So, Ash, it sounds like you’re essentially saying this is a “Good-bad” movie, one enjoyable for being balls-to-the-wall bad.
I never said I thought it was bad. It’s not so bad it’s good. It’s good. It just didn’t try to please everyone or make any bold statements - it took the first 8 films into account and said “How can we wrap this up in a way that we can just have fun with?” And I had fun with it too.
What say you to the idea that trying to hold 9 alongside 7 and 8 makes them make no sense? In other words, must one divest themselves of investment in this particular story to then be able to enjoy the ‘fuck it’ approach?
I don’t see how 9 makes 7 and 8 any more nonsensical then they already were on their own.
Sorry you didn’t like it, man. I really wish you did, because I had a blast with it, especially the second time watching it, when I wasn’t watching it with a skeptical eye anymore. Hopefully one day you’ll be able to make your peace with it as I eventually could with TPM and ROTS…or maybe your hatred for it will continue to burn as mine does for AOTC. Best case scenario I guess is that someone eventually makes a fan edit that allows you to tolerate it the way I can with your TAS v5.
All I’ll say is that I just enjoyed the movie, and I really don’t have much desire to defend why I did over and over again like I did for months with TLJ, so I’m going to bow out of this discussion for good now.