I can NOT watch Star Wars anymore without being overwhelmed the economic, spiritual, and political impication of droids that are always just… there.
Sadly, I think it’s exceedingly rare for a franchise to ever mature enough to question the foundations of its world building. It seems the role of a franchise is to recycle itself to increasingly younger and more naive audiences until it has lost all value.
The best we can hope for is a spiritual successor offering commentary, like the way BSG is really in conversation with Star Trek (no surprise given the writing staff).
I can NOT watch Star Wars anymore without being overwhelmed the economic, spiritual, and political impication of droids that are always just… there.
Sadly, I think it’s exceedingly rare for a franchise to ever mature enough to question the foundations of its world building. It seems the role of a franchise is to recycle itself to increasingly younger and more naive audiences until it has lost all value.
The best we can hope for is a spiritual successor offering commentary, like the way BSG is really in conversation with Star Trek (no surprise given the writing staff).