.... On to Disney and what they've done with SW..... Well, its better than what George Lucas did. But honestly, i dont see a company better equipped to take on the SW franchise.
7 was very good and was what i expected. After the disaster that is the prequel trilogy, they had to play it safe. A lot of PT fans and those who grew up on the PT, don't realize how much that trilogy alienated older fans... the people who kept the SW universe alive for almost 2 decades. But luckily Disney recognized this and they played it safe while still offering something newer and for HC fans, they gave us a version of the expanded universe we loved.
Rogue One was very good, the only flaw i saw with the movie was the character introductions, that would have been done a bit better. But i'd actually put this one right after ANH and right before 7. The PT i don't even consider as SW movies so they get no ranking.
8 i have high hopes for. Rian Johnson is a great director and very creative with his storytelling. I also have a lot of faith in the Star Wars group that Kennedy has assigned to outline the direction the franchise is going. They all seem to know and love Star Wars and understand what it is about.
Now.... what they are doing that i dislike is the Han Solo movie and the Obi-Wan movie. When it comes to Han, im super against recasting him, Harrison Ford is Han Solo, period. And quite honestly, i dont see a story that would not be better told as a novel. I think the anthology movies need to step away from the main story and should be a vessel for expanding the universe instead of shrinking it. Like... i want to see a Bane trilogy, the source material would obviously be the old EU Bane trilogy and that was an amazing series. Id love to see a KOTOR series, not based on the video game or the new comic, but based on tales of the jedi/sith lords/golden age of the sith/etc. That said, i suspect they are only doing these movies because they want to wait for the new trilogy to be over with before they start making anthology movies between 6 and 7.
They've done a fairly good job with the books and comics so far. One issue i took with the old expanded universe was that they filled the timeline between 4 and 5 and 5 and 6 with so much shit, that it was impossible to take seriously. And while they've minimized that, it does feel like they are starting to get there again. But it does also seem like the stories they are telling, have a point and purpose.
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