There was so much I enjoyed about the sequel trilogy. I’m not a full blown hater the way a lot or people are, but I do find it odd HOW Disney-fied the ST became versus practically everything else we saw come out of the Star Wars universe during these times.
So much “anti-woke” sentiment gets tossed around when talking about the ST, but not nearly as much when discussing Rogue One, The Mandalorian, Andor, etc. Why on earth is that?
From a financial standpoint they obviously meant for the ST to be the big money makers with these “smaller” projects on the sides, but it just feels so tonally off from everything else we got.
I’m a fan of the prequel trilogy, if only for how hilarious they can be to watch (but I don’t ‘hate’ them) - obviously the OT hold a giant place in my heart. But nothing from the ST has stuck with me over this time.
There are bits and pieces, sure. But overall I don’t find myself returning to them nearly as much as I do the rest. The prequel trilogy is by FAR my most watched trilogy, but only because I often put it on when I’m dozing off as relaxing background noise (that isn’t meant to be a jab at the films, just that I find them incredibly comforting. I put on movies I love to fall asleep to ALL the time).
I’m of the mind we can’t properly place these films until we’ve had at least HALF the amount of time as with the other films - but we’re getting pretty darn close to the 10 year anniversary of TFA, and I don’t hold nearly as much nostalgia for that film as I expected to.