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- Kennedy worse than Lucas.
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What good has Kathleen Kennedy done for this franchise?
Nothing. YET. But you don’t know how much “creative freedom” does she have. Don’t forget she’s working for the Mouse.
All she did was exploit fans’ nostalgia for the OT,
Just like the prequel trilogy, which was 100% George’s work.
while at the same time doubling down on not releasing them.
Does SHE have the right to release them? What if she wants to release them but the problem is either on Fox’s or Disney’s side?
Common sense should have left SW alone.
Not really. Star Wars is unfortunately (?) extremely marketable, and let’s face it, Star Wars is the reason why Disney bought Lucasfilm. They will release Star Wars stuff until they start to lose money.
Bit where are we now?
I don’t know about you, but I’m lying on my couch.
Kennedy has given us a loose remake and a fanservice-heavy spinoff.
I agree with that. While I kind of liked TFA, the only parts I liked were ripped off, I mean inspired by the original movie(s). And Rogue One was just a boring fan film with no interesting or memorable characters and one cool scene (Darth Vader).
It’s apparent she’s stifling any creativity by firing directors and keeping on hacks only because they make money.
Well she’s a producer. That’s what Hollywood producers do. They don’t usually care about artistic value, they usually do their decisions based on the highest profits.
Of the next four films coming up, only TLJ would come close to not being some reference-heavy glorified fan film (I’m not buying into the hype).
Well, TLJ is the first Star Wars movie I don’t care about, like at all. I’ve seen the first trailer and my reaction was similar to my reaction of most of current trailers, a giant “meh”, I don’t even know if some other trailers were released or what the other four movies you mentioned will be.
At least with Lucas you got fascinating failures instead of marvel-lite like today’s Star Wars movies.
Actually this is pretty interesting. I have seen TFA twice, once on the big screen and once on the BD, and I don’t plan to watch it any time soon. I’ve seen Rogue One once, I have it on BD but I never even opened it and I don’t feel the need to wtch it. However the prequels - I don’t like them but I’ve seen them many times, I watch the first 6 movies at least once a year since they started to come out on DVD in 2001(?). I didn’t realize that until now, thanks for the term “fascinating failures”, it makes sense.
By the time the Obi-wan movie comes out this franchise will have TEN mediocre installments in it!
What? There’s an Obi-wan movie planned? Why?
Because the worst disney star wars film will always be better than anything George Lucas created after 1977…that includes the franchise destroying darth father plot twist…talk about a compelling character destroyed by one plot twist