Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (Post-release)
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DARTH ANIBAL
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Glad they mentioned the PT in that satirical little piece, since that mostly stunk like hot garbage. I don't agree with the court's ruling on that, but I won't start a petition, call for anyone's dismissal, or make a million YouTube vids about how much that set of films needs a mulligan.
Egon Spengler
Master Member
The new Trilogy has the same feeling that I've had when I've dreamt of sequels I'd love to see happen. When I was actually asleep and dreaming I've had dreams about films like that. They have elements of the real deal, but they are always so off and never quite right. They also just fall so short of what they should be and are usually disappointing. This trilogy was so weirdly off of what Star Wars has always been that they make the prequels more acceptable to me, and the prequels lead to me not really caring much for Star Wars for some time, but when I watch them now in the shadow of the mess we got, they seem at least decently acceptable.
mutronics
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Yes, but your haemorrhoid doesn't normally make you want to gnaw your finger off!
sztriki
Sr Member
And your point is...? Neither of them are desirable is my point and having one ailment doesn't make me like the other more.
I tried sitting through the prequels a few years ago and I only got about 20 minutes in before I shut them off.
They may have had an overarching vision and I can give credit to Lucas for trying something new, but man are they bad.
For my money the ST failures don't excuse the failures of the PT. I just find one to be more egregious than the other. But neither of them count anyway as far as I'm concerned so ultimately it doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things.
I just find it interesting that five months on no one, not even fans of the ST, really seem to care all that much about it. In some ways that's almost worse than being actively hated. At least in that regard people remembered them.
If you search through this thread, even up until the movie was released, the topic was on fire and then it came out and the discussion mostly died off. Instead of a serious impact on its release it was more like a dull thud. No one seems to care anymore.
What a shame. It seems like the reaction was more, oh well, on to the next thing.
They may have had an overarching vision and I can give credit to Lucas for trying something new, but man are they bad.
For my money the ST failures don't excuse the failures of the PT. I just find one to be more egregious than the other. But neither of them count anyway as far as I'm concerned so ultimately it doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things.
I just find it interesting that five months on no one, not even fans of the ST, really seem to care all that much about it. In some ways that's almost worse than being actively hated. At least in that regard people remembered them.
If you search through this thread, even up until the movie was released, the topic was on fire and then it came out and the discussion mostly died off. Instead of a serious impact on its release it was more like a dull thud. No one seems to care anymore.
What a shame. It seems like the reaction was more, oh well, on to the next thing.
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Solos blaster
Sr Member
And your point is...? Neither of them are desirable is my point and having one ailment doesn't make me like the other more.
Exactly. The Sequel Trilogy did NOT get me to appreciate the Prequels.
To be honest, I love TFA/TLJ, just not TROS. However threads like this die down in the end, as endless debates, repeated, unoriginal, and to me, childish "Ruin Johnson" comments etc, just get extremely tiresome, so I just generally stop bothering and simply enjoy what I enjoy, and ignoring what I don't.
Solos blaster
Sr Member
Exactly this. The more I think it all gets rehashed and the arguments continue, the less I enjoy or care about Star Wars and I cannot describe how much I absolutely hate feeling so uncaring about it.
Egon Spengler
Master Member
It's not that the prequels are improved by the sequel trilogy for me. It's that the mess of the sequel trilogy makes the mess of the prequels look good in the sense that although they are still bad, the prequels at least have a consistent flow of story and character motivation and more. The sequel trilogy is a mess.
sztriki
Sr Member
Exactly, which is what's happening now. The piles don't heal though...Yeah, but it probably takes your mind off of how much the roids hurt for a while.
NakedMoleRat
Legendary Member
The prequels would have been MUCH better if it focused on Qui Gon and Mace handling Jedi business in the galaxy!
Obi Wan could still have been little orphan Annie’s mentor, but more in the background. Anakin could have craved the attention and adulation that Mace and Qui Gon we’re getting, feeling overlooked because “I’m the chosen one, LOVE ME!”, that would ultimately drive him over the edge. Ambition plus feeling empowered, plus feeling overlooked.
Instead of, “I’m having bad dreams, you can save Padme? Ok, sign me up then!”
Obi Wan could still have been little orphan Annie’s mentor, but more in the background. Anakin could have craved the attention and adulation that Mace and Qui Gon we’re getting, feeling overlooked because “I’m the chosen one, LOVE ME!”, that would ultimately drive him over the edge. Ambition plus feeling empowered, plus feeling overlooked.
Instead of, “I’m having bad dreams, you can save Padme? Ok, sign me up then!”
HMSwolfe
Master Member
So, essentially Mark Walhberg’s character in The Other Guys? Watching Samuel Jackson go off and get the bad guys and win medals while he’s stuck with the office rube?
I had to do it.
NakedMoleRat
Legendary Member
Never saw that one...
CT1138
Sr Member
But the reason Anakin turned to the Dark Side was precisely BECAUSE Qui-Gon wasn't there for him. Anakin lived his whole life without a father figure, and then in comes Qui-Gon acting like the father he never had. Qui-Gon was not a conventional Jedi, and Anakin would prove to be a very unconventional student. Qui-Gon was the only Jedi in the Order who cared more about compassion and serving the people than he did about playing politics. He would have been the only Jedi to recognize and be able to attend to Anakin's needs as a Jedi Padawan. That's why when he died, Anakin skipped over Obi-Wan, who he saw as more of an older brother, and went right to Palpatine, who saw Anakin's potential, and recognized that he needed more than being wrapped up in a code of rules and to be treated as the unconventional Jedi that he was.
DARTH ANIBAL
Sr Member
Anything I read that's attributed to him, even just humorously, I read in his voice.
Joek3rr
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sameAnything I read that's attributed to him, even just humorously, I read in his voice.
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