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Star Wars Sequels: Worth the Watch? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 days ago by Termight@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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The original and prequel trilogies are worthwhile viewing. The sequel trilogy, however, presents a different case. While George Lucas provided story treatments during the 2012 sale, these were ultimately discarded. The sequels also marked the end of the Expanded Universe, removed from canon to allow creative freedom for filmmakers. Given that the stories deviate significantly from Lucas’s original vision, is there really a compelling reason to watch them?

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[–] biofaust@lemmy.world 27 points 2 days ago (1 children)

No.

They are all terrible movies, with droid-like performances, plot holes the size of a Sarlacc pit and effects and fight choreographies as pointless as the little pistons on the exterior of a surrogate hand.

Mark Hamill should be ashamed of agreeing to participate in them, even more to compensate the fact that apparently Ford cannot help himself from doing it here and in the Indy movies.

[–] mjhelto@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I lost all interest in the entire series when they were chasing the fleet and shooting lasers in an arch...to combat wind resistance in space, I guess. Oh man, I laughed (unintentionally) when I saw that. I almost walked out of the theater.

[–] biofaust@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I don't even know if the space in Star Wars is supposed to be empty space like ours. I seem to recall they have a rule not to show anyone ejecting or drifting in space for that same reason.