ZkinandBonez said:
I personally use the “fan film” argument as an excuse to see them. I’ll simply enjoy them for what they are, SW fan films made by directors that grew up with the OT. If the film ends up being bad or mediocre, then why should I care? It’s just a silly fan film. And if it’s good, well, the it’s an enjoyable fan film.I’m just tired of crap. I’ve seen 4 god-awful Star Wars films in a row. I’m tired of paying these assholes any money when they have vandalized and failed to restore the only good films in the series for almost 20 years.
I see what you mean. But I find “they” to be quite vague and generalizing. I can enjoy Gareth Edwards’ SW fan film because it’s as much his film as it is a Disney film. Also Lucasfilm is hardly responsible for Fox not releasing the unaltered OT. I still can’t quite figure out if Disney can/should be blamed for it as well. There is after all a lot of people involved in these things.
But I get what you’re saying. Even though I personally liked RO, and found TFA passable, I’m already getting a bit of a SW fatigue. However I’m just glad to see that these “fan films” are re-legitimizing the OT while pushing the PT out of the spot-light. These Disney films are already getting kinda out of hand, but at least coming generations of SW fans will have 8 OT-style/era movies, and only 3 PT-era movies. The lack of a proper OT is still frustrating, but I’m counting my blessings at this point.