip toeing on both.

Talking to a number of SWs fans over the last few years im pretty convinced the SW fanbase doesn’t know what it actually wants. Individuals within that umbrella know what they want but it isnt a consensus like YouTube talking heads would like you to believe.

Darc_Requiem · July 5, 2020, 6:47pm

It’s never a good sign when you have to put a gag order on the most beloved actor in the franchise. That’s about as big of red flag as you can get.

Optimus124 · July 5, 2020, 6:47pm

You know what they want -

but in HD

Infernoman · July 5, 2020, 6:47pm

It’s both. The sequel trilogy lacked focus and couldn’t choose whether to fully embrace the new or cling to nostalgia.

As for what I want. I don’t mind the main movies being about the Skywalker saga at all. Kinda like the Legend of Zelda series, each one is the same but told differently. Maybe that is the way to handle Star Wars. Each trilogy is about a different Skywalker and doesn’t have to be about space wizards swinging beam katanas.

any other story (TV, Disney +, cartoon, spin off movie) should be about everything else that can happen in the universe. Sure make a nod here and there but keep them self contained stories. That’s what I want as a Star Wars Fan.

Optimus124 · July 5, 2020, 6:51pm

Ah, so we want this. . . .

but with more Star Wars

Infernoman · July 5, 2020, 6:52pm

Sure. I love Jojo and I am okay with that.

Radiantsilvergun3 · July 5, 2020, 6:52pm

Im down to see Luke Skywalker use Obi Wan as a Stand lol.

Luke Skywalker Summons “Well Hello There!”

Optimus124 · July 5, 2020, 6:53pm

Is Palpatine Star War’s DIO?

Radiantsilvergun3 · July 5, 2020, 6:53pm

Ah you thought it was Snoke, but really it was me Palpatine!!!

Ok I’ll stop now.

Infernoman · July 5, 2020, 6:54pm

Yes but not at cool as Dio IMO.

Now imagining Palp going MUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDA

Radiantsilvergun3 · July 5, 2020, 6:55pm

Unlimited Power is his MUDAMUDAMUDA

chadouken · July 5, 2020, 9:09pm

Never mind, I fucked up the joke. Carry on.

ruthless_nash · July 5, 2020, 9:17pm

This man knows what hes talkin about

ruthless_nash · July 5, 2020, 9:17pm

And also this man