I’m almost at the point where I will have no use for the community at all. I hope that guy gets paid by the word.
I’m not even sure that guy is part of the community. He seems to be writing about film in general, but I share his view, that Star Wars has become a franchise, that doesn’t go forward, because it’s obsessed with looking in the rearview mirror.
One could easily make the argument that it has been that way since at least 1997.
I would agree with that statement. I personally feel Vader’s journey is much better represented by the OT’s suggestion that Luke’s journey mirrored his father’s leaving the rest to the imagination, rather than fill in the blanks as the PT attempted. The funny thing is that rather than introduce a new interesting big bad behind the scenes, Solo reintroduces Maul, another character whose fate is already known.