AKA legends is still the EU, new live action tv show coming out, Lucasarts isn't dissolved and makes 1313. Dark Horse still retains the comic license... ETC
No live action show, I really can't see that working too well unless it keeps the effects to a minimum which would lessen appeal I'm sure..
But yeah I'd prefer it, there's some good new stuff, but a lot of it was wasted imo. The new movies are....'ok' but with the problems I don't see where the ST is gonna be going at EP 9.
The comics...eh really found only the Vader series to be the good one, the main series has some good issues but that's out of like 40 so far.
Plus we kinda did already get this story with Jedi Outcast/Academy...which was better imo.
@wolfrazer: yeah the ST is a mess, really due to them letting Rian do anything. I mean you have ep 7 which was the safest possible movie, they got flak for that, then they let rian do anything resulting in two VERY different movies that are very jarring compared to eachother.
No, the live-action show that was previous announced was never coming out, however now that Disney is starting a streaming service, a new live-action show has a better shot of airing on that platform. The formerly-known-as "Expanded Universe" novels had some good stuff as well as a lot of crap. I think it's a mistake to romanticise it too much. As for the comics, I quite like a lot of the new stuff especially the Darth Vader series that ran. The only real issue I have is with the video games. So far, all have been left wanting. Outside of mobile, there hasn't been too much and what has been released has been a huge disappointment. I am not going to speculate whether 1313 would have ever been released, but at least it was something to hope for.
Even though they are just worse versions of the original trilogy so far and the Solo movie will likely ruin his character, it is cool to be getting new Star Wars movies. As a Star Wars fan I gotta be happy with that. Maybe Episode 9 will be good.
I also didn't read much EU, and didn't consider it truly canon since Lucas didn't, so that doesn't matter much to me.
@xwraith thats three things, also kinect star wars was only made because Kinect was an unexplored canvas, if kinect wasn't a stupid mess (like it turned out to be) we'd all be "kinecting" right now.
@obi_wan__: Sure, I think they brought new life into the brand and introduced it to a new generation and helped fixed the movie gap from 2005...also they do not really interfere with Lucasfilm and simply fund the organization like they do with marvel...
No, the live-action show that was previous announced was never coming out, however now that Disney is starting a streaming service, a new live-action show has a better shot of airing on that platform. The formerly-known-as "Expanded Universe" novels had some good stuff as well as a lot of crap. I think it's a mistake to romanticise it too much. As for the comics, I quite like a lot of the new stuff especially the Darth Vader series that ran. The only real issue I have is with the video games. So far, all have been left wanting. Outside of mobile, there hasn't been too much and what has been released has been a huge disappointment. I am not going to speculate whether 1313 would have ever been released, but at least it was something to hope for.
Expanded Universe is far from perfect, true, but its successes (Darth Plagueis, Thrawn trilogy, Jedi Knight game series) far outweight its failures.
The comics are so far the only thing Disney made decently.
Heck no. The only downside is that we never got to see Star Wars 1313. Aside from that, I don't care. I've enjoyed the Marvel Star Wars comics, and more importantly, I've enjoyed all 3 Disney Star Wars movies.
Also, Disney is making a live action Star Wars show for the Disney streaming service.
@royal_warrior: Well i'm not saying Disney is the problem, just that yearly movies and the end of the EU were only brought on by the purchase of Lucasfilm.
Agree on Kathleen Kennedy being a big part of the problem. Her and Abrams. Kennedy actually takes pictures with her friend and their daughters wearing t shirts that say 'the force is female' and shit like that. She is the movie equivalent of the idiots who have been running Marvel's comics for the last 5-6 years.
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