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Originally Posted by TrentCrimmIndependent
Probably. But that's just me.
I became a fan of a trilogy of live action movies as a kid. The animated series don't do it for me. I've given each of them a chance but lost interest in every case.
So for me there's a personal bias, but it can also be acknowledged that it's a lot to ask a casual fan to invest just to understand what the relationships are between these characters they're new to.
If they want to attact new fans they'll need an entry point where prior knowledge isn't required to understand the relationships between the characters.
I know it works in some franchises that have rich lore where you feel compelled to go and read the books or do the homework after the fact. But in this case the gotta see that series or read that graphic novel aspect just doesn't work.
And maybe that's because the characters just aren't very interesting to begin with (at least how they're written in live action).
I think if it was better written and these characters were more three dimensional perhaps they could get away with it.
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IMO this is Star Wars' main problem. They want to stick with what they know and, the writing and characters are always dependent on prior knowledge, which is nonsense.
"Oh I know it seems chaotic and ridiculous but the whole thing makes perfect sense if you've read this comic or book or watched this entire other show."
No.
You cant rely on other stories to do all of your heavy lifting for you, if you want to tell a story then tell it in a coherent and self-contained manner.
Thats what made The Mandalorian really good and what made Andor really good. They had their own characters and told their own stories, its when they intertwined a whole bunch of other stuff where The Mandalorian started going off the rails.
Same with Book of Boba Fett. They had a known character and had him do uncharacteristic things. There is no 'if' either tell or do not.