I've thought about it, and my main conclusion is that it would be better to leave their story as it is, and have any new stories set long after their lifetimes with the implication that they established several generations of peace in the Republic. But of course people are so hungry for nostalgia, they refuse to leave it at that.
I was thinking the other day while watching an episode of Deep Space Nine that the idea of "scrappy rebel Bajorans are now the established leaders" is a lot like what the situation should have been for the Rebellion becoming the new republic -- exploring the conflicts inherent in those shifting identities and roles; what it means when the people in control are the good guys and the insurgent forces are bad guys. But we're too fond of rooting for the underdog. And that sort of story might be better suited for episodic TV rather than feature-length films.
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Date: 2020-08-14 02:11 pm (UTC)I was thinking the other day while watching an episode of Deep Space Nine that the idea of "scrappy rebel Bajorans are now the established leaders" is a lot like what the situation should have been for the Rebellion becoming the new republic -- exploring the conflicts inherent in those shifting identities and roles; what it means when the people in control are the good guys and the insurgent forces are bad guys. But we're too fond of rooting for the underdog. And that sort of story might be better suited for episodic TV rather than feature-length films.