Exactly. I just can't be drawn into it anymore. The ideological conflict makes little sense and the entire franchise revolves around it. Mostly because without the Jedi/Sith battle you don't have anything all that unique. Beyond that you have some nice stories and the such, but there's nothing in the entire universe that still has my attention. It doesn't hit any of my buttons and it's largely empty of what I enjoy. But I've invested too much time to simply cut the cord, so I'm retaining a relationship of mentainance, so to speak.
That too. I've always hated this feeling of having to consume all the media, across the various mediums, just to sate my inner completionist. It's not helping anyone, as we're talking about empty entertainment with nothing to offer. It's just wasted time. The only thing I have left that torments me so is Clone Wars. I'll finish it one day, speeding through it all, but I'm more or less done with everything else that affected me like that. Whatever else I keep I feel no rush to be done with. I have some SW books from the EU I want to try, but as time goes on it seems more and more pointless. Trek is fun. It can be hamfisted and cheesy at times, but I find it relaxing. It's got tons of episodes and it's my backup alongside some anime. I go back to an unfinished game once every month or so. I have two series I follow when they air, three or so comic series, and that's more or less it apart from the odd movie I come across. But really, I'm tired of it all. I've switched to reading for relaxation. Sometimes it's a classic, others it's research, sometimes it's schlock like a 40K book. But I can manage them better with my daily program. I can speed up, stop somewhere, go back, and so on.
On the other hand, I do miss having somerhing that I could consume easily and escape for a bit. There's nothing like that in my life anymore. I do get bouts of interest in one thing or the other, but nothing that lasts. Like I said, from all these huge IPs, I retain an affinity for the concepts, less so the execution. I get nostalgia for the products of my youth, but I can't say that I'm obsessing over the MCU, or check IGN every two hours for new games. I remember when I'd stay up to watch E3, and now I blink and the titles that have been delayed four times are already in stores.
When it comes to Star Wars, I think it's become simply too big. Even comics retcon and reboot, and every medium and adaptation has its own continuity. SW is too huge, and at the same time too restrained as a narrative. I can't find anything that binds me to it beyond nostalgia and some aspects. Honestly, I like stories with a definitive ending. The days when I wished for endless content of a single property are long behind me.
