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George Lucas Says He Had Three More ‘Star Wars’ Movies to Make but ‘Decided to Retire’ From Directing Instead (variety.com)
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[+] -11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Yeah I blame the fans. They bitched about having their expectations subverted in Last Jedi and Rey not being a Skywalker... so the next movie gives her an important lineage and makes her an honorary Skywalker and suddenly giving fans what they ask for is a bad thing.

The only thing wrong with Rise of Skywalker are Poe and Finn getting girlfriends out of nowhere in a blatant attempt to stop the fans from shipping them... (ironically in a movie with a gay kiss... a blink and you miss gay kiss admittedly) well that and Chewbaca's fake out death.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    Pandering to fans is IMO a mistake by the creators, unless they can do so without compromising their vision. Like I think Lucas made a mistake pandering to the Jar Jar hate. No idea whether he was intended to be Plaguis or some other dark horse but I think it's pretty clear from Episode I that there was more to that character than just providing childish comic relief. I wish he hadn't caved to the pressure and stuck with whatever he had originally intended.

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