February speculation (MERGE)

"GildoMcFlay;c-1425017" wrote:
A part of my inner Star Wars fan died after watching the pile of garbage that was TLJ. I think another piece is going to die when Rose's character ends up being flat out better than legendary characters like General Grievous and Mace Windu. I'd be far more excited to just get some reworks than Rose.

This movie messed up my head and confused me like no other I recall. I agree - as a SW fan that it felt like a big kick in the head. As @Corey5068 has noted, I can't wait till they move past the OT characters...and in fact looking back I just wish now they'd have totally started over from the get go. Why they had to take a dump on the OT and minimize so many legendary characters I don't get. As a stand-along movie - if it were not SW - I actually liked it on its own. Enjoyed the unexpected twists and the Yoda scene was money, Luke's scene was great, the Kylo+RJT vs. Praes was super cool. So on impulse and leaving the show, I liked it overall and was supporting some of the risks taken in the movie, but the longer I thought about it I started to pick out more and more I didn't like. The reality hit me when I watched ANH at home with my 8 yo daughter - who's a huge SW fan - and watching that classic show actually made me a bit sad. Was unexpected and weird. I'm almost certainly going to skip the SOLO movie and my excitement for the 3rd part of this trilogy is nonexistent.

This has me worried now about the Amazon LOTR show that's being worked on since JRRT's son has relinquished control ... they're going to drop a big deuce on the prior lore and not pay it any respect I fear. I think some writers feel that in order to make their own part of the story valid they have to push down what others before them have done.