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<blockquote data-quote="Grainger" data-source="post: 7705790" data-attributes="member: 6779234"><p>Good for your friends - I haven't heard anyone express this sentiment in real life, or online. (Actually, come to think of it, I did find one or two people complaining about it online, who were quickly shot down by TFA fans, who seemed to argue that a bleak conclusion to the OT is more "realistic"). However, I haven't looked since around the time TFA came out, so maybe people are starting to reassess it.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I wouldn't go nearly so far as that. I am no Abrams fan, but I believe him when he said he's a huge OT fan. I don't think he <em>meant </em>to damage the story of the OT, and I suspect a great many SW fans (perhaps including him) will still be able to enjoy the OT much as they did before. I'm not one of them, if I accept the set-up of TFA into my head-canon.</p><p></p><p>Personally, I don't even think it's an issue primarily with the content or execution of TFA. By its very nature, a sequel to the OT was bound to reverse what the heroes achieved. It didn't have to make it quite as wretched a future for them as TFA did, but it did need to have a big threat coming in order to create drama; probably something like the Empire coming back, or never having been defeated in the first place.</p><p></p><p>So, as I see it, the problem is with making a direct sequel at all (at least set within the life-times of the original characters). It was always going to be pretty bleak, in stark contrast to the fairy-tale "good overcomes evil" story of the OT (of course, good will presumably overcome evil at the end of the new trilogy, but that doesn't change the fact that the set-up of TFA pissed all over the idea of good triumphing in the OT).</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Cool - looking forward to it!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Grainger, post: 7705790, member: 6779234"] Good for your friends - I haven't heard anyone express this sentiment in real life, or online. (Actually, come to think of it, I did find one or two people complaining about it online, who were quickly shot down by TFA fans, who seemed to argue that a bleak conclusion to the OT is more "realistic"). However, I haven't looked since around the time TFA came out, so maybe people are starting to reassess it. I wouldn't go nearly so far as that. I am no Abrams fan, but I believe him when he said he's a huge OT fan. I don't think he [I]meant [/I]to damage the story of the OT, and I suspect a great many SW fans (perhaps including him) will still be able to enjoy the OT much as they did before. I'm not one of them, if I accept the set-up of TFA into my head-canon. Personally, I don't even think it's an issue primarily with the content or execution of TFA. By its very nature, a sequel to the OT was bound to reverse what the heroes achieved. It didn't have to make it quite as wretched a future for them as TFA did, but it did need to have a big threat coming in order to create drama; probably something like the Empire coming back, or never having been defeated in the first place. So, as I see it, the problem is with making a direct sequel at all (at least set within the life-times of the original characters). It was always going to be pretty bleak, in stark contrast to the fairy-tale "good overcomes evil" story of the OT (of course, good will presumably overcome evil at the end of the new trilogy, but that doesn't change the fact that the set-up of TFA pissed all over the idea of good triumphing in the OT). Cool - looking forward to it! [/QUOTE]
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