Since Disney acquired Lucasfilm in 2012, many fans agree that the company has not been able to quite capture the essence of Star Wars better than the creator of the franchise himself, George Lucas. Disney has produced some extremely successful and objectively good pieces of Star Wars media since 2015. The Force Awakens is the highest-grossing movie at the domestic box office of all time. The Mandalorian helped launch Disney+ and make the streaming service what it is today. Andor has been praised by both critics and fans as one of the greatest stories ever told in fiction.Star Wars has been one of modern storytelling's juggernauts since George Lucas created the franchise in 1977 with a film that, at the time, was simply called Star Wars (now known as A New Hope). A lot of fans have mixed opinions about the direction Disney has taken the universe, but every now and then (like with The Mandalorian and Andor), pretty much everyone agrees that a project is great. In some cases (looking at you, Rise of Skywalker), nearly everyone agrees that it's not so great.Star Wars would not be where it is today without the story of Anakin Skywalker. Lucas spent three feature films telling the story of that character's fall to the Dark Side of the Force, and then three more movies explored his redemption. Between all of that, more media, such as the animated, seven-season Clone Wars series, added even more layers to the overall story. The story of Anakin and Darth Vader was always the central point of Lucas' Star Wars story, and what a fantastic story it is. Read full article on The Direct.