I loved The Last Jedi, and that's one of the reasons why. I can only guess that Rise of Skywalker threw out everything TLJ was setting up because of severe overcompensation to fan reactions.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

Star Wars has been chained to ‘The Heroes Journey’ from the first movie.

And unfortunately the hidden parentage thing is part and parcel of that ‘chosen one’ destiny along with mentors or parents being killed.

I’m actually surprised and impressed that Dr Who has managed to reject that given how may screenwriters have been programmed to think that it’s the only way to write a compelling story.

I’d be very happy if the new Star Trek shows would drop their dependence on the scaffold of The Heroes Journey. Sometimes, seems that they think this is the only option. (e.g. Hemmer had to die so Uhura could develop - Seriously?!!).

Although, it does seem that Dal in Prodigy has been allowed to be his own unique genetically-engineered, parentless self. Just another way in which Prodigy has been a stand out show for this era.