Endgame ruined it all though. Infinity War was so good that Endgame was going to be that successful regardless. But it undid everything in Infinity War, so it was more like, oh. We left Infinity War wondering how theyd beat Thanos, then they undid a lot of that impossibility that they built.

I think Infinity War was amazing. Then End Game basically erased it and made anything possible.

the other factor is, they made Thanos so strong that no other villain can live up to it, so challenges seem minimal.

the reason origin stories work so well is they introduce abilities and we have to watch them find ways to develop their understanding.

After X - men, Ironman, T America, Thor, Dark Knight, and the successful franchises that Time, they began rushing the stories spitting movies out all over the place and not letting anticipation creep in. The stories just become glorified violence with an algorithm. Hit each plot point without developing content.

I think there was a fear of Vader we didn't get to witness, that he was a badass.

The prequels showed a different character as a jumpy and acrobatic Jedi but the originals showed a mature, not have to do much and control. Probably the suit, but it would have been better to have more than rogue one to develop that villainy of Vader. clearly angry for not catching them with the plans, he rages on, but there is a difference in Vader when Rogue One would transition into A New Hope.

I think the Prequels could have done a better job of creating a more stoic dark and less crybaby Anikin, showing glimpses of the serious side. Vader seems calculated or maybe just direct. He is a dictator, while Anikin is more Social Justice Warrior. I don't think Christianson is the problem as much as the character was written as a troubled kid with emotional turmoil and bratty tendencies. All trauma, but at the same time, too different. He'd have trauma for sure!

Maybe these are ways Vader is behind the doors before he blows them open. I just think they could have developed Vader as a bad ass before.

like maybe in Revenge, the Jedi start going missing and they don't know why. Mystery. The originals were going because they didn't spell everything Out though. So...

I like that someone can choose a destiny, but on the flip side you can also appropriate something or someone that is not yours to appropriate.

It's a bad message to say, I can take on a whole family's identity and make it mine, like stealing their land and belongings. To me it's a colonizers message.