Basically in-between the prequels and OT - neither as disparaged as the prequels nor revered as the sequels. "They're fine", basically.
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What's the legacy of the Star Wars sequel trilogy going to be?
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Basically going to have a legacy of a trilogy where the two directors had competing and wildly differing visions for what is supposed to be one continuous story.
A near total waste of potential because of poor decisions, especially trying to immitate what Marvel did while having no singular creative vision for the direction.
Middling I think. I enjoyed them all and I will definitely watch them a lot though. They are better movies objectively than the prequels but they don't contribute as much to the lore or mythos.
A case study in why giving your multiple directors (seemingly) complete creative freedom is a dumb idea.
Also, a waste of potential.
Also, a waste of potential.
Ding Ding Ding.
Completely forgettable. Poor story-telling, no direction, and a complete waste of three classic film characters.
This right here.
Many games, books and series will take place in the PT or right after it.
No one would set a story in the ST when it's just discount OT
Avatar being "completely forgotton" isn't reality. The Disney attraction is massively successful. The general public has a different view on this than people on internet forums.
The general public will remember the sequel trilogy far more fondly than the prequel trilogy but nowhere near as well as the original trilogy.
The critics will feel the same with the exception of The Last Jedi which will remain praised for ages to come.
The diehard fans will be decidedly mixed on which trilogy was a more worthy successor between the prequels and the sequels and the older that prequel fans get the louder they'll become until those who grew up on the sequels begin to snark back (whilst probably insinuating that whatever the IP is doing by then is garbage by comparison).
The bigwigs will see it as a somewhat profitable but ultimately disappointing project due to the not-insignificant downturns with each successive installment. ($247 million domestic OW -> $220 million domestic OW -> $175 million domestic OW is not what investors wish to see.)
The critics will feel the same with the exception of The Last Jedi which will remain praised for ages to come.
The diehard fans will be decidedly mixed on which trilogy was a more worthy successor between the prequels and the sequels and the older that prequel fans get the louder they'll become until those who grew up on the sequels begin to snark back (whilst probably insinuating that whatever the IP is doing by then is garbage by comparison).
The bigwigs will see it as a somewhat profitable but ultimately disappointing project due to the not-insignificant downturns with each successive installment. ($247 million domestic OW -> $220 million domestic OW -> $175 million domestic OW is not what investors wish to see.)
I don't think it's gonna be remembered much at all. Other than TLJ, the films were completely forgettable, and TROS even made TLJ a worse movie.
And while the prequels are bad, they have a lot of memorable scenes and characters, so I think in the end they're gonna be held in higher regard.
And while the prequels are bad, they have a lot of memorable scenes and characters, so I think in the end they're gonna be held in higher regard.
People are going to certainly like it more in the coming years. There just isn't something to compare it to at this time.
Mixed. Largely forgettable and unimaginative. Time is going to be good for TLJ though. When people can look back after everyone's gotten over their personal shit and can look more objectively, it will be clear how much all the problems with this trilogy are really JJs fault, while Rian actually tried to make something more of it and did a pretty incredible job with the material JJ have him, just for JJ to take it right back and shit the bed.
It will be remembered as bringing Star Wars back from the wooden and emotionless prequels to the Star Wars that most of us fell in love with in the first place.
Probably as a fucking mess and the least I can hope is that they use this as a lesson.
Star Wars maybe about space wizards but it deserves better than the fumbling mess Disney has made so far.
So far I think only Rogue One has been an overall success and even that has its fair share of issues. But nothing on the scale of this trilogy.
Star Wars maybe about space wizards but it deserves better than the fumbling mess Disney has made so far.
So far I think only Rogue One has been an overall success and even that has its fair share of issues. But nothing on the scale of this trilogy.
People acting like Rian was some dude that put out one of the all time greats...
from a movie with freaking Canto Bight subplot and the dumb plot between Holdo and Poe
Even the scene with the hyperspace collision felt like it was trying to top the Star Destroyer crash in Rogue One
from a movie with freaking Canto Bight subplot and the dumb plot between Holdo and Poe
Even the scene with the hyperspace collision felt like it was trying to top the Star Destroyer crash in Rogue One
Overall it'll just be the three plus two movies that oversaturated SW needlessly. Disney tried to turn SW into a new Marvel and failed. Lack of coherent vision, failure to let directors really shake things up like Guardians of the Galaxy and Thor 3 (which can be done still within that coherent vision).
