Star Wars Should Take A Big Leap Into The Future
Star Wars is arguably the oldest and most revered multimedia entertainment franchise in mainstream popular culture. It also has the good fortune of having a loyal legion of fans to its name. Perhaps only the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) can match the galaxy far, far away in its universal, global appeal. Star Wars has 11 movies to its name, including three sets of trilogies over the span of several decades. There have also been several Star Wars television shows, both animated and live-action. This includes a couple of ongoing television shows in The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett.
The franchise is not set to rest on its laurels just yet, however. The upcoming Obi-Wan Kenobi television show is set to stream on Disney+ in May of 2022. Beyond that, there is an upcoming Ahsoka television show coming to Disney+, spinning off of that character’s initial appearance in The Mandalorian.
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One thing remains a relative constant in Star Wars multimedia projects: Lucasfilm plays fairly conservatively when it comes to George Lucas’s fictional universe. The films take place within a couple of generations of each other, despite the fact that the events take place, “a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away.” The movies and the television shows also tend to revolve around the Skywalkers or their outer circles. It might be time for Star Wars to finally do something bold. What could be bolder for this relatively timid franchise to reject the past and take a deep dive into the future?
The beauty of 2016’s Rogue One film was that it embraced nuance. In a fictional universe that was unapologetically black and white when it came to morality, it was refreshing for fans to view a film that
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