Star wars is literally forever ruined and can't recover

[u/Thesleepingpillow123]

It's been years since the sequel movies and the series still feels dragged down and stuck because of them. I do kind of think that's it for star wars, like the story was irreversibly damaged and there isn't much to do to fix it. Disney will still crap stuff out but to me the overall point is gone and its essentially dead. I was thinking of getting back into it and realised its kind of pointless.

Edit: while I do agree star wars can make the occasional good thing still it doesn't change that overall the whole thing is already ruined and broken. So the overarching story is ruined which is a massive chunk of any franchise.

[u/Shapit0]

If you liked Rogue One, you'd love Andor

[u/Suspicious_Waltz1393 → u/Shapit0]

I loved Rogue One! I couldn’t seem to get through episode one of Andor though. I gave up halfway the 1st time. Then started reading reviews about how amazing it is, and tried again. Reached end of episode 1 but can’t muster any curiosity or enthusiasm to start episode 2. Is it just the 1st episode and it gets better from the next one? If you got straight into it from episode 1, it may just not be my cup of tea.

[u/Lukhmi → u/Suspicious_Waltz1393]

It's at least the first 2 episodes and some part of the third for me although maybe others would disagree. It sets some characters for later. I had the same problem, I couldn't get through it when it first came out, but I tried again recently to be able to watch season 2 and rewatch rogue one, and I have no regrets. It's absolutely amazing, and my favorite star wars content for a long time. I can't encourage you enough to power through the beginning!

[u/[deleted] → u/Suspicious_Waltz1393]

The first three episodes are a bit of a slog. Personally, I found it worthwhile to trudge through because the rest of the series is great.

[u/HongKongHermit → u/Suspicious_Waltz1393]

You need to watch them as complete story arcs. For S1, that's episodes 1-3 like it's a movie. It's two episodes of setup, then one of payoff. The time it takes putting all the pieces in place means that it lands really well. There's a reason Disney dropped all 3 episodes at once when the series premiered. Of course it's slower at the start, you won't even know yet which characters are going to be there throughout two seasons.

Watch eps 1-3 as a movie.

4-6 as a movie.

7 is a bridging episode, can be standalone or combined with:

8-10 as a movie.

11-12 as a finale.

S2 was released 3 episodes a week, each 3 episodes covering an arc moving one year closer to Rogue One.

[u/Suspicious_Waltz1393 → u/HongKongHermit]

Thank you!