Beyond that it'll make it clear beyond a shadow of a doubt that JJ Abrams is at best "safe" and at worst "Michael Bay with understandable action"
Beyond that it'll make it clear beyond a shadow of a doubt that JJ Abrams is at best "safe" and at worst "Michael Bay with understandable action"
All they had to do was Star Wars Hogwarts, with Luke as master of the Jedi academy, have the students going on missions and getting into trouble. Have one of them discover an ancient Sith temple and turn dark side.
The opportunities were endless really. Instead we got a shitty rehash of the OT with one dimensional characters
The opportunities were endless really. Instead we got a shitty rehash of the OT with one dimensional characters
TLJ was touching to me, Yoda and Luke discussing failure was such a lovely scene and Luke's depression is very tastefully portrayed IMO, he's obviously broken but we see glimpses of charm and eccetricities come out because people with depression aren't just moping about. We can be all over the place.
I think it will be seen as having less value than the PT. PT at least expanded the lore and I think is well worth watching. Like that some people say that you can skip the the Phantom Menance, I think they'll say the same about ST, since nothing of value happens anyway. Unlike with the phantom menace I agree with those people, this time around.
Bigger than what a lot of people here want to think. The way some people make Star Wars out to be makes it seem like they live in a bubble. Your videos prove that there are people, even kids (which some people here have a hard time believing), that enjoy these movies.
Like, this stuff leaves an impact on people even if it doesn't leave an impact on you.
Like, this stuff leaves an impact on people even if it doesn't leave an impact on you.
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This. Grown men on constantly circle jerking over their hate of these movies, meanwhile little girls love Rey and idolize her as a strong action hero.
Y'all need to get out of your basements for once.
I don't think the legacy of TLJ will change that much and it'll always remain a love it or hate it movie. It's like the Fly episode of Breaking Bad. Its story is smaller in scale and it does little to advance the overarching plot, but it deeply explores the main characters and really lets the audience get to know them. So there will always be fans who think it's really special, and fans who will say "you can skip that one"
I'm in the camp that loves Last Jedi, but I also respect the fact that many people look at Star Wars for nonstop action sequences and dialogue to just consist of cool one-liners
I'm in the camp that loves Last Jedi, but I also respect the fact that many people look at Star Wars for nonstop action sequences and dialogue to just consist of cool one-liners
It's a movie that happened but it wont have any cultural impact. Only the OT will have that honor.
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That the Star Wars fanbase is a flaming garbage dump of humanity that actually killed my passion and love of Star Wars thanks to being insufferable cunts.
I'd rather get 10 Bantha dicks in my ass then ever hear an opinion about The Last Jedi ever again.
I'd rather get 10 Bantha dicks in my ass then ever hear an opinion about The Last Jedi ever again.
The lastest film was literally promoted in one of the biggest videogames of the moment.
Nah they had like racist stuff and dubious film making and acting . At worst I'll say the ST was cynical 'The search for more money' The prequel trilogy was something else with its sheer awfulness.
The forgotten trilogy that brought nothing to the franchise and ruined the ending to the OT.
The Last Jedi is definitely the best out of all of them.
JJ Abrams will be remembered as a hack that can't execute original ideas and relies on his usual tropes of mystery boxes and memberberries.
JJ Abrams will be remembered as a hack that can't execute original ideas and relies on his usual tropes of mystery boxes and memberberries.
Spent more time being designed in a corporate boardroom then actually being written as a trilogy, and is only a trilogy because of tradition. Failure of mystery box story telling. Going back to the well at every opportunity. Whatever the actual effect of online complaining had it's clear someone on set believed it. Another insufferable eternal recurrence because the middle movie is the odd one out. Almost no one will like the trilogy as a whole.
An utter mess. Kids growing up will like it just like the prequels have fans, and maybe we'll get games or Filoni will make a cartoon that redeems the ST era. But I doubt it honestly, there's just nothing to build on because the Era is a shitty OT rehash. The only interesting bit is the gap where Luke is trying to rebuild the Jedi Order and goes traveling around the galaxy.