The landing of a new Star Wars series is an event as exciting as it is dangerous, at least for those who get carried away by the fury of the inhabitants of social networks. In pure capital letters, the opinion of some seems to gain such weight that it makes us doubt the subjectivity of personal criteria, a fallacy that we try to combat by publishing all types of opinions that generate no less internal debates in the newsroom.
Although (generally) they are more respectful than those seen on the Internet, when we talk about the ranking of Star Wars movies, the sides usually divide into two irreconcilable positions: those who knew how to see in ‘The Book of Boba Fett’ a wonderful collection of weekly adventures and those who were deceived by the void fan service from ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’.
The battle to decide between exploring the galaxy or staying close to familiar terrain is intrinsic to the saga., at least since the trilogy became a franchise after the premiere of ‘Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace’ (George Lucas, 1999). Despite being a collection of prequels that used some founding characters from his mythology, the creator knew how to offer something so groundbreaking that he lost part of the generation that he had been dreaming of that far, far away galaxy since 1977.
His vision, radically different from the one he offered in the 80s, told us about a universe full of possibilities, a galaxy to explore that has ended up being reduced to a handful of ideas due to the burden of nostalgia. Whether done well (‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’) or badly (‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’), this closure with the past not only prevents us from enjoying new experiences to love. in the future, but it makes part of the public frown when someone starts to enjoy the adventure (‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’).
Nostalgia in the Star Wars series
When we talk about the best Star Wars series, the war of galactic tastes intensifies. The variety of titles on Disney+ is making all sides happy, although not necessarily at the same time.
“Leslye Headland, who boasts of having spent her entire life writing her own fan-fiction of the franchise, “He takes advantage of his knowledge to make us feel like we are in the saga without any need to surround ourselves with characters with surnames of stale stellar lineage.”, we highlight in our review of ‘The Acolyte’. “It makes us want to immerse ourselves once again on a weekly basis in a world that seems as old as it is modern, a space fantasy that, by leaving aside its protagonist heroes, once again tells us about good, evil and those who are capable of changing sides when they realize they’re in the wrong.”
By delving into the chronology of the saga like no other series or film to date, the 100 years that separate us since two Jedi came across a slave child on Tatooine have allowed us to distance ourselves from the soap opera of the Skywalkers and all their companions, knowing new identities, species and planets from different biomes.
It is not necessary to completely distance yourself from the known myths to achieve this. ‘The Acolyte’ is still a story about the arrogance and inactivity of the Jedi that allowed the return of the Sith, but Doing so without a roster of cameos from past titles underlines why we’re eagerly awaiting ‘Andor’ season 2 while ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ was quietly canceled.
As much as we all wanted to see Ewan McGregor, if he hadn’t found a story in which it made sense for him to play the Jedi again, there was no reason to start filming. Not even a forced confrontation with Vader could make that make sense beyond its broadcast day and, what is truly sad, is that his shadow extended to ‘Ahsoka’.
Surrendered to being nothing more than a continuation of the story that ‘Star Wars Rebels’ told, the excitement of meeting Hayden Christensen in his ‘Star Wars: The Clone Wars’ age would have been more impressive if we had not seen him a few months before in the previous title. It also didn’t help that the entire first batch of chapters functioned as a kind of trailer for what season 2 of ‘Ahsoka’ could become, but that’s why we cling to the news of ‘The Acolyte’ with the hope of those who have seen light at the end of the tunnel.
Regardless of whether your final result is better or worse in a few weeks, It is a pleasure to stop looking at the figurines on the shelf for a moment so that someone can tell us something new.
Star Wars gifts that are from another galaxy
Ricardo Rosado is a film critic, cultural journalist, expert in North American comedy, horror films of any kind and everything that happens between genres and formats. Raised on Steven Spielberg films, and spoiled since he encountered David Lynch, he has been writing for a decade about the art he consumes.
In FOTOGRAMAS you will read him commenting on the latest theatrical releases, promoting peace between Marvel and DC fans, reviewing all the Star Wars news or diving into the depths of the Netflix, HBO Max, Prime Video and Filmin catalogues. He also likes to make galleries and rankings of movies and series, but no one trusts his judgment too much.
After studying Audiovisual Communication at the Complutense University of Madrid, he created a film review blog with the hope of attending film festivals and press screenings for free. Now, after seven years writing in FOTOGRAMAS about the latest theatrical releases, current series and any content available on the different streaming channels, she still thinks it was worth it.
Frontman of two embarrassing musical projects, director of various video clips by heavy metal bands from Madrid and author of many short films hidden in the Internet, he is the editor and one of the proud members of the cultural podcast ‘Los de al lado de Pumares’ , a space that has allowed him to participate as a collaborator in other radio formats such as ‘Vamos de cine’ (Castilla-La Mancha Media) and ‘El Faro’ (Cadena SER), in addition to having made him one of the main voices of the videos of FRAMES.
