When I watched star wars for the first time, I watched them in story order, not realising episode four came out decades before episode one. I was confused about how people said the CG looked dated, that’s for sure.
Honestly, I believe episode 4-6 were revolutionary for their time, but I don’t think they hold up. The Ewoks were worse than Jarjar. C3PO’s dialogue was as clunky as Anakin’s and slave Leia was just weird to randomly put in there out of the blue. She’s hot and all, but her in a bikini didn’t serve any purpose for the plot. The movies were slow and the places the plot took the characters felt more like “look at this wacky space location” than logical next steps for the characters to take.
Episode 1 was a combination of cringe (kid Anakin) and an interesting setup for the geopolitical situation of the Republic. I honestly found the plot about the fall of the Republic and the internal struggles of the Jedi as they turned from peacekeeping force into soldiers more interesting than the plotlines about the rebels. I think the prequels are as good or in some cases better than the original series.
I watched the sequels as they came out, and they all felt like stories that merely happened around the same universe rather than as sequels to the movies. I later read that this was intentional (they wanted three directors for three movies to have three takes on Star Wars) but I can’t say that I ever bothered to watch them again to check if I still think the same way.
There were the other Star Wars movies that were just “things that happened in the Star Wars universe” which came out a lot better than the sequels because they knew what they were.
In my opinion, the peak of Star Wars were the Clone Wars cartoons, and specifically the episodes about the slow decay of the Republic. There were a lot it “wacky robot adventures” and “Padme proves she’s a big girl that needs no man” episodes that I didn’t care for, but the good ones made up for the bad ones.
I watched Star Wars Rebels and the Bad Batch but honestly I think they tried very hard to get the Clone Wars feel but just couldn’t get it done. They’re entertaining shows, but not that great in comparison to good Star Wars in my opinion.
The Mandalorian and The Mandalorian 2: Boba Fett Boogaloo both started out great but after one season I felt like the writers weren’t sure where they were taking the show. Lots of crossovers and references, going as far as to bring back Clone Wars characters, but more fan service than good plots in many circumstances. The Mark Hamill cameo made no sense and was a terrible decision in my opinion.
Obi Wan felt like they had an interesting concept that was wasted on yet another child character. All I can remember after finishing it is how Obi Wan played babysitter for a while and the character could’ve left a much more lasting impression.
I still need to see Andor, I don’t have a good source for that show at the moment. I’ve read high praise about it online and here so I’ll have to download it, I suppose.
The best Star Wars is the show that gave us Boba Fett: the Star Wars Holiday Special. I think Lukas’ vision really came through when grandpa Chewy watched softcore VR porn in the living room. Nothing quite matches the aesthetic of “panicked holiday release” like the show Lukas secret wants you to forget about.
slave Leia was just weird to randomly put in there out of the blue. She’s hot and all, but her in a bikini didn’t serve any purpose for the plot.
You mean other than the fact she was literally sold as a slave in the previous movie??? You can disagree with the bikini, but that doesn’t mean it didn’t serve any purpose to the plot.
For the plot it’s important that Leia got caught and her friends had to come rescue her. Turning her into a sex slave did fulfil that requirement, but it’s just a weird thing to jump to in my opinion.
Could’ve just locked her up, maybe torture her for information, and still have the same story flow without putting her on display like that. The way it was done just felt unnecessarily horny.
Sex, swords and sandal movies were fairly common. Kids didn’t get the slave thing, parents thought it was hot.
The population of the West has become older, more prudish, and has less sex. Look at average pictures from the 1970s, and 80s. People were skinnier, wore less clothing, and were generally hotter.
When I watched star wars for the first time, I watched them in story order, not realising episode four came out decades before episode one. I was confused about how people said the CG looked dated, that’s for sure.
Honestly, I believe episode 4-6 were revolutionary for their time, but I don’t think they hold up. The Ewoks were worse than Jarjar. C3PO’s dialogue was as clunky as Anakin’s and slave Leia was just weird to randomly put in there out of the blue. She’s hot and all, but her in a bikini didn’t serve any purpose for the plot. The movies were slow and the places the plot took the characters felt more like “look at this wacky space location” than logical next steps for the characters to take.
Episode 1 was a combination of cringe (kid Anakin) and an interesting setup for the geopolitical situation of the Republic. I honestly found the plot about the fall of the Republic and the internal struggles of the Jedi as they turned from peacekeeping force into soldiers more interesting than the plotlines about the rebels. I think the prequels are as good or in some cases better than the original series.
I watched the sequels as they came out, and they all felt like stories that merely happened around the same universe rather than as sequels to the movies. I later read that this was intentional (they wanted three directors for three movies to have three takes on Star Wars) but I can’t say that I ever bothered to watch them again to check if I still think the same way.
There were the other Star Wars movies that were just “things that happened in the Star Wars universe” which came out a lot better than the sequels because they knew what they were.
In my opinion, the peak of Star Wars were the Clone Wars cartoons, and specifically the episodes about the slow decay of the Republic. There were a lot it “wacky robot adventures” and “Padme proves she’s a big girl that needs no man” episodes that I didn’t care for, but the good ones made up for the bad ones.
I watched Star Wars Rebels and the Bad Batch but honestly I think they tried very hard to get the Clone Wars feel but just couldn’t get it done. They’re entertaining shows, but not that great in comparison to good Star Wars in my opinion.
The Mandalorian and The Mandalorian 2: Boba Fett Boogaloo both started out great but after one season I felt like the writers weren’t sure where they were taking the show. Lots of crossovers and references, going as far as to bring back Clone Wars characters, but more fan service than good plots in many circumstances. The Mark Hamill cameo made no sense and was a terrible decision in my opinion.
Obi Wan felt like they had an interesting concept that was wasted on yet another child character. All I can remember after finishing it is how Obi Wan played babysitter for a while and the character could’ve left a much more lasting impression.
I still need to see Andor, I don’t have a good source for that show at the moment. I’ve read high praise about it online and here so I’ll have to download it, I suppose.
The best Star Wars is the show that gave us Boba Fett: the Star Wars Holiday Special. I think Lukas’ vision really came through when grandpa Chewy watched softcore VR porn in the living room. Nothing quite matches the aesthetic of “panicked holiday release” like the show Lukas secret wants you to forget about.
You mean other than the fact she was literally sold as a slave in the previous movie??? You can disagree with the bikini, but that doesn’t mean it didn’t serve any purpose to the plot.
For the plot it’s important that Leia got caught and her friends had to come rescue her. Turning her into a sex slave did fulfil that requirement, but it’s just a weird thing to jump to in my opinion.
Could’ve just locked her up, maybe torture her for information, and still have the same story flow without putting her on display like that. The way it was done just felt unnecessarily horny.
Watch Andor
Sex, swords and sandal movies were fairly common. Kids didn’t get the slave thing, parents thought it was hot.
The population of the West has become older, more prudish, and has less sex. Look at average pictures from the 1970s, and 80s. People were skinnier, wore less clothing, and were generally hotter.