I… kinda am. I’ve been one since the 2000s although I first liked the OT before sort’ve liking the prequels. I get that in many ways the franchise has sold out, but I like the new content.

Minus the ST, of course.

Anyone interested in The Bad Batch? Or The Mandalorian? Maybe that Boba Fett show coming out?

  • loathesome dongeater
    6•3 years ago

    I tried to get into it (as an adult) but couldn’t. The special effects are excellent. Even if you watch the first print of Star Wars Episode IV it looks beautiful. But I don’t like the plot much. Biggest problem I have is that Skywalker dynasty seems to be just biologically predisposed to be exceptional force users. So Luke kinda feels like Jesus though he was made to face some hardships. And the whole plotline where Anakin gets turned to the dark side by a combination of manipulation and Palpatine and improper handling from the Jedi Council feels unconvincing. Not the turn itself but the way it was written and shown.

    I have a friend who is super in Star Wars and has read books, comic books, played KOTOR I and II and other games. He knows about the Star Wars universe more than most Star Wars fans so maybe in other places these objections of mine are addressed but I am just commenting based on the main movies.

    I feel they missed an opportunity for showing some nuance and dialectic when it comes to the dark vs. the light side of the force. As it’s shown, light side seems angelic and the dark side seems cartoonishly evil.

    But the game Fallen Order is very fun, even if it’s not as good as Sekiro.

    • Muad'DibberA
      2•3 years ago

      There is sooo much potential with force / force powers, but in the movies it’s limited to force… pushing over some droids or jumping high.

      • loathesome dongeater
        2•3 years ago

        One other objection I forgot to add which is relevant to the force is in the new movies they added this.l mechanic where someone can physically manifest themselves across the galaxy using force sometimes even after they have died (from doing this exact same thing). IMO this was lazy and awful. Now writers and can whatever the fuck they want and the viewer is at their mercy because there is no telling for what one can do with the force.