I grew up watching Star Wars a few years before the prequels came out.

I loved it! I was a big Star Wars fan. I honestly almost completely lost interest in it after I became an even bigger Trek fan.

I’ve been playing Lego Star Wars and it’s been fun, but it made me realize that the stories all seem surface deep to me.

I get the movies from the 70s were not going to deep dive in Luke’s training, but in each film it’s just like, “And… you’re a Jedi master now.”

There are other races and we do not get to really learn much about them. I guess the Mandalorian filled that out some, but I couldn’t get into that show.

I guess this is more of a rant about how Star Wars feels like and empty shell of a series than something with more substance.

I really wish, that there was something that went deeper.

I have not watched all the Disney+ shows yet, but I might start Ahsoka or Andor tonight. I watched Obi Wan and liked it, I tried Mando 2 times and did not like it one bit.

I loved the Shadows of the Empire book.

  • mcforest@feddit.org
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    4 days ago

    Yeah, a lot of Star Wars is pretty bland and just reiterations of the original trilogy. But there are some exceptions, many of them hidden in the old Extended Universe.

    My favorite Star Wars media besides the original films are the Knights Of The Old Republic games. Especially the second one has one of the best Star Wars stories ever written because it tries to be much deeper then “Jedi good, Jedi with red sabers bad”.

    Rogue One and Andor are also not your typical Star Wars stories but with right amount of Star Wars flair.

      • MagicShel@lemmy.zipEnglish
        9·
        4 days ago

        If you like rogue one, watch Andor. Ahsoka is okay, but if you haven’t watched Clone Wars & Rebels, it will fall flat for you and IMO the first few episodes are really weak. I don’t hate it. I really love Baylen Skoll as a character (RIP Ray Stevenson), but if you are on the cusp with Star Wars, I can’t recommend it — it’s more for the fans than to make fans, you know?

        Mando is good for a lighthearted romp through the galaxy, especially the first season and the second season has some gems.

        Clone Wars has some really good Star Wars in it but certainly not every episode and I found the first couple of seasons to be a slog.

        There’s not a lot else I’d recommend right now. I love all of the shows (Book of Boba Fett was not great, but it had its moments — you need a high tolerance for cheese, though).

        A lot of people hate on The Acolyte, but I enjoyed it. It features a deeper dive into the Jedi, an alternate viewpoint of The Force, and the unrealized promise (due to cancellation) of a compelling bad guy. But enough people hate it that I’m hesitant to recommend it to someone who is struggling to enjoy Star Wars as much as they’d like.

        Good luck, friend!

        • neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
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          3 days ago

          Omg! Andor is amazing! This is exactly what I wanted from Star Wars. That show is doing a great job of world building.

          That’s what was always missing for me. We always see this is just what happened but why and how we’re not really explained.

          This is doing it. I’ve watched 9 episodes since last night.