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Yes, it was beyond obvious. But actually hearing it from Ridley herself - especially after Kennedy said that Palpatine was part of the plan all along - carries a lot more weight, and kind of officially stamps it with the "Disaster" label many had been giving it. It's the confirmation we never had, for seven years, straight from the source. That, and we didn't know the particulars. Actually hearing the different iterations it went through, along with the indecisiveness, is pretty sobering.

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Doesn't this kind of put KK in a precarious position now? Maybe not and no one cares but damn what a cluster.

Yeah, at this point, I don't think anyone above her cares enough about something like this. Especially with The Mandalorian being such a sensation. That show has been her saving grace. I could be wrong, and maybe there's a plan to replace her before the new batch of movies start up again, but who knows.

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Can't say I disagree...

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I feel like I just watched a puppy find out that Santa Claus isn't real. Poor guy.

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I'm confused as to how this is some sort of revelation to people. It was obvious after the last jedi that they had no idea of a story arc for the trilogy. Even after the force awakens there were clues pointing to them not having a clear plan.

How anyone could have watched TLJ and the rise of Skywalker and still thought they had any plan for these three movies was just being delusional.

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Pretty much. I decided that KK was a disaster and they were winging it early enough that I was probably being premature, but nothing has happened to change my mind. It was like JJ and RJ were fighting over the plot and themes of the trilogy right on screen, plus all the firings and rewritings for creative differences in the saga and stories.

But if you are bought in so much that you can ignore all that and believe the company line (I deleted a bunch of specific things because this was nearing 1,000 words), it's going to be that much more upsetting because not only were you wrong, you were lied to by people you trusted and you probably defended those people... for years... against cynical jerks like me who you now fear are going to dance in the rain of your sweet sweet tears.

I'll put TFA on from time to time. I'll probably rewatch TRoS if it comes on tv. No intention of watching TLJ again.

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Cinco Ranch Aggie said:

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MuckRaker96 said:

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Or you just like the movies because they are about Star Wars.

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I have been under the impression that simply liking these movies is against the rules, or something ... I mean, look at that back-stabbing "praise" for the prequels just a few posts above.

One may not like the delivery of the prequels, but GL had a coherent storyline that he followed through to its natural conclusion. The sequels started off pretty good despite being a safe, almost carbon copy of Star Wars (ep IV), but from then on, it was clear they had no freaking idea what they wanted to do with those movies. I put a lot of the blame for that on Rian Johnson, but even more so on Kennedy and JJ Abrams. I find it telling that of all of the Star Wars movies, the ones I rarely find any desire to watch again are the entire sequel trilogy.

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Its cool, I gave up trying to argue my opinions of star wars last December. I love all of them unabashedly and I like the sequels way more than the prequels. In 1983 I was happy with the 3, now there are 11, a crazy good tv show, 2 Incredible cartoon series and a theme park that I've been to on both coasts. I totally get why people get frustrated, I'm just not one of them.

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I wish I could, but I can't agree with that. The effects were even frustrating at the time. Soo much CGI. A ridiculous amount. There was hardly anything real in the movies. The stories weren't that good. The acting and dialogue were really bad.

They're bad movies, especially AOTC. It was just boring, which is maybe the worst thing I could say about a movie.

There are some highlights though, to be sure:
Maul
John Williams
Palpatine

Can a turd age well? Nostalgia for the prequels? No.

Pod wasn't wizard then and isn't wizard now.

I want to say the sequels are better than the prequels, but I'm not sure.

That's why I started with nostalgia, it fixes most of those actual issues. In my mind I find it endearing. But yeah the acting is mostly garbage.

Hot take: in 20 years, a Rise of Skywalker director's cut will be considered a good standalone movie.

Outstanding.

This is accurate.

Although in the prequel v sequel discussion, if I had to sit down and choose either of those trilogies to watch, 8 times out of 10 it would be the sequels. I'm able to see past a weak story easier than bad filmmaking. Not sure what that says about me, but that's how I feel.

I get what you're saying, but I do think that there are moments in all three of the prequels that feel very cinematic and have emotion and depth and spots of good acting and all of that. The music is definitely solid throughout which helps immensely, but there is a lot of good stuff there too.

I'll never say that they are good movies front to back, but I do enjoy them still and they do feel like Star Wars to me.

