You can continue to post your hatred of the established, meaningful separation between the Light Side and Dark Side, but ts going nowhere, as yours is a desire standing on the opposite side of what Star Wars is about.
You can cling on to "Old & OutDated" views on how the Force is interpreted by two religious sects whose views on the Force has caused countless suffering.
The others who share my views will become a splinter faction on how to "Interpret the Force" and will be doing our thing & spread our interpretation amongst the greater Star Wars fan base who will listen.
Oh, sure. Skeleton Crew is just sweeping the culture, right? You've argued the value of the D+ series to those extremes. So, its as powerful a creative work as Star Wars, playing a major role in changing an industry--is that right?
No.
Says one person on a Trek Forum of all places.
You know that no derivative work will generally surpass a original. I've already shown the data.
The chances are against ALL derivative works in general. Star Wars is no exception to that rule, in fact it follows that rule to a perfect T. The stats prove it.
That's regardless of franchise & history has proven in the Global Box Office take aways.
But you're trying to treat "Skeleton Crew" or any of the derivative works not surpassing the original as something wrong when it's the nature of the beast.
All the "Derivative Works" is doing just fine, fine enough that Disney is continuing to invest in them.
That's the bottom line, because Disney says so.
They know what they need to do to make more profit & survive.
Their expectations are kept to a realistic view on what is possible within their IP.
You don't have to like it, but that's how it works, especially since George Lucas decided to "Cash Out" and live the rest of his life sitting on his Piles of Money, set for life.
He has no say anymore as to how the IP progresses. It's only up to any of the current production staff that "If they Respect George Lucas' legacy", they'll listen to him & follow any of his ideas/suggestions.
You should be THANKING Dave Filoni & others who love & respect George Lucas for even continuing & expanding on the greater Star Wars Universe & keeping it alive within reasonable approximation to "His Vision".
Even Plan 9 from Outer Space has its fanbase, but that does not mean it was a worthy creative production, and in the specific case of the SW series, Rogue 1 served no purpose, other than piggybacking off of all that was established in the 1977 film (which did not need to become the focus of a film), while pasting any fanwanked visual or idea into the movie.
You might as well say that about every SW movie that wasn't the original 1977 film.
Cause that's the only thing you seem to value, everything else is a derivative lesser work than your precious 1977 original movie.
Why make any other Star Wars content after 1977?
Why didn't they call it "One & Done" if it was "Soo Perfect"?
If R1 did not exist, the course of the SW movie series would not miss a beat. That's how irrelevant it was,
If it was irrelevant, than why bother making it?
Disney didn't see it as "Irrelevant", there is a dedicated fanbase to Rogue 1.
So you don't get to be the arbiter for other people, it's "YOUR OPINION", nothing else.
I understood exactly what George Lucas wanted audiences to understand, which had everything to do with the Man of Destiny / religious / spiritual conflict shaping a galaxy.
Good for you, not everybody is going to interpret the movie in the same way given their personal historical, national, ethnic, religious & cultural context that they grew up with.
They will take away very different things about the same movie.
That kind of story was as bright as the sun to sci-fi film and movies in general with a clear message. Mission accomplished.
If others were too busy grinding their teeth with their misguided, atheistic rage, then they only have themselves to blame for failing to get the true message of Lucas' creation.
Or people can have a difference of opinion and look at things with a very different context than what you saw.
Just because you grew up in the USA at that time and saw things through that lens, doesn't mean everybody else will.
Especially given the context of all the other Star Wars works that have come after which changes the characterization of the original 1977 movie.
His "special situation" had nothing to do with his own beliefs about himself; no matter how other Jedi tried to steer him toward reality, his egomania pushed reason aside in favor of thinking he was the best, sans any evidence to support the delusion. Anakin was completely responsible for his failure(s) and downfall.
People's "Ego" derive from their childhood & how they're raised, the environment that they were in, what was expected of said child. Their past traumas greatly affect how they behave as an adult, especially as a young man in love. To blindly say it was ONLY Anakin's fault is willyfully being blind of his upbringing, his environment, the numerous circumstances as to how he got to his situation.
Pure B.S. Anakin already learned Palpatine was the Sith Lord,
Palpatine willingly revealed that he was a "Sith Lord" to Anakin.
That was part of his grand plan to lure Anakin to "The Dark Side".
And, all "Anakin" knew about 'The Sith' was what everybody in the Jedi Order taught him; he was inducted into "The Jedi Order" since he was a child and was indoctrinated into their ways, their value systems.
It's not wrong to want to understand the world from a neutral or other PoV. Especially as a young adult who is learning / growing up.
Anakin was "Force Curious" for a lack of a better term.
He wanted to see what was on the other side, experience/dabble in it & decide for himself on what is correct for him & his priorities/goals.
and if he had even a particle of a brain in his skull instead of arrogant gas, he would have A) recalled that Palpatine was responsible for every tragedy the galaxy suffered even before becoming chancellor.
Did Anakin have all the evidence figured out at that time?
