XPost: rec.arts.movies.current-films, alt.movies   
   From: YourName@YourISP.com   
      
   On 2019-03-03 08:34:43 +0000, Anson Carmichael said:   
   > In rec.arts.sf.movies Dimensional Traveler  wrote:   
   >> On 10/27/2018 8:47 PM, BTR1701 wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> Why the hell are the focusing on ancillary characters when there all sorts   
   >>> of dead space in Darth Vader's story between REVENGE OF THE SITH and ROGUE   
   >>> ONE just waiting to be filled in?   
   >>>   
   >>> What's next? CANTINA BAND HAMMERHEAD: A STAR WARS STORY   
   >>   
   >> Probably.  You have to remember the original plan was one Star Wars   
   >> movie a year.   
   >   
   > In fairness, if it was all Vader all the time, people would get bored.   
   >   
   > This is just my opinion, but Vader is cool because in addition to being   
   > a general badass he's also a bit distant. I know enough backstory to   
   > appreciate the character, but not so much that I'm bored of the   
   > character.   
   >   
   > To be honest, a Boba Fett movie (or The Mandalorian or whatever)   
      
   "The Mandalorian" TV series is not about Boba Fett.   
      
      
      
   > could be a good idea. There's a lot we don't know about Boba Fett and   
   > the things he did up until A New Hope. Besides, it's pretty clear   
   > Lucas/Disney is trying to expand the Star Wars universe. It can't all   
   > just be about the Skywalker clan.   
      
   The problem is that;   
      
   a.  Neither Lucasfilm nor Disney really understand that. They insist on   
       always bringing in the original characters. They had a perfectly good,   
       separate series with "Rebels", and then ran out of sensible ideas and   
       had to bring in Darth Maul, Darth Vader, Leia, etc. Same with "Lego   
       Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures".   
      
   and   
      
   b.  The general human being is incredibly stupid. If the movies / TV shows   
       don't include those original chracters, you get all the dumbasses   
       complaining "Where is {insert character}?", "Did (s)he die?", etc.   
      
   Nobody seems to have the common sense to understand that it's a massive   
   universe with a ton of different stories that could be told. The   
   closest we've got so far, outside of a few books, was the "Rogue One"   
   movie.   
      
   Mind you, it's no different in any other franchise. For example, in the   
   spin-off Stargate shows they kept bringing in the original SG-1   
   characters.   
      
   As alwyas, it basically comes back to a complete lack of any actual   
   creative ability in Hollyweird these days, so they lazily bring out the   
   stuff we've already seen a billion times before.   :-(   
      
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