… but they cut it. For exactly that reason.
Yes, but it betrays RJ’s feelings and intentions going into this. So, he’s taken off some of the sharper edges, but he still turned the Jedi’s 1000 generation legacy of peace and justice, and the OT’s theme of hope and redemption into a legacy of failure for both the Jedi and Luke personally. It’s more revisionist than Lucas has ever done.
Van een vlieg een olifant maken.
It’s just a movie, doc. Deep breaths.
I hated Alien Resurrection but that didn’t diminish my enjoyment of the other films.
It’s more than just a single movie, as it affects the franchise, and how these classic characters are going to be viewed going forward.
For me personally it has managed to suck the enjoyment out of watching future Star Wars installments, specifically episode IX more effectively than the prequels ever did, and that’s a bitter pill to swallow.
I’m perfectly fine with RJ creating his own story, I’m just very unhappy that he did it over the back of the previously established movies. Rather than build on the foundation laid by the OT and PT, he burned it down to reveal his own construction using Lucas’ building blocks.