Star Wars - The Lost Franchise

I'll always love star wars, yet I'd be lying if I said I thought it was in the greatest place right now. In many ways, star wars have become a lost franchise. No longer sure of what it's about or what its future holds. In many ways, I just made this video as my way of coping with that.
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[TheFirstOkiro]

You don’t have to love all Star Wars. That’s impossible. I’ve been a fan of Star Wars since long before Disney. All you can do is pick and choose what you care about, especially as Disney and Lucasfilm are determined to make the franchise as divisive as possible these days. So no matter what, if it gets better, if it gets worse, just remember why you love star wars

[kaseymills]

Why am I crying? Why is your editing and music choices better than anything I’ve seen from nostalgia bating movies in recent years?

[AwesomeIAm]

I would argue as well that Andor out of all the Star Wars show justified itself the most as it didn’t rely too much on needless fan service and expanded the lore in interesting ways.

[jesseanderson]

Wow, thank you for posting this, I felt so emotional with the frontage part after you said “remember why you cared” I honestly really needed this, thank you.

[agroed]

You don't have to love all of Star Wars, or certain parts of Star Wars, or contemporary Star Wars to be a Star Wars fan, you just have to love Star Wars. I love the Clone Wars, the prequels, and the video games, especially the KotORs. I hope that one day, a piece of Star Wars media will come out that connects with me like those things did. Until then, I'll keep loving Star Wars. Maybe next it'll be Andor for me.

[geminigrrl]

Dude, I'm crying now. Yes I know exactly what changed my life as a little Blerd on my birthday in 1977. Princess and Senator Leia Organa. Nothing and no one can take those memories from me. And while I hope someday someone will give Finn the story he richly deserved, I can always write it my damn self, lol.

[Nebula]

We have hope again, Thank you for reminding me that - Kragclank

[clayongunzelle]

I love watching these kinds of videos from the high seas..

[christopherdowning]

I fondly remember the early 90s. There was very little Star Wars content other than the original films, then suddenly there was the Zahn trilogy of books, and the X-Wing/TIE Fighter series of games plus Dark Forces. There was so much potential for world building within the Star Wars franchise at that time. For a nerdy teenager like myself, it was alot of fun just imagining where Star Wars could go with its storytelling. Unfortunately now I feel that Star Wars is over saturated with content, alot of which is so badly written, that there's not much room for positive growth anymore.

[stephthebard]

There is so much about Star Wars I love. It's core memory level. I only wish they would be allowed to innovate again. Stop editing storylines based on "what sells" or "what fans like" and tell an honest story.

But I often feel like a minority in the fandom, I try to find bits to love about every Star Wars project I watch or read. Sometimes, it takes a while, but I can always find something, even if it's one moment.

[crystalkyber]

they way you summed up the overall fatigue and exhaustion and care and love of this community in this video 💯

[QuickPoker]

It's so hard not to critique Star Wars movies and shows, but you're so right. Life is so much easier when you just decide to love them all.

[isajmody]

I loved this!!! Star Wars means everything to me. It raised me through my parents' divorce, thru my own divorce. Being a constant, it pains me that it is so incontinent right now, but hope may get us thru that, but it is dwindling.

[Wackaz]

I'm loving these videos analysing the state of the Disney-owned franchises - infinitely more interesting than the shows and films themselves under Disney (aside from Andor of course; masterpiece).

This video emotionally impacted me greatly, like most of your videos to be honest. That montage was truly something sublime - it's a trait of yours to edit these types of montages and quite frankly it's a staple of your channel which is something no other creator does. You put so much heart and soul into your videos - far more authentic than any other channel on this platform. It is always evident there is a passion and emotional resonance to what you're making, and that down-to-earth approach not only impacts me on a potent level, but for many of your other viewers; I'm certain of that. Simply put, I needed this video, and the Star Wars Community needs you.

You're a wonderful man. Thank you Okiro, kudos to you brother, keep up the brilliant work as always!

[HarrisMcGrade]

Yo, holy sh*t this was some beautiful editing!

[mattlinkous]

I’ve been gravitating a bit towards Legends since Last Jedi came out. I grew up on the original trilogy and Luke was my favorite character. In Legends he just gets to do more and BE more which is just more fun for me whereas in Sequel Canon he ....doesn’t. So I can either think of ROTJ as The End and everything else as very expensive fanfic or I can try this alternate route.

With Mandolrian since I’m a lifelong comics reader it reminds of times when I’ve not been enamored with the direction of Marvel or DC but there’s at least one book with a good creative team that gels with the character I’m buying that one title despite not being invested in anything else in the line. That’s Mandalorian, the one title left in my canon pull-box.

Guess my point being this is how I’m trying to keep Star Wars alive for myself.

[LeBassDiaries]

The best part about your content is you can acknowledge and honor the past while understanding the future of a franchise has to change. Doing that is nearly impossible but content creators / Directors / Writers like you can help shape the next chapters. I know you are still growing but you have influence and wish you luck on contributing to this cherished stories. I know you will get your shot on them.

There are no shortage of qualified writer's chomping at the bit to write their own episode, series, movie and be a part of this story but I am not sure I see a way around the Corporate Executives that ultimately get the final say on how a plot line is resolved.

Great content as always.

[DarthOpinion]

Wow, amazing video. It reminds me of my youth and why i fell in love with star wars as a franchise. I just love everything star wars. Im done with all the extremely polarizing discussion that just feel so political. Star wars is my escapism. Time to love and enjoy it again.

[sam_loper]

Well done!!!! This franchise will always mean so much to me. It's changed me for the better as I've grown up and is its still actively showing how to be better. Thanks for this.

[GreySawyer]

Wow, the "remember why you cared' segment really hit me in the feels. Great video Okiro!