It’s ok it’s just a movie. You have to stop this wallowing in despair now or forever will it dominate your destiny.
Consume you it will! As it did the people on Twitter and Reddit.
In all seriousness though, I agree. I’m not the biggest fan of the ST, but I’m not depressed and miserable about it like Neverar seems to be.
Depressed and miserable implies investment. I’m invested in this community, which at the moment is talking about TROS so I feel obliged to contribute to the discussion both here and in the fanedit section. I’m invested in the ST as well, these characters and their stories. But for me this is the first Star Wars movie that I can definitively say isn’t part of my personal canon. I always thought such a concept was rather silly until this point, but now I get it. So I apologize if I come across as miserable or biting when talking about TROS, it’s just that I can’t pretend like there’s something secretly good or even interesting that this movie is trying to say. If you find something about it to enjoy I’m genuinely happy for you, but for me there’s just nothing there.
Oddly enough, I’m actually pretty pleased with one aspect of these events because it’s given me an excuse to set aside fanediting and return to writing in order to complete the saga to my satisfaction. The Shattered Sword is the longest complete story I’ve written in years (50 pages) and it’s really a blast. I’m having endless fun working on the final draft as well but that’s in the scriptwriting section of the forum, not the most trafficked area.
So, since I’ve nothing nice to say here I’ll endeavor to say nothing at all on the subject from now on, and just stick to mostly writing quietly in the corner.