Don’t know if this is a hot take or not, but many Star Wars fans have a headcanon and expectation problem. I’ve seen all too often where people build up an image of a character that’s not actually on screen or page, vehemently defend that and allow it to ruin their enjoyment of the franchise. - ThreadSky

salaciousdumb.bsky.social • 56 days ago

Don’t know if this is a hot take or not, but many Star Wars fans have a headcanon and expectation problem. I’ve seen all too often where people build up an image of a character that’s not actually on screen or page, vehemently defend that and allow it to ruin their enjoyment of the franchise.

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placide92.bsky.social•56 days ago

That’s essentially most people’s problem since 2015. Their own childlike expectations

mrch1valry.bsky.social•56 days ago

This is not a hot take. This is THE take. Part of the problem is, people start getting attached to characters way before this stuff even comes out too, so by the time it's on screen they already have way more expectations than they should.

Each new Star Wars project, I just watch the show. Love it.

mrch1valry.bsky.social•56 days ago

Every time, I'm SURPRISED by what's there. Wow, I didn't know I needed this from Lucasfilm, and they've blown me away. I can already think of so many examples of this in Skeleton Crew alone.

Like wow they really took this Space Pirate kids show and used it to tell THAT story? Epic.

salaciousdumb.bsky.social•56 days ago

Exactly! Skeleton Crew is a perfect example of this.

mrch1valry.bsky.social•56 days ago

Even Mandalorian. Starts as this truly badass story, with SPRINKLES of a larger story. When we actually discover the story that was there all along, it's been years and folks are all wrapped up in their feeling they can't see the masterpiece before them

It infuriates me lol

salaciousdumb.bsky.social•56 days ago

So damn true. Like, when you look at the bigger arc, it all fits together very nicely. But people have odd attachments (I suppose there’s a Jedi metaphor in there).

mrch1valry.bsky.social•56 days ago

😂😂😂

I've always felt you and I had the same feeling about this part of the fandom and I think it's why I've gravitated towards you Salacious 😅

Your deep dive threads always made me happy when the rest of the game was losing their minds over dumb shit lol

joeyberrestarwars.bsky.social•56 days ago

I agree but also disagree

poedamerons.bsky.social•56 days ago

The biggest example I saw for this was Poe in TLJ. Some of his biggest fans headcanoned him as eager to please, never disobeyed orders, never got angry abt injustice, & never swore. Naturally when tlj came out they said he was ooc, when it builds/expands on stuff from tfa.

poedamerons.bsky.social•56 days ago

ppl even tried defending their fanon of him by claiming he isn't like he is in tlj in Before the Awakening/the Poe comics, but he *absolutely* is. The TFA documentary + everything Oscar said leading into tfa perfectly describes Poe in tlj. That's *who* the character is.

poedamerons.bsky.social•56 days ago

not a cinnamon roll who flirts with everyone and never disagrees with his superiors and would be horrified by his droid swearing in binary lmao

joeyberrestarwars.bsky.social•56 days ago

Exactly lol

guruvouxdoux.bsky.social•56 days ago

Going into any situation with an open mind is the best way to get the most out of it. Tv series and movies require this, I say.

I've managed to love everything from STAR WARS (to varying degrees) and I have that philosophy/technique to thank for it.

jazzytyfighter.bsky.social•56 days ago

Nope. This is even a problem in the Helluva Boss fandom. They think a story or character not going the way they imagined in their headcanon is “bad writing.”

oshkeet.bsky.social•56 days ago

Absolutely not just a SW fandom problem either. Headcanons are fun but folks blur boundaries sometimes without being upfront about it

ladydjarin.bsky.social•56 days ago

I've stopped watching certain YT reactors who just put rumours into peoples heads, and when they don't play out, it gets blamed on the writers. Someone who used to be a good reactor has gone down that route recently, I used to enjoy her content, but she keeps blatantly throwing in negative spins.

salaciousdumb.bsky.social•55 days ago

This is a good point. The leak sites and “influencers” have definitely poisoned the well for the sake of clicks and views.

ladydjarin.bsky.social•55 days ago

Unfortunately we seem to be in a era of people who are easily influenced by others, and these reactors know it. Even if they just subtlety throw something in, it can have an impact on how someone's watches a show. Not that those influenced would ever admit that they were.

salaciousdumb.bsky.social•56 days ago

This is especially true of characters like Boba Fett, who basically had zero actual characterization originally, but fans spend three or four decades fixating on a specific imaginary arc. Three lines and cool armor, but decades of headcanon lore.

salaciousdumb.bsky.social•56 days ago

Then, of course, they get pissed when it doesn’t happen that way. Boba is an even more curious case for two additional reasons: 1) he’s basically used as comic relief in RotJ, where he dies like a buffoon, and 2) even his Legends character has multiple retcons (pre-PT Boba is not a clone etc).

salaciousdumb.bsky.social•56 days ago

Luke in TLJ is more complicated but essentially similar. As of right now we have very few canon post-RotJ moments with him, and imo they are all good. But even before those, people built up over the decades an image of Luke that is not the one that appears in the ST. Sorry, but that’s a them problem

salaciousdumb.bsky.social•56 days ago

Instead of letting the story play out, those fans then insist on holding their enjoyment (and others’) of the franchise hostage because their expectations were subverted. Star Wars always has things play out over the long haul. We may see much more of pre-TFA Luke like we saw of Anakin in TCW.

salaciousdumb.bsky.social•56 days ago

Even those that argue about Legends Luke tend to lose the plot in a fog of nostalgia. While I enjoy a lot of his old EU story, he does in fact make a lot of the same mistakes, including contemplating murder, falling to the dark side, almost giving up on his academy, etc.

salaciousdumb.bsky.social•56 days ago

Some of it has gotten more ridiculous as people have also done this with newer characters like Din Djarin and Sabine Wren. Those who absolutely made up their minds that Din should be the instant ruler of Mandalore were sorely disappointed, even when his entire character always pointed to otherwise.

supermattroid.bsky.social•56 days ago

This is wisdom.

trevorwojcik.bsky.social•56 days ago

This is exactly the take I've been on for years now. It follows along Kevin Smith's comments about finding enjoyment versus complaining or disliking media. I don't love everything in SW but that's ok, because the things that aren't for me are someone else's favorite. It's a big galaxy. MTFBWY

indigofro.bsky.social•56 days ago

This is a great thread because yeah. I watch shows trusting the writers better with their characters than I could. So I never really get locked into expectations like that. I know there’s the saying that once you share it it’s no longer yours, but I don’t always agree with that.

indigofro.bsky.social•56 days ago

The writers *would do better

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