Of course, the real irony here is that like in many other franchises, by far the highest quality Star Wars stuff is the stuff that actually was fully aimed at kids - ie the animated series (Star Wars The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels).
The joys of animation is that, unlike live action, it is generally considered a ‘kids’ medium and so most executives, whilst still willing to give a decent budget, don’t especially care about it so tend to pretty much give the creators free rein when it comes to how they produce it. In the case of the Clone Wars, the team thus pretty much decided “f*** it, so long as there’s no gore or swearing we can pretty much do whatever we like, so we’re going to take this kids show and instead write it for adults, making it full on war show homaging as many classic WW2 movies as we can whilst still keeping things entertaining enough for the young ‘uns”. Thus, not only is it arguably the best quality content Star Wars has produced, but with the talent Lucasfilm had at its disposal, many of their sequences and arcs are arguably up there with some of the best adult action shows going.
If you want a good illustration, check out this scene from the Star Wars equivalent of D-Day - all of the cinematography, sound design, framing, and other filmmaking aspects are genuinely better than about 90% of modern films even now: https://youtu.be/5DAywBKyatc?si=k1bizPnG9edwnty-
Well, I snorted happily at this . . . but just how old is the target audience for this blog?: "a puppet who is so damn cute that he makes Lambchop look like a drug-addled prostitute." Shari Lewis was just lucky PETA and assorted vegan nuts were not around in 1957.
Of course, the real irony here is that like in many other franchises, by far the highest quality Star Wars stuff is the stuff that actually was fully aimed at kids - ie the animated series (Star Wars The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels).
The joys of animation is that, unlike live action, it is generally considered a ‘kids’ medium and so most executives, whilst still willing to give a decent budget, don’t especially care about it so tend to pretty much give the creators free rein when it comes to how they produce it. In the case of the Clone Wars, the team thus pretty much decided “f*** it, so long as there’s no gore or swearing we can pretty much do whatever we like, so we’re going to take this kids show and instead write it for adults, making it full on war show homaging as many classic WW2 movies as we can whilst still keeping things entertaining enough for the young ‘uns”. Thus, not only is it arguably the best quality content Star Wars has produced, but with the talent Lucasfilm had at its disposal, many of their sequences and arcs are arguably up there with some of the best adult action shows going.
If you want a good illustration, check out this scene from the Star Wars equivalent of D-Day - all of the cinematography, sound design, framing, and other filmmaking aspects are genuinely better than about 90% of modern films even now: https://youtu.be/5DAywBKyatc?si=k1bizPnG9edwnty-
This has convinced me to ot see this movie.
Your headline for this article is the exception that proves the rule of Betteridge's Law ... Because the answer is "yes"
Well, I snorted happily at this . . . but just how old is the target audience for this blog?: "a puppet who is so damn cute that he makes Lambchop look like a drug-addled prostitute." Shari Lewis was just lucky PETA and assorted vegan nuts were not around in 1957.