@TheSupremePatriarch
Interesting that you would make the Lucas comparison. One of my friends (QuilSniv on YouTube, for anyone who watches my reviews) just now told me he thinks that
The Legend of Korra suffers from the same problems that the
Star Wars prequels suffer from, in that “they suck all the magic out of everything and try to scientifically explain everything and insert a lot of politics.”
It really says something that out of all the post-
Avatar projects (including the comics and
Korra),
The Dragon Prince has had the overall best reception, at least in terms of its writing. Though its worldbuilding could use a lot of work.
I feel as though the creative team behind
A:TLA is kind of like Pink Floyd.
(I know this sounds like a weird comparison, but bear with me.)
After the release of their hit album
The Wall in 1979, Pink Floyd keyboardist Rick Wright was demoted to a session/touring member, and bassist Roger Waters basically took the lead. Their next album after
The Wall was
The Final Cut, which was basically all Roger Waters and was a critical and commercial flop. After Roger left the band, lead guitarist David Gilmour and drummer Nick Mason brought Rick Wright back in and created
A Momentary Lapse of Reason and
The Division Bell, which, while commercially successful, were nothing special and were a little boring. Since then, all members’ solo works have been kind of meh.
What I’m saying is, it’s a team that only makes definitively great media if all the members are involved, very similar to Bryan, Michael, and Aaron. The team is only as good as the sum of its parts.