The Star Wars fandom often finds any and all excuses to criticise the franchise, and normally we disagree with them.But even we have to admit that this original name is bloody awful.For all the moaning and criticism ofDisney’sThe Acolyte, the show hasn’t embarrassed us quite as badly as this would have.AdvertInitially,Star Warswas destined to be known asThe Adventures of Luke Skywalker as Taken from The Journal of The Whills Saga # I: The Star Wars.We’d like to return to the good times, to whenThe Acolytecast shared their experience of getting their own lightsabersNot only is it ridiculously and unnecessarily long, but it also sounds so boring. If Star Wars had gone with that title, the franchise wouldn’t still be around today, we’re almost 99 percent certain of that.AdvertUpon learning this, fans have some pearls of wisdom to instil to all creatives; it’s to “write drunk, edit sober.”Here’s the issue with this piece of advice: this title got bandied about quite late in the creative process, according to some.“I don’t know about ‘originally’. That title was very late in the process,”saidRedditor RunDNA, before giving us the full timeline of development.Having discovered the truth, some believe that this is proof that, occasionally, “meddling” is beneficial. “George Lucas’s oeuvre is proof that executive meddling is sometimes a good thing,” reasoned a now deleted user.AdvertThe only greater crime we can think of is howLuke Skywalker is the reason why Palpatine returned.If you’ve not been traumatised enough yet, you should see how we’veranked all 12 Star Wars films; think of it as a fun game of how to get angry in a record amount of time.At least we were ranking Star Wars films and notThe Adventures of Luke Skywalker as Taken from The Journal of The Whills –it would have been a short list!Featured Image Credit: 20th Century StudiosTopics:Star Wars,Disney,TV And Film
The Star Wars fandom often finds any and all excuses to criticise the franchise, and normally we disagree with them.But even we have to admit that this original name is bloody awful.For all the moaning and criticism ofDisney’sThe Acolyte, the show hasn’t embarrassed us quite as badly as this would have.AdvertInitially,Star Warswas destined to be known asThe Adventures of Luke Skywalker as Taken from The Journal of The Whills Saga # I: The Star Wars.We’d like to return to the good times, to whenThe Acolytecast shared their experience of getting their own lightsabersNot only is it ridiculously and unnecessarily long, but it also sounds so boring. If Star Wars had gone with that title, the franchise wouldn’t still be around today, we’re almost 99 percent certain of that.AdvertUpon learning this, fans have some pearls of wisdom to instil to all creatives; it’s to “write drunk, edit sober.”Here’s the issue with this piece of advice: this title got bandied about quite late in the creative process, according to some.“I don’t know about ‘originally’. That title was very late in the process,”saidRedditor RunDNA, before giving us the full timeline of development.Having discovered the truth, some believe that this is proof that, occasionally, “meddling” is beneficial. “George Lucas’s oeuvre is proof that executive meddling is sometimes a good thing,” reasoned a now deleted user.AdvertThe only greater crime we can think of is howLuke Skywalker is the reason why Palpatine returned.If you’ve not been traumatised enough yet, you should see how we’veranked all 12 Star Wars films; think of it as a fun game of how to get angry in a record amount of time.At least we were ranking Star Wars films and notThe Adventures of Luke Skywalker as Taken from The Journal of The Whills –it would have been a short list!Featured Image Credit: 20th Century StudiosTopics:Star Wars,Disney,TV And Film
The Star Wars fandom often finds any and all excuses to criticise the franchise, and normally we disagree with them.But even we have to admit that this original name is bloody awful.For all the moaning and criticism ofDisney’sThe Acolyte, the show hasn’t embarrassed us quite as badly as this would have.AdvertInitially,Star Warswas destined to be known asThe Adventures of Luke Skywalker as Taken from The Journal of The Whills Saga # I: The Star Wars.We’d like to return to the good times, to whenThe Acolytecast shared their experience of getting their own lightsabersNot only is it ridiculously and unnecessarily long, but it also sounds so boring. If Star Wars had gone with that title, the franchise wouldn’t still be around today, we’re almost 99 percent certain of that.AdvertUpon learning this, fans have some pearls of wisdom to instil to all creatives; it’s to “write drunk, edit sober.”Here’s the issue with this piece of advice: this title got bandied about quite late in the creative process, according to some.“I don’t know about ‘originally’. That title was very late in the process,”saidRedditor RunDNA, before giving us the full timeline of development.Having discovered the truth, some believe that this is proof that, occasionally, “meddling” is beneficial. “George Lucas’s oeuvre is proof that executive meddling is sometimes a good thing,” reasoned a now deleted user.AdvertThe only greater crime we can think of is howLuke Skywalker is the reason why Palpatine returned.If you’ve not been traumatised enough yet, you should see how we’veranked all 12 Star Wars films; think of it as a fun game of how to get angry in a record amount of time.At least we were ranking Star Wars films and notThe Adventures of Luke Skywalker as Taken from The Journal of The Whills –it would have been a short list!
The Star Wars fandom often finds any and all excuses to criticise the franchise, and normally we disagree with them.
But even we have to admit that this original name is bloody awful.
For all the moaning and criticism ofDisney’sThe Acolyte, the show hasn’t embarrassed us quite as badly as this would have.
Advert
Advert
Initially,Star Warswas destined to be known asThe Adventures of Luke Skywalker as Taken from The Journal of The Whills Saga # I: The Star Wars.
We’d like to return to the good times, to whenThe Acolytecast shared their experience of getting their own lightsabers
Not only is it ridiculously and unnecessarily long, but it also sounds so boring. If Star Wars had gone with that title, the franchise wouldn’t still be around today, we’re almost 99 percent certain of that.
Advert
Advert
Upon learning this, fans have some pearls of wisdom to instil to all creatives; it’s to “write drunk, edit sober.”
Here’s the issue with this piece of advice: this title got bandied about quite late in the creative process, according to some.
“I don’t know about ‘originally’. That title was very late in the process,”saidRedditor RunDNA, before giving us the full timeline of development.
Having discovered the truth, some believe that this is proof that, occasionally, “meddling” is beneficial. “George Lucas’s oeuvre is proof that executive meddling is sometimes a good thing,” reasoned a now deleted user.
Advert
Advert
The only greater crime we can think of is howLuke Skywalker is the reason why Palpatine returned.
If you’ve not been traumatised enough yet, you should see how we’veranked all 12 Star Wars films; think of it as a fun game of how to get angry in a record amount of time.
At least we were ranking Star Wars films and notThe Adventures of Luke Skywalker as Taken from The Journal of The Whills –it would have been a short list!
Topics:Star Wars,Disney,TV And Film
