#seriously i get the bitterness re: got but this doesn't automatically mean it's going to be crap :))

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Ok Claudia tell me how D&D's SW might be okay because I already quit after 4 seasons of GoT and I don't think I'm strong enough to do this again. I only came back to tumblr to just enjoy fandom and not focus on negativity and here is this blast from the past being thrown in my face again. But you make some valid points in your tags so please elaborate

Ok so

unpopular opinion I don’t think the d’s are that bad;

I’m actually curious to see how they handle this because the format is SO different from GoT (or I would be curious if I weren’t so scared of the discourse);

game of thrones is a really specific beast to deal with because it requires to juggle with an incredibly complex and rich book canon that is very deliberately made to defy the limits of what’s actually possible to depict in a mainstream visual medium + time and budget constraints + the guidelines of a network whose trademark has always been “we have more edgy sex than any other tv”

asoiaf also has a SHITTON of problematic content to begin with. Like. People want to pretend otherwise, but the sexual violence, the racist and whitecentric narratives, the ableism, the pervasive misogyny, the dead ladies: the d’s never invented any of this, and though in some cases they made it worse, it’s all stuff that is heavily featured IN the source material and not always in a *deconstructed way*;

the star wars franchise isn’t like that;

it’s a pg-13 fantasy space opera which means automatically no rape and no unnecessary boob display (also, like, it’s fucking disney);

it has no (canon) source material so there’s actually nothing they can “betray”;

NO CHARACTERS THEY CAN “GET WRONG” or “RUIN”;

unlimited budget, presumably;

kathleen kennedy & lucasfilm proved they’re not here to fuck around, they can and WILL fire directors mercilessly if they so much as breathe in the wrong direction;

if their ego gets in the way, they’re fucked;

lucasfilm is always going to have the final say on the casting and overall direction of the story;

I also think they (lucasfilm) are invested in telling rich and diverse female narratives given how they’re handling the sequel trilogy;

their firing Colin Trevorrow for IX (who isn’t a stranger to troubling sexist handling of his female characters) is a sign of that;

objectively, GoT was a formative experience in dealing with complex worldbuilding and long term overarching plots, and proved the d’s are gonna stick to their original vision despite external pressures and fandom backlash, which… isn’t a bad thing? at all? especially considering the entitled fan reaction to tlj;

at the end of the day, these films aren’t going to be part of the main trilogies, i.e. the heart of star wars. You can choose to watch them or avoid them entirely, and your star wars experience won’t be compromised. It’s ok to cherry pick only parts of canon, especially when canon is so vast and varied and not every part of it is fundamental to enjoy or understand the main story; you don’t have to like everything;

have faith!