Lucas created it, provided the means for audiences to understand how it works, which has nothing to do with your atheistic hatred of the reality of the conflicting poles of good / light and dark / evil.
Again, the fans get to interpret it however they want, it's part of art. When you put it out there, not everybody has to agree with your interpretation or the creators interpretation.
No one ever said the Force and its believers / practitioners in the films needed to become the inane "Gray Jedi".
Not everybody believes that the "Gray Jedi" are inane, the fact that there are people who care about it shows that we have our own following and group who prefer that interpretation.
It is not working now, nor will it ever work. The world culture's view of Star Wars and its central religious / spiritual conflict is forever defined by the films, specifically the OT.
You're not "The World". You are one fan who is dogmatically hard headed about pushing "This is the absolute Truth", spoken by Lucas and no other interpretation is allowed.
Your deliberate misinterpretation of that is not gaining ground, nor will it alter the view of the films.
Yet your hard head-ness won't change other people's PoV. In fact it's going to push them away.
Again you shoot your own arguments in the foot; if you're admitting deriviative works never surpass the original, then your cries of how successful / popular the D+ SW are alleged to be go leaping out of the window, as you are acknowledging that they will always be of lesser quality and value.
Whoops.
No, because success comes in various forms. There's a reason why Disney & other Studios prefer continuing existing IP instead of trying something new.
They want higher chances of success & continuing a franchise, no matter if it's lesser revenue than the original, is a better chance on turning a profit.
There's a reason why there is so much "Spin-off" content. The fact that there is a demand & continual production of Star Wars shows it's success.
You don't have to be a "New Record Setter" to be considered successful to the studios. It's a "Nice to have", but the odds are against you.
That's why they choose consistency over taking risks & starting new IP's.
Your definition & understanding of success is incredibly narrow; similar to a Gamblers Addict of "Go Big, do better than previously, or Go Home".
That's a VERY narrow view of how to success in Hollywood when it comes to franchising & sucess over the "Long Term".
We're getting more Star Wars Spin-Off & Derivative IP.
You can hate on it all you want, but it's coming out regardless of how you feel about the subject matter.
As far as Quality, that is subjective to each individual viewer. The value it brings depends on your interpretation as a individual fan.
Newer Productions have ever continuing higher Quality Production Values than older ones.
There are newer stories to tell that don't tread on the subject matter of old content.
For ones who value more content and not just rehashing the same thing, we are getting what we want.
You want to tell the "Same Old Story", other fans don't want that. That's boring.
Been there, done that.
Wrong again, but I will let you continue to rant against things never argued.
Then where do you draw the line on Star Wars Media being created?
Should they stop according to you?
Because it seems like the only option to make you happy is to either Stop Making new content, or rehash the same old thing.
Cause you seem to hate everything outside of the original trilogy. More Specifically the original Star Wars.
Answer: A shameless attempt to claw at more $ through unchained fanwankery which was utterly unnecessary in the narrative sense.
You don't get to be the one who determines what is "Necessary".
You aren't the arbiter of All Star Wars Fans
You don't get to claim to be a "True Fan" either.
Everybody who likes Star Wars gets to participate in it.
Translation: the heart of your pages of ranting is from the position of a militant atheist, and you wish to push your belief on a film series rooted in the religious and spiritual.
Translation: You're a dogmatic "True Fan" and claims to know what's the "Correct Interpretation" about Star Wars, everybody else is wrong; your interpretation is the "ONLY CORRECT" interpretation IYO.
At some point, individuals have to take responsibility for their actions, particularly violent or self-serving actions.
Their environment also matters, the context, the situation. It's not as simple as you try to make it.
His mother did not raise him to be violent or self-serving,
His mother ceased being a influence when the Jedi Order took him away as a young child.
The loss of his mother became a reason why he was driven to protect others with any means possible.
and the Jedi certainly did not.
The Jedi Order failed to give him the security he needed to allow him to focus on the greater picture.
Such simple things should be evident, but it's not to them.
The needs of normal people matter, and Anakin was closer to being a "Normal Person" then being a "Dogmatic Follower of the Jedi Code".
He--Anakin--chose the traits and impulses he wanted to embrace and follow, while constantly, consciously rejecting the moral structure of the Jedi teaching him.
You mean, Anakin was a normal person, with Super Force Powers.
And the Jedi didn't seem to make any special concessions to help him adjust, despite knowing about his attachments & his need to be a "Normal Person".
They let Jedi Master "Ki-Adi-Mundi", who sits on the Jedi Council, be married to multiple wives & have children.
They couldn't make a special exception for "Anakin" who is far closer to a "Normal Person"?
That seems incredibly hypocritical of their moral structure & shows inflexiblity of the Jedi Order.
Anakin was a colossal idiot who smashed his own head into a brick wall, and instead of learning the obvious ("...gee...that hurts!"), he smashed his head into it again and again.
Anakin was a young man in love, worried about his wife & his mother.
Those are very normal things.
Apparently you seem to lack the ability to understand Anakins Human Side and think he should be some "Perfect Jedi" who follows the Jedi Code like a Robot.
The man is human, he is fallible, but he has his needs.
By the time of ROTS, Anakin knew what the Sith were and the evil they committed, whether it was Maul killing Jinn, all of Dooku's acts before and during the war, and the once-shadowy master Sith manipulating it all.
He was in the thick of things, just like the rest of the Jedi. They were still figuring out the pieces.
It wasn't until Chancellor Palpatine revealed his identity, that they had hard evidence to go with.
He was no child pulled by the nose, confused by smoke and mirrors. He knew what the Sith were and danger and death caused by that cult. No excuses.
He also asked Mace Windu to follow the rules set by the Jedi Council.
He asked him to "Arrest Palpatine", some how Mace Windu arbitrarily changed his mind and decided to become "Judge Dredd" all of a sudden.
Suuure. After years of convenient attacks against Padme which were designed to bolster the move to war / increasing Palpatine's powers during the manufactured crisis...and Palpatine finally revealing that he is the Sith Lord (already known to be a supporter of the warring opposition through the actions of his servants Sith Dooku and the Sith-trained Grievous ), Moronakin just scratched his skull, STILL not being able to figure out that Palpatine was--ultimately--behind the attempts on Padme's life.
Regardless of how it happened, the Jedi Masters & Jedi Knights don't get to become "Judge Dredd" when it suites them.
They were given a clear code of conduct, bring him in alive.
Mace Windu had his chance, and he changed his mind.
Even the worst of the Anakin-defenders do not spin his self-serving choice to follow the evil man in order to save the woman said evil man actively tried to kill to your ridiculous degree.
Wow, so single minded on his view of Anakin that he can't see the forest from the trees.
There's a reason why Anakin fell, because "It was a Trap" set by Palpatine.
To lure him to the Dark side by showing "The Jedi" can't be trusted to keep their words.
Mace Windu inadvertently proved Palpatines point when he decided to go "Judge Dredd" mode on Palpatine.
And then it was "Check Mate" at that point.
I can say the same about you.
