• Takeshidude@lemmy.worldOP
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    7 months ago

    I loved TFA when it came out; I recognized and was slightly disappointed by its similarities to Episode IV, but it was still loads of fun. I didn’t hate TLJ when it came out, but I didn’t enjoy it nearly as much, and suddenly the fandom became a lot less fun to be a part of.

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      7 months ago

      I loved TFA too, and TLJ is something I feel like I can never even discuss because it is actually my second favorite Star Wars movie after Empire Strikes Back, but Star Wars fans will drag your ass for saying such a thing.

      In my headcanon, the entire franchise ended with broom kid.

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        7 months ago

        I really think Rian Johnson should not have been given part two of three. If we didn’t have TFA and TRoS, his film could have been a really cool “Star Wars Story” exploring some post Episode VI ideas in a single sitting. Johnson’s thing is subversive writing, which isn’t super compatible with an ongoing franchise, much less with the middle part of a trilogy; you’ve got to have that kind of thing baked all the way through.