Sounds like some of you guys are just mad your personal head canon didn’t happen. That always has been the biggest discrepancy between fans of the PT and those who aren’t. One group is younger and went in with little expectations and thoughts. The other is older and had years and years to think and dream of what would happen, and when it didn’t, raged hard. Can’t really blame you though.
It is interesting to see the trilogies fandom play out.
OT - Everyone loves
PT - younger fans loved, popularity growing, older fans typically hated
ST - Nobody really cares about it
I was young when prequel trilogy came along but had already become a fan of the OT by then thanks to VHS tapes and the re-releases (special editions) that preceeded the PT.
I loved the PT for what it was but even as a kid I could see the awkward direction, wooden acting and bad green screen problems. I think the PT is actually badly made, but has a good core story and some great ideas combined with some really creative designs (As annoying and un-intimidating as battle droids are they sure do look awesome and unlike any other robots seen before in sci-fi while the clones and their vehicles are pure awesome).
As a teen I always fantasised about the Star Wars saga being remade to be more coherant, keeping everything that worked and removing everything that didn't (start by remaking TPM but with better acting/direction, have it take place close to the Clone Wars with a teen/young adult Anakin etc). I imagined fixing pet peeves like the over reliance on dodgy green screen in the PT, the outdated stop motion of the OT, making the Jedi uniform an actual uniform rather than just desert dwellers robes, more OT aesthetics in the prequels so they visually blend, consistent visual effects accross the entire saga etc etc etc
Really though I sort of wanted to keep the remake saga a fantasy in my mind and leave the films as they were because I loved them anyway but after Disney ruined things with the crappy sequel trilogy I actually seriously want a clean slate now. Start fresh. Remake it all with a proper 9 movie overarching narrative. Seriously. I am at that point. I will still love the OT and like the PT but at this point the stink of the Disney trilogy has tainted them and Disney will not de-canonise the ST unless it is part of rebooting the saga (which they may end up needing to do given the mess they made and the diminishing returns they have had). Sad it has come to this but I think in the long run it would be best.
As for Mando, in its current form I think it is a diamond in the rough. Both season 1 and 2 are bloated with filler, cringe moments, pointless sidequests etc but with some editing they could become 2 very awesome movies. I am sure fan edits already exist and if I ever stop procrastinating maybe I moght try doing one, but if some competent folk could do official re-edits that condense them into 2 movies, cutting the cringe like blue alien guy and Peli Motto as well as the pointless side quests like village of walking dead extras while adding 1 or 2 new scenes to help the condenced plot flow smoothly they could actually get 2 theatrical releases very cheaply and easily that would actually be great movies. I think they could, could be easy money.
