Let's be real: the Sequels failed their purpose, unlike the Prequels, which at least had a cohesive storyline.

For me it's LucasFilms refusing to take accountablity for making bad products. Nah, it's just the fans fault.

“All roads leading to the sequels” does bum me out a bit. Mainly because the Disney sequels makes all of the efforts from the prequel‘s, originals, and the New Republic era pointless. The point of the sequels is to rebuild the republic and Jedi order. I would like to see successful New Republic stories involving Luke Skywalker and of course some Old Republic stories with Revan(maybe even Zayne Carrick).

When you tear down the old to create something new, you know it's not gonna go very well.

Disney have absolutely no idea what they are doing with anything at the moment. They need a massive restructuring.

My main issue is that many of these shows directly reference the sequels. For example, having the New Republic be incompetent/corrupt in Ahsoka. Considering that the series takes place over 20 years before TFA, there is no reason why we couldn’t see a thriving New Republic during the Mandoverse era.

We just want good stories, not be preached down to, and scolded if we don't like what we see!

If they don't repair the damage done to the Original and Prequel characters, they won't get the audience to engage with SW outside of the Republic/Empire eras. And heading into the First Order era is financial suicide.

Most KZfaqrs give an intro and introduction and credit and sponsor before the video. Thor made his point by the @0:30 mark. You know your quality is high when you don’t play a game with your audience. Obviously still watched the whole video. Thor is the hero we need, but have not earned.

For me it’s all roads lead to the sequels. I didn’t feel anything watching Bad batch mostly because the bad taste in my mouth left from TLJ was still there and I wasn’t convinced that they were getting rid of the train wreak. Now I only watch KZfaqrs covering the train wreak because I find it funny to laugh at. Mean? Maybe, but I don’t care for the feelings of creators who will tear down what others have built and then build their own monuments on the rubble for the sake of their false pride only to disparage those who criticize them.

Palpatine shouldn't have somehow returned. Instead of Disney moving forward, all the "New" stories we now get are just building up to his return.

Disney thinks they need to reinvent the wheel. Instead, they are shooting the horse to fix a broken wagon wheel…and the wheel was never broken in the first place.

I think there are a couple of things happening. Some of it is just not understanding the source material and some of it is just poor/mediocre writing. But some of it is activism. When you’re an activist that hates much of what you believe the original Star Wars stands for, then yes, you do need to tear it all down. We see this in many areas right now. Unfortunately, it’s slipped into some of the fiction we love.

As part of the generation that grew up with the sequels, I can assure u there’s no love lost. While we grew up seeing them in theatres, we had the prequels, the OT and clone wars to binge. It’s pretty hard for us to say we love the sequels after watching other Star Wars content

I have copies of the prequels & the original trilogy,none of the 🐭sequels,need l say more 😤

Tearing down the old to make way for the new is a key component in what is also happening in the wider community, this is something that Mao did when he came into power. They were removing all of the old traditions and trying to bring in new ones, anyone not on board were shamed publicly, if they spoke out the same thing. Does this sound familiar, this has been the goal from KK since the beginning, removing the old and tearing it down to make way for the new.

I do not think if I was youhg today I would be a fan of Star Wars.

2:13 - GONK DROID MOVIE! Let's do this!

The problem with the Sequels wasn't just about the story telling. With the Originals and the Prequels, we (the fans) weren't just invested into the story. We were invested in the characters and the actors who played those characters. Modern films don't have that kind of audience anymore. In fact, I would say KZfaqrs have more that type of audience than film does. It wouldn't matter how good or bad the stories are, they will never carry the same weight as the past six films. It's a different era.

Thinking of "relatable Sith," The Lost Tribe of the Sith series did a pretty good job of that. In that series, pretty much everyone is a Darksider, however, the methods and modus operandi are different from character to character. Some Sith are clearly more psychotic and evil than others, while others are more benevolent. One even seems to turn away from the Dark Side.

