Same galaxy, new characters, no nostalgia: What is Star Wars without the Skywalkers?
IN THOSE ILL-FATED prequels, Anakin Skywalker becomes Darth Vader. In the original trilogy, Luke struggles against the Empire. And in the sequel trilogy, the entire galaxy must face the aftermath of Luke’s not-so-wise decisions, while Kylo Ren grapples with Darth Vader’s lasting legacy.
For more than 40 years, Lucasfilm, and now Disney, has stretched the tale of the Skywalker family to its narrative limits. With , the comics and video games. But as far as the films are concerned – almost out of necessity due to the age of the actors – is an exclamation point on a long, and sometimes rambling, cinematic sentence. So … what’s next? Can survive in a post-Skywalker world?
