[Political Junkie Too]

The issue isn't with the fact that the actors are getting old and dying, it is with the moral relativism and political correctness that has infected this franchise.

The issue is that George Lucas sold the franchise as a piece of private property, and the new owners of said private property have new ideas on what to do with it.

The fans are stuck on Lucas' vision of it, but it's not Lucas' property anymore. What's the word for forcing the owner of private property to do something with it against their own desires?

-PJ

[DiogenesLamp]

The issue is that George Lucas sold the franchise as a piece of private property, and the new owners of said private property have new ideas on what to do with it.

They had new ideas to basically revoke the fundamental premise upon which the entire franchise was originally founded. I actually think this approach is fundamentally flawed as a form of entertainment. Going all the way back to Greek Theater, you pretty much have to have a protagonist and an antagonist. Making them equally odious would tend to have audiences wishing they could both lose. They are in "a pox on both your houses" territory here.

The fans are stuck on Lucas' vision of it, but it's not Lucas' property anymore. What's the word for forcing the owner of private property to do something with it against their own desires?

I don't think anyone is suggesting they don't have a right to wreck their own franchise. I think people are simply pointing out that they appear to be wrecking it. Perhaps subsequent fans will see the merit in what they have done, but a lot of existing fans think it was folly. (Also Mark Hamill seems to think so tool.)