This is my very first Star Wars debate on the internet. I've finally made it, lmao.
You say this about a franchise that's always lived big off selling toys since a new hope and is omnipresent in merchandising today.
I have no idea why people think they're making a point when they say "it was made to sell toys".
Grievous for instance had a very detailed history of his own and had much potential for a character, but he ended up having very little character in the film whatsoever.(Though that's to be expected considering the focus isn't on him in the third movie.)
Yes, but characters don't need to either be exclusive to looking cool and being vacuous or being lame but with depth. The franchise has several that do both well. Grievous is hardly the first who imo doesn't, but I don't much care for ones like Boba Fett or Darth Maul either. They look cool... but that's about it.
I'm aware of what Star Wars' priorities are... but again, that doesn't preclude the ability of making your aesthetically "cool" characters actual characters instead of coming up with a design and then tacking on more too them down the line when you wish to market them further.
Is that not similar to the creation process of Nintendo's people like to gush about where they come up with the mechanics and the gameplay first (aka the important stuff), then worry about aesthetic design later? I just don't believe movies and video games are mediums where the aesthetic should be the first priority.
Yeah, that's a little too old fashioned for me
It's all about how much bang for your buck a character can give you
Don't have the time to sit around and listen to someone talking or showing emotion, bleh
Bam, I've got 4 lightsabers and a cybernetic body. That's where the bang is
Wait, are you agreeing with the point you're being sarcastic about?
I remember watching a featurette on a dvd going over Grievous' creation.
I swear I remember something about George Lucas just wanting another CGI character. I could be wrong on that, been awhile since I watched the mini documentary/special feature.
I really have no idea. All I know of Grievous is from the one movie he was in. Which, I wager, is how familiar the general person is with him.
But if that is the case, it's pretty much what I going on about. Wanting to play around with your computer generated imagery is a weird jumping off point, and a lot of why the prequels were style over substance... of which Grievous is def guilty.