I really liked TFA in isolation, thought it was a good course correct from the prequels at the time. Hard to think about it removed from the rest of the sequel trilogy though ☹️ are you looking forward to Mando and Starfighter?
That Batman v Superman point you made is pretty damn sobering and explains a lot. Still, all things considered, I like at least two thirds of the sequel trilogy. The Force Awakens is a fun set up for The Last Jedi - still by far the best and most essential Star Wars film since the original trilogy. I actually think the film ends pretty well, and one can simply ignore The Rise of Skywalker. One can simply extrapolate what should have happened next (as I have). :)
Between TFA and Rogue One, there was a brief period where Star Wars seemed downright cool again. My friends and relatives were gushing. In the Apple Store, everyone was crowding around the BB-8 toy that could be controlled via smart phone. I saw kids in the street, playing with imaginary lightsabers. TFA is not what I wanted… instead of moving the story forward, and showing the birth of a new republic, ect… Disney chose to cop out. But I still enjoyed TFA, regarded it as a really cool, professional love letter to SW, and figured it would not hurt George Lucas’s legacy.
Sadly TLJ tried to turn Star Wars into “Disney’s Star Wars.” It felt more like a Marvel movie than Star Wars. And all the energy went away.
I really liked TFA in isolation, thought it was a good course correct from the prequels at the time. Hard to think about it removed from the rest of the sequel trilogy though ☹️ are you looking forward to Mando and Starfighter?
Very much so! 🤓
That Batman v Superman point you made is pretty damn sobering and explains a lot. Still, all things considered, I like at least two thirds of the sequel trilogy. The Force Awakens is a fun set up for The Last Jedi - still by far the best and most essential Star Wars film since the original trilogy. I actually think the film ends pretty well, and one can simply ignore The Rise of Skywalker. One can simply extrapolate what should have happened next (as I have). :)
I love parts of TLJ and dislike parts of it, the net result being an uneven experience.
Good: Luke, Kylo, Rey, Yoda
Bad: Finn, Canto Bight, Poe
TLJ is some of the very best Star Wars and some of the worst in my opinion.
As Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys would have sang it: "Take me back to Jakku/I'm too young to marry/Take me back to Jakku/I'm too young to marry..."
Between TFA and Rogue One, there was a brief period where Star Wars seemed downright cool again. My friends and relatives were gushing. In the Apple Store, everyone was crowding around the BB-8 toy that could be controlled via smart phone. I saw kids in the street, playing with imaginary lightsabers. TFA is not what I wanted… instead of moving the story forward, and showing the birth of a new republic, ect… Disney chose to cop out. But I still enjoyed TFA, regarded it as a really cool, professional love letter to SW, and figured it would not hurt George Lucas’s legacy.
Sadly TLJ tried to turn Star Wars into “Disney’s Star Wars.” It felt more like a Marvel movie than Star Wars. And all the energy went away.
Such a shame. They almost had something