leetwall31 said:
That’s good advice man, to all of us. Personally, I just wish they had made George’s sequel trilogy instead. I don’t like this retreading they’re doing in the new movies. George’s trilogy sounds so crazy and new, so I wish we could’ve had that instead. Then they could’ve done this retreading plot line.I believe that this is a technique that George Lucas had for the saga that Abrams and Johnson are continuing. Here’s what I mean.
Oh I totally agree with the poetry stuff. That was genius. I meant retreading in the sense that the stories similar. I’m fine with things happening in a similar fashion, but not when the exact same story with different characters is being told. That’s just pointless.
I don’t think the same story is being told. I thought The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi felt different. They did follow a similar act structure to the original trilogy in some ways, but I never felt like I was watching the same story all over again.
The Force Awakens feels like classic Star Wars, that’s why we loved it; we had forgotten that feeling. And I still disagree man. Let’s look at the story parallels, maybe you’ll see what I see:
Original Trilogy
- The good guys are small and weak, the bad guys are powerful and strong
- Villain is an ex-Jedi who turned bad and murdered the other Jedi
- The villain’s master is an old, frail and powerful leader
- Droid has McGuffin file that everyone is after
- Orphan on desert planet gets swept up on an adventure
- Character from previous trilogy dies
- There is a Planet Destroying Weapon that is destroyed
- Orphan is trained by an eccentric hermit on remote planet who refuses at first
- The Villain wants the Oprhan to join him
- Eccentric hermit dies on remote planet
- The Villain kills his master
Sequel Trilogy
- The good guys are small and weak, the bad guys are powerful and strong
- Droid has McGuffin file that everyone is after
- Villain is an ex-Jedi who turned bad and murdered the other Jedi
- The villain’s master is an old, frail and powerful leader
- Orphan on desert planet gets swept up on an adventure
- Character from previous trilogy dies
- There is a Planet Destroying Weapon that is destroyed
- Orphan is trained by an eccentric hermit on remote planet who refuses at first
- The Villain wants the Oprhan to join him
- Eccentric hermit dies on remote planet
- The Villain kills his master
These are major plot points, only differences are in characters, location and time. They are trying to tell us a new story, they’re trying really hard. But it’s not.
I understand what you’re trying to say. I really think you should check out Chris Stuckmann’s analysis video. He made it when The Force Awakens was still playing in theaters, but it’s still a very good video. He essentially says nearly everything I have to say. Enjoy.