Star Wars Sequels

After Episode IX of Star Wars comes out I do wonder if we'll get more prequel/sequel novels devoted to that era.  While I could understand not having anything at this point that talks about what comes after that period, I don't know why they don't have more material that gives us background into what comes before.  I understand some of it could contain spoilers for IX but I'm sure there's more that could be said that wouldn't spoil anything important but could hint at more of the events that bridge VI and VII.  I mean, I haven't read all the books, but from what I know, most of the major events leading up to the sequels remain largely unexplained or detailed. 

I also don't know why the argument that the OT didn't have background when it came out is supposed to be a reason why the sequel trilogy wouldn't.  The OT were the first movies.  The sequels come after six movies.  When a piece of a story is released after another piece of a story, it makes sense to connect it to the other piece. 

I have lots of criticisms of the prequels for example, but they are very much connected to the original trilogy.  The plot reintroduces major characters from the OT and answers questions like 'what were the Clone Wars and who was being cloned', 'how did Anakin become Darth Vader', 'how did Palpatine become Emperor', and 'how did the Republic and Jedi Order fall'.  And none of those answers even requires diving into ancillary material to discover.  It's all laid out by the movies themselves. 

I mean, maybe we'll get all the answers in IX, but that seems unlikely.  I feel like we'll get one or two at most. And I think part of the difficulty is that the OT was designed to be really self contained, but that doesn't mean that more elements of the political situation from that time couldn't have been referenced to explain the situation in the sequels.  I just feel like something more could have been done, even without considerably changing the overall plot.  I guess I'll see how I feel after IX, but this just seems like a weird way to go about a sequel trilogy, is all.

Smarter Doesn't Necessarily Mean More Correct

People can be smart and still fooled by bad arguments because emotional manipulation can bypass critical thought.

Breath of the Wild

Now that I know there's going to be a sequel for it, maybe I should get around to finishing Breath of the Wild.

I love the game but I was just really slow at it.  I think part of it was I was playing it wrong, lol.  Like I think I had over a hundred korok seeds before I even realized what to do with them.   I met the giant korok guy early on, but I didn't pay enough attention to what he said. 

Game got considerably more manageable after I learned about the korok seeds haha.  Now I just need to go play the castle dungeon and defeat the final boss, I believe, but it's been a while since I played.

Gardening: Replanting

I did a bit of gardening earlier today, but more significantly, I did a lot of gardening last night and planted some more stuff.  Some of my earlier stuff didn't do very well (such as my unfortunate chamomile and lettuces) so I replanted or planted something else in its place, and I also set up some more pots with stuff like chives and scallions and mini-sunflowers.  At this point I'm just trying to see what I can manage to grow on my patio.