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lovetheangelshadow · 1 year

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Feelings on Star Wars 2023

Hey birbs I know this is coming out a bit late but I am currently prepping for my first Artist Alley as well as prepping the finale of the latest chapter in our DnD campaign. So Star Wars…at its core, they always been popcorn films to me. Something I could kill an hour and a half to watch spaceships and space wizards. But I cannot deny it’s cultural significance and how much they do mean to a lot of people. I could be considered casual normie scum on my stance when it comes to Star Wars. Heck my personal favorite films from each trilogy could be considered bad taste by the majority. I first got introduced to the franchise when my folks purchased the triple VHS set of the remastered editions waaaay back in the 90’s. Even today a lot of it still holds up thanks in part to its simplicity in its complexity as well as being a near perfect balance of creative freedom and creative constraint. With the prequels being too much creative freedom and the sequels under the thumb of too much creative restraint. When it comes to my personal favorites in from the original trilogy I’ve always liked The Return of the Jedi. Sure you could say that Empire Strikes Back had a stronger story and better character writing but Return always felt like everything had finally come together and was a satisfying conclusion to the main trio’s stories. From the prequels there’s something of a charm I’ve always found with Phantom Menace even now although Revenge of the Sith mostly hit it out of the part of the tragic fall of Anakin. Attack of the Clones I feel is the weakest one-I get what they tried to do but it’s pacing felt a bit shuffled and just didn’t really move forward to the ending that we knew was coming. And then there is the sequel trilogy. Force Awakens had a strong start even if there was a bit of stumbling-though I disagree with that it exactly copied New Hope. Sure it borrowed some of the beats with BB8’s purpose and the Starkiller but the arguments calling it one to one I disagree with. The last Jedi I am a bit mixed. A lot of my issues have to do with the pacing and focus of the story. More time should have been given to the tense relationship with Luke, Rey, and Kylo and Finn’s and Poe’s storylines needed refocusing. I got what they were trying to do-but boy did they not handle it well. As for Rise of Skywalker-there is a lot I did like about it but in retrospect it was kinda running on panic mode-not that it really ruined my personal enjoyment. Fun story-so when my family and went to see it in the theatre after the previews…a jungle scene started playing from the other film that was being shown in that duplex and everyone in the theatre started panicking and running to the other showroom before seeing it was the same film and we ran back. I think it was Jumanji. But back to the topic at hand yeah it should have been called Rise of Palpatine so the name could have played a double meaning. Yeah, Rey should have taken the Palpatine name not the Skywalker name.

I won’t deny the they have issues nor that Disney has not handled the PR too well in regards to the criticism of them. While the prequels were able to redeem themselves with the Clone Wars (both of them) and Rebels-the sequels haven’t been given that much of a chance to. Though it is amusing that LEGO of all people seem to understand the material better and have done pretty good with what they had.

When it comes to the sequels the concepts were not bad-it was more the execution that was mishandled. If you’re like me who likes long term videos to play in the background, I highly recommend Channel Awesomes’s Fanscription episode in the rewrite. I don’t agree with all of their ideas but it shows the seriously missed potential that was there. And that’s a real bad shame all things considered and sometimes I feel like these ideas were given another chance to shine-but years down the line when the IP has been allowed to simmer down for a bit. I know that won’t happen in the current state of things, but one can dream huh?

And I do get the fans anger. I really do. If you asked me about the Digimon Adventure saga I could go at lengths how much I dislike Adventure Tri. How it clearly felt like it was done who only had vague ideas of what Adventure was, the pacing was awful, the characters were mishandled, and the new characters they tried to have us like just really did not hit it for me, and the misuse of fanservice… *sigh* Buuuut I also acknowledge that there are people who like Tri and while I disagree with them, I respect their feelings as long as they respect mine. When it comes to fandoms in general, I’ve always followed a general rule: fans should be able to like different aspects of a franchise without being attacked or attacking others-something the other side also has a serious problem with. At the same time, I do feel for people who like Disney Star Wars but can’t express that without backlash even if they are not attacking anyone. Do I agree that Disney has made some pretty dumb decisions with Star Wars? Yes. Do I think they are overusing the IP? Yes! And while we don’t have a lot of information about the three feature films coming out in the next couple years is really not a good idea at this time. Disney, you can’t be this dense. Even while I can empathize on both sides, there is so much gatekeeping negative mentality one can take. And that is because there has been good stuff that has come out even if they are technically under the Disney banner. Freemaker Adventures, Mandalorian, Andor, Legends, Fallen Order, Rise of the Resistance, Close Wars season 7, the new Lego holiday specials, Jedi Survivor…when the right people are given the reigns and let to do their thing there are some really fun and meaningful media that have come from them. Am I bit more cautiously optimistic these days? Sure, but it’s not good for anyone to stew on the bad aspects of a franchise. And the oversaturation does not help things either. There has to be a balance. But I’m also one nobody birb on the internet so I guess I just enjoy the things my way. I promise I’ll be more positive next round. I’m Noctina Noir-and take to the skies.

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