Does anyone else think Star Wars is a bit muddled? This may be a bit of an unpopular opinion, but I haven’t delved into much of it outside the OG 4-6, 1-3, Mandalorian, and a couple games. It just seems that there is sooo much out there. Are they cohesive?
The Holiday Special is canon. Fite me 😆
It’s media / art.
You’re allowed to enjoy the parts you want to enjoy without validation from others.
Hope this helps
Its the case with everything. When I was young I wished there was way more science fiction and fantasy and shows from neat ip but in adulthood its turned into a nightmare. I don’t watch much new media at all.
Took me a while to realize og trilogy were the only shows worth while, plus some old extended universe books and games
Star wars is in a very bad place. The controversial release of TLJ and the flip of Solo, caused a bit of concern. After the release of ROS, that became panic and Disney slammed the brakes on movies. They also distanced anything new from their trilogy. The pivot to streaming releases was an attempt to repair the franchise with. Outside Mandalorian, the series were intended to be movies, and most of them were a bad 90 minute movie stretched to a bad 4 hour show.
Some of the shows are cohesive, but there’s several groups. Bad batch follows the clone wars animated series. Rebels leads into Ashoka. Andor leads to Rogue One. Boba Fett is a partial season of Mandalorian, which is the closest thing to the Disney trilogy. Obi wan and Acolyte should be forgotten.
I think it was wise for Disney to cherry pick things from the Expanded Universe of Star Wars (which now in turn became Legends). Because let’s be honest, all of the messy stuff is derived from the EU, which some hardcore fans of Star Wars really treat as the gospel and bible of the entirety of Star Wars lore.
Not everything Disney did was a home run, like giving Lightsabers moods. But, the Expanded Universe wasn’t perfect either. I think trying to straighten the line of Star Wars lore is the best move it could get before things get way too messy again.
I don’t get myself too wrapped up in what’s canon and what isn’t. I’m not a gigantic Star Wars fans so I too just cherry pick what I like about the lore and just go with it.
