DrDre said:
I agree. The PT ends where the OT begins, right down to the twin sunset on Tatooine. Going from ROTJ to TFA is far more jarring to me, where an obvious total victory is suddenly and without explanation completely reversed, while all the victors have become shadows of their former selves. General Solo has again become a smuggler in debt with everyone, who hides from his problems. Luke’s hiding from his problems on a rock, and has closed himself off from the Force. Even Leia has been demoted from princess, and senator to the general of an even smaller band of rebels, whilst Han and Leia have apparently won the worst parents of the year award.I would have much more enjoyed a story of how Ben got seduced by Snoke, how the First Order came to be, etc.
let’s play with some keywords here and see what we get:
“I would have much more enjoyed a story of how Anakin got seduced by The Emperor, how the Empire came to be, etc.”
sounds familiar?
I remember on the drive home from the premiere of TFA with my brother, I said to him “I thought it was fucking awesome how after the shit politics scenes driving the prequels, they literally blew up politics in this one!”
i mean, it’s pretty hard to have a war without having politics. war is directly tied to politics, so i really didn’t appreciate the “screw politics!” aspect of TFA. and honestly, except for some of the senate scenes in TPM i quite enjoy the politics in the prequels.
not to mention we’re given almost no context regarding the current state of the galaxy, something a bit of expository dialogue in a politics scene would do wonders to help fix.