Star Wars Will Never Grow Until It Leaves Tatooine Behind

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If you were afraid that the Obi-Wan Kenobi series would do anything even remotely different to every other Star Wars property in existence, fear not. The fact the trailer was filled with washed out desert beige and glowing red lights took everyone by the hand, held them close, and whispered sweetly into their ears "Don't worry darling, Star Wars is here."

Maybe it's written into the Disney contracts that Star Wars things have to be safe, repetitive, unambitiously boring, and have all the cinematography of the young Wes Bentley filming a drifting plastic bag in American Beauty. Actually, that's harsh on Bentley. At least he was trying, in his own trite way, to be poetic and create something new. Instead, Star Wars has all the cinematography of your dad taking the family photo. Just put all the important people right in the middle of the shot, and that's it. You're done. See you next year at the barbeque/Ahsoka spin-off.

Related: The Obi-Wan Kenobi Series Needs To Be Nothing Like The Mandalorian

When you're Star Wars, you don't need to do anything that different. In fact, doing so often earns you the ire of the fans - just ask Rian Johnson. The Mandalorian was something of a new direction, but the fact we all called Grogu 'Baby Yoda' for a year shows it wasn't exactly reinventing the wheel. Plus, it was basically just a Boba Fett show - then they went and introduced Boba Fett anyway, gave him his own spin-off, and crammed a de-aged Luke Skywalker into both. Even though The Mandalorian was a new idea in that it focused on a new character (however Bobaish his inspirations were), it still looked very much like Star Wars. Purists would argue you shouldn't change the look too much, but if you're not doing anything new, what's