Movies Star Wars would've better off if Chewbacca never existed

[Daverisimo]

Don't get me wrong, I love Chewbacca. So do you, so does everyone, but his existence is a net negative on Star Wars as a franchise.

Without Chewbacca, George Lucas never would've looked at his creation and said "well, everyone likes cute/funny aliens, I guess I'll just create an endless cavalcade of these fuckers". That means Ewoks. That means Jarjar. It's telling that the best Star Wars project since the original trilogy is Andor, and aliens barely even feature into it.

Chewbacca sewed the seeds of the demise of Star Wars as a franchise from moment one

 

[Get To Da Choppa]

Without Chewbacca, George Lucas never would've looked at his creation and said "well, everyone likes cute/funny aliens, I guess I'll just create an endless cavalcade of these fuckers". That means Ewoks. That means Jarjar.

That speaks more to George Lucas' incompetence rather than the Chewbacca the character

I've seen a few behind the scenes documentary and original plans for the star wars movies, and it seems like George Lucas often get caught up in his own thoughts and plans and developed tunnel vision. An example would be the original plan for revenge of the sith. It was to be much broader in scale but the test audience wanted Anakin's turn to be darker, so instead of just working on that part George Lucas essentially reworked the movie and cut out many good parts

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

 

[MichiganMMA1978]

My opinion is- your opinion sucks….



At least on this subject
Because I like the Ewoks

 

[Daverisimo]

My opinion is- your opinion sucks….



At least on this subject
Because I like the Ewoks

 

[Sycho Sid]

I like Chewie,

I hate Ewoks.

But I like Chewie more than I hate Ewoks

 

[Natural Order]

Get the fuck outta here....

 

[SKYNET]

If it wasn't for R2D2, Chewbacca steals the show in A New Hope

 

[Adamant]

The Ewoks never bothered me. But Jarjar did. GL went full ham sandwich with Jarjar.

 

[Daverisimo]

I like Chewie,

I hate Ewoks.

But I like Chewie more than I hate Ewoks

But do you like Chewie more than you hate Jarjar? Chewie was the harbinger of Jarjar.

 

[Conrad Veidt]

Don't get me wrong, I love Chewbacca. So do you, so does everyone, but his existence is a net negative on Star Wars as a franchise.

Without Chewbacca, George Lucas never would've looked at his creation and said "well, everyone likes cute/funny aliens, I guess I'll just create an endless cavalcade of these fuckers". That means Ewoks. That means Jarjar. It's telling that the best Star Wars project since the original trilogy is Andor, and aliens barely even feature into it.

Chewbacca sewed the seeds of the demise of Star Wars as a franchise from moment one

Try methylene blue for those brain worms…deep serious…

 

[Madmick]

Don't get me wrong, I love Chewbacca. So do you, so does everyone, but his existence is a net negative on Star Wars as a franchise.

Without Chewbacca, George Lucas never would've looked at his creation and said "well, everyone likes cute/funny aliens, I guess I'll just create an endless cavalcade of these fuckers". That means Ewoks. That means Jarjar. It's telling that the best Star Wars project since the original trilogy is Andor, and aliens barely even feature into it.

Chewbacca sewed the seeds of the demise of Star Wars as a franchise from moment one

Pretty ignorant take. I recall reading an interview with one of those legendary 70's directors, maybe it was Bogdanovich, who said one of the principal reasons Lucas set about to create Star Wars was on a dare/challenge from Coppola at a party that he couldn't possibly create a blockbuster sci-fi franchise aimed at children.

It was always a story that was chiefly aimed at young boys. Lucas himself has made that clear, repeatedly, across a hundred interviews. It's about growing up, figuring out the difference between right and wrong, having the courage to stand by your friends, and not letting the horrors of the world as you discover them to warp the intrinsic core of goodness that lies inside of you.

Why do you think C-3PO and R2-D2 are the way they are? The whole thing is cute. The whole thing was made for kids.

 

[Sycho Sid]

But do you like Chewie more than you hate Jarjar? Chewie was the harbinger of Jarjar.

That movie is terrible, JarJar or no

 

[The Clinch]

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

I like Chewie,

I hate Ewoks.

But I like Chewie more than I hate Ewoks

Get the fuck outta here....

 

[Belaya Smert]

Are you with the Disney people?
What is this?

 

[shorinryu86]

What if Chewbaca was replaced by Whoopie Goldberg? Imagine what will happen to Han Solo.

 

[tabascojet]

Translation...."I am groot"

 

[tabascojet]

That movie is terrible, JarJar or no

#yippie

 

[WINGNUT]

EWOKS WERE THE SHIT. I WOULD TRY SO HARD TO EMULATE MY TREEFORTS IN THE LIKENESS OF THEIR TREEHOUSE VILLAGES AS A KID.