I’m still more excited about Rogue One than I’ve been for anything non-SW in longer than I can remember, but yeah, it’s not anywhere near the same level as TFA. I imagine I’ll be losing my mind for VIII this time next year, but even then it won’t be the same. Which is fine and to be expected, given that I spent most of my life wishing for a sequel trilogy that I never believed would happen and then three years obsessively anticipating it. Now that A.) new SW movies are a definite, concrete thing and B.) they’re coming out annually, we’ll just never have that situation again.
This is how I feel. It’ll literally be impossible to ever be excited for anything as much as TFA. If was the follow up to the OT, after so many years. Probably better not to compare to that.
Still, it’s actually kind of absurd how unexcited I am for Rogue One. When I think about it, I should be, but what I feel, it’s just not there. I could probably never see it and it wouldn’t really irk me at all.
Part of this is just because I see the story as extraneous (I mean obviously it’s its own thing but there’s no immediacy to seeing it in regards to the larger narrative). The main thing though I think is because I’ve really kept myself far away from the promotional stuff. I have not seen a single second of footage. So while I’m not excited, because I haven’t seen what I should be excited for, that’s by design. I want to be taken by surprise. I think that’d be fun. And if it sucks? Who cares. But I think it should be good.
Meanwhile I’m already pumping up for VIII. Can’t wait for that, and only a little over a year away. I think that’s my main beef with the anthologies, is that it’s too much too soon. My TFA lead up lasted all year (with books, comics, etc.). I’ll do that again next year but I can’t have my whole life taken up by SW, so sorry Rogue One.
Also, I’d love to hear the argument for reading Catalyst before RO.