Has anyone else fallen out of love with Star Wars? Don’t want to be a downer, but serious question. Maybe it was about “what it could have been?” But also clone wars tv shows felt right from someone growing up with episode 4-6 and seeing 1-3 in theaters as a teenager was cool.
Andor is genuine meaningful storytelling. Disney hasn’t the slightest clue what Star Wars was about and it’s only when they accidentally give someone creative the reins that they get good content. Based on actions in the last years, if Disney had actually figured out the message of Andor, they would have stopped it to avoid upsetting investors, shareholders, and consumers.
Rogue One was also well done, as a classic WWII movie painted lovingly in a glossy coat of Star Wars. It was the epitome of what “A Star Wars Story” should have been: classic tales and tropes done well in a galaxy far, far away. You want to print money? Remake classics like Home Alone or Die Hard in the SW universe.
Mandalorian S1 was a solid telling of the lone wolf & cub trope, with great acting through the helmet. Then it became a Grogu marketing vehicle that was also tied in to the travesty of the ST and all other point was lost.
Believe it or not, Skeleton Crew was a good “kids on bikes” tale, with exactly the right energy for the “it’s a kids’ movie” crowd. It’s not flawless, but it has heart and joy.
Otherwise, I can’t think of a Disney offering that isn’t flashing lights, jangling keys, and memberberries.
The OT and PT were for kids, but also had deep meaning that clearly connected with multiple generations into adulthood. No other franchise in nerddom is close to being the cultural touchstone that is classic Star Wars.
“Nobody hates Star Wars like Star Wars fans” is like “if you won’t respect me, I won’t respect you.” Same words, but used wrong. Fans hate what has been done to Star Wars because it’s like seeing the decaying corpse of a loved one used as a fist-in-the-ass puppet in a commercial for hemorrhoid cream.
Star wars is ruined. It used to be regarded as our society’s mythology, literally it was on that level of being revered, but now it’s just another oversaturated commodity on the grocery shelf made bland by corporate committees
I was a massive Star Wars fan but the prequels dampened my spirit a bit.
Force Awakens, which is basically Star Wars Greatest Hits album, I really enjoyed but episodes 8 and 9 disappointed.
It felt like, well it shows, they had no plan for the trilogy. Abrams makes up a story and then Rian Johnson has to figure out how to continue it etc.
Then we all thought that Mandalorian was going to be the coolest TV show ever and then they introduced Grogu. You obviously can’t expect Disney to pander to 40 something year old nerds exclusively but I can’t deny it was disappointing.
Obi-Wan show was a story that didn’t really need to exist and felt like fan pleasing.
Boba Fett was fan pleasing onto a whole new level and then turned into Mando season 2.5.
I couldn’t get into Ashoka, the Acolyte was really disappointing and Skeleton Crew was basically Star Wars Goonies but was really enjoyable.
I’m hoping the Ryan Gosling film turns out to be good. I wish wish we had the Rogue Squadron film as well.
More content set in the Star Wars universe that isn’t connected to stories we’ve already had please.
You took it a step further than I did. I saw 7-9, the first two seasons of Mandalorian and rebels. It was too much and saw the signs to just stop, but kept hoping. Rogue One was the hope in the right direction.
Has anyone else fallen out of love with Star Wars? Don’t want to be a downer, but serious question. Maybe it was about “what it could have been?” But also clone wars tv shows felt right from someone growing up with episode 4-6 and seeing 1-3 in theaters as a teenager was cool.
I only watched ‘Attack of the Clones’, and didn’t get the hype.
I’m still all in.
What has been your favorite recently?
100% Andor but I enjoy the Mandalorian and a lot of the other recent stuff.
Andor
I heard that was the pretty good compared to the rest of Disney content.
Andor is genuine meaningful storytelling. Disney hasn’t the slightest clue what Star Wars was about and it’s only when they accidentally give someone creative the reins that they get good content. Based on actions in the last years, if Disney had actually figured out the message of Andor, they would have stopped it to avoid upsetting investors, shareholders, and consumers.
Rogue One was also well done, as a classic WWII movie painted lovingly in a glossy coat of Star Wars. It was the epitome of what “A Star Wars Story” should have been: classic tales and tropes done well in a galaxy far, far away. You want to print money? Remake classics like Home Alone or Die Hard in the SW universe.
Mandalorian S1 was a solid telling of the lone wolf & cub trope, with great acting through the helmet. Then it became a Grogu marketing vehicle that was also tied in to the travesty of the ST and all other point was lost.
Believe it or not, Skeleton Crew was a good “kids on bikes” tale, with exactly the right energy for the “it’s a kids’ movie” crowd. It’s not flawless, but it has heart and joy.
Otherwise, I can’t think of a Disney offering that isn’t flashing lights, jangling keys, and memberberries.
The OT and PT were for kids, but also had deep meaning that clearly connected with multiple generations into adulthood. No other franchise in nerddom is close to being the cultural touchstone that is classic Star Wars.
“Nobody hates Star Wars like Star Wars fans” is like “if you won’t respect me, I won’t respect you.” Same words, but used wrong. Fans hate what has been done to Star Wars because it’s like seeing the decaying corpse of a loved one used as a fist-in-the-ass puppet in a commercial for hemorrhoid cream.
I’m with you. I can’t believe how many shows, movies and everything that are out there. I just don’t really care anymore.
I still enjoy the originals and some parts of the prequels, but Disney has done their thing and made it into a Disney universe.
I’m with this guy.
Star wars is ruined. It used to be regarded as our society’s mythology, literally it was on that level of being revered, but now it’s just another oversaturated commodity on the grocery shelf made bland by corporate committees
I was a massive Star Wars fan but the prequels dampened my spirit a bit.
Force Awakens, which is basically Star Wars Greatest Hits album, I really enjoyed but episodes 8 and 9 disappointed.
It felt like, well it shows, they had no plan for the trilogy. Abrams makes up a story and then Rian Johnson has to figure out how to continue it etc.
Then we all thought that Mandalorian was going to be the coolest TV show ever and then they introduced Grogu. You obviously can’t expect Disney to pander to 40 something year old nerds exclusively but I can’t deny it was disappointing.
Obi-Wan show was a story that didn’t really need to exist and felt like fan pleasing.
Boba Fett was fan pleasing onto a whole new level and then turned into Mando season 2.5.
I couldn’t get into Ashoka, the Acolyte was really disappointing and Skeleton Crew was basically Star Wars Goonies but was really enjoyable.
I’m hoping the Ryan Gosling film turns out to be good. I wish wish we had the Rogue Squadron film as well.
More content set in the Star Wars universe that isn’t connected to stories we’ve already had please.
You took it a step further than I did. I saw 7-9, the first two seasons of Mandalorian and rebels. It was too much and saw the signs to just stop, but kept hoping. Rogue One was the hope in the right direction.