Star Wars Episode IX: Rise of Skywalker
Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2019 12:29 am
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It's actually pretty astounding how much work Luke had to do to earn his abilities in the original trilogy, and how little Rey does in turn. In "A New Hope", Luke received training from Obi-Wan, was actually instructed on how to open his senses to the Force, and learns to let the Force guide him both for defense (deflecting the training drone's stun blasts) and offense (helping him make the Death Star shot).Bladewind wrote: ↑Sun Apr 14, 2019 4:43 am I dunno. I'm psyched, the title has me intrigued... but... Rey vs a Tie interceptor was a little much. I remember how much Luke had to struggle to learn to lift his lightsaber, couldn't lift his X-Wing and beat a speeder bike as much by chance as skill... and then Rey lifts rocks like they're nothing and is flipping to take out Ties...
I respect your opinion, I just don't think that those in charge appreciate the fans. The only way to force a change is to hit them in the wallet. I still have the original trilogy, and even the prequels are better than what they have given. I can still watch those, but I am just not interested in the poorly developed new characters they have given us. I just don't think as long as Kathleen Kennedy is running the show that the patient will ever be allowed to heal properly.Ares wrote: ↑Sun Apr 14, 2019 2:40 pm My longwinded rant aside, I don't think Star Wars is dead. Some of the recent films and decisions have hurt it and split the fanbase, but Star Wars is just too ingrained in pop culture and cinema to ever truly die. All Disney would have to do to get the fandom back together would be to release the original versions in Theaters again for a couple of weeks once the Fox Merger is completed. The Disney Theme Parks will do a lot of good in that regard as well. And with the exception of the Princess Leia episode, the Galaxy of Adventure episodes have been really fun.
Star Wars isn't dead, its just hanging out with a bad crowd and got into an accident, and is going through physical therapy to get back into shape.
God, that was a particularly annoying part of The Last Jedi. The whole "don't hold onto the past" message they kept beating into our heads with all the subtly of a thoroughly pissed off Hulk. Which is unsurprisingly what the fanbase resembled afterwards.squirrelly-sama wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2019 2:55 pm Disney's Star Wars: We don't need the past movies! Burn the past!
Also Disney's Star Wars: Hey, remember all this stuff from the past? We're bringing it all back!
Translation: The Force Awaken and The Last Jedi made mad money! We don't need no old crap!squirrelly-sama wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2019 2:55 pm Disney's Star Wars: We don't need the past movies! Burn the past!
Translation: COURSE CORRECTION! COURSE CORRECTION! MAYDAY, MAYDAY! Solo BOMBED! COURSE CORRECT!squirrelly-sama wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2019 2:55 pmAlso Disney's Star Wars: Hey, remember all this stuff from the past? We're bringing it all back!
Yes it does. It shows that they don't care enough of the setting to be consistent. It's like suddenly gravity changes on a whim with no reason. The Audience NEEDS something consistent in a setting to hook their interest on.
Actually the mishandling of characters is actually much more fixable in later adaptations. Don't get me wrong, crapping on the legacy characters is one of the biggest crimes this trilogy does. Leia is a bad mom and failed revolutionary, Han is a dead beat dad and Luke is a broken hermit and willing to murder teens. This stuff was the worst part of what they did, that you can see.Ares wrote: ↑Sun Apr 14, 2019 10:40 pmThe new films are bad for blatantly resetting the universe to essentially A New Hope, invalidating the original trilogy and repeating the same story beats, mishandling classic characters, creating poorly thought out new characters, mishandling the setting and disrespecting the source material. In short, they're poor adaptations and continuations of Star Wars.
If they did that, then the Producers wouldn't be able to stick their noses in, that's why they don't. Were seeing this in all sorts of media, where actual good writing is being dismissed for merchandising money that doesn't actually exist.Ares wrote: ↑Sun Apr 14, 2019 10:40 pmI do agree that as long as Rian Johnson and Kathleen Kennedy are involved, the films will suffer. Even JJ Abrams hasn't been good for the franchise. They need to put people in charge of Star Wars that have the same love, knowledge and passion for them as the people in charge of MCU films.