The real issue with the SW Sequel movies is characterization and world building
Disclaimer: This is just my opinion on how Disney movies has handled the sequel movies, and if you don’t agree, that’s fine. You’re free to disagree, but just scroll away then. I don’t feel like getting anon hate or dealing with some dudebro or edgelord on this.
The Original Trilogy/Rebellion Era was so good because of the characterization. Yes, as the OG, it had great world building as well, but what made that time so damn interesting was the characters. Those characters are the most iconic in the entire franchise. Luke, Han, Leia, Vader, Lando, Yoda, Chewie, Obi-wan, those characters are classics and iconic to the point that even people who live under a rock, know who they are. You didn’t need to know where Palpatine came from, how Vader fell, Luke’s mother, Han’s past as a smuggler, or anything. We loved the characters that much. It set the bar on how all future characters in the franchise would be viewed.
The Prequel Trilogy/Republic era might not have had the the characterization that the the originals had, but it had freaking fantastic world building. Sith, double bladded lightsabers, clones, etc. It built the lore to amazing levels to the point even if the characters weren’t as beloved as the OG characters, the world building itself was amazing. There is a reason why there is still Republic era content coming out even though the movies weren’t as good as the Rebellion era movies. There is still content coming out over a decade after the prequels have been over and people still seem to love that era of Star Wars.
The Kotor/Old Republic era is probably the best example of taking the great characterization of the original and the ambitious world building of the prequels and smashing them together in some beautiful coked out orgy of epic Star Wars stories. The fact that this era is pretty much only in comics, books, and video games should be a clear sign of how loved it is. It’s not something that the GA even know about to this day as much as they know about the originals and prequels, yet not only is it still beloved, there are people who are hoping its brought into the main stream canon like it had been before Disney bought the rights to Star Wars.
While I love the potential the Sequel Trilogy/ New republic era had, it’s failed on the two major levels that made the other eras so loved. There is no world building in the Sequels. Any information to gather on what is even going on in the Sequels, outside of JJ’s TFA and Johnson’s TLJ having a fist fight in a Deny’s parking lot at 3am, is unknown or scattered around obscure EU content that most people don’t even know about. For instances, not many people know that Snoke had been around to witness the fall of the Republic and the Empire, not many people know that the First Order Stormtroopers program was created by a veteran of the Clone Wars and Galactic Civil War, and not many people know that the New Republic was close to a civil war during the events of TFA. Beyond that, there are too many mysteries that would take longer to list than probably reader of this gives a fuck to read. The characterization is shit, it’s shit. I love the Sequel characters, but all of their characterization is in the EU pretty much, and even now people still argue on Rey, Finn, Kylo, Poe, Hux, Phasma, and Snoke because the EU gets more confusing with each movie and there is barley any content.
This issue isn’t the movies fault though, I mean it is, but it isn’t. This lies in the fault of Disney and Lucasfilm. Admit it or not, they are making Star Wars movies like the MCU made movies during phase 2. That is, they are just pushing them out like a fast food chain, only the real difference between the MCU and Lucasfilm is simple. The MCU gave their characters and universe solo movies so they could have characterization and world building. Lucasfilm doesn’t have that. LS can’t look at Star Wars like the MCU looks at their movies.
The only honest advice I can give, and it’s more than likely not going to happen, is for IX to be split into a 2 part movie. There is no real interesting characterization or there is no concrete world building in the Sequel Trilogy/New Republic era. So my person solution, which again, I doubt Lucasfilm is doing, would be to make IX a 2 part movie and use that time to not only provide interesting characterization for their characters, but also build the world of the New Republic era. Let part 1 be a character driven movie with A1 world building set a year or so after TLJ and let part 2 be the grand finale set years into the war that finally wraps it all up.
I honestly believe JJ can tell a good story for IX regardless of if it is a 2 part movei, but that be said, the Sequel movies will never have the longevity that the other eras had due to their poor world building and stagnant characterization.
And lets fucking face it, we paid for 2 Harry Potter final movies, 2 Hunger Game movies, 2 FUCKING TWILIGHT MOVIES FOR FUCKS SAKE, and almost paid for the part 2 of both the Divergent finale movie and The Maze Runner finale movie, and don’t even get me fucking started on the Hobbit Trilogy. Oh, and we’ll be paying for Avengers Infinity War part 2, yes I know it’s not a part 2 anymore, shut the fuck up. You don’t well know it is.
There is deadass nothing to lose from doing a part 2 movie for IX. There isn’t. In fact, it almost seems like it’s harder to do 1 movie to wrap up this orgy of disappointment and green titty milk, so why the fuck not just do 2 movies and shut up and take our money. I paid to watch Luke drink green tit milk and to hear sex jokes of Lando banging a droid, I think I’ll pay to watch an actual thought out Star Wars movie. End this right, give a two part Episode IX movie, please.
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