I wouldn't say they did anything to Star Wars, the franchise has been coasting off the good will of the original trilogy for 4 decades.I would argue that a film franchise is much different than comics in that respect, but fair enough. These dudes I’m debating are arguing that the TVA is all a huge misdirect and don’t trivialize all that came before it, though. My point is they already have, regardless of what “lol jk” bs they wrote into the script.
If the response is “that’s just how comics work”, then fine...at least that response acknowledges the obvious. And, frankly, after what they did to Star Wars it’s frustrating watching them do the same with the mcu.
I mean....the prequels were trash and that was long before Disney ever laid hands on it.
As far as "misdirection"....we're only half way through the season so it's possible those were actually jumbo Jolly Ranchers and not Infinity Stones....I'm just saying given comics perchant for escalation, the TVA making Thanos and everything prior to phase 4 obsolete (threat-wise) is pretty much par for the course.
Fred.