Alderaan said:
Something can be different and try new things and still be in the same spirit as the original. The Empire Strikes Back fits that category. It was Star Wars, but it was more Star Wars
Lord Haseo said:
Anchorhead would disagree with you on the ESB thing.
I do. For me, The Empire Strikes Back may have been in the spirit of Star Wars77, but it was too polished. Everything comes across as a bit too much. Han is even cooler (but lacking the edge that made him interesting in Star Wars77), the princess was even tougher, Luke was nothing like the farm boy we’d met before, and Vader went from military henchman answering to several others to now answering to no one and all but running the Empire single-handed. The focus moved away from the story-driven and onto popularity-driven.
It still fits with the original, but it doesn’t move me enough to own or even watch it.
For me, Rogue One is the installment that best fits with Star Wars77.