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continuing from my last post: i think the biggest miscalculation on disney’s part is thinking that star wars is comparable to marvel/mcu, due to its astronomical popularity, but star wars has only ever accidentally been a huge success. they’ve all been weird and experimental movies, to varying degrees, and with a clear story to tell with a beginning-middle-end. and, not to rag on the sequel trilogy, but there was really no point to it. there was no story being told, no lessons being imparted, no experimental visual storytelling or special effects, it wasn’t just there to make a buck (as all things are), but they felt like they were just there to make a buck, and that’s why almost nobody i know has even seen episode 9. there is no story being told, just “hey, you’ll watch more star wars right?” and it turns out no, actually you do need a story otherwise people just won’t watch it. even as universally reviled as the prequels were on release, the idea you wouldn’t see them was unthinkable. you wanted to see the story play out. you wanted to know how anakin became darth vader. disney has no story, they just have the hope enough people will come back to see more obi wan, or boba fett, or ahsoka, or baby yoda, or whoever else. seeing star wars reduced to mid ass television breaks my heart. even the two old clone wars shows were weird and experimental, all this new stuff is just… weak and pointless.