- Star Wars Disney Plus shows should move away from Jedi-centric stories and explore other aspects of the Star Wars universe
- Andor is a successful example of a Star Wars show without Jedi, focusing on the Empire’s control and morally gray characters
- Suggestions for new Star Wars show ideas include Pod Racing, Jawa Storage Wars, and One Man and His Droid, among others
They should leave the Skywalker saga. There’s thousands of years & a whole galaxy to fill with stories, and they keep dancing in the same 100 years & the same planets.
Man if I see Saw Garrera appear in some obscure corner of the galaxy with a band of proto-rebels again I’m going to be mad, Cad Bane too, fun for a bit but how do we keep running into the same characters in a whole galaxy? I’m sure there were more but I always noticed how they kept appearing.
Well that’s because they keep killing off all the compelling characters they could follow.
I’m not still bitter about Rogue One at all…
For all the shit that Lucas gets, I have to say that his vision for Star Wars has not been replicated. And when you grow up watching those films, you become hyper-sensitive to anything that doesn’t “feel” Star Wars. I honestly believe that’s why the Sequel trilogy wasn’t received well, and why the TV shows fall flat for the most part.
Rogue one felt like Star Wars to me. The other did not.
A well-written opinion, but I can’t agree.
Jedi/Sith are central to Star Wars, everything else is just the support for that story.
Having said that, I have no problem with seeing other parts of the Galaxy and how they interact and react to the Jedi/Sith struggle, etc.
But to focus on that exclusively, no.
for that story
that story got told, over 40 years ago, by the first three star wars films
trying to continue to tell the same story over and over—trying to continue feeding the same meat into the same grinder—is what gave us episodes 7-9, and to a lesser extent 1-3
but there’s still plenty of life in the world building and universe those films created
But to focus on that exclusively, no.
have you watched andor?
but there’s still plenty of life in the world building and universe those films created
The flip side of that though is just you end up with detective shows and spy shows and soap operas, in space, with a splash of sci-fi paint thrown over them. Been there, done that.
Jedi and Sith are a unique storytelling point, and there hasn’t been enough about their conflict with each other, and by that I mean whole organization versus whole organization wise, and them manipulating the larger politics of the various systems and so forth to their cause, etc. Not just the singular Darth Vader versus Luke Skywalker fight kind of conflict.
The Sith as a large organization hasn’t been seen in movies or tv, only in games.
The flip side of that though is just you end up with detective shows and spy shows and soap operas, in space, with a splash of sci-fi paint thrown over them.
jedi are literally samurai with a splash of sci-fi paint
Jedi and Sith are a unique storytelling point, and there hasn’t been enough about their conflict with each other, and by that I mean whole organization versus whole organization wise, and them manipulating the larger politics of the various systems and so forth to their cause, etc.
you’re describing the overarching plot of the prequels
The Sith as a large organization hasn’t been seen in movies or tv, only in games.
the rule of two kind of makes that impossible
the rule of two kind of makes that impossible
I was thinking pre-rule of two, like in the MMO.
if where you draw the line on what counts as integral to a narrative is that arbitrary, why not just toss jedi too?
if where you draw the line on what counts as integral to a narrative is that arbitrary, why not just toss jedi too?
Just because you declare it as arbitrary doesn’t mean it’s actually arbitrary.
If you ask most people on the street what is the most iconic thing about Star Wars, they would either tell you Force wielders, or Jedi/Sith.
Just because you declare it as arbitrary doesn’t mean it’s actually arbitrary.
either you’re defining star wars by the films, or you’re picking and choosing what really “counts”
you’re doing the latter