The ST is never going to get the same love the PT gets, for one there is no substance to them, little continuity even between them and very little that was actually "new" as well. Intrigue was not allowed. With regards to somehow ever watching something they make again, they'd have to set an actually intriguing story set so far away from this time period that it's pretty much never mentioned in any real way.

I don't care how luxurious a train is; I refuse to ride when I know it's going to crash, burn and blame the ticket buyers for the damages. As far as Thrawn goes (I only know what I've heard here), yeah. Thrawn needed to win to prove that he's a threat as a tactical genius. Hell, for as long as he was in the show, he should've been winning until the end where a shift of fate caused by one unforeseen detail causes his downfall. The main criticism of the empire was their incompetence in everything from battlefield tactics to bureaucracy. The scary thing about Thrawn was that he was not a good commander; he was the best. He could take the overwhelming firepower of the Imperial Navy and use it in such a way that it was a true threat even as diminished as it was.

8:39 I can only imagine people are meaning a clone with a separate consciousness of its own, which doesn't make sense. The novelization of Rise of Skywalker makes clear that Palpatine worked on making a replacement body through cloning experiments, which produced Rey's Dad and Snoke, but couldn't produce a suitable vessel that was up to his power level. He exists in a body in the movie because he transferred to a stand-by clone after he was thrown over. But he couldn't make a better one, so tried to influence things through Snoke. When he learned Rey existed, he figured she would do as a vessel. The Palpatine you see is not a charred broken body from falling. It's damaged because it couldn't hold his power as effectively as his original. Now, how he was able to use the dyad to change that, I have no idea. I just wanted to spread the current, official explanation. It's even said in the movie by that one guy, "dark science, cloning: secrets only the Sith knew." The Shadows of the Sith book, and The Bad Batch follow this idea too.

Even though I'm a big fan of TBB, I refuse to accept 7-9 as canon. Don't need pics - it simply didn't happen.

The Acolyte is gonna suck so bad

The problem boils down to so many of the people making Star Wars these days, starting with Kathleen Kennedy, don't respect the work of its creator, George Lucas. They may say they do and say they are fans but actions speak louder than words.

12:55 I’m one of the people who didn’t know Dark Forces existed until the remaster was announced. I’m a 2000s kid so I obviously wasn’t born when this game came out. I’m not a big fan of boomer shooters, so maybe I’ll just pick the game up on sale, but I’m really excited for the Battlefront Collection for the online specifically. I have the original Battlefront II on my Xbox and the online servers aren’t online for it. I also haven’t played the original Battlefront game so I’m pretty excited to try it out

All roads leading to the sequels is definitely a big part of why I gave up its kind of hard to get invested even in stuff set in the past when you know that it all leads to jake trying to off his nephew for having bad dreams leia flying like superman they fly now and a Palpatine rebuilding the jedi order

For the first comment response Faults like dialogue and Ep 1's higher kid directed tone aside, the prequels knew the story it wanted to tell. The bright young boy finds freedom and a new life, the boy becomes a man and the seeds of his downfall are planted, and the man's downfall. Material like the second CloneWars series helped bring 3 concise points together. The only thing they're trying to connect to is the Sidious "reveal", which was a half baked reaction to them killing off the villain that was suppose to be set up.

9:06 Wasn't that the case in the old EU Dark Empire storyline? Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't it revealed to Luke that Palpatine was on his umptteeth clone body by the time they met on his Eclipse Super Star Destroyer? Wasn't he (Palpatine) using essence transfer and re-cloning his body time and time again?

House of the Dragon is its own self contained story. Other than taking place in the same world and having the same "family" there isn't much connection. Sequels and the GL stuff are really close in timeline. Heck it has the exact same characters in some cases. Those characters from before almost universally were made to look bad and different from their usual selves in the Sequels.

