they shouldn't have made the sequels as they are at all. they should've just adapted the books into 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.
I'm old, so I'd say: the Ewoks were jumping the sharks
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 last jedi is a top 3 star wars movie
id put it right above empire, with rots as number 1
Ooo, now this is a nuclear take.
If by nuclear you mean OBJECTIVELY WRONG rabble rabble rabble
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.
My take on Star Wars is that it is about as bad as SciFi can get. It is a Grimm fairy tale from someone who has read Dune without understanding it and the skills to pull it through.
They shouldn’t have made the prequels. They were terrible and George fucked the legacy of Star Wars forever
That's a lukewarm take tbh
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?
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.
If you only like three of the movies, you’re not a fan of the franchise, you’re just a fan of three movies.
Three movies and(or) a TV show.
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".
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
TFA was the only good sequel movie. Shit was cool, don't care if derivative.
It has some interesting parts, but I prefer hard sci-fi over science fantasy. Just my preference.
I want to explore the universe that has been created; I am so sick of space wizards and good vs evil
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