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Originally Posted by Mean Mr. Mustard
Lucas ruined it long before Disney had a chance to do so. The truth is that the movies were good movies that could never live up to the hype and the mystique built up over generations of kids. The story is pretty cookie cutter stuff and while it is fun, it isn't really thoughtful or make you think about it afterwards. The prequels were trash as well and relied on CGI which looked very quickly dated.
Disney is going to ####ing milk it for everything that it is worth though, between every minor character getting a show and movies that make billions of dollars from franchise name alone, it would be hard not to.
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The mythos, the force, the jedi, the sith, lightsabers, their attire, the distinctive styles and architecture of each planet, the iconic villains, the iconic aliens, the ships, the bounty hunters in full armour..
It's all unique to Star Wars. And it's all still extremely cool and easy to invest in because it's all interwoven with our childhoods. The stories might not be special when you dissect them but the leverage they have is that they are taking place in an incredible universe that was extraordinarily fleshed out by George.
I think it's a universe that every one that grew up with the movies wants to escape in. If Star Wars' popularity was based strictly on its storytelling the franchise would've fizzled out a long time ago.