Star War Bad. Except for the fact it genuinely made fx advances, audio advances, created ILM, THX.
The story is just a vessel for technological creativity surrounding it.
It's always been that way, and it should always be that way, without directors trying to bamboozle you with shyamalan twists. Sadly, that was the most enjoyable of the three sequels when it came to visual language and originality.
When it comes to the PT, the rise of Palpatine through sheer political manipulation is realistic af, as he literally divided the republic in two factions to just reap the winnings of either one. Dunno, pretty relevant almost two decades later.
The SW of Lucas can be odd at some points, but a single frame can convey so much information that it created a new piece of canon. You got a guy that stands out of the ordinary in Tatooine? Bam, that's an undercover Jedi named Quinlan Vos.
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At least better than the Benny Hill show in space that is Star Trek
I'm cool with The Mandalorian just being a western/samurai show set in the Star Wars universe. I don't need deep character development and story arcs that go for multiple seasons. Just give me cool bad guys making hell for the townsfolk and Mando and friends solving the problem of the week. Wash, rinse, repeat.
Yeah, mostly this. Still, it's only normal there's an underlying plot. I understand them bringing
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Luke in because of the absolute disservice they did to him in the ST