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Dog Moon · May 21, 2020

Dannyalcatraz said:
Yep. Nothing in the ads or reviews- even by fans- made me want to see another SW movie. Phantom Menace was THAT bad to me.

Out of curiosity, is that every SW movie (including Solo and Rogue One? I thought Solo was decent and Rogue One was cool) and TV shows? Though there were parts of Clone Wars I disliked, overall I enjoyed the series. The Mandalorian was pretty cool too.

I mean, I understand, not everyone likes Star Wars and there were definitely parts in every movie I didn't like. I still watched all 7-9 even though I honestly have no plans to watch them a second time ever in the future. The prequals I just watched the parts that interest me and fast forward the rest. Hah. Just hard to imagine one movie ruining the series so thoroughly as to never watch another in the series.

Aeson · May 21, 2020

Rogue One was Dirty Dozen in space. Solo was a train heist in space. Those are not bad things. It's a good thing. I enjoyed them both. I think Solo would have done better is it was not focused on Han Solo.

Dannyalcatraz · May 21, 2020

That’s every. IOW, only the first 4 movies in chronological order of release date. PM pissed me off that badly.

megamania · May 21, 2020

7-9 had one major problem with me..... POWER JUMP. With little to no training they were doing things that Yoda couldn't / wouldn't ever dream of. Stopping a blaster shot in mid air? Protective shell in deep space? Bah!

But it or something like it had to be done. The stirring of the pot if you will. Afterall, there has to be an evolution of stories or else they become stale.

Just wish they didn't do it this way.

Special effects were awesome however.

Dog Moon · May 22, 2020

megamania said:
7-9 had one major problem with me..... POWER JUMP. With little to no training they were doing things that Yoda couldn't / wouldn't ever dream of. Stopping a blaster shot in mid air? Protective shell in deep space? Bah!

But it or something like it had to be done. The stirring of the pot if you will. Afterall, there has to be an evolution of stories or else they become stale.

Just wish they didn't do it this way.

Special effects were awesome however.

In Star Wars the Clone Wars Darth Maul was able to use the force to deflect laser blasts without the usage of a lightsaber. So I suppose stopping one straightup wouldn't be too far of a stretch.

The sad thing is that they could have totally explained this away easily. "With fewer people using the force, the force has grown in power, thus people are able to do more things and thus more people are becoming force sensitive". Or something like that. And BOOM! one line and you got reasons for Finn, for the dude in Rogue One and why people are able to do more powerful things in 7-9 than in previous movies. Is it a perfect solution, no, but I came up with it in like ten seconds. It probably needs a little fleshing out, but that shouldn't be too difficult. Of course some people may not like the explanation, but at least there would be one.

Anyway, I still look forward to Star Wars stuff even if episodes 1,2,3,7,8,9 had major ups and downs because I like the setting well enough. They're no longer automatically movie theatre movies anymore, but I'll probably see them all eventually. (And I'm still looking forward to Mandalorian Season 2; even without Ahsoka Tano, should be cool).