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I may have gone a little far in some places. (lemmy.world)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/starwarsmemes@lemmy.world
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[–] 15 points 9 months ago (7 children)

Give Star Wars to JJ, huh? He'll make it better, huh?

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  • [–] -4 points 9 months ago (5 children)

    JJ did okay on 7. The problems with 9 stemmed from the problems in 8, which JJ did not direct.

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  • [–] 6 points 9 months ago

    Those problems started with 7 when JJ set up a nonsensical galaxy without any explanations in mind. 7 was a fun movie but had terrible world building. That set up all subsequent movies for failure.

    The sequel trilogy lacked an overarching story. It was idiocy that they didn't have someone oversee the big picture with one coherent story in mind. Those problems started with 7 and just got more and more apparent.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago

    I heard it described this way, and I feel there's some truth in it: "Episode 7 is a love letter to Star Wars, but it failed to actually be Star Wars." I absolutely feel Abram's love of the franchise in it, and that's a good thing. Somehow he just seems to have missed the core of what made the stories feel like Star Wars. He did an admirable job trying to course correct with 9, but man, how do you fix the errors of 8 🥲

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