Things you like and dislike about the Disney era so far? SEE WARNING ON PAGE 7

I've seen The Last Jedi four times now and I still give Disney/Lucasfilm a solid A on their report card so far. Though I loved TLJ since I first saw it, it hasn't had the immediacy of greatness for me that The Force Awakens had from the first viewing. Each time I've seen TLJ I've walked out loving it more. It's a different experience than TFA but it's just about as great. So far so good, at least for me, anyway. I do think they need to be more careful with hiring directors as it has been sometimes problematic.

 

Well there will be more star wars movies in the future and since im a big fan that is always a good news. I wish they would expand the universe rather than sticking around a definite time period for all the movies.

 

I wish GL was involved. Even if it was on a consultant level. I know, they both went their separate ways, but still. SW will always be GLs, no matter how much Disney does with it. I don't dislike the new films either. RO, to me anyway, was the best movie so far from the new "regime". I didn't care too much for TFA (don't hate it, just enjoy it less), however I enjoy TLJ very much.

 

I also wish George Lucas was involved on some level. He has a special touch that is conspicuously absent from the sequel trilogy.

Rogue One is the only Disney Star Wars movie I actually enjoy from beginning to end. I don't understand the "pacing problem" complaint and I find the characters to be interesting and well fleshed out. I love all the characters, including the villains. I do wish there was more Jedha City/Saw Gurrera/Kyber Temple Guardians content, but that's just a byproduct of loving that portion of the movie so much. Also, Catalyst, the companion novel, is excellent.

There are aspects of TFA that I like, but it hasn't grown on me as I had hoped it would; like TPM did.

I'm still struggling with TLJ. Right now I really dislike how Luke and the other characters were portrayed. Its hard for me to root for anyone because, based on the way they are portrayed, in TLJ specifically, I don't find any of them to be particularly likeable. I feel like, if had grown up with this vision of Star Wars, I would never have become a Star Wars fan in the first place. The Yoda scene is particularly hard to digest... I really hope it will grow on me.

 

The new films do NOT look like what George did in the previous 6. I mean, yes, the ships are similar, etc, but there's a quality, and a "world building" that's just not there. I also think the way George framed and shot his scenes are very different. Yes, I know, directors are different. But ANH, TESB, ROTJ all look to be framed the same, with that SW look and feel even though they all had different directors. The main element that was always present was GL.

I'm not suggesting that JJ, Rian are bad directors, but there's something missing in these new movies. The ONLY film so far from the new crop is RO, which did a good job of being close to what GL did. Even the world building in that one was actually quite good.

But, I guess it's to be expected when GL and Disney goes their separate ways. I'm hoping that the new trilogy RJ is going to be developing takes SW on other paths, because this ST crop of movies seem to be trying to "hold on" to what was. Looking forward to moving away from the Skywalker storyline.

 

This sounds familiar. My mantra, after TPM was "more Star Wars is always better than less Star Wars".

I agree! I really don't understand why they felt the need to make new number episodes. They should have gone a hundred or a thousand years into the future or past. If they had abandoned the numbered episodes and, for the most part, left Skywalker saga alone, I think the new films would be much less divisive.

 

I agree! I really don't understand why they felt the need to make new number episodes. They should have gone a hundred or a thousand years into the future or past. If they had abandoned the numbered episodes and, for the most part, left Skywalker saga alone, I think the new films would be much less divisive.[/QUOTE]

Maybe, but I've found that the Star Wars stories that were totally disconnected from the saga of the movies often raised the question for me: "Why do I care?" While new characters can draw people in (the new characters in the sequel trilogy sold me on the movies long before we saw any familiar faces), I do wonder how well a random movie set in the Star Wars world would've been received over a a de facto sequel.

 

Maybe, but I've found that the Star Wars stories that were totally disconnected from the saga of the movies often raised the question for me: "Why do I care?" While new characters can draw people in (the new characters in the sequel trilogy sold me on the movies long before we saw any familiar faces), I do wonder how well a random movie set in the Star Wars world would've been received over a a de facto sequel.[/QUOTE]

don't really need to make it totally disconnected from the main story. the PT has expanded the star wars mythos so much regarding the sith, jedi and numerous characters which many would like to see more of. it can also tie in to the existing stories too.

 

Because the hero trio from the OT had aged in real time and it was a unique, last opportunity to feature them 30 years after ROJ.

Whether that opportunity has paid off or was instead wasted, is a different story.

 

This is the exact question I found myself asking when I walked out of TFA and TLJ.

So, to me, the de facto sequel strategy did not alleviate this issue. If anything, the way this strategy has been executed has made me care less about the future of characters that I have been fascinated by for more than 30 years.

