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"Somehow Palpatine Returned"
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That was the last movie I saw before the pandemic, and I didn't go to the theater again until October 2022.
I felt like the movie was so bad that it ushered in the end times.
I tryed so hard to enjoy it, you guys!
Lucky you, the last movie I saw in theatre before the pandemic was Cats.
I honestly don't know which experience was worse...
2019 was a helluva year for movies
It's a horrible mess, but there's bits in there too like, overall poor though for sure. One of the worst if not the worst. Episodes 8 and 9 tension the only Star Wars content I've only watched once. Ben Solo however was a very short bit very enjoyable bit of Star Wars.
I haven't watched any Star Wars content ever since. I absolutely loved The Last Jedi, so I was hoping this was just another such case of fans being overly cynical, but I just couldn't like TRoS, try as I might.
I'm not trying to steal anyone's joy, though. Entertainment value is so subjective.
you have to have a very high IQ to understand the star wars sequels. The subtext is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of the extended universe most of the references will go over a typical viewer's head. There's also Luke's nihilistic outlook, which is deftly woven into his characterisation- his personal philosophy draws heavily from Kilji Illumine literature, for instance. The fans understand this stuff; they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depths of this allegory, to realise that they're not just worldbuilding- they say something deep about LIFE. As a consequence people who dislike the sequels truly ARE idiots- of course they wouldn't appreciate, for instance, the humour in Rey's famous line "Somehow palpatine returned" which itself is a cryptic reference to how palpatine's force spirit possessed the clones of himself he had prepared in advance. I'm smirking right now just imagining one of those addlepated simpletons scratching their heads in confusion as J. J. Abrams's genius wit unfolds itself on the cinema screens. What fools.. how I pity them
I agree, everyone who doesn't like all of star wars is a big dumb idiot. Only smart guys like us can appreciate. I mean "somehow" Palpatine literally did return. Heh. Dummies.
Or maybe you just need to love star wars enough to convince yourself they are good.
Its copypasta
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I gonna be honest. . I didn't love the sequels...
But I didn't hate them.
Then one day I heard "star wars is having an official Canon event in fortnite" and rolled my eyes figuring some promotional cash grab bs.
Then when I heard "somehow Palpatine returned", I looked more into it, and turned the movie off. I still haven't seen all of it.
I love the shows.
The Force awakens was fun but not great star wars.
There is bad star wars, and you summed it up perfectly.
"They fly now?"
Somehow Palpatine returned.
And
"Previously, on Fortnite"
They should have explained it a little bit more, but palpatine also returned in the sequel books that people liked.
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The plot of Episode 7-9 is almost exactly the same as Episode 4-6. They even had fucking Palpatine come back....what the entire fuck. It was so beyond lazy that it's downright fucking insulting.
Not to mention after 6 there is suppost to be the end of the empire and yet they just magically reappear.
I was so hyped for that crazy force powerful alien dude....my god they did him dirty. Would have been better if he was actually like 15' tall lol. Uses a chaotic great sword version of a ligtsaber. Oh. That would have been awesome.
Yeah! I though Snoke is gonna be the final boss or something, and he got chopped in half just like that. They did not plan out the trilogy at all.
"Ewoks Caravan of Courage"? "Star Wars Holiday Special"?
You can say it's all fun. You can even say you like it all.
I even like the sequel trilogy over the prequels (because I'm of a certain age).
But not sure about "all" Star Wars being "great".
Yeah. Caravan of courage was somewhat of a classic for 1980s, kids starved Star wars content. But beyond that it was pretty bad.
"Wicket!"
Yep, great!
The Holiday Special, it's a train wreck.
Sounds like someone just hasn’t found their Lifeday Spirit.
insert garbled wookie noises here
It's just not life day without Grandpa Wookie fapping to a music video in the living room.
You besmirch the good name of train wrecks.
I second the holiday special, and nine is absurd. That part with the dagger is one of the worst things I've seen in a movie.
Wrong, you are.
“They fly now?”
Sure.
Lifelong fan of SW. I have seen all of them up to Last Jedi. I have read all of the EU back when it was cannon. Never went to New Jedi Order. Because the emotions it brought me were pain and suffering. They kill Mara Jade. The only other bad ass female character in a series of 30+ books. What about Children of the Jedi? I mean the entire Trilogy is whiny 70's sci fi emo writing all it's own but that the Star Wars stamp was put on it just adds insult to injury.
I have read and watched every piece of SW media I could get my hands on for the last 30 years. There were absolutely some trash books or plotlines but nothing is worse than the 3 sequels and the Book of Boba Fett. Also, Solo got a bad rap.
I can't. You have none.
The great part in Solo is that it didn't get sequels.
Solo cooking up that memba’berry casserole, but it was tasteless, bland, and all around not a good time.
I'd add, it's okay to like things that aren't great. The new Jurassic Park series is kinda bad, but I still enjoy them anyways.
Read it as "All-star wars"
Guess I'm looking kinda dumb
Hey now
"Episode 1" an acting abomination. 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮
hey disney
nope. you're better off keeping that opinion
I agree! But I still haven't seen rise of Skywalker. It's the only star wars movie I never saw in theaters or at all, I liked TFA a lot, hated where they went with the next one, so I completely skipped the last one.
I liked TFA until I realized I only liked it because it was episode 4 all over again. Can't really mess up what already worked. When evaluated on its own merits it seems to lack any charisma, just another Disney sausage in the content sausage link chain.
I was fine with TFA being just a reboot, but my god there are too many things wrong with TLJ. The last Jedi felt like a star wars film made by people who had no interest in star wars and had no idea how the characters worked.
Should have been Leia or Akbar who died on that ship. separating Rey and Finn was a mistake. Killing luke was monumental fuckup. I can go on and on. To the point that I lost all hope and didn't even bother to go see Rise of Skywalker.
My main issue with it (outside of plot holes like "how did Finn craft a stretcher and carry a full grown woman 30 miles in five minutes") Is that RJ fundamentally misunderstands subverting expectations. He thinks making a character do the opposite of what they would actually do (or whatever anyone with a brain would do) is "subverting expectations."
Subversion is when you take a trope or a plot point and turn it on its head, e.g. Making Rey fall to the dark side and join Kylo after they kill Snoke and his guards. Now THAT would have been a subversion.
Making Finn run away, Admiral Holdo a moron, and Luke toss his lightsaber isnt subversion, it's just slapping an UNO reverse card down and pretending its smart. Tricking people by throwing out all possible logic and character development isn't some brilliant screenwriting, it's the epitome of laziness and bullshit spectacle.
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