The star wars sequels make more sense if you skip the original trilogy

[sick duck]

The point of the originals was to show the defeat of Palpatine, but it turned out that exploding twice didn't kill him after all.

[Dr. Weird]

They make even more sense if you avoid all of them altogether.

[Electric Cupcake]

The sequels don't exist. He came back in clone bodies during the Dark Empire arc before being defeated by infant Anakin Solo.

[kingjames488]

I mean... technically yes...

I had the original trilogy on VHS and it had interviews with george lucus on it where he talked about how he had written this massive story but it was too big so he basically took the ending(being the most interesting part of a story naturally) and split that into the first 3 movies... which were always called IV, V and VI as long as I can remember...

and so we can all just stop hating on jarjar, ok?
like... the ewoks weren't that great.

[Silverlight]

It's not like any of the character building in the OT serves the sequels anyway.
They really just feel like sequels to non-existent movies.

[Chronocide]

Originally posted by sick duck:

The star wars sequels make more sense if you skip the original trilogy

That's probably true....

But, I liked the original 3 considerably more than any of the sequels later....so it seems like the ones to skip are the new ones.

[Daenoxiis]

Both trilogies were based on novels. I remember reading the novels of episodes 1 - 3 as a kid long before the movie of episode 1 came out. While I'm sure liberties were taken in the films, I definitely prefer the original trilogy. Also, Han Shot First.

[Chronocide]

Originally posted by Daenoxiis:

Both trilogies were based on novels. I remember reading the novels of episodes 1 - 3 as a kid long before the movie of episode 1 came out. While I'm sure liberties were taken in the films, I definitely prefer the original trilogy. Also, Han Shot First.

First book (which is actually book 4) is based on the screenplay for the first film (which is film 4). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_From_the_Adventures_of_Luke_Skywalker

[kingjames488]

Originally posted by Daenoxiis:

Both trilogies were based on novels. I remember reading the novels of episodes 1 - 3 as a kid long before the movie of episode 1 came out. While I'm sure liberties were taken in the films, I definitely prefer the original trilogy. Also, Han Shot First.

pretty sure george made the movies before anyone thought to write a novel about it... and he like bet the rights against terminator or something?

idk... there was a story there...

[El Mythical 23 k.s.c.]

the rey saga is trash. They ruined all the legacy characters.

[Daenoxiis]

Originally posted by Chronocide:

Originally posted by Daenoxiis:

Both trilogies were based on novels. I remember reading the novels of episodes 1 - 3 as a kid long before the movie of episode 1 came out. While I'm sure liberties were taken in the films, I definitely prefer the original trilogy. Also, Han Shot First.

First book (which is actually book 4) is based on the screenplay for the first film (which is film 4). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_From_the_Adventures_of_Luke_Skywalker

Mark Hamill talking about the prequels on BBC between the release of Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi at around 4:00.

https://youtu.be/l3lbWba7xjQ?si=F0ZidhPImj2icSq6

[TGC> The Games Collector]

Originally posted by sick duck:

The point of the originals was to show the defeat of Palpatine, but it turned out that exploding twice didn't kill him after all.

This is why the new sequels suck, they couldn't even write a new bad guy in. Just regurgitating the content that's already been done.

No wonder they can't make any new IP's these days, they can't even write a single new character.

[Pronnu]

Originally posted by El Mythical 23 k.s.c.:

the rey saga is trash. They ruined all the legacy characters.

Which was on purpose. To erase the iconic characters so Disney can start their own versions of everything.

[abcd]

The NuDisney deal was contingent on the EU body as a whole; it essentially canonized everything ever written about the series.

Consequently, Palpatine's multi-millennia rule as the last patriarch of a race he killed himself is canon. As is the ... biological basis for why he finally died when he died, and why the person who killed him was basically a nigh-omnipotent incarnation of the Force Itself (as viewed through the relatively limited lens of galactic standard culture.)

Disney has been reinforcing the canon of these works, most specifically the mechanism of his death, with Grogu's morphological development and habits.

As such the final scene of the rise of reywalker is technically non-canon. One small detail was overlooked.

As for speculating on another return,

It's entirely possible for him to incarnate again though. The clone decanting could be viewed as a theoretical test-run on re-emerging from the background Dark Side as a selfsame phantom, will, or eventually even a person if he finds the right machinations and routes to reabsorbing such powers.

He might even turn out looking literally exactly the same, and being the same person. A greater will than the Force Itself. It's what his entire plan revolved around in the first place.

[Dadpool]

The original trilogy makes more sense if you skip the sequels.

[trousers]

The franchise makes more sense if you skip everything that isn't The Empire Strikes Back