General star wars talk/discussion/complaining

[Belen]

I mostly care about the Disney canon, since I read only a couple of the old EU books. The new stuff is pretty consistent for the most part IMO.

Disney canon is pretty terrible. I stopped reading it before High Republic because they gave the authors no room to expand the setting since they did not want to corner the film directors.

It ended up being lackluster at best.

The only Disney content I really liked was Rebels, Bad Batch, Maul, Fallen Order/Survivor, and Andor.

The old EU was not as consistent but took more chances and did more to expand the universe.

 

[Kaodi]

One of Star Wars' greatest strengths that makes it so good ... is that none of it matters.

Sir! How dare you speak such heresy, sir, in this sacred space? Where geeks of, well, some kinds come together to wax about the non-cosmically significant details of their non-cosmically significant hobbies. Sir - have you no shame, sir?

 

[trappedslider]

Sir! How dare you speak such heresy, sir, in this sacred space? Where geeks of, well, some kinds come together to wax about the non-cosmically significant details of their non-cosmically significant hobbies. Sir - have you no shame, sir?

If i felt shame,do you think i'd be here?

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Disagree. One of Star Wars greatest strengths as a setting is the depth of lore that's been built around it, allowing you to play in a wide variety of sub settings while still allowing the core plot points to proceed if desired. The basic themes are so...well...basic that it is IMO relatively easy to make a Star Wars-esque adventure, but if we're using the actual setting, I want the lore and I want it to matter.

That's very much not what George Lucas had in mind.

 

[Zardnaar]

That's very much not what George Lucas had in mind.

So? He took other people's money and let them do stories.

Want to be pure dont license your stuff out and retain full control. Simple.

 

[Micah Sweet]

That's very much not what George Lucas had in mind.

Ok. Not really relevant to my opinion though.

 

[Umbran]

I am continuously shocked at how....

Mod Note:

I am continuously shocked at how ... you keep trying to shame people for liking things you don't care about.

You could have spoken about how you found value in the material in a different way, but instead you chose to make it personal with a whole bunch of folks using a broad brush.

Going forward, you probably don't want to do that.

 

[Arnie_Wan_Kenobi]

Nothing really new to add, but I got to Black Spire Outpost at Disneyland (California) last week and it 1. Rekindled a love of Star Wars and 2. Gave me an opportunity to really comsider if I care about "cannon" or not. And I * think * it clicked that I don't--just fun storytelling and the SW universe. Also, been watching Visions, Season 3, which certainly helps "Cannon doesn't matter."

 

[Reynard]

Galaxy's Edge in DisneyWorld is one of my favorite things on this planet.

 

[Arnie_Wan_Kenobi]

Galaxy's Edge in DisneyWorld is one of my favorite things on this planet.

Last time I was at a Disney park was World (Orlando) in 1994, so Star Tours was a thing, but not much else SW related! (Last time I was at Disneyland must have been around 1987 or 1988.)