I loved KOTOR! I hope they use this as an opportunity to improve the story. It’s hard to imagine, I know. But, KOTOR was missing a fundamental element of what makes Star Wars so great: family. Star Wars had star destroyers, light sabers, blasters, the Force, and ships. That was all great because that was the sci-fi vehicle through which the familial story was told.
Take the origional trilogy. Luke was a humble farm boy who was raised by extended family. But, as the story progressed, it was about Luke’s connection to his father, Darth Vader. This culmunates into Vader chosing his son over power right at the end. When Vader dies, he looks at Luke with his human face. Truly poetic.
In the 1–3 stuff, Anakin has a mother. She raises him without a father. Qui-Gon was supposed to be that father figure, but dies to Maul. Kenobi kinda fills that role, a little. But, it was more as an older brother. In Episode 3, Kenobi says that he saw Anakin as a brother. Anakin even builds a quasi-family with Padme and, in a certain lense, Asoka as their daughter, sort of. That was what made her walking away from the temple in the end so tragic. It goes to how all of Anakin’s attempts at family fail until Luke, which makes that scene of Vader turning on the emperor extra.
In the sequels, we kinda get the opportunity to compare the janky family stuff with Palpatine and his grand daughter. But, its heavily glossed over. It is of note how Ben kills his father Hans. So, it was there, but distant.
Star Wars Rebels was very much the story of family. Kanan and Hera were the parents, Sabine and Ezra were kinda like the kids, and Zeb would have been a weird uncle/older brother. But, family was what made Rebels so great. Kanan even gets his sight back while protecting his family, and looks at Hera one last time. That was Star Wars at its height of story telling. I haven’t really seen a comparative level anywhere else to that.
Bad Batch, though a little distant and needing some squinting, was a story of family too. The bad batch were all brothers who collectively parented Omega, the adopted daughter. Even Dead Shot rejoins and “raises” Omega in the end after he chooses family over the Empire. The story finishes with Omega going off to fight with the Rebels at Yavin (sorta like a daughter going off to college).
The Mandalorian was sort of familial in that the Mandalorian kinda adopted Grogu, but Disney kinda glosses over the family stuff again.
I really hope they bring the family story forth in the KOTOR remake. Disney seems to not quiet get it and, while their games are fun and can develop a pinning of family in the stories, Disney missed the ball in Outlaws. It’s sorta there in Survivor, but its not really touched on heavily like the shows and movies. The storys might progress more in that field. I hope its brought forth more in KOTOR.
I loved KOTOR! I hope they use this as an opportunity to improve the story. It’s hard to imagine, I know. But, KOTOR was missing a fundamental element of what makes Star Wars so great: family. Star Wars had star destroyers, light sabers, blasters, the Force, and ships. That was all great because that was the sci-fi vehicle through which the familial story was told.
Take the origional trilogy. Luke was a humble farm boy who was raised by extended family. But, as the story progressed, it was about Luke’s connection to his father, Darth Vader. This culmunates into Vader chosing his son over power right at the end. When Vader dies, he looks at Luke with his human face. Truly poetic.
In the 1–3 stuff, Anakin has a mother. She raises him without a father. Qui-Gon was supposed to be that father figure, but dies to Maul. Kenobi kinda fills that role, a little. But, it was more as an older brother. In Episode 3, Kenobi says that he saw Anakin as a brother. Anakin even builds a quasi-family with Padme and, in a certain lense, Asoka as their daughter, sort of. That was what made her walking away from the temple in the end so tragic. It goes to how all of Anakin’s attempts at family fail until Luke, which makes that scene of Vader turning on the emperor extra.
In the sequels, we kinda get the opportunity to compare the janky family stuff with Palpatine and his grand daughter. But, its heavily glossed over. It is of note how Ben kills his father Hans. So, it was there, but distant.
Star Wars Rebels was very much the story of family. Kanan and Hera were the parents, Sabine and Ezra were kinda like the kids, and Zeb would have been a weird uncle/older brother. But, family was what made Rebels so great. Kanan even gets his sight back while protecting his family, and looks at Hera one last time. That was Star Wars at its height of story telling. I haven’t really seen a comparative level anywhere else to that.
Bad Batch, though a little distant and needing some squinting, was a story of family too. The bad batch were all brothers who collectively parented Omega, the adopted daughter. Even Dead Shot rejoins and “raises” Omega in the end after he chooses family over the Empire. The story finishes with Omega going off to fight with the Rebels at Yavin (sorta like a daughter going off to college).
The Mandalorian was sort of familial in that the Mandalorian kinda adopted Grogu, but Disney kinda glosses over the family stuff again.
I really hope they bring the family story forth in the KOTOR remake. Disney seems to not quiet get it and, while their games are fun and can develop a pinning of family in the stories, Disney missed the ball in Outlaws. It’s sorta there in Survivor, but its not really touched on heavily like the shows and movies. The storys might progress more in that field. I hope its brought forth more in KOTOR.