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Post #1541962

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G&G-Fan
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Are you glad Lucas sold Lucasfilm to Disney or do you wish he hadn’t?
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Date created
2-Jun-2023, 10:20 PM

Yes, I am.

The sequel trilogy we got is still better then George’s. Maul being the villain has the same problem as Palpatine; you have to learn how he survived through supplemental material, in this case TCW. Talon is an uninteresting character; it’s just the femme fatale archetype, which is one of my least favorite tropes ever. Talon seducing Skylar (who became Ben Solo) to the dark side with her sexiness makes TROS look good. And retconning Leia to be the Chosen One is dumb. I prefer Palpatine coming back for like a day and immediately being killed by Rey with the help of a bunch of force ghosts then a part of Anakin/Vader’s character arc being a lie. My least favorite trope of all time is when you take a previous character, whether it be a hero or villain, and make them look insignificant by taking everything away from them and giving it to another character (like the trope of retconning a previous villain to be a pawn of another). And this is exactly that, and it’s done Vader, my favorite character of all time.

With Disney we got the Vader comics, which is already enough, as the Vader 2017 comic run are my favorite Star Wars material after the OT, and 2015 run comes after Mandalorian and Clone Wars. Disney has done a much better job with Darth Vader then Lucasfilm.

We have The Mandalorian which is such an enjoyable series. The Force Awakens and Rogue One were vital to getting me back into Star Wars in the first place. I watched the original 6 films when I was young, but if it wasn’t for the new movies, I probably would’ve gone years without rewatching them and it would’ve taken me much longer to be the fan I am today.