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Originally Posted by Oil Stain
Alec Guinness didn't even like the original Star Wars, and Harrison Ford couldn't wait for Disney to kill off Solo and called the character boring.
So yes while they had great screen presence, they themselves didn't even like the movies.
The Empire in the original series was a very thinly veiled Third Reich rip off. I'm not sure the Mon Camalari where meant to be any positive social message as much as Lucas and friends wanted to make some cool looking aliens.
I like the original movies, but to me they are just mostly fun action/adventure movies the same as they are currently making.
If you read reviews online, you will see a lot of reviewers having outright temper tantrums over:
A: Luke Skywalker being different in the Last Jedi compared to the previous movies.
B: Social Justice Warriors/Politics/Mary Sue
I think its clear that Disney doesn't want every future Star Wars film to just be an homage to the original series/trip down nostalgia lane so is actively wrapping up the story lines of the original cast.
I'm fine with this as I don't have any kind of special connection to the original.
A lot of the criticisms of the film are about legitimate problems with the new movie, but I also feel that many of them are too wrapped up in being upset that Rian Johnson didn't cater to the original storyline.
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This isn't even true....
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There's a sort of wonderful freshness about it... like a wonderful fresh air. When I came out of the cinema... I thought, 'London's sort of gritty, and dirty and sort of rubbish, isn't it?' Because this had all been so invigorating.
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-Alec Guiness
Alec Guiness' thoughts on the movie:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IxN0N35skE
https://www.cinemablend.com/news/164...the-first-time
Harrison Ford also argued that Solo should die, because it would increase the utility of the character. By all accounts, even his own, Ford thoroughly enjoyed the movie and working on it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ij1vGWs73k