They Are Men, Not Gods

With all the rumors flowing around about Star Wars right now, the batch of toxic fans who basically are the ones responsible for any troubles the franchise is going through right now, as there is some logic to say they helped make Solo perform so badly in theaters. (All the other Disney Star Wars movies have made blockbuster level returns.) It was the failing of Solo that has caused Disney to look at the franchise and think about doing some drastic, unneeded changes.

With Star Wars, the ultimate toxic fan, Doomcock (Emperor of the dumbest name a misogynistic a-hole could come up with) is spreading rumors about Lucas' return as the head of Lucasfilm as the divine savior of the franchise. Outside of the fact that Lucas gave up his company for a reason and I've seen nothing to suggest he has changed his mind, there are so any flaws to embracing this belief. Those like Doomcock (How can anyone take an seriously someone who choose to be called by such a lame-ass name?) are able to overlook all the great many unforgivable flaws Lucas made with the prequel trilogy and ignore so many facts about what Lucas had been planning in his storyline for the third trilogy (https://www.polygon.com/2019/12/10/21005059/george-lucas-star-wars-sequel-trilogy-plot-characters), like focusing on the midichlorians, one of the greatest mistakes of the prequels. The simple fact is that Lucas has shown he no longer is the storyteller that had created Star Wars and that it is for the best that he has moved on.

But to some like Doomcock (His name just screams 'I am a jackass to be made fun of') Lucas is a god and can do no wrong. Lucas is elevated to the position of deity and can do no wrong in their eyes.

No matter that flaws in such ideology, it seems to be a big part of human nature. So many people are elevated so, many are creators who might deserve accolades for what they created at one time, but had made mistakes and showed that they had lost their skills.

Gene Roddenberry did something amazing when he created Star Trek, but when Star Trek: The Next Generation came about, he was actually holding the show back from its full potential with his controlling nature and unyielding vision. STTNG did not take off as a series until Roddenberry was forced to step back, allowing real growth in the series and better writing and story-lines to get explored. At no point am I trying to take away the significance of what Roddenberry had done. We know the impact of Star Trek. And it is accurate to say the newer Trek is not fully aligned to Roddenberry's vision, but it was shown that his vision was ready to kill off the franchise.

As everyone who keeps up with this blog knows, I am a huge Spider-Man fan. I respect greatly what Stan Lee had created with the help of Steve Ditko, as I am one of those who considers Ditko to have had a great amount of influence in creating the character and shaping his stories. If you compare the stories of Spider-Man with the stories of The Fantastic Four from the same time period, it does feel as if they were written by two different people. Just like how the X-Men were not popular until after Lee left the book and a whole new creative team took over and did some major changes to the book. Looking at Stan Lee's career and that many of his later projects really were not that well written, it seems clear he was a much better concept creator than actual writer. Once more though, this should not be viewed as denying his accomplishments. It was his ideas that created the foundation for the Marvel Superhero universe as well as creating the lasting popularity of superheroes that we still have today. He should be viewed as the father of modern superhero comic, but no one should think that everything he touched turned to gold.

I have yet to find any creator in any format who I think is flawless, even Neil Gaiman and Kevin Smith have some projects that I did not enjoy. That does not mean I am not longer a fan of their work or that I do not look forward to new projects by them. I just do not hold them as being divine.

No matter how much respect I have for George Lucas, I do not for one moment believe he is the one needed to 'repair' the franchise, which really is not broken. I have no problem with him being there with ideas and advice, even maybe letting him co-write (We know he sucks big time at dialogue, so only let him co-write) a story or two for the Disney+ shows, but let others be in charge now. Star Wars is far from being dead after all and Lucas is not a god.