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I think that killing Han Solo was Harrison Ford and Lawrence Kasdan’s idea for a while. And Luke was going to die at some point, as George Lucas’s drafts always seemed to have it.
I would prefer Han Solo and Luke to stay alive as they are Star wars legends since 1977 and adored by fans.
They should have killed off some of the newer cast instead.???
If there’s ever a fourth trilogy, I would hope they keep the tradition of giving new heroes the main roles, and Rey, Finn, and Poe can serve as supporting roles.
Nostalgia should always trump passing the torch to a new generation, eh? Not a very good message.
The bigger problem was skipping out a whole bunch of events. Going from VI to VII, it feels like there was a whole trilogy we missed out. If anything sequels we got should have been X, XI and XII.
You say that as if there wasn't 30 years of peace between the two trilogies.
When watching the Sequel Trilogy after the Original Trilogy it does sort of come across like our heroes have been on the back foot since the Battle of Endor.
Yes that's a fair point. Even a little flashback would have been nice showing the sudden appearance of the First Order or something.
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You say that as though this were real life and not a fantasy adventure series intended for kids and families. Regardless of how you cut it, it isn't satisfying going from "Yub Nub" to "Nothing mattered!"
Are you familiar with The New Shadow? It was a sequel J.R.R. Tolkien was writting for The Lord of the Rings which he quickly abandoned when he wisely realized how hollow it would make the victory against Sauron if he undid it. What Disney pulled with Star Wars wasn't much different what they pull with each Halloween sequel revealing Michael Myers didn't die at the end of the previous movie and immediately killing off the characters who beat him last time. In fact, the Sequel Trilogy would have been held under far less scrutiny and criticism had they set their stories 100 years after Return of the Jedi; Luke, Han, and Leia all lived out the rest of their lives in peace and now its time for a new generation to face their own evils, instead of them all dying unceremoniously. It would make the fact they resurrect the same damn villains as before far less offensive, even if it's still a testament to how poorly conceived and lazy VII thru IX were.
https://www.cbr.com/star-wars-phantom-menace-george-lucas-ex-wife-cried/
Funnily, I love ALIEN 3.
I like Star Wars for the characters like Han Solo or the Mandalorian: anyone with a laser sword or the force turns me off.
Wow. This is not altogether wrong...
It's interesting because I think Jedi could be viewed a little like 00 agents; governmental police of the republic armed to kill.
They say absolutes are a thing of the Sith, and then use them throughout the films.
I concur. But I still love the films, just like Bond. We must acknowledge the flaws in the movies and indeed the people we love.
The idea seems to be that the maverick Qui-Gon had it right, and the Jedi should have been more like him and less like Yoda, Mace and co.
Yes that rings a bell now you say that.
I was never comfortable with how they were portrayed in the prequels: I remember watching Anakin and Obi Wan having their car chase in the second one, chopping peoples' limbs off, using their creepy mind powers on people and it all being quite jolly and breezy but thinking it all seemed quite sinister.
The only criticism seemed to be that they'd become a bit too insular, not that their whole existence was really weird.