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I have no idea who is personally responsible, but the idea that you can only tell stories about boring Jedi with no personality and Tatooine is just a massive f

by TillE 3y ago

I have no idea who is personally responsible, but the idea that you can only tell stories about boring Jedi with no personality and Tatooine is just a massive failure of imagination. There's a whole rich universe of EU novels exploring a wide variety of stories. Timothy Zahn wrote an Ocean's Eleven heist story in "Scoundrels". Andor was universally praised, partly because it's doing something completely different. Even the currently ongoing High Republic books are pretty good and nothing like the movies. Star Wars is a whole science fiction galaxy, it's as big or small as a writer wants it to be.

lawgimenez 3y ago
Not sure if Tron Legacy is under Disney but I would love to watch another movie on the Tron universe.
- arein3 3y ago
  Hope the woke fad ends before they will make part 2, otherwise it can go straight in the trash. So many great series ruined completely.
geodel 3y ago
But Disney plans to keep dropping crapola at regular intervals with their old tired characters because it worked in past. I think there is partial blame to audience also who kept Disney afloat for so long despite their atrocious content.
AceyMan 3y ago
What is an "EU novel"? Kagi & urbandictionary are no help. (I'm going out on a limb and guess it's not the European Union.)
- caconym_ 3y ago
  Expanded Universe. Now known as "Legends", iirc, and declared non-canon superseded by the execrable sequel trilogy.
ethbr1 3y ago
> There's a whole rich universe of EU novels exploring a wide variety of stories. So, unpopular opinion, but most franchise-based books are trash. I've read a lot of Star Wars EU stuff! I've read a lot of universally-acclaimed Star Wars EU stuff! It's... not great writing and not great science fiction. Sure, it's great plot, but that's because we already know and love the setting and stories. And "more" is enjoyable. But I feel like holding the EU as a paragon of Star Wars salvation is overvaluing it. Most of it would turn out just as poorly as the movies did, for the same reasons.

by TillE 3y ago

lawgimenez 3y ago

Not sure if Tron Legacy is under Disney but I would love to watch another movie on the Tron universe.

arein3 3y ago
Hope the woke fad ends before they will make part 2, otherwise it can go straight in the trash. So many great series ruined completely.

geodel 3y ago

But Disney plans to keep dropping crapola at regular intervals with their old tired characters because it worked in past. I think there is partial blame to audience also who kept Disney afloat for so long despite their atrocious content.

AceyMan 3y ago

What is an "EU novel"? Kagi & urbandictionary are no help. (I'm going out on a limb and guess it's not the European Union.)

caconym_ 3y ago
Expanded Universe. Now known as "Legends", iirc, and declared non-canon superseded by the execrable sequel trilogy.

ethbr1 3y ago

> There's a whole rich universe of EU novels exploring a wide variety of stories. So, unpopular opinion, but most franchise-based books are trash. I've read a lot of Star Wars EU stuff! I've read a lot of universally-acclaimed Star Wars EU stuff! It's... not great writing and not great science fiction. Sure, it's great plot, but that's because we already know and love the setting and stories. And "more" is enjoyable. But I feel like holding the EU as a paragon of Star Wars salvation is overvaluing it. Most of it would turn out just as poorly as the movies did, for the same reasons.