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Originally Posted by djsFlames
There isn't as much geek nitpicking because they're finally giving the geeks and everyone else what they were looking for.
This content not only looks but feels like authentic Star Wars. Even the sketchy CGI moments are reminiscent of the Lucas prequels visually.
The sequel trilogy was what you get when you have a prototypical Disney story and put it in Star Wars packaging with two directors fighting over the direction of the plot.
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I don't know - I think the fan base gives this show and some of the other spin offs much more leeway when it comes to story telling and patience than they give the mainline trilogy and it makes the shows much better because of it.
Same thing doesn't happen for the mainline movies. The sequel trilogy is what happens when the fan base doesn't like the studio go in the direction they want, and then you end up with a third movie that needs to appease the fan base.
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Originally Posted by direwolf
I also think this series has succeeded partly because it doesn't have to adhere to Skywalker lore, therefore you don't have hardcore SW dorks nitpicking the crap out of it to the point where it removes all the joy.
Since it's all new storylines, new characters, and mostly new planets, etc..., people can just sit back and enjoy the ride. They also have 25-30 years of timeline to work with before the events of TFA, so this show could potentially continue for several more seasons.
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100% This
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Originally Posted by Locke
Wow....finally got a chance to watch that episode and that was amazing.
Its just so...simple. Straight-forward and efficient story-telling with characters that endear you to them immediately.
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This is the big thing for me though...the production and direction of these shows just seems so far ahead of the most recent movies. Both the JJ and RJ iterations.
Just a better job of pacing and setting the tone. The JJ movies were a little too fast paced for Star Wars movies, and the RJ movie was a little too slow (although the OT was pretty slow too). This series really seems to have nailed the "pace" of Star Wars for a modern audience.
Having a TV budget vs a Movie budget likely helps here too, as the toned down sets, CGI, and backgrounds seems to feel more like Star Wars too.