Rogue one just has proven how bad TFA really is.
I didn’t care much for TFA, but how has R1 “proven” it to be bad?
I hope that doesn’t sound condescending or whatever, I know how these things can read in the current mood of the forum, I’m just curious.
You have two opportunities to make a Star Wars movie. For Disney’s first outing in Star Wars, you have TFA. They seem to have all the right people involved and what you get is a story that plays it safe, doesn’t take many risks, has great characters, but contains a whole string of gaffs (lack of any explanation of the current and complex Republic government setup, lack of any explanation as to why the Republic fleet is in one place when it is a large galaxy, the all too convenient way the Falcon escapes Jakku and is found by Han and Chewy, the superweapon that manages to shoot a planet systems away and not have it take centuries to get there and provides no explanation of what the hell is going on, and somehow the blast is visible on Takodana and yet they are not destroyed themselves and then Luke at the end with no lines, and I could go on about the failings of the films but that seems enough) and just is unsatisfying. Then the second outing takes the first two paragraphs from the ANH crawl and gives us the full story. It was a daring script, only has cameos from the main saga cast, lots of easter eggs, but an solid story that is new and different for Star Wars (but very reminicent of many war movies, especially WWII movies) and it hit is out of the park. Abrams gave us little glimpses of classic Star Wars with the Falcon and a few other things, but Rogue One dives into the world of ANH and shows us different corners and makes it come alive. The writing, directing, and editing are outstanding and what I expected of a Star Wars movie. I expected it of the saga, not the side stories, but found the reverse to be true. To me the vast difference in quality (at least in my opinion) shows how bad TFA really is. That is how Rogue One proves that TFA is a bad movie. One can hold its own with the OT, the other I question whether it should even be included in the saga. Others are entitled to have a different opinion but this is how I feel. TFA is more in need of a fan edit than any of the other films followed closely by AOTC.