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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Water Bob" data-source="post: 7306694" data-attributes="member: 92305">As much as I like TLJ, there is a big part of me who wanted to see the original Trilogy characters win.  What Disney did was reboot the main conflict from the original trilogy.  Instead of Rebels vs. Empire, we've got Resistance vs. First Order.  Mainly the same, with a few chrome changes, like next year's model of car.I would have liked to have seen Leia as a head of state.  Han, her husband, running something underground intelligence through his old smuggler contacts.  Luke, a Jedi Master shepherding other Jedi.  And Lando, rich, owning something or other just outside of New Republic space.  Then, the First Order raises its ugly head and proves that it is more than just one of the thousands of small militant political groups that abound in the galaxy.  Instead, we see Leia, back with a Rebellion type organization--still and underdog because the New Republic does not formally recognize the Resistance.  Han and Chewie go back to their smuggling roots, just like in the original trilogy.  And, Luke, after a failed attempt, goes off to die, hiding on some forgotten world.I can see why Disney went the way it did.  First, the prequels were about the Emperor, the heads of state, the creme of the Jedi Order.  So, we'd had a decade of those films.And, then, there's the EU...decades of comics and novels, the majority of which is focused on Leia as head of state, Han, her husband, doing Republic business.  Luke, the Jedi Master and head of the New Order of Jedi Knights.  And, Lando, rich and owning something just outside of New Republic space.It has been a long time since the films reflected the feeling of the original trilogy.  And, after all, the conflict--thus, the drama--resides with the battle, not the aftermath.So, now, we have First Order vs. Resistance.One thing I will say, though, about the new direction of the Star Wars stories.  I really have no idea of what to expect about the next movie.  I'm totally clueless.That's probably the highest compliment I can give a Rian, because he got us there.</blockquote>

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