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[–] neuracnu@lemmy.blahaj.zone 95 points 1 week ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (7 children)

Red Letter Media’s final thoughts on the state of Star Wars were pretty insightful: It’s become a container with a very specific aesthetic that Disney can pile an infinite number of things into: multi-quadrant science fiction blockbusters, preschool cartoons, carnival rides, political dramas, kids adventures, whatever.

It’s since stopped being a finite thing anyone can love anymore. When something becomes everything, it loses distinctness. That distinctness, whatever it was, is what early fans originally fell in love with.

Of course, those original objects still exist, but you have to specify them. You’re an “original trilogy” fan or an Andor fan or the made-for-TV Ewok movies fan†, but saying you’re a Star Wars fan is basically meaningless now. And for people who proudly wore that mantle, through eyerolls and ridicule, that’s a genuine loss.

† Teek from Battle for Endor has a posse.

[–] tomiant@piefed.social 34 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)
[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago (2 children)

They're giving Jaxon a movie?

[–] wjrii@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

Only if they get James Gunn to do it, and only if they can find something eye-shaped to graphically pierce.

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