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Interesting director choice. Though, I kind of wish they would pretend Ep 7-9 never happened. Rey could have been a much better character and the sequels could have been better than a rehash of Ep 4-6.
don't worry, 10 years from now people will be treating the sequel trilogy the way the prequel trilogy is now.
Disney always wins their molten torch forever burns.
EDIT :
To those disagreeing :
You're probably forgetting how badly the ~~original~~ prequel trilogy was percieved. here's a reminder :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxKtZmQgxrI&list=PL5919C8DE6F720A2D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPt1am18lR4&list=PL56E3EB1DFD4B64A2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYWAHuFbLoc&list=PLJ_TJFLc25JTwinvdLo4PP2rTFfTd9Uhz
see you in 4 and a half hours!
EDIT2 : I'm not saying anything regarding the quality of any of the trilogies (1-3 , 4-6 , 7-9) , people hated and adored them all for different reasons, but the inevitability of nostalgia or disney shills are inevitable.
EDIT 3 : My dad , in the 90s, seeing the 50s, 60s and 70s nostalgia themed stuff was talking about how there was no 80s nostalgia because the 80s sucked. You guys are probably aware of the avalanche of 80s nostalgia stuff from the past two decades, and 90s are coming back at the moment, albeit slowly.
Nostalgia is inevitable. With all the damn kids going to disneyworld's star wars section and the bb8 advertising on everything including oranges when the film came out, you can bet your ass that when those kids grow up, they're going to be nostalgic about star wars 7-9.
And you know what? I'm willing to bet 20 years after Star wars 10-12 comes out, not only are the kids that see it when it comes out will be nostalgic for it, I'm willing to bet they're going to hate on episodes 15-18.
The sequels are better than the prequels at least.
Now there's a hot take. Can i get your reasoning?
George Lucas can't write dialogue to save his life. By the time of the prequels he was put up on a pedestal and nobody would stand up to him like they did during the original films.
Ok I get that, but i might argue that at least the prequel writing has heart, and a purpose for the story. Do you genuinely believe the disney executive level writing in the sequels is better?
It's less painful to watch. Meesa think you haven't seen them back to back. As vapid as the sequels are I can turn my brain off and sit through them. The prequels bludgeon you in the face while watching them the entire time.
Meh, personally I'd still take the movie written by a human over the corperate ai, but i can see where you're coming from. I dont exactly think theres a right answer when it comes to this particular debate
Yeah, it's all just my opinion.