The Last Jedi - Actually Widely Hated?

Discussion in 'Star Wars' started by crookeddy, Jan 9, 2019.

  1. Campe

    Campe Vice Admiral Admiral

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    Sigh. The joke’s not funny when you have to explain it.

    Fine.

    The link basically posits a conspiracy theory about why Disney Star Wars is “failing.” They’re basically basing it on one individual who was the head of the Story Group. She either left or was fired for reasons unknown. According to this, what I generously call, article suggests is that Bob Iger and Kathleen Kennedy we’re so annoyed with this woman that she was fired and she caused the downfall of Galaxy’s Edge because it focuses on the sequels and that she hates George Lucas Star Wars (despite the fact that she had a big part to do with Rebels which has more than a few connections with the original trilogy) and that she may have been responsible for Hitler (kidding!)

    In other words: Don’t believe everything you read.
     
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  2. fireproof78

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    My initial reaction post commented that it came across as a conspiracy theory style writing, relying on innuendo and a shadowy cabal running Disney.

    The joke is that you need to adjust your tinfoil hat to understand the article.
     
  3. crookeddy

    crookeddy Rear Admiral Rear Admiral

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    Yeah yeah I got it I got it. I just wasn't sure if you were calling me a conspiracy theorist or the article a conspiracy. Makes sense actually. Sorry I was so confused lol
     
  4. suarezguy

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    So that it's not perceived to be just for (little) kids but accessible to everyone.
     
  5. Tosk

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    That's the point I was making. Star Wars was intended to be accessible to everyone. IMO, "It's a movie for kids!" is not a reasonable defense when a SW movie is criticized.
     
  6. Flying Spaghetti Monster

    Flying Spaghetti Monster Vice Admiral Admiral

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    Still trying to figure out what the new trilogy is about
     
  7. Locutus of Bored

    Locutus of Bored Yo, Dawg! I Heard You Like Avatars... In Memoriam

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    Passing the torch to the next generation of Force users and conventional heroes, who don't have to be part of some Jedi or political dynasty or wealthy and connected, and who don't have to conform to outdated rules and traditions like those that made the Jedi and the Republic (both old and new) become too rigid and fail.

    Whereas the message of the previous original and prequel trilogies is that the Chosen One can make a difference, the message of the sequel trilogy is that Any One can make a difference. Though it helps to be a powerful Force user obviously. ;)

    Of course, that all depends on what happens in The Rise of Skywalker.
     
  8. Flying Spaghetti Monster

    Flying Spaghetti Monster Vice Admiral Admiral

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    Bullocks. The original films never mentioned "Chosen One" or "Balance of the Force"
     
  9. Pubert

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    yup
     
  10. Campe

    Campe Vice Admiral Admiral

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    Nope.
     
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  11. Professor Zoom

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    Goal post moved. Nicely done.
     
  12. Flying Spaghetti Monster

    Flying Spaghetti Monster Vice Admiral Admiral

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    I just asked what the story was about..? They tore the proverbial last page of a story that had a satisfying ending and added more to it, but why? What is it about these sequels? What are they about?
     
  13. Tuskin38

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    Nope
     
  14. Professor Zoom

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    And he told you and you went on some sort of "but they never said blah blah in the blah blah."
    That's called a non sequitur. Or a moving of the goal posts.

    And then, now, you're literally repeating the question, should I repeat the answer?

    It's fine to not like the answer, but, don't keep repeating the question like it hasn't been answered for you. Some people might become suspicious of your motives for being here.
     
  15. Flying Spaghetti Monster

    Flying Spaghetti Monster Vice Admiral Admiral

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    I didn't move the goal posts. Star Wars only became about the Chosen One 18 years after Return of the Jedi dropped.. maybe 20 years.
     
  16. BillJ

    BillJ The King of Kings Premium Member

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    Money. Just like every other Star Wars movie, and every piece of entertainment in general.
     
  17. Campe

    Campe Vice Admiral Admiral

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    What? They make money with movies? They’re just not there to entertain? They’ve discovered the intersection of commerce and entertainment? An entertainment company has a fiduciary responsibility to its shareholders?

    Mind.
    Blown.
     
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  18. Locutus of Bored

    Locutus of Bored Yo, Dawg! I Heard You Like Avatars... In Memoriam

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    No way! Concepts that didn't firmly exist yet or weren't fully formed in Lucas' mind weren't mentioned in the Original Trilogy? Nothing gets by you.

    I guess we'll just have to settle for Obi-Wan saying "That boy was our only hope" and Yoda replying "No, there is another" which comes pretty close to being Chosen One-y sounding between Luke and if he fails, Leia.

    You understand how a prequel works, right? That it can change the way you interpret the original. So the Chosen One mentioned in the Prequels can either be Anakin or it can be Luke, depending on your point of view, to paraphrase Obi-Wan. Obi-Wan in Rebels certainly thought Luke was the true Chosen One. Luke and Anakin brought the final destruction of the Sith (well, depending on how fleshy Palapatine is in The Rise of Skywalker) which the Chosen One was prophesized to do.

    All of which is besides the point I was making that you glossed over, as you so frequently do in your single-minded pursuit of always being wrong, which was that the difference between the prequels and OT and the sequels was the transition from heroes that come from dynasties of Force users and galactic power brokers (Luke grew up as a farmboy in the sticks but by the next movie we find out he's a legacy Force user, the son of the previously thought of Chosen One). Leia comes from both a powerful family of Force users and wealth and political power in both her biological and adopted families. Lando started from the bottom now he's here (administering Cloud City). Han's the only one who came from nothing and pretty much stayed that way until he married up.

    In the sequel trilogy you have Rey the abandoned scavenger, Finn the stormtrooper janitor defector, Poe the fighter jockey with (as revealed in the new movie) a criminal past of his own. Rose is a mechanic. Then you have the street urchin kids on Canto Bight who symbolize the next generation of Jedi and to a lesser extent Rebels/Resistance. Kylo breaks the mold but he's also an evil dick who you're not supposed to look up to.

    So, the OT to a lesser extent and PT especially place a greater emphasis (though not total) on Chosen Ones or Jedi dynasties or political dynasties or the rich and powerful while the sequel trilogy places more emphasis on the next generation of heroes can come from your Average Joe or Jane blue collar worker or soldier or reformed criminal.
     
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  19. Locutus of Bored

    Locutus of Bored Yo, Dawg! I Heard You Like Avatars... In Memoriam

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    And I gave you an answer. Then you had to go and be obnoxious again.
     
  20. fireproof78

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    About the next generation taking up the fight.

    And, no one is saying you have to accept the ST as the end. The books did the exact same thing and not everyone read them. Apparently it's only bad when its done in the films.