• EfreetSK@lemmy.worldEnglish
    108·
    10 months ago

    This is one of my pet peeves - so you have a HUGE universe to work with, thousands and thousands of interresting planets, anything you can imagine. But no, because of callback$ and reference$ we’re getting to the same planets over and over again, even to Tatooine which should be by its purpose in the story forgetable, boring, a planet everyone overlooks

    • crackajack@reddthat.comEnglish
      151·
      10 months ago

      As much as Lucas is rightfully getting criticised for hammy dialogues and slacking narrative in the prequels, what I love about the prequels is that it’s got a vision and it is wholly original because it is made by an auteur. Lucas created new, interesting and unique set pieces that are integral to the plot. Whereas the sequel trilogy, while they have some original set pieces, most of them feel dead, forgettable and basically remake of previous settings from old movies like Jakku (a carbon copy of Tatooine), the Moon Death Star (which is well-- a carbon copy of the Death Star), and Ahch-To, where Luke hid, is a lush version of Dagobah.

      • anonymouse@lemmings.worldEnglish
        6·
        10 months ago

        I feel this way about the Clone Wars animated series. Lots of people dismiss it as being just for kids, or hate it 'cause ‘Snips’, but it did more to bring me into the lore than the original trilogy.

        • roscoe@startrek.websiteEnglish
          5·
          10 months ago

          The Clone Wars might have started out for a younger audience (I would say more all ages, it wasn’t too kiddy) but it started to have episodes that were pretty heavy after a while. Also, the transformation from “snips” to who Ahsoka is now is one of the best examples of character growth I can think of. Back when it came out if you had told me that annoying little shit would become one of my favorite characters in the entire eu, I never would have believed it.

          And on a general note, the eu has always had better stories than the movies anyway.

      • Cosmic Cleric@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        10 months ago

        it’s got a vision and it is wholly original because it is made by an auteur.

        auteur /ō-tûr′, ō-tœr′/

        noun

        • A filmmaker, usually a director, who exercises creative control over his or her works and has a strong personal style.

        • A creative artist, especially a film director, seen as having a specific, recognisable artistic vision, and who is seen as the single or preeminent ‘author’ of his works.

        • A filmmaker who has a personal style and keeps creative control over his or her works.

        The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Lath@kbin.social
    54·
    10 months ago

    No wonder all the sand people are so darn tired of all them immigrants messing up their lands.

  • Underwaterbob@lemm.eeEnglish
    26·
    10 months ago

    The point where Star Wars totally lost me was when it turned out C3PO was fucking built by Darth Vader when he was a kid. I just couldn’t suspend my disbelief anymore. I loved the original three movies when I was a kid, but damn, it’s completely left me behind at this point.

    • Malfeasant@lemmy.worldEnglish
      141·
      10 months ago

      I recommend seeing the sequels, if only to make the prequels look halfway decent by comparison… The third especially is a dumpster fire.

    • Wogi@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      10 months ago

      I left phantom menace disappointed but hopeful.

      Clone wars opens with Anakin and Obi wan talking about a better movie they didn’t make.

      I left revenge of the sith convinced that’s not how it actually happened, that the last three movies weren’t actually canon, but like, a story someone told about Darth Vader centuries after the fact.

      Like all the stories about King Arthur, all different.

  • Aggravationstation@lemmy.worldEnglish
    24·
    10 months ago

    I mean if they checked the galactic phone book pretty sure they would have realised Ben Kenobi might be related to ObiWan in 5 seconds like Luke did.

    • TheRealKuni@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      10 months ago

      I love “Obi-Wan Kenobi…I wonder if he’s related to old Obi-Wan Kenobi?” from Family Guy’s Blue Harvest.