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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mustrum_Ridcully" data-source="post: 7839710" data-attributes="member: 710">I think nostalgia isn't all to it. Going back to the scenario from A New Hope in The Force Awakens makes sense for another season - the first Star Wars movie created the franchise. Without the appeal of its story, Star Wars wouldn't have become an international phenomena. It did a lot of things right, both in story and visuals. So if you want to capture a new, large, modern audience, it makes sense to go back to the original - everything that worked about it should still work today, and it might work even better, because Star Wars already is an established brand - this is the chance to capture a lot more people, and if the original "hero's journey" plot from Star Wars worked so well, it might lead to them wanting more.I don't know how well it really worked out - well, obviously the box office numbers were great, the question is if the staying power they hoped for was there.There is a lot more competition today, and obviously some fans were disappointed with the direction of the new movies (rehash, character assassinations, possible hooks from TFA ignored in TLJ and what-you-have). Some disgruntled fans prove nothing, however, because that always happens with sequels, prequels, continuations, reboots and what not, and online its difficult to get an actual measurement.I suppose the apparent failure of the Solo movie is a more actual measurement, but its just a single movie, and the movie had problems even before he went to the cinemas. But obviously the brand Star Wars couldn't save it ,and that is probably something that would have surprised us 10+ years ago.For me personally, the nostalgia aspects hurt more than they helped-  I wouldn't mind Luke, Han, Leia adventures continue, but they just possibly can't with the original actors, and especially not in a way that would feel satisfying. They were "supposed" to have a happy ending at the end of Return of the Jedi, not broken apart by family troubles and seeing their accomplishments turned to ashes. It would have been nicer if that happened a few years after their death... The idea of something like the Empire returning back and a new generation of plucky heroes rising up to the challenge would have been more appealing if it wasn't on the back of my "childhood heroes".</blockquote>

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