I think as long as Diisney owns it, with Kathleen and also Iger in charge. I don't think it matters if theyy jump intoo a new era andd start with neww stories and characters. They don't understand what made star wars great. I think Favreau is the one closest to get the sw feeling, but he was "sidestepped". They also now make anyone that wants becoming Jedi, to make it fair noone should be special. I also think they should maybe slow down a bit. Right now it feels like they throw stuff on a wall and hope something sticks.

I think it would just be easier to take a break, then just relaunch it without any reference to the Disney trilogy - just forget it. It has tarnished everything that came before it. It was so Ill judged - they ensured that everything that happened in the original trilogy meant nothing. They took away the happy ending for everyone we loved. If they were going to do their shite trilogy - they should have set it 100 years after the original trilogy.

It’s not time for new Star Wars, it’s time for new stories that aren’t creatively bankrupt. More things like Dune, less Star Wars

The sad thing about Thrawn is that he is not the character that people know and remember from the books, he is the Disneyfied version who appeared in SW Rebels, the Saturday cartoon villain who kept losing to a child (Space Aladdin) over and over like Disney Tarkin before him.

Star Wars is irreparable. It's best to cherish your fond memories and move on.

I was excited for the Bad Batch... Now I don't even want to finish it.

I said this before but Star Wars/ the Skywalker saga needs a new episode 7, a totally different movie with Luke It’s still possible: a movie surrounding Luke in his 60s could totally work given his story is essentially of age story and now the future is here. The last Jedi doesn’t work: it pushes an allegory that only makes sense if Luke’s role in ROTJ never happened. It also dehumanizes him given that he’s basically an opposite extreme of what Disney THINK we expect of luke. Then they basically abandon him and turn the focus on a character who’s barely concerned by the plot, not to mention the entirety of the saga. She’s also validated for imitating luke in ROTJ, tossing this don’t meet your heroes theme out the window

The sequels suffered from more than quality issues. The direction of the saga is what most find objectionable. Reminding Disney/Lucasfilm that they can make something new without tearing down what came before is rather pointless. Tearing down what came before is their point. It’s the same theme with Disney live-action remakes. They are less remakes than replacements. Eventually, the remakes will be the only versions approved by and available from Disney. Same with the sequels. This is Star Wars’ “new direction.”

My brother and I used to love playing the Super Star Wars games. I remember we were able to beat Super Star Wars, Super Empire Strikes Back, and got all the way to the last level on Super Return of the Jedi, but no matter how many times we tried, we couldn't beat it. We were in the millennial falcon trying to outrun the flames of the death Star destruction but the flames always managed to catch up to us. It was really annoying.

I dont think "All roads to the sequels" and HotD are comparable. House of the dragon doesnt have constant tie ins to Daenerys Targaryen, Jon Snow and Tyrion Lannister. It feels seperate and distinct, much like Andor, when compared to Ahsoka, Mando, Bad Batch etc...

Imo one of the issues with the "Destruction" stuff isn't that it is a bad idea, it's that it is horribly executed or asks stupid questions. for example, consider Kotor 2, which I generally think has one of the best SW stories when you get into it (especially with cut content restored). Asking a fundamental question of whether a monastic order dedicated to peace like the Jedi can survive a war is an interesting question! In that game, it is presented as the Mandalorian Wars - by fighting them off, Revan and Malak saved the Outer Rim, but in the process they created something even worse, the Jedi Civil War, which ultimately caused even more harm. What if not participating was actually the correct utilitarian choice in the long term? There's a super interesting question there about the nature of war and interventionism and whether the human psyche can survive fighting and violence without breaking (the answer, for most people, is no. Would the Jedi be different?). Ideas that could have also been handled in the prequel era but were usually glossed over or not handled well. This is something Deep Space Nine did super well and why it remains my personal favorite sci-fi show. Taking on mature topics like "what happens to an occupied people after the occupation is over? They often fight amongst each other." There's no reason Star Wars couldn't explore stuff like this, but Andor is pretty much the only thing I can think of in recent memory to even try. Instead it is just very banal stuff or ridiculous mystery boxes with long camera shots and fake complexity, like Ahsoka. People are so desperate for something interesting they projected a lot of stuff onto Baylan's character that didn't even exist on screen