He's a Jedi Knight, not a Master Detective like Sherlock Holmes, much less any kind of detective!
Anakin was raised to be a Warrior, first & foremost.
Did he understand the "Big Picture" that was Palpatines Grand complicated "Con-Job" over the entire Galaxy?
"The Jedi Order" themselves didn't even understand what was going on, and they were caught in Palpatines Plan w/o seeing the bigger picture until it was too late.
If the various Adults & Super Wise Ancient & Experienced Jedi Master Yoda couldn't see through Palpatines Machinations, what do you expect from Anakin who's a horny Young Adult with a constant focus on his wife?
B) He was responsible for Qui-Gon's death, and
We know this because we're the outside audience watching in.
We know that Palpatine Orchestrated it because we're the audience watching from the outside.
But in Universe, did Anakin or the Jedi Order connect the dots as to how big Palpatines "Grand Plan" was?
Did he or the Jedi Order know that "Darth Maul" was "Darth Sidious' Apprentice"?
If so, when did they connect the dots? When was the evidence shown on screen linking the two?
What evidence was there, outside of what we know (out of universe), to show that the two were linked?
When did the Jedi Order learn of any connection between "Darth Maul" & "Darth Sidious"?
Remember, "Darth Maul" only briefly was shown during Anakins childhood in the First Prequel Trilogy.
It was many years after that, that he would meet "Darth Sidious" & learn that he was "Shiev Palpatine".
Remember, that during the Clone Wars, "Darth Tyrannus" AKA Count Dooku was "Darth Sidious" apprentice at the time.
It's not like a full lineage list of which Sith Master & Apprentice is easy to find online like IRL.
In Universe, that kind of information is generally unavailable.
C) for a man so obsessed with "saving" Padme, The Clueless One somehow forgot that it was Palpatine behind the constant attacks on Padme's life....yet he's going to side with this Sith Lord against Mace...to save her?
Where was the evidence that showed any & all assasination attempts on Padme were linked directly to Palpatine?
When did the Jedi Order figure that part out, much less Anakin?
From where I stand, "The Jedi Order" was DUPED by "Darth Sidious / Shiev Palpatine".
That's how Palpatine was able to bring the Downfall of "The Jedi Order" & "The Republic".
He was that good of a Con-Man, that he had all his pieces in place; that by the time our Protagonists figured anything out, it was TOO LATE.
Palpatine was the "Ultimate Con-Man", probably the greatest of all time.
He literally fooled the entire Star Wars Galaxy as to his true intentions.
He pretended to be a even balanced Senator from Naboo for DECADES to hide his real motivations, he slowly gathered political/financial power & allies over time.
He literally sat amongst the Masters of the Jedi Order and didn't reveal who he was until he wanted to.
He orchastrated a War from both sides & didn't show to the public how it was connected to him.
He fooled a Democratic Republic Senate to give him "Absolute Power".
The Masters of the Jedi Order couldn't figure out his "REAL Identity" until he decided to reveal it to Anakin, knowing that Anakin would reveal it to the rest of the Jedi Council.
Shiev Palpatine wasn't a fool, he was a "Master Con Artist".
That's why he was so successful.
Anakin was beyond ignorant.
Anakin was a horny young man with Super Powers.
He was tunnel visioned on keeping his Fiance/Wife safe.
That's many young men IRL (minus the Super Powers).
You can't tell me you haven't met that type of guy in your life, or was that guy once upon a time, or knew of a guy just like that.
So, I guess Luke--another man with Force powers--had no right to be the judge, jury and executioner of the innumerable Imperials aboard the Death Star when he destroyed the station.
Do you think "Luke cared about the Empire" that he lived under? HELL NO!
He was one of their subjects, he literally betrayed the government he lived under by joining "The Rebel Alliance to Restore the Republic".
He knew he was living under a Authoritarian regime.
He sided with "The Rebels" & made peace with it A LONG TIME AGO when he decided to become a "Freedom Fighter".
Anakin was part of "The Jedi Order" who worked under "The Republic".
"The Republic" had a functional Representative Democracy & Legal System with Law Enforcement.
A system of governance that "Luke" never knew about and only read/heard about.
The Jedi, for all intensive purposes, were basically "Space Sheriffs/Galactic Rangers with Super Powers" & the ability to prosecute their suspected criminals across the Galaxy, no matter how far their suspect may flee.
Something Anakin & "The Jedi Order" were apart of & were bound to by "Oath & Legal Requirements" in accordance to "the Jedi Orders" agreement with "The Republic".
The situations between the two are COMPLETELY different.
By your reasoning, he should have contacted Tarkin for a sit-down to settle their disagreements because under no circumstances did Luke have the right to destroy the Death Star.
Nope.
Why would he, Luke was a Rebel, the man literally joined "The Rebel Alliance to Restore the Republic".
He was part of a "Freedom Fighter Resistance Unit" who FOUGHT against "The Empire".
The two men lived under Completely Different Contexts.
