>>52275473For this reason the AU Ash is perfect, they only have to broadcast the first three new movies to put the audience in context (even with the first enough) and do what they want from now on, without conditioning previous events.
The role of the new Ash is not to achieve a goal, he functions as a catalyst for the stories of others, he and Pikachu travel the world serving as eyes for the audience.
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheDrifter 