Well but that’s the whole problem - the ONLY reason they’re doing it as a E4 prequel is that they want to use pre-existing things well known to the general public. It’s a business decision, not an artistic decision. That’s the whole reason why these spin-off movies do exist.
I think people will be guaranteed to be disappointed by these movies if they don’t acknowledge that they exist to make money. If Hollywood ran purely on artistry, we probably wouldn’t have had anything beyond the OT, but that’s clearly not the case.
Rogue One exists for three purposes;
- As a “while-you-wait-for-Ep.VIII” movie.
- To help pay back the 4 billion dollars Disney spent on the franchise.
- and to exploit nostalgia and fandom.
I think we’re all well aware of this, and these films would exist in one way or the other regardless of how we feel about commercialism, so since they’ll be made anyway let’s just hope that they choose someone competent to write/direct them. I’d rather have Rogue One be a good cash-in movie than a bad cash-in movie, and I’m personally starting to think that this might be a pretty good one. I mean it’s a SW anthology film, I hardly expected it to be a masterpiece, I’m just hoping it will e an enjoyable and competently made franchise-film.