Star Wars: The Fall of the New Republic
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bItmwgOFXzM - an 8 minute video from the SWFT YouTube channel
Description: ‘A montage of the establishment, reign and fall of the New Republic, a galactic government in Star Wars.’
I felt more emotion and investment in the New Republic and watching the above video than I have from the continuing underwhelming depiction of the New Republic on-screen. A cleverly worked fan edit short from SWFT.
That was a good watch. Although it makes me sad after watching it that there are good segments in among what we have seen in the portrayal of the New Republic, but they are unfortunately without a foundation, an immersion or emotional connection for this era.
Avoiding the OT legacy characters, or having them appear as weird CGI faces and not actually doing much, only helps that. Instead, too often we are often “told, not shown”, and not “show, don’t tell”. We are then expected to connect with what little setting this era have been given. None of it seems planned out very well, it comes off as ad-hoc, gimmicky, or lacking. Like Caston says in his OP: it and the OT heroes deserves so much more, and I agree with Channel when he says the writing for it sucks, which leads me to being somewhere between frustration and indifference for this New Republic era.
So much that I’ve given up on it. No more Filoni & Favreau series or films for me. They just don’t appeal to me anymore, and I’m fed up of feeling frustrated and indifferent. Instead I’ll stick to Andor, Visions, Acolyte, Skeleton Crew, and The Dawn of the Jedi film. Rey’s NJO film too, given it is set past that ST era and is being made by new talents that will hopefully bring something fresh and different.
(the above isn’t a slam at anyone who still enjoys or loves the Mandoverse shows, excited by the newly announced F&F content, or the New Republic era. Everyone just has different views, and I’m glad that others are appreciating and eagerly watching them.)