Star Wars has meant many things to many people in its nearly half-century existence. But more recently, for the last half of that existence, it’s mainly meant misery. Since the prequel trilogy reared its ugly head in the canon, the Star Wars community has been split over whether or not Star Wars is even good, let alone fun.
That only got worse with the mixed-bag Disney era of Star Wars , which further confused people with some triumphs , follies , and Star Wars movies so lazily written we wouldn’t be surprised if people had already forgotten our Palpatine returned . (Answer: “Somehow”). That said, Donald Glover would like Star Wars to be fun again, which is a really, really nice thought.
Speaking to The Wall Street Journal about his long-awaited Lando Calrissian movie , Glover said he wants his film to be “fun” because “as a Star Wars fan myself, I think it’s important that there needs to be fun being had.” By “fun,” we assume he means endless YouTube videos of “fans” overreacting to casting decisions, studio mechanizations, and whether or not more than one woman should be allowed in the Star Wars mythos . Still, Glover rightly assessed that “it’s very hard to have fun right now” due to “very serious things that are happening, and those are the only things that connect us, weirdly.
” It would be a good time for a fun Star Wars movie, but alas. “So I get why things are serious, but part of the human experience, I believe, is we have a respo.