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.
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.
True. All Disney had to do was have a separate continuity and let 3rd parties write new books or do animated adaptations. At least with Lucas I can appreciate he doesn’t hate Star Wars. Disney has a very clear agenda
Indeed. And I always thought that the way he managed and compartmentalized different tiers of canon was pretty solid and effective.
Where-as Disney's decision making process falls under one of two main camps: "How can we use it to drive our agenda", or "Fuck it, who cares? Just throw some money and some people at it, the details don't matter."
Not sure if you saw my mention of it a while back but check out Darth Angelus on YouTube. He is doing an Heir to the Empire animated adaptation. Sucks he can’t get paid for it
Playlist link for Darth Angelus's Heir to the Empire. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MN8oCvpyQjQ&list=PLIXGhtpYcgXdpREUecruJR1Yy3h8w4d-s&index=1
Dude's work is better than anything Disney's put out in years (and he's working off better source material)
I actually do remember you mentioning that, but I totally had forgotten to look it up or save the name, so I'm glad you brought it up. I was actually trying to find it just a few weeks ago to no avail, so thanks for reminding me.