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[Disney Irish]

The big miss in the sequels was not reuniting the big three in one scene.

The bigger miss was not filming them before the prequels.

I'll agree with both, and say that the latter rather than the former is the biggest travesty of anything in modern SW.

 

[Tony the Tigger]

I'll agree with both, and say that the latter rather than the former is the biggest travesty of anything in modern SW.

Wonder how much blame for that goes to Harrison Ford.

 

[brideck]

I'll agree with both, and say that the latter rather than the former is the biggest travesty of anything in modern SW.

I really think the ability to do anything in the space of episode 7+ got completely handcuffed the minute the Zahn trilogy came out in the '90s and was insanely popular. Any movies made after that point would've had to either just be adaptations of existing EU material or figure out a way to play nicely with it, which doesn't strike me as something Lucas ever would have been particularly keen on doing. Which is to say, yeah... Lucas should've really just started making more movies around 1990 if he actually believed in his trilogy of trilogies spiel.

Disney's alienating choice to pitch out the majority of the EU was kind of the only way to make original movies in that timeframe. The death of the EU would probably have been more broadly forgiven, if they'd really built something great to replace it for 7-9.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

The big miss in the sequels was not reuniting the big three in one scene.

There were 3 big Mistakes:
Reboot
Reinventing the wheel
Retcon

The bigger miss was not filming them before the prequels.

Agreed. That was George…he wanted no part of paying - particularly fords - price at that time

But if you look at the late 90s…there’s a couple of afi tributes out there featuring the 3…they were the perfect ages to pass it off and still be heroes.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Wonder how much blame for that goes to Harrison Ford.

Almost all blame was ford and George…knowing what we know now

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

I really think the ability to do anything in the space of episode 7+ got completely handcuffed the minute the Zahn trilogy came out in the '90s and was insanely popular. Any movies made after that point would've had to either just be adaptations of existing EU material or figure out a way to play nicely with it, which doesn't strike me as something Lucas ever would have been particularly keen on doing. Which is to say, yeah... Lucas should've really just started making more movies around 1990 if he actually believed in his trilogy of trilogies spiel.

Disney's alienating choice to pitch out the majority of the EU was kind of the only way to make original movies in that timeframe. The death of the EU would probably have been more broadly forgiven, if they'd really built something great to replace it for 7-9.

Yeah but the zahn books were 100% fan service…and would have been so repetitive

But it really showed the power of the franchise and the thirst for it…after the dark ages.

Disney saying “we know better” and canning the EU - was a mistake though. The EU was filled with a lot of crap…no doubt…but that’s not why they canned it.

It was because they had a “strategic” decision to reinvent it to “expand the fanbase” while still selling the same merchandise and tie ins with the originals on the periphery.

What genius…And pretty easy to autopsy now.

But then I see thrawn on a 2024 streaming show…so they couldn’t even backup the proclamation.

Ugh