Star Wars - The Last Jedi Latest Trailer

[garhkal]

Conan never had to pass the torch, nor did Buck Rogers or Tarzan or Batman or James Bond. Why should Luke Skywalker? At least in terms of the old novels, I don’t see the ‘major issue.’

Conan never had any 'new genration' to worry about. Bond has in a way done that with the reboot to Craig.. Same with new people in Batman's role..

[JCBoney]

Conan never had to pass the torch, nor did Buck Rogers or Tarzan or Batman or James Bond. Why should Luke Skywalker? At least in terms of the old novels, I don’t see the ‘major issue.’

Except that those sagas dealt solely with one iconic hero; the SW saga has shown the life of many people with the Skywalker clan being the central focus: the romance of Han and Leia, the adventures of the droids, the coming of age of Obi-Wan, etc.

Since the prequel (hawwk... spit...) built up to the births of Luke and Leia, it would be only fitting for the sequels to portray their deaths.

[Falconer]

Well, they should kill them off now, not because of the Prequels (cf. Parzival, 2 books about Parzival’s father followed by 14 books about Parzival) but because they put the old actors in movies, and they’re just not very appealing anymore.

I was just defending the old novels where the Big 3 had adventures for decades without ever completely “passing the torch”.