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Originally Posted by webz

Yeah, but that infers that I actually care to argue Starwars endlessly all day. I do not. I'm honestly shocked I've maintained interest THIS long. For me, they are stupid fun movies, and that's really all.

Haha, yea, I am not exactly one to argue about the franchises I like too. But, its almost the weekend, so I don't mind too much....

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Originally Posted by webz

I like Rey. As someone who grew up in the middle of nowhere desert of the Southwest, I feel for her. For me, Luke wasn't all that.

I do not consider Luke "all that" either. However, the problem with a narrative of this type is that you need to have development. While we may/may not have cared for Luke, we still saw an arc for him. He seemed somewhat special (so just like in some parts of TFA for Rey), then he got owned by someone way more powerful than him in TES (kind of like what happened to Kylo Ren lol), and then came back stronger in ROTJ.

The problem for Rey fans is that she does not have any obstacle like Vader to overcome (except.... herself perhaps?). She almost went the full distance of zero to hero in TFA, but in case there was any doubt, it was put to rest in TLJ. So whats left?

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Originally Posted by webz

...and ROTJ he had a slow sword fight with his dad for an hour

This has always been the weak point of the series. When I was a kid, I thought these fights were epic and made me fall in love with the series (I doubt I would have ever liked SW back then if not for the sabers). But, looking at them now, they have abysmal choreography. The KOTOR shorts by Bioware have more badass fights than this (if you do not know what I am referring, to you have to check them out b/c I am sure you will love it ).

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Originally Posted by webz

I'll be good with that too, long as I get fun effects, ridiculous battle scenes, and hours of poorly written dialog with choppy character development, like I have in the previous 8 movies.

The only problem today is that Star Wars isn't that visual effects juggernaut it used to be. We have the MCU, Avatar, DCU, Jurassic Park series, etc etc.

So I really feel that they should have just gone back in time to a setting like KOTOR or far into the future. They shouldn't have to have another trilogy to closeout the Skywalker saga. All they have done is kill old characters. They killed Han in the first, Luke in the second, and likely will kill Lando and Leah in the third lol. All for what? Its not even an interesting story.