All Things Star Wars

[Laurana Kanan]

 

[warpus]

I think it's really lame they are using the Bad Batch series to try to fix the Palpatine storyline from the sequel trilogy.. but I'm watching anyway.

 

[Synobun]

I think it's really lame they are using the Bad Batch series to try to fix the Palpatine storyline from the sequel trilogy.. but I'm watching anyway.

Pretty much all of the recent media is designed around fixing the sequels, since they are unwilling to retcon/rework.

 

[Patine]

Pretty much all of the recent media is designed around fixing the sequels, since they are unwilling to retcon/rework.

Another reason I still stand by the Prequels being better.

 

[Thorvald of Lym]

Pretty much all of the recent media is designed around fixing the sequels, since they are unwilling to retcon/rework.

I'm now wondering if I've ever known a mainstream franchise so bitterly at war with itself in studio, never mind the fanbase.

 

[Synobun]

I'm now wondering if I've ever known a mainstream franchise so bitterly at war with itself in studio, never mind the fanbase.

Star Trek, ish, maybe. The studio strife is kept under wraps for the most part, but occasionally there's an exceptionally bitter quote from a showrunner about executive tampering and intervening that implies an almost Kathleen Kennedy-esque approach. Trekkies are just less obnoxiously loud than Star Wars fans.

My take on the fandom split with the sequels is that even those who liked them should want a redo. A lack of coherence is a negative no matter what, and the series can only benefit from a plan that knows what it's doing and how. There is so much damage control happening with subsequent shows that it's a pretty heavy chain anchoring the franchise down, and that's simply not good even if you like most of what it's churning out. Having boundaries to create within is fine, but a lot of what's being made has to involve contorting to make things fit. It's an unnecessary obstacle and stifles creativity. It's less "I wonder what happened in between " and more "Oh god how do I make this make sense?"

 

[Patine]

I'm now wondering if I've ever known a mainstream franchise so bitterly at war with itself in studio, never mind the fanbase.

Star Trek, ish, maybe. The studio strife is kept under wraps for the most part, but occasionally there's an exceptionally bitter quote from a showrunner about executive tampering and intervening that implies an almost Kathleen Kennedy-esque approach. Trekkies are just less obnoxiously loud than Star Wars fans.

My take on the fandom split with the sequels is that even those who liked them should want a redo. A lack of coherence is a negative no matter what, and the series can only benefit from a plan that knows what it's doing and how. There is so much damage control happening with subsequent shows that it's a pretty heavy chain anchoring the franchise down, and that's simply not good even if you like most of what it's churning out. Having boundaries to create within is fine, but a lot of what's being made has to involve contorting to make things fit. It's an unnecessary obstacle and stifles creativity. It's less "I wonder what happened in between " and more "Oh god how do I make this make sense?"

From what I had read, Pokemon had gotten that bad for a while, but only in it's Japanese fanbase, so we didn't commonly hear about it here.