cayman shen
Master Member
No it wasn't.
It didn't reboot anything. Using the term "reboot" is completely incorrect, as that implies that it is somehow resetting the story universe. TFA had OT characters in it...reprising their roles. There isn't any way that it can be a reboot, since it's a sequel.
Perhaps that seems pedantic. It isn't. We should be more careful about the words that we use, and in turn the thoughts that go along with them. Tagging TFA as a reboot puts people in mind of it being a replacement, when in fact it is a direct sequel. The fact that it had similar elements to ANH (which you acknowleded, and even said that you understood why that was done) doesn't make it a reboot.
There has been talk that TLJ will follow the ANH/ESB pattern--which is all speculation, mixed with some stringing together of one or two stroy elements to try to make the connection that "See.... they're going to do it just like ANH/ESB".
The truth is, we don't know that. And we won't know that until December. So until then we should probably refrain from using phrases like "ESB rehash confirmed" because it just belies a cynical state of mind that rightfully shouldn't exist at this stage.
You're right, I meant rehash, not reboot. As for my ESB/TLJ concerns...I hope you're right. I liked TFA tremendously and I'm definitely rooting for TLJ to be awesome.