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Originally Posted by Locke
Do any of the Star Wars movies strike you as having any semblance of a coherent plan or strategy?
The story is a mess, the characters are thin, uninteresting, haphazard and completely interchangeable and disposable.
The real question is this: Did they think they could do better than the Marvel Formula while putting in less work and effort?
Or did they think they were just going to be swimming in a Scrooge McDuckian Vault 'O Cash regardless of whatever swill they deigned to slap onto the silver screen?
I genuinely dont know the answer. Looking at Disney's track record through Marvel tells me that they're not afraid to take risks on story, cost or length, or spend big for actors and production.
So what was it? My personal opinion is that they put their faith in JJ Abrams and it turns out that hes a talentless hack and a vapid charlatan.
Once you get past all of the flashy lights, endless action sequences and scenes fired at you with dizzying speed you quickly realize that there really isnt any substance there.
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Its funny to me because as bad as Lucas was at writing dialogue and at some point consistent pacing. And even individual story elements. When you look at the OT, it was one really good coherent story. With the PT, it was one really clear coherent story line.
Say what you will about Lucas, but he builds worlds, and he knows how to string multiple movies together. We might not like individual elements but at the end, we can go, that Trilogy made sense.
I can't say the same with the PT, it was mismatched, and they didn't get people in charge that could step back and look at how things were strung together. The ST really did need someone like Lucas that could over see the whole story.