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Star Wars sucks.
As much as I disagree, I upvoted you just for being brave enough to say that.
I'm on the same train. The original trilogy never did much for me (maybe if I was around in the 70s/80s when it was groundbreaking VFX), the prequels obviously suck, and the sequels are a hot mess too. Now you have Disney milking the hell out of it with all the TV shows and spinoffs. The only Star Wars thing I ever enjoyed was Rogue One.
...then I discovered Dune. And Dune is exactly what I wished Star Wars had always been.
Have you tried Andor yet? It's probably the best series (don't hate me Grogu fans).
I have, I thought it was decent, definitely better than most of the Star Wars stuff Disney has put out for a while. Problem is I'm just over that whole universe I think. Sort of how I've been over the Marvel universe for the better part of a decade now. Nothing against people that like either of those franchises, it just all feels like slight variants on the same stories with the same characters or character archetypes to me. I'm not finding anything interesting they can offer anymore.
I'll second this. I was hesitant to watch it but my boss kept raving about it and I was hooked after the second episode. I really hope the strikes don't turn S2 into a burning pile of garbage.
Dune is exactly what Lucas was copying when he wrote Star wars.
I thought he copied the lord of the rings.
Young guy gets cast into adventure by a grey wizard to battle and defeat an evil villain clad in black.
J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings was a principal driving force in the early drafts of the 1977 film. In fact, Lucas nearly copied Tolkien's dialogue, word-for-word, borrowing Gandalf's greeting to Bilbo in The Hobbit.
Both works are based on the conflict between the ultimate good and the ultimate evil. The two sides are represented by a single protagonist, surrounded by a team of helper characters, and a villain, supported by extensive antagonistic forces.
Licas has often cited The Lord of the Rings as a major influence on Star Wars. The superficial stuff is the most obvious, but the subtle lesson Lucas learned from Tolkien is how to handle the delicate stuff of myth. Tolkien wrote that myth and fairytale seem to be the best way to communicate morality.
On the last day of my college internship a senior VP at my little company invited me into his office presumably to get to know me prior to extending a full-time offer. To break the ice he asked me what my favorite Star Wars movie was. I smiled and replied that I could never get through any of them.
As I was uttering these words I began to notice the giant Star Wars poster directly behind the gentleman. It then dawned on me that his office was chalk full of Star Wars memorabilia.
The man did not ask me any further questions. He shook my hand, thanked me for my great work, and I never stepped foot into those offices ever again.
Finely and actual unpopular opinion.
I downvoted because this is a popular opinion. MCU is the same thing. Most people probably don't have a strong opinion on Star Wars either way, but for the people who do there are plenty who think it sucks.
I agree with this take.
I like Star Wars fine. If they make something, I'll probably watch it. But I don't consider myself a fan. I don't keep track of the lore and would be hard pressed to tell you the plot of anything I hadn't seen recently. Which is a long way of saying I'm in the don't have a strong opinion camp.
I disagree, which I now realise was the point of this post
If I come across you in a dark alley and we're all alone then you better be ready cos I'll accept your opinion and offer some other suggestions of movies that we might like, such as all 3 Lord of the Rings (extended editions of course).
I'll bring my blue rays and we can watch...in the dark alley (where you totally won't murder me for my terrible opinions)
So.......you single?
I absolutely loved Star Wars as a kid. Every movie since then has been a major disappointment. I've only watched the first of the OT as an adult so far (with my kids), and I was not as into it as expected. Luke was one whiney kid.
It was a different perspective on an imperfect galaxy and one that felt like it was lived in.
Not just Aliens visit earth!
But a new perspective like.... what if just because we have faster then light travel, racism didn't go away, and it had laser swords and near super human abilities powers!
I myself only like the TV shows, mainly Clone Wars.
I've been a fan of Star Wars since I was a kid. But Disney's management of this IP has totally ruined it for me. I still haven't seen The Rise of Skywalker after the trash that was The Last Jedi. They also seem to be focusing on pumping out as much content as possible, which has diluted any feelings of longing I had to see more.
They also need to branch out a bit more. The best of new star wars imo (Rogue one, Mando, and Andor) are so awesome because they focus any other aspect of the immense galaxy instead of focusing on the same 1 family from sand planet.
Yeah I loved it as a kid but as an adult I realise that there's only one decent Star Wars film... The Empire Strikes back.
No Star Wars media compares to the idea of Star Wars.
Except maybe for Andor. I liked Andor. Make stuff that gets away from those fucking Jedis and the whole Skywalker family. They're the worst bit about the whole franchise.
Some of it does. Maybe even a lot of it. Andor is a pretty good miniseries though, I like that it's more mature and has a bleaker undertone like Rogue One.
The original two movies were utterly awesome.
Star wars movies are boring af. I tried to watch several movies multiple times and I couldnt. I got bored to tears.
I think so much about it is awesome (visuals, design of ships and sets, music, etc.) but maybe due to lack of repeated exposure to the movies as a child I don't feel much about them. The modern movies were especially meh, since they all feel like they are trying to recapture the feeling of people who saw the originals in the cinema in the late 70s and 80s, but without doing anything new. I did quite enjoy the Fallen Order game and will probably play the follow up at some point too though.
New Star Wars sucks for sure. The originals are much better.
I feel the originals were great when they came out, but havenβt aged well. Of course, I was a kid and the special effects were cutting edge at the time.
They've aged fine if you don't expect the effects to be 2023 effects. If you accept that they were top of the line 1978 effects, it won't bother you at all. What always made me laugh is my mother telling me how they were all dumbfounded, not by laser blasts and cool ship exteriors, but rather the introductory text moving off into infinity. I think she'd have been something like 21 at the time.
I loved the original trilogy & the prequels i thought were decent too. The newer films have been terrible tho
Personally, i just find it boring. I don't have any strong opinions on it but god, the fans can be really annoying sometimes.