Star Wars was never that original to begin with. George wanted to make a Flash Gordon movie, but somebody already had the rights.
When I first saw Snoke’s rumpus room, I was expecting Ming and General Klytus to be there! 😛There is much written that nothing is truly original and that that is a good thing!
Yes, exactly. You won’t find me saying that I love TLJ’s “originality,” whatever that means (beyond saying things like “we’ve never seen that before and it’s really cool”).
TLJ is similar in many ways to what came before, just like TFA. But it’s the way they take those similar, broad strokes and make them different that is important.