generalfrevious said:
Say what you want about the prequels, they were at least interesting failures as opposed to passable filler.
I would rather have a film that’s watchable than to watch a bad film that’s only somewhat enjoyable when talking about how it could have been better in retrospect. But hey…
The prequels at least weren’t some cinematic universe with no end in sight like today. As unwatchable as they were, we knew Lucas couldn’t make more than three of them, and we had three years to recover from the trauma. Now Disney wants to make a film a year, based on a franchise (everybody admits) that was running out of steam by the the third installment. At least with Marvel they had decades of stories and dozens of superheroes to work with. All SW has are the elements from ANH/ESB that fanboys would be upset over if they were left out (TIE FIGHTERS!!! X-WINGS!!! AT-ATS AT-ATS!!!). Finally, at least Lucas ruined franchises he created; it’s not like a media conglomerate that buys up everything not nailed to the floor, and hired yes men who have ruined previous franchises (Jar Jar Abrams) to helm their corporate art. That why I think Lucas selling the franchise to Disney might be one of the worst thing he has ever done, behind the SE of course.