You saying Episode 7 hates Episode 1 is just totally subjective though.
I disagree. Remember that JJ was so petty that in the final movie he deleted the podracing flags from the trailer version of the Maz’s Castle shot because “My movie isn’t about podracing.” (Or something very similar, I remember that he was asked that in an interview.)
This reminds me a lot of an attitude I used to see around here a lot, before there were new movies to talk about - people saying “George Lucas hates the OT.” Now, do you believe that’s true? I don’t think so at all. Obviously you can’t deny there were things he wished he could change. But he didn’t hate those movies.
And yet so many saw the prequels as George saying “fuck you” to the OT. Which I think is silly and has little basis in reality. But the truth is that you can always twist and turn things to fit your narrative. If you don’t think things are sufficiently catering to your perceptions of the series, I can see why you could think elements were being “attacked.”
That doesn’t make it true, of course.
I think that’s a false equivelance, since the PT is clearly building off the themes and character arcs of the OT, whereas TFA is a giant regression.
It’s not a false equivalence at all. We’re talking about subjective art here. Many thought that the PT was as great a transgression from what had been established as you do TFA (if not moreso). Just because you think the opposite doesn’t make it a fact.
My comparison is spot on.
Just look at the Thrawn trilogy. We should have gotten an actual continuation of the story that addressed the Rebels becoming the dominant power in the galaxy. But JJ gave us a soft reboot. It’s genuinely insulting to the audience’s intelligence.
I will tell you I’ve looked at the Thrawn trilogy and did not like what I saw. Turns out not everyone has the same opinion of what constitutes the “Star Wars spirit.”