I loved the new movie, but have heard and agree with the comments
Even as I watched the new movie, I noticed “that’s the cantina scene”, “that’s the new yoda”, “really? the death star again?” They dealt with it with humor, “there’s always a way to blow it up”, but it’s a rehash of story & themes from Episodes IV & V.
I liked the *story line* of Episodes I-III— they filled in the story of how Anakin turned to the dark-side. Where Lucas messed it up was everywhere else, directing, script, CGI, lack of directing, over-the-top characters (jar-jar binks), etc., etc.; probably because no one could tell the “famous in his time” person, that all important word. “Nooooooooo!”.
What I am and will be curious about is what we might have gotten if Lucas had given the story line (and then gotten out of the way). Let Kasdan (Empire Strikes Back & Force Awakens) write the script, and Abrams direct — e.g. let the people who are good (still) at telling the story tell the story, while Lucas provides the story-arc, the richness of the ideas that gave us the back-story and the awesome episodes IV-V-and maybe (VI).
It just **might** have been awesome.
Now, I just have to hope that as a friend quipped, Episode VIII is not named, “The First Order Strikes Back”
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I loved the new movie, but have heard and agree with the comments
Even as I watched the new movie, I noticed “that’s the cantina scene”, “that’s the new yoda”, “really? the death star again?” They dealt with it with humor, “there’s always a way to blow it up”, but it’s a rehash of story & themes from Episodes IV & V.
I liked the *story line* of Episodes I-III— they filled in the story of how Anakin turned to the dark-side. Where Lucas messed it up was everywhere else, directing, script, CGI, lack of directing, over-the-top characters (jar-jar binks), etc., etc.; probably because no one could tell the “famous in his time” person, that all important word. “Nooooooooo!”.
What I am and will be curious about is what we might have gotten if Lucas had given the story line (and then gotten out of the way). Let Kasdan (Empire Strikes Back & Force Awakens) write the script, and Abrams direct — e.g. let the people who are good (still) at telling the story tell the story, while Lucas provides the story-arc, the richness of the ideas that gave us the back-story and the awesome episodes IV-V-and maybe (VI).
It just **might** have been awesome.
Now, I just have to hope that as a friend quipped, Episode VIII is not named, “The First Order Strikes Back”