The title more or less says it all. We can all complain about what we don't like in other threads, but this one is devoted to what we like about the current canon.
that's just fine with me. You can even bring up individual things that you like. For example, I just saw the episode of Rebels where Rex and Kanan had to break Ezra and some of the other rebels out of prison. Loved every second of it.
I would have said a new continuity where things are less ridiculous and more approachable to a larger audience, but the new canon essentially seems to be copying legends. The only things which are different are just weird, and worse. I'd rather not see Thrawn and Plagueis in their older incarnations and see a new universe with new types of stories.
Oh, look at me, it's a thread about appreciating the new canon and I'm already ranting about it. Okay, here's what I like:
Books which connect to the films before the film has even come out. I like the "journey to" ad campaigns. They're fun.
I also like the new take on star wars that now exists for a new generation. I personally like the new movies (as action/adventure sci-fi, not as star wars films) and the fact that new kids will be introduced to classic jokes, tropes, and techniques we're all nostalgic about through these films is kind of exciting.
I also really like that they've given star wars a new life. I get excited about star wars. That's all.
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TCW and Rebels(to a lesser extent) were great because they added a LOT of depth to SW as a whole.
Nearly all of Marvel's SW comics have been consistently good, and have treated most characters involved really well(Vader's first series was basically one giant respect thread, lol.)
The Thrawn and Tarkin novels are fantastic. Here again, they added a LOT of depth to these characters(Thrawn in particular.)
I also enjoyed the Empire's End trilogy, Phasma, and even Dark Disciple for the same general reason(s).
Tbh, there's far more that I have enjoyed about the new canon than I've disliked about it, but that's just me... /shrug
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Thanks for reminding me Galan, I actually forgot to mention that I liked the consistent depth they've been giving the universe. The loth-wolves and the world betwen worlds, and so on. I think that's an underrated part of the new canon.
See, I actually like the concept of TWBW, because it shows us the full scope/depth of the force like we've never seen before in canon.
Aside from that, it also makes Palpatine's end goal of attaining legitimate universal godhood seem more realistic -- now we at least know it was actually possible for him to become that powerful, and wasn't just Sith pipe dreams.
That said, the fact that TWBW was essentially just used as a plot-device to ensure Ahsoka's survival was phucking dumb.
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I am tired of being caught in the tangle of their lives."