@john2001plus
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Hey Thor,
I have many thoughts, so sorry if this goes long.
The ideal sequel trilogy would have been one of Luke, Han, and Leia, but we needed that thirty years ago before the actors got too old. Disney was stuck where they couldn't continue the story right after Return of The Jedi, so they tried to go down a path of discarding the old characters and introducing new ones. The decision to discard the old characters seems like a bad one because the fans wanted the old characters. With current technology, it is not too late to have a story that takes place after Return of the Jedi.
No offense to anyone, but Star Wars fans appear to be very hard to please. If a new movie or show is not exactly what they want or expect, they will claim it is bad when it might be entertaining. We saw that with the prequel trilogy where right away people claimed that Episode 1 was terrible. However, I loved the entire prequel trilogy. George Lucas tried to make every movie different, but this turned off some people who claimed, "Not my Star Wars."
The Last Jedi is a dilemma for most people. It has some bad dialogue. It has a couple of bad scenes. It could have been a better film. However, I will swear to my dying breath that it is an entertaining movie because I found it entertaining. I enjoyed it quite a bit. Would I have preferred something a little different? Yes, but I don't see it as my story to tell. People are upset by how the movie handled Luke, but I was open to a story about Luke that was different from what I expected. Had the movie gone exactly the way we expected it could have been boring.
There is a difference between a movie or show being entertaining and great. We want Star Wars to be great. However, it isn't always great, but that doesn't necessarily make it bad. I like watching shows about Star Wars and I enjoyed most of the TV series even if they were far from the greatness that we wanted them to be. In particular, I liked Kenobi quite a bit.
I have a big problem with The Rise of Skywalker. Bringing back Palpatine undermines Darth Vader's sacrifice. The movie has other issues. It is a weaker film than The Last Jedi. It is a disappointing conclusion to the trilogy. However, I did enjoy watching it and I might enjoy watching it again. But I hold movies to a higher standard than I do TV shows. It could have been much better.
I have a concern that the Star Wars story is too limited in scope to keep making more movies and shows. According to George Lucas, Star Wars is a soap opera about the Skywalker family. That story has already been told. Anything that follows is either going be be repeating the same story, or too different for the fans to embrace. I think that we both would like to see a new set of characters set in a different period. The Acolyte tried to do this but was mediocre at best.
Best wishes,
John Coffey
