By Chris Snellgrove
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In The Empire retreatsYoda warned Luke Skywalker that what was waiting for him in the mysterious cave on the dark side of Dagobah was “only what you take with you”. Luke insisted on taking arms inside, which led to a dream duel with Dark Vader who turned out to be carrying Luke’s face. Yoda was trying to teach her hard apprentice a lesson on anger and fear, but his famous Star Wars line also serves as a prediction to the decline of this franchise after being bought by Disney.
Yoda has seen the future of Star Wars
How could the hell be a single line of Yoda in the second star Wars film predicts the decline of the franchise of decades later? Everything comes down to the chorus of each unhappy fan that you find online: “It’s not my Star Wars!” You see, the franchise has existed for a long time now that it has several generations of fans, and all have a different idea of ​​what this famous galaxy far, far should be.
For older fans (like “Saw the Early Films in The Theatres ago decades”) of the original trilogy, Star Wars is for the most part of well-produced science fiction … A successful adaptation of the types of Flash Gordon series that George Lucas grew up. For the children of these fans, the OT was a launch of an extensive world whose toys led to the enlarged universe Star Wars, which created a world of interconnection of books, comics and games.
The prequel trilogy very deliberately aimed at a young generation, which is why The ghost threat Was plagued by a boring cartoon that alternates between walking in poop and being farted by another CGI monstrosity. Finally, the following trilogy was made for a more progressive generation of fans, this is why it is a festival of nostalgia for the power of girls whose most interesting characteristic is the relationship of our protagonist with a bad brood boy.
So what is this little lesson in franchise history has to do with the Yoda Empire steps back Line and the decline of Star Wars? The short answer is that each annoyed fan saying “it’s not my Star Wars” tells the truth, but each generation of fans likes something different about these characters and these films.
This is a large part of the reason why prequal received so much hatred years ago: older fans finally obtained new films in their favorite franchise and were naturally bored that they were not like what before. Ironically, many of those who fell in love with the prequal were just as bored when the suites exchanged in the humor and the heart of these previous films for the boring mystery narration of JJ Abrams and its thick coating of the simulated myth of Spielbergian.
In The Empire retreatsThe warning of Yoda to Luke was quite literal: he came out of this cellar on the dark side which he brought, and since he entered with weapons and anger, he was confronted with a vision of himself transformed into Dark Vader. Now, Yoda’s lyrics apply to Star Wars fans complaining about the decline of the franchise because everyone comes out of these films and those who show what they bring to them. Someone expects Ahsoka be as exactly Rebels will be disappointed, but someone who enters an open mind (without arms, if you want) is much more likely to enjoy what they see.
Now, the strangely premonitory prediction of Yoda does not mean that modern fans should accept the slope or refrain from commenting on a perceived drop in quality. However, it is important to remember that the “decline” is relative: the popularity of the prequelles proves that the garbage of a fan is the treasure of another fan. In addition, it doesn’t help that YouTube has developed a whole cottage industry to bring fans to hate franchises like Star Wars long before the release of the latest films or shows.
This means that in addition to different generations of Star Wars fans with different expectations, far too many are blurred by YouTubers and, as Luke Skywalker Before them, go to new films and shows with anger. Like the potential Jedi, they face a manifestation of their fears and perceive the last content of Star Wars as a kind of monstrous creation destroying their childhood. Yoda Can have failed to teach Luke enough before the cave, but it is not too late for Star Wars fans to complain about the decline of the franchise to learn from the Jedi master and stop projecting their own emotions on everything they look at.
