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Was my memory wiped or was the Star Wars sequel trilogy just that forgettable?
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Nope. Your memory is fine. There were only two and a half good Star Wars movies of the original nine; A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi right up until the Ewoks arrive.
Beyond that there was some good stuff, like Andor and Rogue one.
I liked Solo.
Fight me.
It was ok. Certainly better than A Phantom Menace. But I think, aside from a cool sword fight scene and a giant fish The Phantom Menace was one of the worst movies I've ever seen.
The ewoks weren't bad especially given the time period.
Kids loved the ewoks ... I will admit I liked them when I was young. However, they were kind of stupid and pointless. He should have just make them cookies like he planned.
Nope. I hated the Muppets on the Moon when they debuted.
That's a nice opinion. Too bad it's wrong.
One question, were you alive and able to watch the first movie in 1977?
Actually, I was, and did! Though I was pretty young. I do fully remember empire and Jedi... I actually kinda of like the Ewoks at the time.
It wasn't until the Internet that I found out you're supposed to "hate" them and they ruined the movie.
Your previous comment said the Ewoks were alright “given the time period,” but I think this one hints that it’s less about the calendar year, but more about your age when you first saw the film.
A lot of Star Wars is aimed at kids, and a lot of adults have trouble grappling with that fact. The Ewoks were fine, just aimed at the younger fans. Episode 6 was a step down from 5, but not because of the Ewoks. My beefs are that it neutered Han’s character and did a poor job of following up on the threads from Episode 5.
Yes it did neuter Han as well.
But you pointed out that a lot of star wars is geared toward children and I find that odd given the number of amputations and Daddy issues in the plot. I guess I just prefer it not be.
Eh, the amputations didn't bother me as a kid.
Mind you, I was a teenager when the prequels came out, and I find them a lot more uneven. Much more gruesome than the OT towards the end (no one was immolated in the OT, at least), but much more child-oriented at the beginning. But it's the younger generation that's been "re-evalutating" those films, so clearly they were watching and enjoying them as they came out. Not really sure what the take away there is - maybe kids just like a little blood n' guts sometimes.
I was 11 years old and I felt when the Ewoks arrived that it felt like a blatant ploy to get young kids involved and like it was leaving behind the fans that by that time were clearly too old for the teddy bears. It probably didn't hurt the Lucas had all of the merchandising rights. To be honest I want real happy with him showing us Vader's face either. I think NOT seeing it made him more menacing. Showing him removed all doubt and just,I don't know, dimished the effect. Just MHO.
I remember being disappointed by Return when I saw it in the theater.
Gatekeeping starwars fandom (or any fandom, really) is pretty sad, NGL
I don't know what that means.
Gatekeeping is when you tell someone they shouldn't like the thing they like.
Thank you.
This was just needlessly rude.
I was actually joking around but I forgot these days there's always someone ready to be offended.
I will now apologize and absolutely not be forgiven.
My mom was, and she absolutely hated the ewoks too. Said it ruined the whole trilogy for her.
Seeing you have that same level of hate reminded me of her.
Ahsoka is decent, but it is really just the Star Wars Rebels cartoon live-action version.