Tried Andor after taking a break from Star Wars and realized that the galaxy where politics is determined by magic laser sword people now wants to be serious. - eviltoast
  • HobbitFoot @thelemmy.club
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    1 year ago

    But I’m saying that the world becomes more gritty because it is getting explored more and it isn’t resetting to the status quo.

    Star Wars has the journey of a farm kid becoming a laser sword wizard by way of being a fighter pilot.

    To explain the MacGuffin of the plans, you now have to explain rebel spies, how the Empire does R&D, and why that flaw exists.

    To explain why one of the characters in the prequel became a rebel spy, you know how have to explain how he got radicalized.

    There is no way you can keep it a jaunty adventure by drilling that deep.

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      1 year ago

      To explain the MacGuffin of the plans, you now have to explain rebel spies, how the Empire does R&D, and why that flaw exists.

      Ehhh, I don’t think so. You could have a pretty similar jaunty caper to episode 4 to get the plans and then just have some wiz kid engineer see a potential flaw.

      You can expand the world without making it gritty, see the Mandalorian.

      If you want detailed explanations behind everything, then that’s closer? But it really doesn’t seem a requirement. Scientist puts in flaw because they understand the film’s logic which is Emperor = bad, rebels = good. Spies become rebel spies for the same reason all the fighter pilots and soldiers are on the rebels side, because they understand the logic, again, emperor = bad, rebels = good.