The sequels needed to treat our heroes well, they didn’t . If they didn’t like the OT heroes they should have set the time a couple hundred years in the future

For me personally, it was absolutely the "roads lead to the sequels" was my breaking point for Mando and the rest of Disney Star Wars. I was under perhaps a deluded impression the Mandalorian was going to ignore the Sequels and be its own thing... but when season 3 came along and ended with those huge Sequel references, with the Rey movie also being announced at the same time, I was like... fuck this, I am out of here. And unlike GOT s8 (which I am not a GoT fan anyways) GoT didn't cause a long time fanbase to fracture as badly... it's a very different thing philosophically and personally and emotionally.

To “bring me back,” would have to be absolute perfection!

If Disney and co.’s approach to ‘tear down the old’ isn’t based on petty and malicious reasons like envy as they tend to seemingly be, then they’re doing it cause it’s easier, or because it makes the platform easier for them to shallowly pander on for profit. That heartless willingness to destroy what was built without consideration of how disrespectful that may actually be shows Disney’s unworthiness of Star Wars. Star Wars isn’t the first series or franchise, of films or not, to be torn up or torn down for something else, or raised back up in what can even be considered a perverted image that’s everything it shouldn’t or isn’t supposed to be, but it hurts all the same to see something you love so much get ruined. Sometimes it’s just… unbelievable, whether it’s the act or the supposed reason(s). It’s worse when it’s by a company that once gave you so much joy and what they do to the one thing gets spread to everything else they have or do work on.

I’m a member of the never giving Disney Star Wars another chance camp and I don’t foresee a likely scenario that would change that. It’s the people making the products that are destroying the brand. Those people permeate the film and television industry so until there is a seismic shift in staffing I don’t expect there to be a change in the quality of what Hollywood produces. Look at the treatment of Katara (among others) in the live action Avatar TLA. It’s not just a Disney problem.

Cloned Palpatine: If they are going to do ANYTHING in that regard, then it should be that Palpatine had a clone sitting ready in Death Star II somewhere and managed to use a Sith technique to transfer his consciousness to that clone as he was falling. I think it would be fitting if Sith "immortality" turned out to be transferring consciousness to another body, and therefore dependent on cloning tech, or on taking over a compatible host and destroying that host's identity, as they basically set out at the end of RoS. It still devalues Anakin's sacrifice, but at least not any more so than RoS already did. It would just be a reasonable extension of what was shown in Ros to explain the somehow in "Somehow, Palpatine returned." Going with "The Episode VI Emperor was a clone all along" would be infinitely more destructive to the originals. So in that way, I suppose it makes sense that Kennedy would want to do that.

My problem with Disney is they take things out of legend Star Wars. The stuff they threw away and say is not cannon And they try to respin it as their own like the whole bringing back Darth sidious Was ripped out of legends.

My biggest problem with Disney Star Wars is them pulling ideas and stories from the old EU and then doing them worse then they were done in the EU while also being used to try and explain and justify the sequels.

Just got back from Galaxy's Edge and I was shocked by how hard they lean into the sequel trilogy. With the investment they've made into the theme parks, they have no choice but to stay committed to the sequels and Rey.

When Disney purchaced StarWars, I was disappointed when they dismissed Legends (they had some valid reasons for it), when they announced the High Republic novels, I was a bit excited. I thought "I can't wait for games, shows, and movies dealing with this new, untouched time." And the majority of what we got was disappointment instead.

Hey Thor! You talked a bit about the fallen order games in a recent video and you have some great opinions about grey Jedi and I was wondering what your thoughts are on kotor 2. How do you feel about the deconstruction of both Jedi and Sith philosophy? What do you think of what it presents? How might it’s approach be used or ignored for things like the acolyte or other future projects?

