A thought occurs, and we all know that’s a dangerous proposition when I say that.

There’s a lot of talk about the quality of new Star Wars properties, especially the stuff on Disney+ when compared to the original and sequel trilogy.

Leaving aside the sequel trilogy, I have been at least entertained by what I have seen of modern Star Wars. Some were really good, some were meh, some was ridiculously bad. But they were all at least worth the time. My opinion, and yours may vary from that.

But back to my thought – Is the problem that the original and prequel series were, to at least some extent, high space fantasy, while the Disney+ programs are more in line with pulp science fiction?

Are we sitting on our couches waiting for a life changing event to take place, then getting disappointed with just being served short-term entertainment, with varying degrees of quality?

I haven’t seen any Star Trek since the second season of Enterprise, but I hear the same anger over the latest crop of Trek television.

Are we expecting War of the Worlds, but then getting mad because we got Flash Gordon?