Keyser Sushi
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I'd love if I like Rogue One better, and I did like TFA a lot (I love it in fact, because it's SW, like I love the prequels despite them not being good) and I still think new SW can do amazing things. The opportunity is still there, it's just not much is giving me hope that it can in the foreseeable future apart from Johnson.
Lucas doesn't like how Disney is turning the SW movies into movies for the fans. And I totally agree. They're giving us what we already love without thinking what made SW great in the first place. When that original film came out, there was unlimited possibilities for the sequels. Then ESB came out and they went in that direction which was brilliant and it became a staple, but we've seemed to be too hung up on that and not try to find the next new thing. I just want them to treat these movies like there's never been a second SW movie before and see the total uncharted territory. But if we're just gonna get the same timeline dealing with the same characters in and out then it's been a damn waste.
I want to see a movie that takes place hundreds or thousands of years later. New characters, new worlds, new storytelling ideas. There's 36 other stories out there. Not just the hero's journey.
I agree with a lot of that. That's the hope I have for the Anthology films, that they can do other things. Because Star Wars is a universe, if you get away from the Skywalker Saga and the "balance of the Force" prophecy, you can do anything you want. Detective Noir? Sure. Western? Absolutely. You want to do a version of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight as a sci-fi flick? Go for it.
An Obi-Wan movie set between Eps. III and IV? Sure. Maybe do it as a western, something like Unforgiven, make it a character piece.
But the further away we get from what we know, the more they can cut loose. We don't need a Han Solo movie, we didn't need Rogue One, but it makes good business sense. Hopefully they grow beyond that in time.