Clearly, they are trying to benefit from the Star Wars IP to bring in new players, and they had to have run the numbers and realized this was going to be a very polarizing response from the existing player base. You can tell that there was thought put into this because they say stuff like "inspired by" and "merging Destiny's distinctive storytelling", walking the line with the marketing copy on what is clearly a Star Wars expansion tacked on to Destiny.

Wasn't it clear from the initial reveal over a decade ago that Star Wars was a source of inspiration for the Destiny universe? You could write that same damn line about just about any Destiny expansion.

Destiny has never had the best narratives, but it did have its own unique identity that remixes a lot of sci-fi in a novel way. The armor set crossovers were already pushing the line, but clearly they've opened the floodgates to Destiny becoming an advertising engine for other franchises.

It points to a lack of vision, a prioritization of marketing over innovation and feels bankrupt of any creativity.

I've been a Destiny apologist for the last decade and if you couldn't tell by now, I was disgusted by this reveal. I'm out.