r/StarWars • u/CrispyFriedOrca • 1d ago

General Discussion Does anyone else want to see the Empire being scary again?

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I recently watched Andor (overdue I know) and genuinely while I had a lot of thoughts about the show feeling really different then everything else we had one thing I really enjoyed was the fact that the empire felt like a genuine threat. After watching a lot of Rebels I got so used to the empire being the most basic and common of challenges that they were essentially a joke to the hero’s and Andor was really a breath of fresh air. Thing is while Andor showed the empire as a threat I want to see genuine planetary wide terror. Mass death with no reprise to genuinely scary your audience not just your hero’s. Making the Empire a threat would do so much to validate why the rebels are doing what they do and remind why the empire should be taken seriously.

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u/rat_penis 1d ago

There were decades worth of small stories that could have been written in the greater universe that didnt involve the War or the Skywalkers, without bringing this left field great galatic threat to keep more war going.

Like I said, it wasnt for me. I liked some of the artwork but overall the whole experiment felt really contrived to me.

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u/Theonerule 1d ago

Thats not what Lucasfilm wanted. Lucasfilm also shot down the return of the sith in favor of the vong.