Nothing validates those manchildren whiny baby overreactions and alt-right/nazi bigotry, sorry.
Pointless? No. Boring? Eh. It's a weird touristy subplot, but I enjoy it for what it is. The tone, the music, and the camera movement hearken back to late 80s/early 90s Spielberg; goofy, frantic, light-hearted adventure tinged with childlike sentimentality (literally a bunch of a sad kids). It also reminds me of Lucas's inventiveness during the prequel-era, minus the shoddy directing and feeble dialogue.
Yes. Especially since there is nothing 'immoral' about fanfiction. Nor does a continuity error make something fanfiction. All canon actually means is that the liscence holder is saying that this is what happened next in their version of the storyline.
Isn't that a bit of a faulty comparison? TFA was the first Star Wars film in over a decade. TLJ isn't. The middle-chapters typically dip for Star Wars as well. ESB made less than ANH or RotJ, and AotC made less than TPM or RotS.
Wasn't a drop expected? It's happened with every second movie in the franchise. Plus it will still probably end up being the second highest grossing movie in the saga regardless. That's insane!
I still think that's fully intentional and it's what makes it work. The tonal and pacing difference. On one hand we have this immediate doom & gloom of the chase of the last of the resistance, on the other we have a leisurely place of the people who have probably built and profited from building those very ships where the two protagonists face setbacks they really don't have time for.
You think Lucas would have hesitated over a casino after Dexter Jettster's space diner? The series has alluded to/depicted card games and gambling many, many times. I liked seeing how they translated modern casino fixtures into Star Wars. It's strange and space-age, but still evocative of reality -- which has always been what Star Wars is (or at least what Lucas was into).
This movie has made a billion dollars.
Except you just agreed that nothing we've discussed violates the Sacred Rules of Canon, right? So you're complaining about POTENTIAL violations in the future? Is this Nerd Minority Report?
I wonder if that is just some dumb Jedi/Sith religious mumbo jumbo. A self fulfilling prophecy, in a way. When there's evil in the world, there will always be good people rising against it. Doesn't actually have to be the Force actively creating two equal counter forces to battle against each other, just how things naturally progress in these types of situations.
That's fine. You questioned "inventiveness" as a descriptor, which I meant in the very Lucas fashion of riffing on the real world for locations in Star Wars. See the cantina, Endor, Theed, the Coruscant underworld, etc.. I think it's pretty obvious what Lucas likes based on the precedent he set. Canto Bight fits right alongside them (and it even evokes Lucas's willingness to employ CGI, and to employ it quite liberally, where his ambition outran what practical effects were capable of).
What's the thematic purpose behind Leia, a character who has a specific purpose already, having a lightsaber?
Not to mention it will end up around $650M domestic. There's literally no way Kathleen is upset that the holy revered audience score on RT is low.
That was a different argument. I am of the opinion that the difference from fanfiction should not be considered meaningful as the only actual difference we're talking about here is difference of publication.
You're misunderstanding what canon means then. It does not mean "consistent with existing work". It means "Recognized by Disney as the official storyline." They could break literally every established rule, mischaracterize all they want say have lightsabers operate differently, whatever, but would remain canon because all canon is is the liscense holder saying "Yeah, this is the canon"
