Post by Super-predator on Oct 13, 2018 0:01:08 GMT
It's because despite the scope being so grand at it's core it's really about family.
We start off with A New Hope seeming generic enough. Just a fun little film about a hero going up against an evil empire because some dark lord killed his father. Then with the Empire Strikes Back we find out that this dark lord far from killing his father actually IS his father. So we go back and watch the Phantom Menace and are amazed to see what the Star Wars universe looked like at a time of relative peace. This is accentuated by the greenery and water in scenes giving the impression that this was more a time of life. Even Darth Vader is a happy go lucky kid. By Attack Of The Clones this icon of evil represented by Darth Vader is ironically a handsome hero in Anakin Skywalker. He makes some poor choices as do the other characters being manipulated by evil until war is declared. With Revenge Of The Sith Anakin's fall from grace mirrors that of Lucifer's in Paradise Lost. He commits genocide ruins his family and becomes maimed as Darth Vader. And finally in Return Of The Jedi it is through Luke's compassion that Vader is able to redeem himself and bring peace.
The Disney Star Wars films were not mentioned because mouse canon is not canon. Anymore than fools gold is real gold.