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jedi_bendu
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What do you think of the Sequel Trilogy? - a general discussion thread
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20-Sep-2021, 4:00 PM

Omni said:

It seems that Marcia Lucas has some strong feelings about the ST.

I have a lot of respect for Marcia for marvellously editing my favourite Star Wars film, and arguably rescuing it from being a badly executed movie. I also have a lot of criticisms of the sequel trilogy myself. That said, I think these are some of the most idiotic things you could criticise the trilogy for.

She seems angry that Han and Luke died in the movies. Not even the way in which they died, but the fact that they died at all. And that their deaths mean that the writers “don’t get the magic of Star Wars”. So what, beloved characters should have unlimited shelf lives? The “rhyme or reason” to those deaths is that they serve the story, particularly so with Han. Surely she must have known that Harrison Ford, for example, wouldn’t have returned to Star Wars unless he knew his character would have a meaningful death? He’d been advocating that since the making of Return of the Jedi.

As for the classic complaint about Rey (who she bitterly describes as “this female”) and her abilities, Lucas asks where she got her Jedi powers. I believe the answer she’s looking for is: the Force. I guess she means training, but it’s not exactly well articulated. As for how we don’t know “who she is”, if Marcia Lucas actually watched the films she was bemoaning, she’d know that Rey’s heritage is actually revealed in the third film. Again, that is a story direction that can be criticised, but that’s not what Marcia is taking issue with.

It’s like she grabbed a bunch of common sequel complaints off the internet and very badly put them in her own words.