Zenoth
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Came back form the theater a few hours ago, watched it with a friend.
It sucked, horrendously so. It was one of the worst movies I've seen in recent years.
I decided that I'm done with the new lore related to the new movies, and won't go at the theater to watch E9 in December 2019. I genuinely don't care anymore. The only thing that comforts me is that Lucas had nothing to do with that shit, which makes that new ongoing trilogy technically non-canon (doesn't mean anything if they "bought" it, that's just money; the ideas and vision of that universe sit in Lucas' brain, and means nothing to anybody over at Disney, very apparently so). It's very easy to dismiss and look back and tell yourself that the Skywalker saga simply did end with Return of the Jedi, and that was it and it was fine that way; it was good closure and the story was told. Instead of going with E7 to E9 post Disney purchase they should have simply left that saga alone and started fresh somewhere else completely already with their first movie back in 2015. Nah, instead they wanted money so they went with "continuity", that really isn't so, it's going nowhere at this point and it's terrible decisions made (written) and plot holes counting by the dozens and the bloodbath doesn't seem to stop.
Anyway, I love Star Wars, but with E8 out now it's crystal clear that they lost it. They don't know where they're going with this saga and the universe around it. I only conclude not by saying something like "Star Wars is dead", but by saying that these new movies are not Star Wars. They are Disney's specific 'take on' it, it's an expanded universe that I simply dismiss now. No, Star Wars isn't dead, it's very much alive and resides in the original trilogy. It started, and ended there.
What a piece of trash that movie was, jeebus (sorry, usually try not to be too negative but The Last Jedi doesn't deserve any restraint on my part).
It sucked, horrendously so. It was one of the worst movies I've seen in recent years.
I decided that I'm done with the new lore related to the new movies, and won't go at the theater to watch E9 in December 2019. I genuinely don't care anymore. The only thing that comforts me is that Lucas had nothing to do with that shit, which makes that new ongoing trilogy technically non-canon (doesn't mean anything if they "bought" it, that's just money; the ideas and vision of that universe sit in Lucas' brain, and means nothing to anybody over at Disney, very apparently so). It's very easy to dismiss and look back and tell yourself that the Skywalker saga simply did end with Return of the Jedi, and that was it and it was fine that way; it was good closure and the story was told. Instead of going with E7 to E9 post Disney purchase they should have simply left that saga alone and started fresh somewhere else completely already with their first movie back in 2015. Nah, instead they wanted money so they went with "continuity", that really isn't so, it's going nowhere at this point and it's terrible decisions made (written) and plot holes counting by the dozens and the bloodbath doesn't seem to stop.
Anyway, I love Star Wars, but with E8 out now it's crystal clear that they lost it. They don't know where they're going with this saga and the universe around it. I only conclude not by saying something like "Star Wars is dead", but by saying that these new movies are not Star Wars. They are Disney's specific 'take on' it, it's an expanded universe that I simply dismiss now. No, Star Wars isn't dead, it's very much alive and resides in the original trilogy. It started, and ended there.
What a piece of trash that movie was, jeebus (sorry, usually try not to be too negative but The Last Jedi doesn't deserve any restraint on my part).