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omniryu posted...

There is always a vision. When Disney bought Star Wars, it was to repeat the OT for the Sequel. Don't get me wrong, there was no detailed plans. Even if she didn't have plans now, she is smart enough to know the needs to builds detailed plans now.

There wasn't a vision, that was the whole problem.

When Disney bought Star Wars, their "vision," if you can call it that, was to make money. They planned on handling it the way they did Marvel, handing off every movie to different directors to get a wide variety of styles; however, unlike Marvel, they didn't set any concrete plot direction, making VII through IX a flailing mess. One minute they're ripping off the OT, the next they're throwing everything out just because, then they're ripping off arguably one of the worst Legends arcs, it's all over the place. Even JJ's "mystery box" nonsense in 7 reveals that he didn't have plans moving forward, even if 7 was a ripoff of 4.

These days, the vision is a bit clearer: build a backstory to make 7 through 9 make sense. Which... sucks, because 7 through 9 are terrible movies with a terrible story, but its obviously what Bad Batch and Mandalorian are trying to do. Unfortunate; it really sours the experience of these show knowing the ultimate "payoff" is Rise of Skywalker.