I think if the Mandalorian had continued in the same vein as season one and two (and they had reigned in Filoni's penchant for over-the-top fan-service a bit), it would have been fine, even if it was undoubtedly heading straight towards setting up the sequels. However, I think Disney's best strategy would be to let go of trying to redeem the sequels, quietly let them fade and just focus on making good movies and series in the post-sequel era. If Rey shows up at all, she shouldn't be any more than a supporting role to pass the torch to a new generation.

4:15 Honestly, I like this idea. Heck I say Breath of the Wild it and make it like a whole 10,000 years later. Loosely make slight references old stuff to both canon & EU. Make it so we don’t know what was true or not amongst the old stories as myths & legends. It’d make it easier to separate the story as a near new canon so Disney could do what they want and no one has to acknowledge it if they don’t want to, but it also could be considered part of the actual far flung into the future who do still want to consider it interconnected.

Hey Thor, Short question with potentially a long answer, how would you do a new project centered around the Old Republic era? Would you do a movie, movies, series, books, etc.? Would you focus on Revan and the Exile or another character and time-frame? And what changes would you make, if any? It's a subject that I talk about with a lot of my Star Wars friends and personally feel it has everything Disney would want and can please the fans if handled correctly and it just baffles me why they don't seem to even want to acknowledge it though, given their hit and miss track record, I'm personally glad they haven't as the stories of Revan and the Exile and all those around them are some of my favorites so I'm personally happy they haven't tampered with them yet... But still curious to hear your elevator pitch.

the Super Star Wars trilogy were hard as shit as i recall... should be interesting to watch you play em again

I remember when we got the news they were remaking Star Wars, beginning with TFA. But now, there is so much star wars content including Ashoka, Obi Wan Kenobi and the Han Solo film which I simply do not care about.

Since "all roads lead to the sequel trilogy" then for me it's dead. and I've been a SW fan for more than 40 years. I was excited for the Disney acquisition, but KK killed it.

What are your thoughts on an adaptation of the Jedi apprentice book series? I loved them when I was younger and I think it could be a way to engage teenage/young adults into Star Wars like Disney has been trying to do for years.

It’s the Same thing that happened with the prequels. Eventually The shows will Help the Sequels fit into Star Wars better like the clone wars did with the prequels. I’m excited for some new Star Wars as well with acolyte and the first Jedi order movie and The Rey movie

Any new projects are going to have to be more than one good movie / show to bring people back, it's going to take consistent good content to get people to commit again

As for me, I don't care enough for Disney to offend me anymore. I consider them a 100% writeoff.

"...You don't have to tear down the old to create something new..." Now you do!

I think adding more context will help a lot, cuz like it or not, we're stuck with them

The biggest problem with a 300 year or other long time jump forward is that it puts Disney in a place where they are totally free to invent every aspect of the world. It loses all connection to the OT era, including potentially its design aesthetic. So it would be pure Disney Star Wars. If they were competent world builders that would be fine. But they are not so I expect going all in on that would be a death knell for the franchise.

1:38 This is why The Mandalorian was so popular. It was new, different, unlike any other Star Wars project of the time. Season 1 got peoples attention, Season 2 concluded the story, then by Season 3, The Mandalorian was no longer new/unique, it became stale, overstayed it's welcome, so now its no longer as popular as it once was. Same with Ashoka, her character arc was concluded with her death in Rebels (and Clone Wars s7 but that came after). But then she overstayed her welcome, she was brought back, the Ashoka show made her stale; she's no longer unique. Point being, StarWars/LucasFilm is so desperate for StarWars to be successful, when they do accidentally land a bullseye, they milk it dry and then are perplexed when its no longer liked. Never Jump the Shark, kids.

The Dark Forces remaster is pretty good, I was even playing it while listening to this video.

I'm an OT kid, and I would totally watch a SW trilogy set 300 years in the future. We need to forget the lackluster sequels and move the franchise forward with new stories and characters.

EU had cloning Palps too, and honestly Disney putting the Mount Tantiss (Wayland) Makes it easy for me to just pretend bad batch is in the original EU (Legends) timeline.

