Agreed. It really was a bad move. I always say pick the person who is more of a fan/real passion who respects the property than the more "professional" business oriented person. Be that announcers in sports, running a business, or running a franchise, give me the person who loves it and connects to that fan base/customer base more than to the corporate overlords.
If Filoni was in charge of the ST with Lucas guidance, I think it would be better for everyone. Would be a drastically different story too.
I worry a bit when having Lucas too involved when I hear about some of his ideas for the ST.. I think Filoni probably could have handled it himself.. But I have always said some input from Lucas is a good thing. I do wish Disney let him have some say for sure in the ST.
I think the ST would have been much better served and more accepted if JJ just did the whole thing. Even with this last viewing of TLJ it really made me worried that I would not be able to enjoy TROS as much as I usually do.
I get why people don't like it. It is jumping all over the place and really just stuck the Emperor in there. If you cant accept the Emperor then the franchise is screwed for you.. I like the inclusion... I wish there was a hint of him being there from the beginning.
Watching all three in a row does get me a tad frustrated that the story does not flow better.
But I like it
Also and I don't expect you to agree with me.. But I wish Anakin was handled more like Kylo. Just in an opposite way.. Where we can see he is always drawn to the dark side but he is always resisting. I love that Kylo is the always resisting the light. And I again know you wont like this but I think Kylo comes across as a more heroic bad ass when he takes on the knights of Ren then Anakin ever got too in ROTS. The Count Dooku scene was OK but he never felt like a true bad ass Jedi. Like I said TCW helped win me over to the Anakin character then the films ever did.
I think ROTS is still the best PT content, but best of TCW is right there with it though. Like a 1a 1b type thing for me. After seeing the completed arc from TCW into Rebels (just the Ahsoka/Maul stuff), TCW moves up into second place for me personally for Star Wars content, but that is probably because my favorite era is Clone Wars from novels to comics to figures.
As I stated TCW best episodes easily takes the cake for me for PT stuff but if you love Clone War era stuff then your rankings makes sense to me.
1. ROTS
2. TCW
3. ESB
4. ANH
5. The Mandalorian
6. TPM
7. AOTC
8. ROTJ
9. Rebels
10. Rogue One
11. TFA
12. Solo
13. TLJ/TROS
Question about The
Mandalorian... Doesn't that screw with the TCW a little bit.. There are always taking off their helmets in the series.. Or was that a new found religion after the clone wars. I don't recall if anything was stated about that other then they are not allowed to remove their helmets.
If the ST weren't Star Wars movies and Solo wasn't about Han Solo, I'd view them in a better light. But since the Solo performance was dreadful and the ST never was Star Wars to me, it's hard to rank them above movies that at least embodied the spirit of Star Wars.
Interesting.. I am very much have a different view in terms of the PT.. If they were not SW movies I don't think I would have ever watched them again.. Same goes for Solo and hell even ROTJ
I'll say that if TROS was not a SW film It would be like Harry Potter to me. Something I like and watch if the mood strikes me.
The PT, Solo, TFA, and maybe even ROTJ are more like The Hunger Games.. Good enough for one viewing but nothing I would ever think about watching again.
I have no idea how I would feel about TLJ if it was not a SW film.. I did like Looper and Knives out so who knows.
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