Star Wars: A Disney Property

[rmacomic]

The problem with Star Wars is that the original trilogy worked so well because it is basically the monomyth, but once that story is told there is nothing left to tell. There is a reason that there wasn't a Gilgamesh II or a Beowulf the Beginning. As amazing a job Lucas did with his world building (even with the prequels), without something engaging it is all flash and no substance. The sad thing is that Disney seems determined to try to repeat the success without putting in the work. Instead of copying the beats from the original trilogy, they would have been better served by picking up a copy of Joseph Conrad's Hero with a thousand faces and working from that.

[DevinHarriswillstart]

Originally Posted by rmacomic

The problem with Star Wars is that the original trilogy worked so well because it is basically the monomyth, but once that story is told there is nothing left to tell. There is a reason that there wasn't a Gilgamesh II or a Beowulf the Beginning. As amazing a job Lucas did with his world building (even with the prequels), without something engaging it is all flash and no substance. The sad thing is that Disney seems determined to try to repeat the success without putting in the work. Instead of copying the beats from the original trilogy, they would have been better served by picking up a copy of Joseph Conrad's Hero with a thousand faces and working from that.

It's the riding the line between the old and the new that doesn't work. Sorta like the treadmill of mediocrity going for the 8th seed in the NBA. Sure, people will still pay to see it, but it will always be meh and never great.

I would actually just rather them do what they did with Rogue One and stick with the old. None of the post original trilogy interests me in the least anymore.

[Luke]

Originally Posted by DevinHarriswillstart

It's the riding the line between the old and the new that doesn't work. Sorta like the treadmill of mediocrity going for the 8th seed in the NBA. Sure, people will still pay to see it, but it will always be meh and never great.

I would actually just rather them do what they did with Rogue One and stick with the old. None of the post original trilogy interests me in the least anymore.

I actually had no interest in seeing the last two that came out.. Solo and whatever came out prior. I eventually saw it, but that had more to do with kids than anything else. I must say that I was never a huge Star Wars nerd.. but I did enjoy them and can remember seeing Return of the Jedi in the theaters. What's amazing is how low the bar actually is for the franchise. Throw out a little horse crap with some frosting on top and it gets great reviews and makes hundreds of millions....