Ohhh, Super Star Wars on SNES is such a great game. Hard as all hell, even on Normal difficulty. Still fun, and also fun with some of the cheat codes enabled. 🤣

They need a time travel retcon for the Sequels. Nearly 90% of everyone who dipped out of StarWars was because of the Last Jedi. Heck that movie was so bad it created a whole new genre of KZfaq.

Hey Thor ! I've heard a rumor that this new "Mandalorian And Grogu" movie is actually going to center around Bo Katan. They're pulling another switcharoo. I'm wondering wouldn't people be happier if they just came out and said "We're Making A Bo Katan Movie" ? Katee Sackhoff has some star power, and I believe she has good will amongst the Star Wars fans. Why don't the suits just sack up and say "It's Going To Be About Bo Katan" ?

See “all roads lead to the sequels” doesn’t bother me or deter me from watching Star Wars but I still feel like they’re still failing to make the sequels make more sense or justified in anyway. They aren’t expanding the world let alone the galaxy they’re in. The biggest thing that is bumming me out about Star Wars is how they keep cauterizing potential story lines by killing off characters. The entire Rogue One cast dying while fitting was a big wasted opportunity to make new stores in the OT time period and not necessarily rewrite or invalidate the OT movies. As well they killed off Snap Wexlee at the end of Rise so you just cauterized the potential for movies and books afterwards. It felt like killing wedge for no reason in New Hope you lose out on all the great books staring Wedge as well as him as a supporting character in Empire and Return! It just seems so wasteful.

Yeah all roads leading to the sequels ends a lot of joy from me but if the project looks good enough I’ll probably try some stuff. That second person I’m sorry I don’t think they are actually that big of a Star Wars or EU fan as one KOTOR 2 being your favorite thing is just you saying you don’t like Jedi and I’m sure that person loved last Jedi. While KOTOR 2 has some interesting subjects and ideas Kreia isn’t some great thinker she’s a brat who worked with Sith and got betrayed by Sith and threw a tantrum and said screw everyone if I can’t win and be in charge. There are reasons that you didn’t really see any of the rest of EU creators use Kreia at all. Second there were plenty of different stories in the EU the Old Republic comics were pretty different with a padawan on the run from his masters for a crime he didn’t commit. And everything to do with the Yuuhzhan Vong is the most different Star Wars has ever been with the Jedi not even majorly fighting other force users. Then people could also read the X wing book or series around Han, Lando, and Boba which had a lot more to do with the underworld. So anyone that says everything in the EU was the same is lying and just didn’t branch out.

I tuned out of the bad batch when the rise of the Skywalker connection was brought to the forefront. I love Dave Filoni and even still like the Ahsoka show but the sequels are so contradictory within their trilogy alone that not even Shakespeare can fix them. Remember the finale of Mando season 2 when Luke arrived to train Grogu so many fans were ecstatic and convinced the sequels would be decanonized. Now that people see Disney is doubling down on something so unpopular has led to the apathy you see in the fandom today. The best I can enjoy Star Wars is going back to George Lucas's ideas and the old expanded universe.

Hey Thor, It appears pretty clear now that Kenobi Season 2 won't be a thing -- and count me among those who are relieved and think this is the right move. Season 1 was decent and entertaining but had significant problems. Still, the bigger issue to me is, Obi-Wan really shouldn't leave Tatooine again. He really can't. Lucasfilm also couldn't really get away with another whole show based on Tatooine at this point. However, I think there's another idea that could work and be fun to explore: a single, made-for-streaming movie -- perhaps with a limited theatrical release -- that features Obi-Wan training with Qui-Gon and, if they really want to bring in Hayden, maybe mix in some Clone Wars flashbacks so we can see them in their armor, etc., which was a highlight of Ahsoka with Anakin. This seems like it could actually be both viable for ambivalent fans and a lot of fun for all, but in a way that isn't dragged out unnecessarily for a series. It would give us a chance to finally see Kenobi and Jinn training together, give us more of an eye into Qui-Gon's thinking and philosophy, and offer a bit of nostalgia with some worthwhile lessons. Of course, Liam Neeson would have to agree to come back for this, but what do you think? What else might it take to make this idea work if they pursued it?

