Dune is what Star Wars wanted to be. (I’m talking the movies)
I loved everything about the force awakens, but I will never forget the emptiness and depression I felt leaving theater after seeing the last Jedi. I know its from a place of privilege that I can feel this way, but I never had another piece of fiction hurt me so badly. I grew up deep into the EU and games and it was my way to escape the existentialism of my daily life, and I was looking forward to see my fictional hero at as a full power Jedi master on the big screen. Now all I feel is apathy when It comes to start wars.
I'm old, so I'd say: the Ewoks were jumping the sharks
The whole turning off the lightsaber in combat being seen as dishonorable by the sith. The sith lie, cheat, steal, torture, and murder people to get what they want but somehow this is where they draw the line?
Selling to Disnep was a huge mistake. Putting all the fabulous work of the expanded universe in the back for "creative freedom" and labeling it "fan fiction" basically killed Star Wars for me. Why make movies about Yuuzhan Vong, a novel and incredibly fascinating and creatively written species as the new menace, not detectable by the force, if you can just recycle the old movies?
The EU was the only good thing about it, the movies were always kinda mediocre.
The EU books, games, and comics before the prequel movies was peak Star wars. Thrawn trilogy, young Jedi series, rogue squadron series, bounty hunter short stories, x wing and tie fighter games, old Republic games and comics, dark forces, etc.
If you only like three of the movies, you’re not a fan of the franchise, you’re just a fan of three movies.
I'd flip that around to say people shouldn't seek to be a fan of a "franchise". To be a fan of a franchise in general is to put a big sign on your back saying "I'm a sucker for whatever company owns the rights and I will spend money if you vaguely make it themed along the lines of the franchise".
Three movies and(or) a TV show.
It's boring and it sucks
That's not a hot take. Millions will agree with you. Especially Star Wars fans.
TFA was the only good sequel movie. Shit was cool, don't care if derivative.
the last jedi is a top 3 star wars movie
id put it right above empire, with rots as number 1
I wonder why r2d2 doesn't simply close the stargates with his avatar powers (earth, wind, fire). 🤔
Because that would violate the prime directive.
The first 2 prequels made me realize the only Star Wars movie I really loved was Empire. New Hope and Jedi (apart from the advanced in film making they pioneered) were good, not great.
I still haven't seen episodes 3, 8, or 9 and I feel no desire to ever do so.
99% of the salt involved with Star Wars comes from taking it way too seriously and treating it as way more important than it actually is.
Star wars is better without jedi or sith as main characters. The universe is far more interesting when it's regular people and the force users are rare or very weak. I liked rogue one so much more than the other movies. Jedi and sith and such are over powered bullshit and should be reserved for the rare deus ex machina. They are boring. Except Obi Wan because I have a huge crush on Ewan McGregor.
I find Jedi boring and have always been way more interested in the space fleet battles/logistics/tactics. As a kid I would watch RotJ and fast forward through the ground/throne room scenes just to watch the space battles. I still know exactly where all the scene cuts are.
Rogue One has the best score. It drives the movie like a madman. It's amazing that it's only one NOT done by John Williams. But I think they took what he created and built a masterpiece.
For someone who wanted to make Star Wars as "inclusive" as possible, Kathleen Kennedy neglected so many opportunities. For starters, we only ever saw one Star Wars character with any disability, and they used it to portray his villainy. No poly characters, no varying religious communities, heck they didn't even have any relationships between droids and organic life forms despite the Dr. Aphra comics trying to make it clear the Star Wars universe doesn't have our level of standards for what counts as an expected relationship. It's almost as if they weren't trying to be inclusive, just populist.
I want to explore the universe that has been created; I am so sick of space wizards and good vs evil
It should have stopped after the OT.
I was so invested in the OT... and no more movies came, so I accepted there wouldn't be more movies.
As such when they came out and were shitty, I didn't mind as much.
That's made it easier for me to dip in and enjoy some of the new content. I'm not expecting it to be good, and can be surprised when it is.
The Obi Wan show should’ve had more seasons and every single finale should’ve been him beating the shit out of Darth Vader every single time.
Solo wasn't terrible, especially considering how much the sequels leaned into the nostalgia factor. Everyone hates on it because Han isn't as much of a "scoundrel" as they had inagined when he shot Greedo and then fell in love with Leia. But those characterizations are mostly headcanon. I have no trouble watching Solo and Rogue One as the bridge between the prequels and the OT.
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