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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2017-11-01 08:48 pm

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[personal profile] philstar22 2017-11-02 11:58 am (UTC)(link)
I don't think it is really fair to compare the Thrawn Trilogy and TFA because they take place in very different time periods. Thrawn is only 5 years after ROTJ, so of course the government is going to be small. It isn't like the entire galaxy is going to magically become the New Republic after the death of the Empire. They still have to work at it and get planets to join them. That takes time. And of course the heroes of the original trilogy would be very important because that's the way it works, even in real life. People who are seen as having played important roles in wars are in the public eye, often involved in politics, and just generally still important in the first few years after a war is over.

TFA is 30 years after ROTJ, so it makes sense that most of the galaxy is part of the New Republic. By 30 years after ROTJ in Legends, the New Republic was bigger and there were a lot more different political views. In fact, there was even a change in government from the New Republic to the Galactic Alliance. And they were fighting very different enemies whereas in TFA, the New Order is basically the Empire rebooted.

(Anonymous) 2017-11-02 05:04 pm (UTC)(link)
I still don't agree. I think it is fair to compare the two because the Thrawn trilogy did not feel like a real lived-in galaxy, regardless of how many years had passed.

But it's not just TFA. Closer to ROTJ, you have Rebels that showcase not only the Ghost's crew but also talks about the Lothal cell and Saw's cell and the Massassi Group, etc. Right after ROTJ, you have books and comics introducing us to Norra Wexley and Shara Bey, and we follow their exploits as well as the main trio. I'm not saying that Luke, Leia, and Han shouldn't be important or the focus but to suggest that they have to do everything is to make the galaxy feel small.

Also, I thought getting rid of Obi-wan and the Force Ghosts was really stupid in the Thrawn trilogy and also limited the worldbuilding. There's just something about the old Legends stuff that felt small and one-dimensional. I'm not getting that feeling from the new Canon.