feels like his story is largely know / covered via the prequels and Clone Wars
If anything I'd prefer a move about Qui-Gon that could have Obi-Wan in it, but more focused on the former
Unfortunately it's all about name recognition and already well established quotes to put on t-shirts.
I've admitted before I don't know much about the Star Wars lore (it's just not my thing). I too thought his backstory was already explained via the prequels. It's kind of pathetic at this point.
If they really wanted to expand they should have never started these one-off character based movies. Who really cares about backstory? Do we really need to know where Han got his blaster? Or his name? Or his vest and boots? Are the Star Wars fans asking for this? Is the general public even asking for this?
Instead of trying to force a story that isn't there just to push a known character, why not, dare I say it, come up with a compelling story on it's own creating a new character that could potentially turn into a big character.
I'll answer it myself, because the potential of something failing is too big of a risk.
Each Star Wars movie is going to make money, it's almost a fact. Why not leverage that and do something unique? You want to do by the numbers big blockbuster movies with all the episodes go ahead. But at least challenge yourself with the "a Star Wars story" movies. Use those movies to experiment and try to create new and interesting characters.
I'm sure people weren't screaming for a Han Solo film, and to me he seems like a character where his mysterious backstory only strengthens his character, but at least that is a backstory that hasn't been told before.
I don't know, maybe I'm just bitter this morning or maybe I've been watching too much Red Letter Media (just kidding, one can never watch too much Red Letter Media). It's just an announcement of a movie where the backstory has already been told is the most blatant lack of originality I've ever seen.
