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Nov 29, 2022 - 11:59 PM
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Moonlit
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Star Wars is more interesting to me. The best, Rogue One, was the least talked about including the trilogy.
Maaaaaaaaybe RO, but otherwise Star Wars movies have been in decline since '81. I liked what RedLetterMedia said about it: for as big a universe you'd think it is, it's really a very small universe to work with in terms of characters and storyline.
It's interesting that Andor is experiencing the same fate. A well-received, thoughtful and precise, but seemingly more cult beloved Star Wars property just like its predecessor Rogue One (an excellent Star Wars film). I'm a SW fan, and I have been since taking my first gasps of media at a very young age. But at some point you have to accept that truth that there are more bad Star Wars movies than good ones. And many people would say the same of Indiana Jones movies too.
I had to quit after Last Jedi. You follow up TFA with a director who hates SW. Then that movie is followed by the other director who doesn't care about SW too much more. After seeing the reviews on TROS, nah think I'll pass. Looks like it's a treasure hunt with some really bad writing with coincidence and luck.
Honestly I think SW fandom is the worst. It's done more harm to the franchise than good. It's the biggest franchise, and yet it has produced little.
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It’s no secret that most of the folks posting on this side don’t like the current state of Star Wars (or Marvel, or Star Trek, or Bond, or movies or TV in general…). I’ve found Star Wars to be hit or miss since the 80's.
Rogue One – loved it. A little slow at the start but a really good prequel to the original film which had the balls to kill the main characters. Loved the score as well.
Solo – FUN! He cast was great and it was just a really fun space opera. My only issue was that every main bit of backstory in Han’s life happened in such a short time. And that he couldn’t jst be named “Han Solo” he had to get an Ellis Island origin. Ugh. Another great score.
The Last Jedi – LOVED it. It had brass balls, subverted expectations and made Luke interesting. Every version of Luke in the EU post Jedi was boring. There’s nothing less interesting to me than the hero who accomplishes his journey. He needed a new one. Luke failed Ben Solo in a moment of weakness and started this nightmare. Wonderful. Mark Hamill delivered his strongest performance. As far as the sequels, the otherwise were disappointing, especially TROS: Finn was squandered (his character held so much promise) and all of the false shocks were tiresome. It was lazy. TLJ was far from perfect, but it tried to do something interesting and I feel it succeeded more than the two films surrounding it.
Whatcha talking about? There's a whole series called Andor. A minor character in the footnote of Star Wars canon who gets killed off in his own movie. And the Mandalorian, the Boba Fett knock off because Disney didn't have the balls to just give us a Boba Fett series.
Didja miss The Book of Boba Fett? It was terrible.
I don't understand the appeal of the character. He didn't do anything cool, he was GIVEN Han Solo after he followed him to Bespin. He then was dispatched like a chump in the next film (his scream was hilarious). He was a barely there clone kid in ATTC. Even Lucas doesn't understand why fans loved this guy. And when they finally made him a TV Series, it was awful. Be careful what you wish for.
Andor at least had an entire film and was instrumental in the delivery of the Death Star plans. Fett is no less a footnote.
Boba Fett's costume was his strength and the smartly just gave it to another character and made a passable show. Grogu was the saving grace of The Mandalorian and stopping now would be perfect.
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