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<blockquote data-quote="Jester David" data-source="post: 7689619" data-attributes="member: 37579"><p>The one person isn't the problem. Had it been sabotage inside by reversing the polarity or setting off bombs that'd have worked. Or any of a dozen handwavy explanations for how the plucky band of rebels (sorry, resistance fighters) stop the big weapon. </p><p>That'd be fine. And, since they had charges, that was even in the story. Han and Chewie set the bombs, blow up something importanty, and the weapon misfires. Everyone goes home. Medals all around. </p><p></p><p>The problem comes when the superweapon is destroyed in the exact same method we've seen before. I already saw that movie already. Twice. Copying what I've seen before and liked doesn't make me automatically enjoy something. Otherwise I'd have liked the retread of <em>Into Darkness</em>. </p><p></p><p></p><p>The best justification I saw for the copying is that Disney is trying to set up the franchise, and is doing so through emulation. They're showing they're connected to the past and history of the franchise. Beholden to it. So that when the future movies go off and do their own thing and get different, we'll accept that it's tied to the universe. They didn't want to start off completely new, because that would seem like they're ignoring what came before and aren't really Star Wars. </p><p>That all makes great sense from a business perspective. And a lot of the stuff in Force Awakens might work well in Episode VIII, with the new Republic in disarray with their capital gone. This movie might just be setting up the new status quo, and doing so wrapped in familiar tropes. </p><p>I understand that, and might even agree with that, but that doesn't make me <em>like</em> the story any more.</p><p>And we end up with a situation similar to after Episode I, where we're waiting on the next film to see if that justifies the problems with the previous film. "Episode II/VIII will fix things!" </p><p></p><p>Well... at least <em>Rogue One</em> will likely do something different...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jester David, post: 7689619, member: 37579"] The one person isn't the problem. Had it been sabotage inside by reversing the polarity or setting off bombs that'd have worked. Or any of a dozen handwavy explanations for how the plucky band of rebels (sorry, resistance fighters) stop the big weapon. That'd be fine. And, since they had charges, that was even in the story. Han and Chewie set the bombs, blow up something importanty, and the weapon misfires. Everyone goes home. Medals all around. The problem comes when the superweapon is destroyed in the exact same method we've seen before. I already saw that movie already. Twice. Copying what I've seen before and liked doesn't make me automatically enjoy something. Otherwise I'd have liked the retread of [I]Into Darkness[/I]. The best justification I saw for the copying is that Disney is trying to set up the franchise, and is doing so through emulation. They're showing they're connected to the past and history of the franchise. Beholden to it. So that when the future movies go off and do their own thing and get different, we'll accept that it's tied to the universe. They didn't want to start off completely new, because that would seem like they're ignoring what came before and aren't really Star Wars. That all makes great sense from a business perspective. And a lot of the stuff in Force Awakens might work well in Episode VIII, with the new Republic in disarray with their capital gone. This movie might just be setting up the new status quo, and doing so wrapped in familiar tropes. I understand that, and might even agree with that, but that doesn't make me [I]like[/I] the story any more. And we end up with a situation similar to after Episode I, where we're waiting on the next film to see if that justifies the problems with the previous film. "Episode II/VIII will fix things!" Well... at least [I]Rogue One[/I] will likely do something different... [/QUOTE]
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