jeangreyforever
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I just rewatched the Gremlins movies and it dawned on me how similar Baby Yoda's design was to Gizmo. I wouldn't be surprised if he was a heavy inspiration for Baby Yoda's character. I think Rogue One had a two-hit punch of Darth Vader's scene plus all the main characters being killed off. General audiences weren't expecting anything that brutal.Yes baby yoda is definitely the catalyst for that show. If baby yoda wasn't a hit, the show would have probably ended up a big miss. Heck, you could make the argument that without Vader, Rogue one wouldn't have landed as well as it did. That final Vader scene is one of the best in all of star wars.
I get that, especially for people who aren't huge fans of the clone wars/rebels stuff. Ashoka is extremely popular, I'm not a huge fan, but she's one of the most loved characters. So it makes sense since we really never got her stories conclusion.
While I don't think that star wars needs the Skywalkers. And I have been at the forefront of knights of the old republic being the next thing. That way you only need to follow the basic rules of the universe. And you then aren't burdened with legacy characters. That said, Luke is the only logical one to end up with baby yoda. He's the only true Jedi left and the one rebuilding the order.
I'm not an Ahsoka fan either and S2 was heavily hyped as introducing her, not to mention some of the other Clone Wars characters who appeared. Her entire episode seemed like a pilot for her own spin-off series which sure enough was confirmed. Similarly enough, Boba Fett was brought back in this season (after the hint to him in S1) for the purpose of launching his own series, so it seemed every episode functioned to spin off a new show which grew tiresome. It reminds me of the Marvel movies and shows where you can't go a movie or episode without introducing a new character who gets confirmed as getting their own project.
I would also like to see the Knights of the Old Republic as well. I think that's what the Game of Thrones creators were working on before they were fired or maybe their project was the origin of the Jedi, I can't remember exactly. I know the books have focused on the era of the High Republic, 300 years before the events of The Phantom Menace, but that doesn't seem to have been much of a success outside of a niche market. And while you're right that Luke made sense to end up with Baby Yoda, that entire finale scene with him seemed cynically crafted to copy the success of Vader's scene in Rogue One.