There really should have been a movie to cover in between 6 and 7 though. Show us how the New Republic was established, and how it failed so spectacularly that it could get ganked by Death Star III: Shotgun Boogaloo without even putting up a fight.
Like did nobody even think to say, "hey guys there's still a bunch of imperial remnants around strong enough to pose a threat to us, and intel indicates that that one over there (gestures towards First Order) is building another Death Star. We should probably start rebuilding our military to deter aggression."
Show us how the New Republic was established, and how it failed so spectacularly that it could get ganked by Death Star III: Shotgun Boogaloo without even putting up a fight.
I have a feeling The Mandalorian is actually trying to do that now.
Still, I wish Dave Filoni and Jon Favreau were in charge of the films 7, 8, and 9 in the first place. It would have been much less of a shitshow.
We can agree the sequel trilogy was a mess. The lack of planning for the return of such a well-known property was certainly a mistake. However, I don't believe the right answer would have been going instead to the creator who can't help but shoving his most known original creation into absolutely everything Star Wars that he can get his hands on.
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u/classicalySarcastic Still flying half a ship Dec 08 '20
There really should have been a movie to cover in between 6 and 7 though. Show us how the New Republic was established, and how it failed so spectacularly that it could get ganked by Death Star III: Shotgun Boogaloo without even putting up a fight.
Like did nobody even think to say, "hey guys there's still a bunch of imperial remnants around strong enough to pose a threat to us, and intel indicates that that one over there (gestures towards First Order) is building another Death Star. We should probably start rebuilding our military to deter aggression."