I made something
The reason why the sequels failed so spectacularly at being Star Wars movies has…a pretty basic reason. But it’s not exactly what everybody thinks it is. In my opinion, that happened because they weren’t directed by George Lucas. Not because he’s just a better director or he had more creative ideas, or he made Star Wars out of passion and not for money (all of that too, ofc). The main reason is that Star Wars (prequels and ot) is a structure, where everything clicked eventually. It has a solid base for storytelling, it has fantastic parallels, basically, quoting Lucas, it’s like poetry. It rhymes.
The sequels, unfortunately, weren’t made that way. They were filmed to, let’s be frank here, suck out more money out of Star Wars. I don’t think that the directors were milking a dead cow, which The Mandalorian illustrates perfectly, they just didn’t have the same dedication, vision, passion, drive and, most importantly, goal. They wanted more viewers, more dollars, more fame. They did get some of that, TFA alone brought Disney more than a billion dollars. But their quality, despite their success (well, depends on how you define it), became much, much worse. Simply because the sequels weren’t part of that poetry, that elegant structure that Anakin Skywalker’s story was in the prequels and the OT.
I present you the weirdest ass Star Wars ships I found on ✨shipping wiki✨
Cadsoka — Cad Bane x Ahsoka Tano (ew)
Enoke — Snoke x Jyn Erso
what the fuuuck? Jyn would have been around Leia’s age by the time of the First Order. Would it mean old Jyn x Snoke? Or young Jyn x ….young Snoke? I just….I have so many questions that I sincerely don’t want to get answers for
Griesoka — Grievous x Ahsoka Tano
This is even worse than Enoke, honestly. What kind of a perverted mind must you have to come up with this shit?? I don’t want to even imagine what this ship includes in itself.
Haney — Han Solo x Rey
Considering the fact that Han is around sixty when he meets Rey, I’ve got the same questions as with Enoke. Is he Rey’s smuggler sugar daddy?
Rosinks — ROSE TICO X JAR JAR BINKS WTF
This is probably a joke ship. U know, the two most annoying Star Wars characters together. But still…….. *internal screaming*
Sney, Snokerose, Snokgana — Snoke x Rey, Rose and LEIA
This is just a sequel to Enoke that gets progressively worse. Like some other sequels that we know…
Tarkmi — Wilhuff Tarkin x Shmi Skywalker
After Rosinks this doesn’t even feel weird. At least one of them isn’t a space lizard.
Zeboka — Zeb Orrelios x Ahsoka Tano
The name says it all. I literally gagged when I saw this.
A question for the philosophers: Which one is worse, Anakijarbinks (Anakin x Jar Jar) or Anakinous (Anakin x Grievous)?
Now comes the time for torture
Binkte — Jar Jar Binks x Nute Gunrey
Binooku — Jar Jar Binks x Count Dooku
Bosett — Jar Jar Binks x Bossk
Dyoda — Dooku x Yoda
Ezrda — Ezra x Yoda
I won’t say anything but, from the depths of my heart: why? This is just…a lizard and a bug fucking, then a lizard and a crocodile, a frog and a teenager…im surprised there is no Yoda x Jar Jar for that matter
Oprenobi — Savage Opress x Obi-Wan Kenobi (?????)
Palpatin — Emperor Palpatine x Grand Admiral Thrawn (????????????)
Palpoke — Emperor Palpatine x Snoke
Again, a good ship won’t be named fucking Palpoke
Soleedo — Han Solo x Greedo
Watte — Jar Jar Binks x Wat Tambor
Yodakin — Anakin Skywalker x Yoda
And if the rest wasn’t weird enough for you:
Yobda — Yoda x Jabba the HuttGOODBYE
Luke attempting to kill Kylo is the dumbest, wildest scene in all Star Wars because Luke? The one that brought Darth fucking Vader back to the light through nothing but faith and love? The one that joined the rebellion as soon as he found out about it? The one that saved his friends multiple times by being calm, collected, confident and patient? That Luke definitely isn’t a mad grandpa that murders kids in their beds. I swear, JJ Abrams, Rian Johnson and Kathleen Kennedy either haven’t seen the ot, or have sclerosis, one of the two.
What your favourite Star Wars movies say about you:
Original Trilogy — you’ve probably loved SW since you were a child. You feel a deep emotional connection with Luke Skywalker and that dramatic sunset scene, don’t lie. Your relationship with your dad is either amazing or you have daddy issues. Old movies in general > new movies in general. Nice music taste.
Prequels — they’re either your comfort movies or the movies that you feel low-key have an extremely important meaning to you, no in between. You can love things despite them being not perfect or even bad. You’re probably a super fan, you’ve seen everything and even more, and still love the prequels. U loveeee memes. Can’t decide who is hotter, Ewan, Natalie or Hayden.
