Star Wars Saga (OT/PT/ST) Discussion Thread

[Wor-Gar]

Someone needs to do a Joker-esque drawing of a limp Anakin being dragged away by Jedi masters.

@crows

 

[jye4ever]

Hmmm

https://colehaddon.substack.com/p/what-really-went-wrong-with-the-star

 

[Wor-Gar]

Hmmm

https://colehaddon.substack.com/p/what-really-went-wrong-with-the-star

Is this some newbie writer who just woke up and figured that all out? I love when someone enthusiastically tells you something they think is ground-breaking only to learn everyone has known this for a near quarter century.

 

[jye4ever]

Is this some newbie writer who just woke up and figured that all out? I love when someone enthusiastically tells you something they think is ground-breaking only to learn everyone has known this for a near quarter century.

In 1983 Star Wars was bled of its adult nature but i’m ok if people are just learning of that now lol

Lucas desexualized SW by giving us ewoks and cute Han Solo who blushes with a kiss on his cheeks.

As has been said before. Lucas forever froze SW into a childish existence by cutting adulthood at the knees with ROTJ.

I’ll give Gilroy some credit for trying to make Star Wars adult again.

Make Andor Great Again

 

[loki2371]

In 1983 Star Wars was bled of its adult nature but i’m ok if people are just learning of that now lol

Lucas desexualized SW by giving us ewoks and cute Han Solo who blushes with a kiss on his cheeks.

As has been said before. Lucas forever froze SW into a childish existence by cutting adulthood at the knees with ROTJ.

I’ll give Gilroy some credit for trying to make Star Wars adult again.

Make Andor Great Again

I don't know if I'd go quite that far.

He did tone it down with the Ewoks, but he still did find a happy medium with adult tones such as the Rancor scene, Luke/Vader/Emperor and all out war aspect. He makes family movies. Neither really kids only or adults only. Gotta be something light hearted to keep kids engaged and parents willing to take them. Can't be all dark and dreary with solely adult themes. So I can live with the Ewoks. They never really bothered me in '83 as I was 11, but later in life I did see the silliness..

Disney doesn't get that. Only RO, and like you said Andor, are much more adult in tone. And funny enough those are the only 2 that OT fans truly appreciate. Mando would've been great, at least s1 & s2, but they went over board with Grogu. At the end of s2 when everyone was cheering for Luke (although that was awesome), I was cheering that Grogu was finally gone!!

Skeleton Krew looks like it's so far removed that it looks like it would've been on the Disney XD channel. It's like the 2 Ewok TV movies for todays kids. And those were awful by every metric possible.

With the PT, EPI was more adult with politics and trade blockades, but he threw in Jar Jar. He tried to find a middle ground. And sell toys to kids. AOTC I'd say was balanced. But ROTS was pretty damn dark with Anakin turning. The only PG13 SW.

 

[wormlander]

In 1983 Star Wars was bled of its adult nature but i’m ok if people are just learning of that now lol

Lucas desexualized SW by giving us ewoks and cute Han Solo who blushes with a kiss on his cheeks.

As has been said before. Lucas forever froze SW into a childish existence by cutting adulthood at the knees with ROTJ.

I’ll give Gilroy some credit for trying to make Star Wars adult again.

Make Andor Great Again

Yeah, Especially Leia and Oola were so desexualized I almost fell asleep...

 

[Mondragon]

 

[Khev]

Okay now I'm confused. I remember in 1997 George saying that the reason he added the stupid new song to Jabba's Palace was because he'd "always wanted it to be a much bigger musical number." So why not just...insert the extended sequence above into the film? I mean it's still kind of goofy but nowhere near as bad as the SE version and would have given us a lot more Oola as opposed to those lame cartoon singers.