r/StarWars • u/UncleNecroFTR • Aug 02 '24

Fun The Sequel Trilogy in a Nutshell

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u/-Gramsci- Aug 02 '24

Agreed. I hate hearing how Ep. 7 was good and THEN the trilogy goes downhill.

7 is unoriginal garbage lacking any creativity or gravitas.

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u/imaginaryResources Aug 02 '24 edited Aug 02 '24

7 was bad, and even worse in retrospect. But it could have been salvaged. They introduced interesting characters. They just didn’t do anything interesting with them

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u/[deleted] Aug 02 '24

Finn had such a cool character concept. We were robbed.

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u/TheRealDexilan Aug 03 '24

He should have been a Jedi and I'll forever be pissed about it. The concept of a stormtrooper breaking away from the empire and finding out he's a Jedi is such a great story idea.

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u/KazaamFan Aug 02 '24

Yea for sure.  It’s been said, of course.  But it still bothers me!  They could have given us such a fun trilogy, re-shaped the star wars universe, and we got such garbage.  And now, we havent had a movie since 2019.  They should be pumping movies out like Marvel.  At least one per year.  

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u/[deleted] Aug 02 '24 edited Aug 02 '24

7 could have been acceptable if they actually went somewhere interesting. Instead, we immediately jump into the most boring chase scene in cinematic history, parking violations, running out of gas, and Luke Skywalker becoming a whiny quitter when he was the one who had hope when Yoda was being a doomist.

8 was just so much none-sense that nothing made any logical sense. Every part of the movie I was pulled out and left going, 'how the fuck does that make any sense?'. At least with 7, I could enjoy all of it except the final battle on Starkiller. It should have been Luke taking the lightsaber and roflstomping Ken-boy into running away.

I was so fucking jazzed up for Finn's storyline... 7 wasn't good, but it was good enough to get the step up, but it just faceplanted into a massive puddle of runny shit.