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Was my memory wiped or was the Star Wars sequel trilogy just that forgettable?
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While episode 4 was such a teenie movie, 5 and 6 were, despite being totally overhyped, actually quite radical, and not just in their iconography.
The prequels had potential, but were butchered, mainly by awful CGI.
The sequels weren't bad in my book, just way too similar to the original 4-6.
They got butchered because the directors Rian Johnson and JJ Abrams between the two remaining movie were playing musical fucking chairs and countering major plot points that the other set up (Rey's lineage not being important and linked to any lore so "anyone can be a hero" to....being important and linked with star wars lore again by being... Palpatine's granddaughter
Also the final movie going through writer's hell, with being "duel of Fates" first. I would have preferred if we would have seen Rey use a dual light saber...would have made the whole stick combat make more sense.
Plus we wouldn't have had that ....awful....just awful scene with Kylo and Rey. Fuck what a stupid ending.