 

I totally agree on this one. He's always been one of my favorite people who contributed greatly to the Star Wars saga.

 

What I like: it seems to be a lot more accessible to new fans and fans of different backgrounds. A lot more open to diversity. A lot more cohesive (Legends wasn't thrown away, just categorized as different.)

What I dislike: the fans lol. For a few different reasons. Also trying way to hard to cash in on the previous films... a Han Solo movie? really? Also still no respect for Ahsoka in the films... wish they'd mention her.

Idk, the "Disney" era seems to have a lot of the same problems as the pre-Disney era.

 

Well that just isn't right.

 

I'm going to go ahead and say that I quite enjoy everything about the Disney era SW so far. Even TLJ; when I first saw it, I was like "What the $?@! did I just see!!?" But after seeing it again, and it growing on me, I actually quite like it.

I suppose there is only ONE single thing that I was bothered by in all the recent films so far-and it's continuity related, from a visual standpoint. I really have an issue with how Yoda's force ghost looks in TLJ. The silhouette doesn't "shimmer" like in the OT films, and also he is not transparent, where we can see background elements thru him. Did anyone else notice this? I haven't seen it mentioned anywhere...?

Honestly everything else I enjoy, or at least can have an open mind about...I suppose if there's one other thing, I'd wish they would explore different eras besides the Imperial/post Imperial era. Then again, in a few years that may be just what we get...

 

I did notice that. A couple of the stories in the From a Certain Point of View anthology did deal with Force ghosts and suggested that they became more sold and real-looking over time, so I wonder if the writers had TLJ Yoda in mind when writing it.

 

My favorite thing about the Disney era: the droids. K-2SO, BB-8 and Chopper.

And how can I forget Mr. Bones?

 

Interesting..........Interesting...

That is all I will say about that I guess, cos I'm not sure I'm "sold on it" with their explanation on that...

YES. Mr. Bones! I would've loved to see him in a live action film! Just thinking about the scenes I read in the Aftermath series, I kept thinking, "I would love to have SEEN this!" He was by far the funniest part of Aftermath.

 

I loved Rogue One. Everything else so far, I'm just not a fan of. So far I'm not that impressed with Disney's run with it.

 

Like: Rebels, Rogue One, The Sequel Trilogy
Dislike: the oversaturation of OT, the cancellation of TCW, The Sequel Trilogy being made too much like the OT, lack of PT material especially between Episodes I and II, Forces of Destiny

 

Like:
Anthology films- I loved Rogue One and love what I've seen so far for Solo.
TFA
The novels by Claudia Gray
Forces of Destiny- as a female fan who grew up with the OT and raised a daughter on Star Wars this product line is something that I wish we'd had a long time ago. I know most of the characters didn't exist but she would have loved to have had stories on Leia and Padme in this format, the action figure aspect of the doll line, etc. She loved wearing an old brown blanket over her shoulders and dragging around a plastic lightsaber attached to her waistband when she was small enough to have it almost touch the floor. She's not thinking of having kids any time soon but I am half tempted to grab up what I can now in case I have a granddaughter some day.

Indifferent:
TCW
Rebels
Comics

Dislike:
The Last Jedi- this is the first Star Wars film I haven't liked in 40 years.

 

Like

New star wars saga films
new star wars standalone films
Old Republic has continued but without new comics and novels
almost all single comics are available in digital format
Rogue One
Force Awakens
Marvel will reprint most EU comics
New actors in the saga films and standalones


Dislikes:

Rebooted canon
Expanded Universe Canon has lower status for new canon to draw upon
Rebels
Battlefront I and II
Disney-Lucasfilm co-branding
George Lucas retired
Ancient Star Wars stories have been discontinued unless you follow game story content in Old Republic
new Disney canon
death or disappearance of major characters in the saga films

 

So wait, are four of yours just about the New Canon existing?

In addition, what do you mean by "Expanded Universe Canon has lower status for new canon to draw upon"?

 

@Outsourced

The Legends / EU material is there to draw upon in the new "canon" stories. "Canon" is a tricky word, however. It supposes an authority can decide which works constitute an official body of knowledge. There will always be disagreement as to which works genuinely fit together as a body of work. Since Star Wars falls into the mediums of arts and entertainment, generating billions of dollars every year, tossing out cherished "older" artistic works that have built up fan communities is difficult.

The same conditions are present now compared to the early-90's when Star Wars fiction and comics started up again. The Marvel Comics and SW novels were there to draw upon for the new stories and eventually they got incorporated into EU timelines, licensed and unofficial.