Hey Thor, a common defense I've heard for Palpatine's return in Episode 9 is that he does the same thing in the EU with the Dark Empire storyline, cloning and all. Do you have a fundamental problem with that story too? I've never read Dark Empire so I was curious if you've read the story. If you have what were your thoughts on it?

Darth Plagueis would have made the Sequels worse for a few reasons. First it still renders Anakin's sacrifice pointless as he failed to destroy the Sith. Second, it makes Palpatine come off as less of an effective villain that he failed to kill him which is running into the issue the Sequels had of making the legacy characters failures. Third Plagueis was only mentioned in one scene in Revenge of the Sith and most casual fans wouldn't recognize him. Fourth, it ruins the excellent Darth Plagueis book where Palpatine was not only shown to be manipulating his master like he did everyone else, but that Plagueis' attempts to keep people from dying were incomplete and not foolproof with all his test subjects dead well before the end of the book which opens up a plot hole of how he magically learned to become immortal now. Fifth, related to his quest for immortality, a big theme of Star Wars is that the Sith can't learn how to live after death like the Jedi because the former are selfish and the latter aren't. Selflessness is consistently treated as a requirement for learning how to become a Force Ghost.

Dark Forces remastered is really all nostalgia... it wasn't a particularly amazing game in of itself, but more a tech showcase for where Lucasarts would go in the future in the 3D fps gaming space... where they started to really get it together for the sequel, Jedi Knight.

Hey Thor: do you think we’ll ever get a super scale Jedi/republic vs sith empire with massive fleet battles and entire planets being consumed by the dark side like in pre Disney stuff (pretty sure this is old republic I’m thinking of)

I've said from the beginning that the single biggest mistake Disney made was making "sequels" rather than starting fresh with new characters in the distant future (or even distant past) of the same universe. The Skywalker saga was complete and bringing the old characters back for anything more than cameos was always going to be a disaster. Disney simply fundamentally didn't understand Star Wars and they would have been given some grace if they fumbled through it with their new characters rather than the old. Rey being a Mary Sue for example would be less offensive if she wasn't showing up Luke for instance.

There’s no need to tear down what was, you only have to create good characters and stories. IF you don’t tear down what was, you get a lot of grace with fans. If you have to tear down what was in order to prop up your new story and characters, then they’re not good stories or characters.

There was a point in the Rogue Squadron series where they all resign to continue their own mission to rescue someone. That could be massaged to fit in the Mando verse and the Republics decommissioning their military. Would be a compelling story mostly written with good characters and story going in a different direction. Won’t happen though lol 😂

I do like muddying the waters between Jedi and Sith. Not so much the orders themselves, but certain Jedi and Sith as individuals. I think nobody is completely good and nobody is completely evil, though some will only act and be enticed by one side or the other. There are so many Sith we can empathise with (only completely evil lunatics like Sidious and Vitiate are exempt). There are so many Sith we can relate to and empathise with. Vader, Maul, Tyranus, Revan, Sion and I’d say even Nihilus a bit. And there are some Jedi who repulse the audience from time to time, often being too stern, cold and emotionless, like Windu, Ki-Adi Mundi or Luminara. It’s clear that Jedi will always strive to do good for others and Sith will always strive to do good for their own sakes, but the ways individuals go about it varies and that makes both orders complex and layered. Furthermore, I quite like different Jedi and Sith philosophies and how they can clearly be assigned to different time periods. Both orders change. Not so much in their core principles but in the way they seek to uphold them. Both institutions are interesting to me. The Jedi having long become complacent at the time of the prequels and the Sith having evolved to fight them in a different manner, outwitting the now rather foolish Jedi, rather than combatting them head-on like the Sith of old. I like that we can frown upon certain decisions from the Jedi order and we can understand why certain characters fell to the dark side. I am just a big fan of these grey areas, which kind of makes it ironic that I love Star Wars as much as I do, despite my generally increasing apathy. The stories I’m writing myself are generally more grey. And that doesn’t mean that characters can’t clearly be classified as good or evil, but if they are clearly good or evil, they can often be a bit questionable, a bit drawn towards the other side here or there.