Clone Wars — ok you are a disaster, just admit it. Fantastic sense of humour. Rewatch movies to find new meanings and details in them. A 65% chance that you’re gay. You have a lot of thoughts on SW, sometimes you wonder, whether that’s even okay. You just think a lot in general. You probably don’t like the sequels. Clones supremacy. You either write fanfiction, posts, create edits, etc about SW.
Rebels — wow ur rare. But props to you for not following the crowd and overlooking the stereotypes (in general, even). In love with Sabine Wren. Either mom friend or disaster friend. Artsy???? Never understand what’s going on but always ready to fight. Low key dream of going to the SW universe and fighting as a rebel too. Creative mind.
Rogue One — you can rewatch it a billion times and love it even more each time. Like to travel. Not really good with emotions but feel a lot of them deep inside. Cassian and Jyn are your favourite ship ever. Independent and straightforward. You can also be quite quiet and just fine with spending time on your own, but value friendship if you have it. Ur just cool.
Mandalorian — you’re probably a new fan?? Baby Yoda is life. You are also activistic. Queer? Yeah, that too. Have style and can look cool, but a huge softie on the inside. Cry during movies. Aren’t very attentive but you’re fun to be around. You have a Tik Tok account, maybe even quite a lot of followers. You love Marvel too. Emotional.
Sequels — Adam Driver means a lot to you. You think he’s super hot. Also you love Reylo. Kind of in love with everyone there? Cosplay. Love modern sci-fi a lot, watch movies for the picture more than for the plot. Dog lover. Also amazing style. Friendly and open-minded, but easy to offend. Have issues with taking criticism. Cute. Hopeless romantic.
This is all made for fun and isn’t 100% accurate. Not meant to offend anyone.
me remembering that luke and rey didn’t even have a good relationship and we didn’t get to see them as a parental relationship or even as friends
cant believe they expected us to believe luke saw rey; a lonely kid from a desert planet dreaming about finding her parents, struggling with her identity, and dealing with the weight and pressure of bringing back the jedi…. and he didnt want to help her. not only that, they also made them argue the whole time. SICK
the real luke skywalker would meet rey and be like oh i know you. i’m your dad now. i can teach you three things: how to Force, how to make the perfect cup of hot chocolate, and how to destroy fascists. let’s go do barrel-rolls in x-wings
the way the real luke skywalker would have taken a single glance at that feral desert girl and been like. "my child now." come here girl I'll teach you how to build moisture vaporators so you never have to exploit yourself for water. yes this is more important than jedi training. yes we can cover that later. oh you want to fight kyle? oh you're struggling with the idea that he might still have a soul? ok learn from my mistakes and don't lose a hand in a fight you can't win, but also did i tell you about the time i beat my dad's ass so hard he bounced back to the light side? funny story actually,
all of this in the 10 minutes after she gives him anakin's lightsaber
Rey: i was abandoned by my family on a backwater desert planet and waited for them for most of my life before a droid and the man who would become my best friend showed up and i chose to leave everything i knew behind in order to help save them and help the rebellion. i am very strong with the force and want to learn in order to protect the ones i love but my own capacity for darkness scares me. i need help understanding who i am and what my power means
Luke:
the force: here, have an apprentice who's a metaphorical narrative mirror for you. she needs guidance and a mentor figure.
luke: oh you mean my new daughter
the force: what
Rey: here dad meet my friends
Luke, meeting orphan mechanic rebel rose tico, pilot with a flair for drama poe dameron, and man who chose goodness in the face of overwhelming evil and is powerful in the force finn: oh you mean all my new kids
luke, talking to the force ghosts of the jedi council: so my first apprentice grogu has a mandalorian dad right? and he told me about how he rescued him and adopted him and how that's custom for mandalorians, right? to adopt the children they rescue. so THEN i got hit with a tax bill for religious organizations and i thought you know what doesn't get taxed? children. like when you have a child. you're not paying the government for having a child. SO i thought you know what i ain't payin the government shit-
force ghost obi-wan: but isn't leia the chancellor?
luke: EXACTLY imagine paying taxes to your sister!!! i'd rather die. anyway that's how i ended up with 15 children. they're all skywalkers.
yoda: force-sensitive, some of them are not.
luke: yes. your point?
@softieskywalker you can’t just leave absolute gold in the tags
Now this are the sequels I would watch!
I love the idea of him reusing his stormtrooper armor. The thigh armor especially. He can attach his lightsaber instead of a blaster <3
The yellow jacket is based on concept art of Finn.
Oh my god this art is sooo cool just *chef’s kiss*