[GreenLantern2814]

I’ve just realized what the Star Wars universe lacks.

A Shire.

There’s nothing that anyone in any of the stories is fighting for that’s actually, you know, worth fighting for.

Aside from a general notion of freedom.

But there’s no quiet life at home where anyone eats, drinks and sings songs.

There’s no reminiscing about the way things were - the Republic of the prequels isn’t held up as any sort of thing to reconstruct.

All these rebels are fighting a lost cause war - they have nowhere to go back to, they’re not from anywhere that matters, and thus nobody can claim to be fighting to defend anything of significance.

Luke’s life on Tatooine sucked. His family was murdered, and he has no choice but to go on an adventure.

Anakin’s was worse - he was a slave on that same planet, and for some reason never did anything to make it better once he became a Jedi.

Rey was a homeless person before she met a runaway stormtrooper. She has no connection to anyone or anything - she’s a mercenary. If Kylo had found her before Han and company, she probably would’ve gone off with him and had Sith babies.

Han was raised in Hell.

Leia watches her home planet get destroyed, literally due to her actions, and never appears affected by it ever again. I get that it “ain’t that kind of movie”, but it’s just an observation.

Something needs to be protected in these stories - evidenced by the fact the most well-reviewed Star Wars property of the last 30 years is the Mandolorian, which is all about protecting baby Yoda. Which is something.

Am I wrong?