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In hindsight the only good Star Wars movie is TESB.

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.

That's a lukewarm take tbh

They should leave a bit more of the technical stuff up to the imagination.

Take ESB. I have no idea how the AT-AT walkers got to Hoth. It makes the reveal of the giant machines more intense. I have no idea how hyperspace works

I don't need the tech behind kyber crystals I like laser swords. I don't need medichlorians, I like mystical space monks.

I think star wars learned the wrong lessons of a decade of hyper realistic film making.

I never bothered to watch movie 9.

I loved A New Hope and thought The Empire Strikes Back was brilliant. I never recovered from the Muppets in the opening act of Return of the Jedi. None of the movies since then have gotten as high on the scale as "good". The series have been a mixed bag, but none of them have had the grandeur of the first two movies.

It's mediocre fantasy with star destroyers instead of dragons. Also muppets. So. Many. Muppets.

The Last Jedi, especially if you don't take into account The Rise of Skywalker's sloppy reaction to it, is the best Star Wars movie since ROTJ, and maybe since Empire.

Mine is that Star Wars is lame as absolute fuck as an actual lore-heavy universe. There are exceptions (Andor, some games) but overall it's just lame. It was always meant to be a kids focused world and the new movies were just absolute dogshit and seemed like they were made for 5 year olds. The 3 new movies were legitimately some of the most boring and stupid movies that I have ever seen in my life. Also holy fucking shit Boba was so fucking bad. The actual fuck even was that show?

What bothers me the most is the absolute inconsistency for how powerful Jedi and Sith are. Sometimes they seem like Goku from DBZ. Other times they seem weak as shit. It just doesn't make sense.

I find the Dune and Mass Effect universe to be infinitely more interesting than Star Wars.

Edit: ugh the ewoks from episode 6..... completely ruined the mood, just like Jar Jar and baby Yoda. It just pulls you right out of the vibe and slaps tou in the face with the fact that this is for little kids and not for you.

To summarize, Star Wars sucks and is dumb. I also think Harry Potter is lame as shit but that's a hot take for another day..

Star Wars is a story about toxic masculinity ending up galactically consequential

I think Acolyte would have been a good show if they had ditched the kung fu gimmick and concentrated more on the writing. I think the overall story was a good idea that got buried under a mountain of marketing crap.

Judging from the replies, people don't like Star Wars, they like space opera as a genre. Wonder what would have happened if George Lucas adapted H.P. Beam's "Space Viking" instead.

Most everything wrong with Star Wars happened because of the money grab. We could spend all day talking about the all-star cast ruined by awful writing/direction, wooden acting, and awful, ever-present, ridiculous sfx in 1-3. And of course, Jar-jar. They tried to make every film a “blockbuster” at the expense of the actual film in order to rake the cash in from fans.

The straight up cash grab, more awful writing, and bludgeoned fan service in the recent films. They had potential, but meandered as execs made sure to cram in merchandising opportunities and a veritable commercial or two.

The bright spot was Rogue One, which I thought was a fantastic and dark addition to the universe that explained some of the references made in the films. Andor, too, is pretty decent, leading up to Rogue One.

I like the prequels, probably because I grew up with them

I didn't mind Episode 7. It wasn't very original, but it was still entertaining imo. Episode 8 had a good message behind it, and the cinematography was great, but that's about it. Episode 9 had Babu Frik and that's about it.

As for the newer series, I like pretty much all of them, though Obi-Wan and BoBF left something to be desired.

I really enjoyed The Acolyte in spite of its imperfections. I think a second season could have totally given writers a chance to work out some kinks in the story. I also think it would have benefitted greatly from being 10 or more episodes instead of eight.

You asked for hot takes, I've had some unpleasant things said to me for some of these.

Edit: forgot about spinoffs: Rogue One was phenomenal, Solo I didn't like at first but it's grown on me a little bit. Still pissed they never went anywhere on screen with the Maul cameo.