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Does Star Wars = Rocky?
This obviously is a question for everyone but more so for us older fans.
This past weekend there was a rocky marathon like there is many weekends of the year, and I haven’t watched these movies in awhile, but I took in the first 3 and fortunately had to get to the bank before IV started. However, as I watched them, it got me thinking about how, as everyone over the age of 35 but prob more like 40 knows, as we grew up with these movies for 15 years and more and more of them came out, 1) the quality of the films diminished, and 2) they started to become a punchline, because as a lot of spoof movies or comedies often suggested with either old men in boxer trunks or titles labeled Rocky 22 or Rocky 67 movie posters, how many more of these thing can there be? Beause, for the next 16 years after Rocky 5 came out, we kind of forgot about all the jokes and cheesiness of that franchise, but then Rocky Balboa came out in 2006 (remember there was a 16 year gap between RotJ & TPM)and now we have Creed, so how many more are we gonna have?
Now, despite the fact that I didn’t like how George handled the prequels and, although I enjoyed it, TFA was pretty much just a rip-off of ANH; Im still a huge Star Wars fan, love the Star Wars Franchise and most of the movies, and can’t wait for all the new ones to come out! Its just disconcerting to me that i’m even now starting to think about or draw these similar comparisons between the Rocky movies and Star Wars movies… so are they? Is Star Wars becoming the next Rocky, or JAWS for that matter, or any other franchise that wore out its welcome?
Now I understand, there is a huge difference between Star Wars and these other franchises, cause how many different outcomes can you really have to a boxing match, or a shark attack? However because George laid the foundation for his storytelling style of ‘Tone Poems’, we have now had 4 battles/wars(I, II, III, IV) 4 light saber battles(I, II, III, V), and 3 Death Stars(IV, VI, VII), just as Han quipped, “So it’s Bigger”? With Disney now in control of the franchise, and we see whats become of the Marvel Universe, so we have to assume the eventuality of sucking every last bit of profit out of the name Star Wars, does anyone else fear that one day Star Wars will just become as stale as month old bread? I think I’m starting to join the camp that once VIII and IX are over, so too should be the Skywalker legacy!
Its a vast universe and in order to keep it fresh, I think wildly creative stories that are centered around non Skywalker events must be told both in the years BBY and ABY. Personally, one thing I hope Disney salvages from the old EU, is all the old stories 3000-5000BBY during the Old Republic and The Sith Empire like Tales of the Jedi, and all the Ulic Qel Droma/Exar Kuhn story Arcs. The Classical art and renaissance feel of those stories would transfer extremely well to the Big Screen IMO.
So long questions shortened(too late I know), Has Star Wars become stale yet or is it starting to, to anyone? and if so 2) What would you like to see done or whats the best way Disney can keep it all fresh? LMK :nerv:
MTFBWY ALL… Always! The ‘Xir
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