Star Trek vs. Star Wars (and a collection of memes)

I don't remember which Youtube video covers it, but it was pointed out that all the Jedi lacked character really except for Mace Windu, Qui Gon, and Yoda.

Mace Windu studies the Dark Side, a little bit. Apparently his purple light saber is a sign of this.

Qui Gon was something of a maverick who flouted Jedi traditions.

Yoda talks funny and is adorable. He leaves even more adorable bastard children for Mandalorians to find.

Other than that the Jedi may have young and old members, male and female members, homily and beautiful members, and they may have a wide variety of different species represented, but they all sort of act the same.

The Sith are more individualistic and interesting. I'm not sure if this is deliberate or accidental, but I think this is why in the variations of Star Wars, the villains are often more well-liked by the fans than the heroes.

 

That's a point where the Clone Wars series really did some good IMO. Guys like Plo Koon, Ki Adi Mundi, Kit Fisto, Luminara Unduli and a handful of others become a lot more interesting.

There are also nice Jedi, arrogant Jedi, asshole Jedi and so on.
Jedi Master Pong Krell (no I didn't make that name up ) for example became pretty memorable for me.

 

In all fairness, I thought General Grievous was a lousy villain.

EDIT: Let me elaborate.

He has a stupid name, a non-threatening wheeze, campy dialogue in a movie of campy dialogue, a lack of emotions, no narrative buildup, no Force powers, and he had a stupid name.

 

Another thing that is made both better and worse by the Clone Wars series.
He gets a lot more time in the spotlight but it makes parts of the movies utterly silly.

 

That set a bad precedent. Captain Phasma was pretty silly and non-threatening in the Disney movies but she was well fleshed out and very bad ass in the tie-in novels.

This is a major problem with the live action X-Men movies when they shoe-in a lot of comic fan favorite characters in really crummy cameos.

You have to work in the media you are given. Movies are very powerful if used correctly, but there are certain things that don't translate well on the big screen that are easy to show on the small screen, a novel, a graphic novel, or an animated series.

I like the Mandalorian TV show, but I think it would make a lousy movie.

I don't hate Serenity like some Firefly fans do. I actually liked it, but I will admit I didn't like it as much as I liked the TV show and I would have rather seen the story arc put across 13 or 26 episodes than a two hour movie.