Someone wrote on a board that they rebooted Star Wars, but didn't tell anyone. They're replacing the white male heroes with females and a more diversified cast.
It would make sense since Kennedy/Disney trashed the EU and is recreating the original trilogy by rehashing them now. Force Awakens stole from a New Hope and Last Jedi stole from Empire Strikes Back.
What do you think?
George Lucas basically rebooted Flash Gordon with a new name, so it's nothing new...
shareAll artists are influenced by other artists. The Beatles were influenced by black American music. Picasso by African art. Spielberg"s Indiana Jones was influenced by old serial shorts, Julia Childs by French cuisine, etc.
Lucas had several influences including Japanese films, the Heroes Journey by Campbell, old WW2 documentaries, Buddhism and Nazi history, too.
The trick is to make it something unique by adding your own creativity and self expression. Lucas was successful at this. Lightsabers, stormtroopers, Vader, Jedi, groundbreaking FX, design, making the SW universe look lived in was a new concept and so was a quality sci-fi/fantasy, the crawl, etc.
Each time I watch a youtube video, I hate Disney SW more. I saw one last night. It compares the visual design and story of the originals with Disney. Disney isn't even trying. They're just copying and rehashing without adding anything. They're not artists. Just accountants.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lgqNI36usE
This is just a rumor that was started by non Star Wars fans years ago.
shareThere is a difference between borrowing or paying an homage to another work and flat out plagiarizing it. Example: Batman clearly borrowed from The Mask of Zorro and The Mask of Zorro (1998) clearly borrowed from The Count of Monte Cristo novel and while I may be wrong about this one it seems The Count of Monte Cristo (2002) borrowed from The Mask of Zorro (1998) by having the hero locked up for decades and then raising the heroes child as his own (Albert was not Dantes's son in the original novel he was Mondegos).
The Force Awakens however directly rips off A New Hope, it is the exact same story just with different characters inserted and updated special effects (and horrible CGI while I'm at it). The Force Awakens was just Disney taking the safe and marketable route and boy did it suck, I am pretty sure Star Wars didn't get popular in the first place by taking the safe route.
Influence is one thing, rebooting is not.
But I get that you were triggered by the ops post and all - hence the standard comeback because you think it's criticism of gender etc.
Pathetic frog.
It's a reboot of the franchise, not the continuity.
shareIts a Soft Reboot obviously:
The story goes on but it repeats itself and forces everything back in square one like a glib facsimile.