Why? Rey's shorts happen before and during TFA, Jyn's before Rogue One, and Leia's seem to be during and after the original trilogy (I'm assuming that Padmé's will be during the Clone Wars, but it'd be nice to see her lead Naboo again). Nothing is really going to change drastically.
I am shocked Padme gets anything since Disney's mode of operating recently has been pretending nothing other than the original trilogy and anything made by them, exists.
Wait until you hit 50 - that was my toughest birthday. Of course it might have had to do with my son having surgery first thing in the morning in one hospital, my father having surgery at noon in another (just across the river from each other, thank God) and stopping off at a funeral at a church halfway between them. I brought my son home, got my neighbor to stay with him, went to the funeral and continued on to the hospital to sit with my mother and stay until my dad was settled in his room.
Everything new that isn't mobile shovelware, Star Tours, or Lego is canon now.
Lucasfilm themselves have been continually stressing that isn't really the case and that ignoring the prequels was more of Simon Pegg and JJ's own prerogatives. Like JJ is so petty about the prequels that he had Podracer flags removed from Maz's Castle because a few background elements suddenly made that establishing shot "all about podracing". It's also why JJ refused to explain anything about the political situation of the galaxy because that sounds too much like the prequels.
I have nothing but contempt for JJ Abrams and especially Simon Pegg. In a just world, They should not have been allowed anywhere near the Creative direction for Star Wars. I am just glad he isn't directing the next one or I would just expect a paint-by-numbers re-telling of The Empire Strikes Back.
There are episodes of The Clone Wars that come pretty close.
Characters are like ice cream, a few of them are fine, but they crossed the line there. Whoa.
I hope an assembly like that never happens again. Walt Disney World should keep it classy for the 50th, the big cheese and a few others. It should be about the park, not the characters.
Though I guess I could just ride attractions while this would be going on!
But I actually enjoyed it.Characters are like ice cream, a few of them are fine, but they crossed the line there. Whoa.
I hope an assembly like that never happens again. Walt Disney World should keep it classy for the 50th, the big cheese and a few others. It should be about the park, not the characters.
Though I guess I could just ride attractions while this would be going on!
It's more a singular, melodramatic attachment to the prequel trilogy.
Outside of Phantom Menace, they're good flicks. However, nothing beats the heights the Empire had. TFA was a pretty close second though, and yes it followed a lot of story beats from A New Hope but guess what? That's The Hero's Journey and 99.999% of good vs. evil stories follow that format.
and my nerves.