What we need is a serious threat to the Galaxy that the Sith and the Empire can not handle. The Killiks or Yuzanne Vong would work out fine rather than having the Sith rehash their pointless plots against sentient alien life forms where a Galaxy isn't big enough for their megalomaniac dreams of conquest out of spite for the Jedi..

Didn't the novelization confirm that EP9 Palps was a clone, but inhabited by original spirit or something?

Thor out here about to get Jump King-ed by Super Star Wars lmao i need to see this

Hey, Thor. I feel like I, and many people who enjoy Star Wars, feel a sense that the "Original Trilogy" are kind of timeless, and the sequel and prequel trilogies suffer in that regard in comparison; the prequels are the beginnings of an age of movies infatuated with the possibilities of CG, and the sequels suffer from a current-day unwillingness to have heroines struggle, need to improve, or need help or guidance. But I also grew up in the eighties, and I'm sure I have my blind spots to how their own era influenced them. Have you given much thought to how the 70s-80s influenced the OT?

Hey Thor, why do you think shows like The Bad Batch and The Mandalorian are acting so secretive about bringing Palpatine back? We already know where this is all heading, yet they’re treating it like some new, earth-shattering storyline. It’s really making it hard to stay interested in these shows. I just can’t take them seriously when they keep reminding me of “somehow Palpatine returned.”

Yeah... the absolute worst part of this shitshow is that Disney and Lucasfilm have completely failed to capture the younger generation. What's left?

Hey Thor,was wondering how you felt about the theory that the Ewoks are just in Epsiode 6 just for merchandise & that Lucas chose Ewoks over other creatures because he knew they’d sell.

I hope SotE gets remastered. I have it on Steam, and there are a few things that need fixing. Proper controller and m+kb support. I have a nice control scheme setup that fells better than what the N64 had, but a hassle to set up with the outdated button labels. The cg cutscenes look bad, I always prefer the N64 ones which have an additional scene with Han Solo. Some issues with the resolution, the higher the resolution the smaller the text is, and cutscenes are 1/4 the size playing in the corner.

I think all roads lead to the sequels is the main reason, it is for me at least. Everything before TFA means nothing and everything after cannot be taken seriously. The sequels do nothing but break the immersion. My fandom hangs on the thin thread of hope that they get decanonized.

How many years after ROTS did the Clone Wars series come out? It’s coming up on five years since the last Disney Star Wars Trilogy and they haven’t made anything related to it because fans won’t watch it. If the Acolyte doesn’t respect what made the Original six films so special it’ll be game over unless they’re willing to de-canonize everything and reboot from scratch.

Hey Thor. Do you think the sequel trilogy will ever get a renaissance like the prequels have gotten? Can you see a future where Disney Star Wars is redeemed and generally loved?

Agreed would love new themes and different parts of the galaxy and species and races being focused on

For me, it’s all roads lead to the Sequels. In fact, anything in cannon referencing them turns me off from Star Wars. But the main reason is I no longer feel safe trusting in the current Star Wars brand. The sequels destroyed my ability to suspend disbelief in the canon, so anything that incorporates them is tarnished to me. “New and different” isn’t enough for me. Star Wars needs to be repaired.

Because his plans were stupid. He had a Doctor Evil intelligence!

I would return to Star Wars if three things happened: 1) the Sequels being stricken out from canon; 2) new and good content (movies, TV series, animation, games) being made; 3) a consistent canon of the events and the Force being adopted. Namely, abolish all that crap about the Jedi being "evil" and about the Balance being a bit of both Dark and Light side.