Hunk a Junk
Sr Member
I do genuinely have faith in Rían Johnson to deliver something more unique and new. It still has to feel like Star Wars though so it's a fine line. We've barely seen anything from the teaser so far though, and folks are already deciding it's going to be awful. Based on what, I have no clue but as I said previously, the SW fandom sure loves a good moan. If you go into something convinced that you're going to hate it, it just becomes a self perpetuating thing.
I have faith he'll try some new things, but I also am fairly certain that he's going to take a lot of guff from fans over it. SW fans don't want new. They never have. I remember in the early 80s defending TESB from disappointed fans because it was too different from the first movie. Really. I remember bitter arguments about how some fans said it didn't "feel" like Star Wars. I also remember fans talking about how ROTJ was an "apology" for the sins of TESB. I even think the Time magazine review of ROTJ mentioned that. That's why I've always taken PT complaints with a heaping dose of "whatever." It's nothing new. Fans like to think TESB was universally loved when it came out and it wasn't. I was there. Then ROTJ became the hated movie. Then TPM. Then AOTC. Then ROTS. You're totally right about a good moan. There's a lot of painful childhood psychology going on.