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Disney/Marvel can go Solo to the box office without me.

Your statement made me remember that I did, in fact, see Solo. It was so uninspired I can barely remember that I saw it, much less the plot. If I recall, it was mostly about a woman who starts out as a fun-loving teen, and ends up super evil just because (and Solo was there, too).

One overarching theme that the Star Wars people have never gotten correct on the big screen is the concept of evil. Episodes 4-6 never had to address it because the source of evil in the empire was mostly left offscreen. Vader is cast as evil, as is the Emperor, and the audience is left to paint them in. That's probably proper as you wouldn't sell many Vader dolls if you described how he was a child-killing world-plundering psychopath.

Episodes 1-3 never got it right because the character of Anakin wasn't believable as an evil person. In fact, toward the end of ep 3 when he does evil things, it sucked you out of the movie because it was done so hilariously wrong. One minute he's hanging out with Yoda and the kids, the next minute he's killing all the kids just because... And future Vader complaining about sand in his swimsuit. Yikes. Real evil there.

Which brings me to the latest three movies. I truly believe Hollywood has lost the ability to spin a yarn about good old fashioned good versus evil. They have no understanding of true evil, so writing a story about an evil empire is beyond them. This is why they had to make the hilariously dumb First Order (Spaceballs would have been more believable) and the scene with Han and his son was absolutely stupid and unbelievable. The movies only got worse because they had no moral foundation. The long haired galoot who plays new Vader never makes me think for one second he is evil. Stupid, yes. Evil, no.

Perhaps the glorification of abortion, perversion in their private lives, and endless derangement against Christians and people of faith has taken away Hollywood's ability to see and write about real evil. And, to bring this around full circle, even Thanos--the Marvel universe's ultimate bad guy--was cast as not truly evil, but simply a powerful dude who loved his daughter, and was generally misunderstood. I get it this is entertainment, but think how kids view good and evil after watching this stuff. They won't recognize real evil when it appears.