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"A new report from Nielsen and published by Variety reveals that nobody is watching the most recent trio of core Star Wars films" (www.polygon.com)
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[–] chunes@lemmy.world -2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

The prequels were just as hated as the sequels are right now, but then gen z grew up and the nostalgia for those movies suddenly made them okay in the public awareness.

[–] qevlarr@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

No they weren't. There were cool bits people loved. Instant classic scenes people liked immediately. I watched Episode 7 but I remember nothing, then never watched any of the later ones. I did like Rogue One

Episode 1: Pod racing is cool.
Darth Maul's double light saber and a cool duel with cool music.

Episode 2:

Chase scene, factory scene, pretty cool.
Full scale war with the clones.
Yoda fighting! Theater blew up on this one!

Episode 3:

Battle scene in the opening
Betrayal scenes: "unlimited power!", Order 66, marching clones, killing the youngling Fighting on lava, and Anakin seething with rage!

[–] imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago

I did like Rogue One

Surprisingly, a good movie. I'd say, same quality as Mandalorian to me. Just plain good media. Not super epic, or extremely engaging. Just a good movie. But somehow is not popular enough and I remember hardcore fans not liking it either. No idea what exactly is so bad about it compared to The Last Jedi.