Star wars is best with writers and directors that respect the source material and tell a story within it rather than paint their story to look like Star wars.
I think even more important is that they tell a story they want to tell, and are interested in. Anyone can make Star Wars slop. To make something like Andor requires passion.
Not every story belongs or fits in star wars though. Most of what Disney has done falls in this category, but TLJ and the acolyte are the worst offenders.
I disagree. TLJ was a garbage story, but nothing about it couldn’t work in the Star Wars universe. It’s like saying you can’t tell a children’s story in the LotR universe, but The Hobbit exists and is good (not the movies).
Star Wars is large, and there’s space for any story you want to make. It just happens that Disney wants shit ones that are just about cashing in on the name. However, there’s space for CRPGs, like Knights of the Old Republic. There’s space for FPSs, like the Republic Commando. There’s space for classic heros journeys, like the original trilogy. There’s space for children’s TV shows, like The Clone Wars. There’s no good story that can’t fit in the universe. It just needs to be good, and made by people who care.
Part of the caring is taking the time to understand the universe and how it works. Disney has repeatedly just done things “because plot” that have massive ramifications for the universe as a whole, which makes things not fit. You can’t just make spaceships naval vessels and planes, even if that was their original inspiration, they’ve evolved to their own thing in universe. You can’t just treat Jedi as space cops, because that’s not really what they were ever intended to be, it’s actually a pretty major plot point in the prequels that them taking a more active role in supporting the Republic led to their demise.
As another example, you could make a Witcher like story in Star wars, but you couldn’t just make Geralt a Jedi and call it a day.
My observation is: Star Wars is best without lightsabers.
Star wars is best with writers and directors that respect the source material and tell a story within it rather than paint their story to look like Star wars.
I think even more important is that they tell a story they want to tell, and are interested in. Anyone can make Star Wars slop. To make something like Andor requires passion.
Not every story belongs or fits in star wars though. Most of what Disney has done falls in this category, but TLJ and the acolyte are the worst offenders.
I disagree. TLJ was a garbage story, but nothing about it couldn’t work in the Star Wars universe. It’s like saying you can’t tell a children’s story in the LotR universe, but The Hobbit exists and is good (not the movies).
Star Wars is large, and there’s space for any story you want to make. It just happens that Disney wants shit ones that are just about cashing in on the name. However, there’s space for CRPGs, like Knights of the Old Republic. There’s space for FPSs, like the Republic Commando. There’s space for classic heros journeys, like the original trilogy. There’s space for children’s TV shows, like The Clone Wars. There’s no good story that can’t fit in the universe. It just needs to be good, and made by people who care.
Part of the caring is taking the time to understand the universe and how it works. Disney has repeatedly just done things “because plot” that have massive ramifications for the universe as a whole, which makes things not fit. You can’t just make spaceships naval vessels and planes, even if that was their original inspiration, they’ve evolved to their own thing in universe. You can’t just treat Jedi as space cops, because that’s not really what they were ever intended to be, it’s actually a pretty major plot point in the prequels that them taking a more active role in supporting the Republic led to their demise.
As another example, you could make a Witcher like story in Star wars, but you couldn’t just make Geralt a Jedi and call it a day.