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The decline of Star Wars
Spectator World ^ | 09/05/2024 | Alexander Larman

Posted on 09/05/2024 4:04:45 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

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1 posted on 09/05/2024 4:04:45 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Mining the mythos is fine, just keep wokism out. Otherwise I don’t care if you lose $150 million.


2 posted on 09/05/2024 4:06:27 PM PDT by Jonty30 (Genghis Khan did not have the most descendants. His father had more. )
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3 posted on 09/05/2024 4:08:01 PM PDT by BipolarBob (When life gives you oranges, make mimosas or screwdrivers.)
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To: SeekAndFind
Some of the films and TV shows produced by the Disney regime have, admittedly, been splendid. Rogue One was thrilling. It delivered sheer spectacle and fun better than any of the Star Wars sequels — despite, or because, of a downbeat ending that saw the deaths of the principal cast.

That's why it was good.

4 posted on 09/05/2024 4:08:48 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: SeekAndFind
Rogue One was thrilling.

Rogue One was awful. It sucked and was a sign the franchise was in freefall.

5 posted on 09/05/2024 4:15:17 PM PDT by Right_Wing_Madman
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To: SeekAndFind

Star wars was never that great in the first place. If it weren’t for Marcia Lukas having reediting the movie, the British version was a humor film Grade B. She turned it into what it was, and it was a terrible movie. So much was missing and she had a hard time getting any continuity.


6 posted on 09/05/2024 4:16:40 PM PDT by CodeToad (Rule #1: The elites want you dead.)
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To: SeekAndFind

That’s why I root for The Empire.


7 posted on 09/05/2024 4:18:56 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Rogue One was awful. It sucked and was a sign the franchise was in freefall.

I disagree. I thought it was the best Star Wars film. Even better than the original trilogy. Mark Hamill was not a good actor although everyone liked Harrison Ford, obviously.

8 posted on 09/05/2024 4:19:17 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: CodeToad

I agree. I think George Lucas had a good imagination, and he came up with a broad canvas that was suitable for many stories. But he was a terrible writer (the dialogue in his movies is painful) and he was a terrible director (the acting in his movies is awful). And he allowed others to totally debauch his source material. He made a ton of money. Good for him. But, as an artist, he has always been really, really bad.


9 posted on 09/05/2024 4:24:10 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (My decisions about people are based almost entirely on skin color. I learned this from Democrats.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Originally Star Wars main audience was nerdy boys and young men. That is who bought the Lego sets and other merchandise. Disney is producing products that cater to women and transexuals and turning off their core audience. I don’t think a software game with a female lead will be successful.

I don’t understand the pig headiness of converting what boys like to girl preferences. You don’t see them coming out with a male version of Little Women or male version of Barbie in the suburbs. Most young men think Star Wars is deader than a leisure suit.


10 posted on 09/05/2024 4:25:06 PM PDT by alternatives?
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To: MinorityRepublican

Put a chick in it and made her a GUY! WE’II MAKE MILLION!!!


11 posted on 09/05/2024 4:26:17 PM PDT by Kartographer (“We Mutually Pedge To Each Other, Our Lives, Our Fortunes And Our Sacred Honor”)
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To: SeekAndFind

IMHO The Force Awakens was about the same level or lower than the prequels. Certainly not better like this writer feels. The next one The Last Jedi killed the franchise for me and a legion of other fans. I know I wasn’t alone. Since then I haven’t watched anything new out of the Star Wars franchise. I loved it before Lucas sold it to Disney and in retrospect The Force Awakens is now something I’m trying to forget along with The Last Jedi.

Beyond Star Wars I also stopped going to movies in general and watching network tv about the same time. Good bad or indifferent it’s all over for me. Big entertainment isn’t getting any of my dollars anymore.


12 posted on 09/05/2024 4:27:33 PM PDT by xp38
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Star Wars was done after the first movie.

Movie history was made with the 1978 Star Wars Holiday Special when the producers openly mocked and spit in the face of Star Wars fans.

It may be the most cringe-worthy movie to ever hit the screen.



13 posted on 09/05/2024 4:28:48 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: SeekAndFind

Kay Vess, a young woman who lives by her wits and is planning a heist to pay off a syndicate
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Isn’t that Han Solo’s backstory?


14 posted on 09/05/2024 4:31:47 PM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: BipolarBob
Can't have attractive characters:
Model vs Game Character
15 posted on 09/05/2024 4:34:41 PM PDT by throwthebumsout
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To: T.B. Yoits

“Movie history was made with the 1978 Star Wars Holiday Special when the producers openly mocked and spit in the face of Star Wars fans.

It may be the most cringe-worthy movie to ever hit the screen.”

Totally agree!


16 posted on 09/05/2024 4:37:22 PM PDT by CodeToad (Rule #1: The elites want you dead.)
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To: alternatives?

It’s a video game. Why did they force everyone to play one female character? Couldn’t they allow the gamers to choose their own avatar, their attire, and their screen name?

I don’t know how successful this will be… like I said above this sounds like Han Solo’s storyline (a slickster who smuggles and owes money to the syndicate) but for some reason they are forcing a different character in the same slot and forcing players to be her. It would’ve been better if they let people choose their own avatars.


17 posted on 09/05/2024 4:39:40 PM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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18 posted on 09/05/2024 4:48:42 PM PDT by Apparatchik (Русские свиньи, идите домой!)
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To: dfwgator

The Empire lost because of that stupid Death Star. And then, they did it again!


19 posted on 09/05/2024 4:54:55 PM PDT by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING AMERICA, AND HE WILL HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE HIM!)
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To: SeekAndFind
Star Wars is not declining.

With the lesbian space witch saga of The Acolyte: Star Wars is Dead.

20 posted on 09/05/2024 5:06:59 PM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear (Kafka was an optimist.)
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