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When I watched the first of the new Star Wars movies, I felt pretty much the same. It was not bad as such, but it felt so derivative. More so, I felt that it wa
by krylon 8y ago
When I watched the first of the new Star Wars movies, I felt pretty much the same. It was not bad as such, but it felt so derivative. More so, I felt that it was not derivative for a lack of imagination, but because the creators were playing it safe, deliberately avoiding any deviation from a proven recipe.
And given that Walt Disney now owns the franchise, I have no expectation that any future movies set in the Star Wars universe will be any different. Which is a little sad, because the Star Wars universe is such a great backdrop to tell all kinds of interesting stories.
- toyg 8y agoThey are segmenting the universe, which is the right thing to do. The main storyline is meant to onboard kids, and will continue to do so in the foreseeable future, so you can expect more of the same there. Where the interesting stuff will happen is in the “underworld”/“legends” line that started with Rogue One and now continued with Solo. That’s where directors will be given enough freedom to write movies for grown-ups. Some will be good, some less so, exactly like the books and fanfiction that have been written over the years - riffing on an established universe can actually be harder than building a brand new one from scratch.
- iainmerrick 8y agoEverything is trilogies, and trilogies of trilogies. Star Wars has become Dragonlance. (I guess that’s not the worst thing to be -- I loved Dragonlance until I found better books!)
- grawprog 8y agoI couldn't handle the dragonlance books...I just couldn't do it...
- amelius 8y agoIt would be cool if movies could be forked :)
- jejones3141 8y agoPerhaps one could do for Star Wars what The Orville has done for Star Trek.
- ManFromUranus 8y agoThats essentially what the Mass Effect franchise is. Bioware got sick of being constrained by the Star Wars IP, costs, and continuity and simply created their own "Star Wars" which is actually much better than Star Wars IMO, or it used to be anyway.
- stephengillie 8y agoLikewise, Babylon 5 was originally a Star Trek reboot. One of the writers couldn't get his idea to take hold, so he went independent.
- BLKNSLVR 8y agoCheck out L8wrtr's Fan Edits of Episode I, II, and III. Semi-forks. https://ifdb.fanedit.org/sots/ https://ifdb.fanedit.org/sots/ https://ifdb.fanedit.org/trd/ https://ifdb.fanedit.org/trd/ https://ifdb.fanedit.org/dote/ https://ifdb.fanedit.org/dote/