Reply To: FSM # 24: God, I’m so tired of flashbacks and backstories!
The issue of prequels and their backstories within is kind of a separate topic, but anyway:
I’m torn on that. As we’ve discussed in the ALIEN thread, the prequels certainly robbed some of the mystery of the The Pilot of the first film, but it added some super interesting philosophical questions in return.
A hidden part of me wants to see an origin story for the emperor/Palpatine in STAR WARS, but I’m often too scared to say it out loud, because most people won’t. After all, it can result in disaster, which the Hannibal origin film did.