I increasingly see that question on other forums and it drives me up the wall. That question is a perfect storm of two things: ▪︎the mindless consumer fanboy-ism that has destroyed all major film franchises ("it contradicts the lore, is objectively miserable, and an active waste of my time, but it has Star Trek in the title, so I'll watch it.") ▪︎developmentally stunted inability to fill in any blanks whatsoever
I promise you, Pee Pee Poo Poo: The Musical: Season 1 has absolutely no key nutrient you have to absorb to comprehend season 2. In fact, if we're talking one of these shows that go through three showrunners a season, it might be more comprehensible if you skip the earlier stuff.
I saw someone on another forum mention that they were trying to put together a large convoluted watching order for Star Wars content for their kids.
What a retarded clown world, when the answer isn't simply: The original trilogy and maybe the prequels. But no, some parents just "have" to groom their kids into cons00ming all the endless garbage. Just like their NPC parents already do.
The Expanded Universe had a lot of good books. Comics too but not everyone is into reading
Aye, absolutely. I'm sure we've talked about that once or twice in the last year or two actually, lol.
I have stupidly wasted time with Disney shills who say “well it’s not canon”. I’m like so what. Seeing Luke rebuild the order and mentor students vs seeing him as a grumpy hermit
Oh dear lords, I was talking to an old friend a few weeks ago who's total gone full NPC and he just would not shut up about all the "positive" things happening post-Kathleen Kennedy, no matter how many times I told him I wasn't interested.
He was practically drooling at the prospect of any EU type content being converted over into new-Disney format. I've never in my life wanted to be deaf as much as I did in that moment. Especially when he starts bringing up Disney's idea of "canon".
I do agree that I would've liked faithful adaptation of EU content, but Disney was never ever going pull that off. Not even sure if LucasFilm under George Lucas would have either, but at least I wouldn't have been as instantly jaded and cynical at the prospect.
Heaven forbid they just watch what looks interesting.
Aye, or that.
I've always had mixed feelings about trying to deliberately pick out and select what media to feed to your kid (not for content reasons, but to try and ensure kids develop a lot of the same interests). In some ways it can be a little benevolent, but in certain respects it can be a little self-centered and creepy.
I think there's a middle ground to be had, but trying to plan out full-blown movie playlists is clearly not a moderate approach.
And no, I'm not bashing on religion or otherwise trying to instill healthy values in your kids, that's perfectly normal and usually healthy. Nor am I bashing on trying to share a few interests with your kids. But handpicking an entire Marvel watchlist for them when they're not even teenagers yet is just a little... weird, but maybe that's just me.
Clone Wars is pretty good too
I believe everything made before Disney bought it is fine. I watched the movies in order of the Original trilogy first and then the sequels, and I enjoyed pretty much every film (although II felt lacking). Read quite a bit of the EU books and they're decent, although New Jedi Order is a bit convoluted and sprawling, and Legacy of the Force is okay (really what the sequels should have been with some reworking). A good chunk of the Lucasarts games are great.
I'd say start with the movies and both Clone Wars series then let the kids go from there.
How would you rework LOTF? Would you still have Mara die? I didn’t like them killing off Anakin but I heard George Lucas made them
Mostly just cut some of the fat out of it. Bloodlines could either function as it's own side series, or not translated it at all. From there you could have a trilogy of Betrayal/Tempest, Exile -> Inferno, Fury -> Invincible. It's been years since I read the books, so not sure about exact cutoffs.
Also I'm not sure about having Mara die still but I do notice that the EU tries to kill off at least one or more major characters each big series (e.g. Chewy in New Jedi Order), which was a common trope from the original saga.