The Book Of Boba Fett

I think Rogue One is going to be the closest we ever get to the movie that fans that grew up with the OT want. The franchise is caught in it's teen rating the same way Doctor Who is, there has to be a moral to every story and it's all very pantomime.

I assume you mean prequel and sequel trilogies. The first trilogy are the only actual Star Wars movies, before it was taken over by weak fan-fiction.

Always two there are, no more, no less.

Basically, Star Wars turned to shit as soon as the fucking ewoks showed up- apart from the brief glimmers of hope in Rogue One etc.

Agree ref the Ewoks, I was never a fan of them and thought the scenes with then fighting the storm troopers strained believability.

I agree with all of that. Rogue One certainly has a lot of people tricked into believing that it's a good film, or the "best of a bad bunch", when in fact it's objectively very poor when compared to the original trilogy, if you look at the premise, plot, and characters.


The same goes for all the Star Wars prequels, sequels, and spin-offs.

Aww, thanks man. Nobody has called me immature on the internet for ages. Did you disagree with my Ewok statement?

“Boba Fett was cool bounty hunter and now, for some reason, he’s bumbling and clueless’

I imagine we will see a character called like Zhac Deriddeye to explain what’s going on to the audience at some point

(As someone who loved Rogue One, and thought Solo was ok-ish (but better than expected)):

One reason I think Rogue One worked much better than Solo, was that it largely focused on new characters.

I guess you could say they were both filling in backstory that probably didn't really *need* to be filled in (getting the plans + weak point in death star, and getting the falcon + kessel run, respectively).
But Rogue One basically just took that as a starting point to tell a new story about a bunch of new people. As such, there's a lot less pressure and expectation, less chance of doing damage to the character's reputation, and more freedom to do fresh stuff.
Solo mainly just used it to fill in stuff about Han. Of course, there were some new characters introduced, and a couple of those were mildly interesting at times, but the main focus was on hitting all the plot points of Han's character. Which is risky because (a) we already know about them, (b) you have to exceed our imagination about them, and (c) it's very hard to add anything and much easier to disappoint people.

At the worst, if you hate Rogue One it really doesn't matter as you can ignore it and its characters. But Solo is now the official canon of how that character you loved came to be, and if you hate that it's much harder to ignore.

Mandalorian is Rogue One. Boba Fett is Solo.

PS/ I wish everyone would stop dissing Ewoks. They were cool when I was a kid and their village, etc.. was ace. Plus they'll happily cook you alive and eat you. I recently watched the OT with my kids and they loved the Eowks!

I think sometimes people forget not only that Star Wars is, at the end of the day, a children's property, but also that it's always been stupid and silly and full of contradictions. Even within the very first movie there's goofy stuff, but once you expand it to the original trilogy it's full of bonkers bullshit where Lucas is hastily trying to shove his new ideas (specifically around the Skywalker family) into an existing narrative.

Please note: none of this is a criticism. I absolutely love it. I adore the way Star Wars can feel like a mega comic book crossover. Jar Jar and the Mandalorian existing together is so cool to me, it's like when they have to write scenes where the Punisher meets Squirrel Girl or something. Bring on the space Vespas, it's what I live for.

It's also why I have to check my criticism of the sequels. There are filmmaking things I hate, and saga/mythology things I hate even more, but even with the prequels I just absorbed the crap stuff as part of the SW tapestry. Now I could, if asked, try to explain why I genuinely think the prequels are better, but I'm aware I'm in the minority; I think we all just have to accept that Star Wars is simultaneously excellent and stupid and makes absolutely no goddamn sense whatsoever.

George Lucas has repeatedly called them children's films.

Disney won't think of it as a children's property, true, but it's clearly aimed (or at least geared towards being suitable for) younger teens at least. It's more entry-level for kids than the MCU.

Also whether or not they are children's/family films, that has no bearing on the fact that being silly is baked into their DNA and we should celebrate that! ;-)

Star Wars is explicitly a tale told to recreate the excitement and joy felt by youngsters of George’s generation watching serial adventures like Buck Rogers

Part of its enduring appeal is how it more than satisfies that goal while providing plenty more substantive aspects to appeal to grownups, the parents of said children

A formula that forms the foundation of most modern popular movies, from Pixar to the MCU.

Lucas’s works also brought us internet hate trolling with the prequels.

There was very little goofyness in the original cut of star wars.

Does it matter? They appeal to all ages.