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Originally Posted by KevanGuy
I think the reason behind this movie's direction is pretty simple. Disney knows all us star wars nerds are going to see it no matter what. In an effort to attract the percentage of the population that doesn't like star wars, they show Luke throwing away his lightsaber while looking at the camera and telling us it's over. Kylo (Ren? never sure how to address him. Ben? Ha ha) has his whole speech about it too.
So, they take the opportunity to pack the movie with stuff they know will work based on a Disney forumla and we get the weird movie we all paid to see.
My fandom took a big hit when he threw that lightsaber over his shoulder. Not only was the old Star Wars being written out, so was the main suspense from the movie that ends seconds before that scene takes place. I couldn't believe it. There was part of me that wanted to say fata this and just walk out.
Then they pad the movie with the totally out of place casino scene and main plot themes beyond suspension of disbelief for a freaking STAR WARS movie and man, what a mess. I'd seen TFA and Rouge One 3 or 4 times in the theatre by now. I'll only go see TLJ again at the cheap theatre, maybe.
I hope it works out for them but they'll be getting less from me, whatever that's worth.
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If that's the case, I think it was a huge miscalculation. Star Wars is at the point where the families will come out in droves anyways, unless the movie is insanely dark.
Disney has not only lost goodwill for this movie, but the movies going forward. I'm at the point where I have little excitement for a Star Wars movie every year. I may just skip the Han Solo movie, which is coming out in May and wait until it comes out on a streaming service. It'll take some pretty epic audience scores to pull me back into wanting to see a Star Wars movie every year. I have as much excitement for the Han Solo movie as I do for the average Marvel film (I only see the good ones in theatres now) or Star Trek sequel. Quite frankly, all those big action piece franchises seem blurred together for me. Same pacing, same cinematography, same lens flare, same quips, same CGI, etc... A thin plot filled with Chewie appearances, just isn't going to cause much excitement for me.
This comes from a person who has spent a large part of his life gathering various editions of the original series, building models, buying memorabilia, etc...