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I'll give you the music angle for sure. The prequel scores are fantastic. And sure, in addition to TPM, ROTS has a couple of genuinely good cinematic moments. But I honestly can't think of a single redeemable thing about AOTC, save for Across the Stars and a couple of Natalie Portman's wardrobe choices. But, as a whole, I legitimately believe that the prequels feature some of the worst writing, and worst performances, I've seen in *any* movies outside of porn and straight-to-video schlock.

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The entire Obi-wan v. Jango sequence, from Kamino to the asteroid belt is really great. I think that's a universally liked part. And there is truly more than that to like, although I'm definitely not an AOTC apologist.

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re: the prequels mean a LOT more to me , thanks to the Clone Wars series. The fact the Clone Wars series was able to have (mostly) coherent plots, good characters and characterizations, great music, some fantastic visuals, and weave in and out of the greater narrative making it actually make sense elevated the prequel movies from how I used to view them.

Yes, the movies are still gunk, but there is SO MUCH additional content and context around them that their incompetent, rough, ridiculous edges have been easily rounded and made easier to digest (and tolerate).

The sequel trilogy has no such thing. The books, comics and cartoons tie-ins have all been mostly meh. and so much of it is disjointed and not interconnected. And now Disney is kind of abandoning them as their books, comics, etc are pivoting to The High Republic.

In reality, the sequel trilogy just... exists out on its own. And I have no interest in ever revisiting them or their world.

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I don't know that they mean more to me, but I would say The Clone Wars has justified those movies.....if that's the right word. TCW is just fantastic in many spots and arcs. Definitely some filler crap in their too but overall great.

Ironically, the best thing about the post OT period has been Thrawn who was originally memory holed to Legends. However, he is so popular and the actual best thing they had post OT they had to re-canonize him.

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I don't know, it sounds like an interesting show, but you know eventually they'd do the "ripped from the headlines" thing and have an arc where Exegol deals with a pandemic and the theater has to try and survive with minimal attendance and everyone yells at each other about whether or not to wear Vader masks. It would just get depressing

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I'll give you the music angle for sure. The prequel scores are fantastic. And sure, in addition to TPM, ROTS has a couple of genuinely good cinematic moments. But I honestly can't think of a single redeemable thing about AOTC, save for Across the Stars and a couple of Natalie Portman's wardrobe choices. But, as a whole, I legitimately believe that the prequels feature some of the worst writing, and worst performances, I've seen in *any* movies outside of porn and straight-to-video schlock.

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The entire Obi-wan v. Jango sequence, from Kamino to the asteroid belt is really great. I think that's a universally liked part. And there is truly more than that to like, although I'm definitely not an AOTC apologist.

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Back in late 2002 and into 2003, when I would go into the local Best Buy, they had a promo using portions of the bolded sequence to try to sell home theater equipment. The sound effects in that sequence were awesome.

There's plenty to like in AOTC. Compared to the other entries of the original 6 movies, it is the worst because something has to be worst. Bad filmmaking? Okay, if you folks actively involved in filmmaking say so. To those of us who are not and just simply love Star Wars, I'm not bothered by any of that. I mean, I am one who believes that the old movie, King Kong Versus Godzilla, is a rollicking great time in front of a TV screen, and yeah, I know it's hokey, poorly made, and all of that, but I still enjoy the hell out of it.

As for AOTC, we got our first good look at the bowels of Coruscant, as well as a wider Blade Runner like view of the city, in the early part of the movie when Obi Wan/Anakin chase down the shape-shifting assassin. The battle of Geonosis was also a high point in the movie, starting with the attempted execution in the arena and culminating with the Yoda-Dooku duel. It also gave us this fantastic sequence near the end of the film:

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Cinco Ranch Aggie said:

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There's plenty to like in AOTC. Compared to the other entries of the original 6 movies, it is the worst because something has to be worst. Bad filmmaking? Okay, if you folks actively involved in filmmaking say so. To those of us who are not and just simply love Star Wars, I'm not bothered by any of that.

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I'm not actively involved in filmmaking. I love Star Wars.

AOTC is horrible filmmaking

And the bolded part makes it sound like it's on the same level as ESB and ANH but you have to get picky and rank them. That's laughable

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And you get picky and crap on some of them. It's laughable to rank the individual movies? Or laughable that you believe I stated that AOTC is on the same level as TESB or ANH? Newsflash for you, I never suggested any such thing.

You said it's last only because one has to come last, which implies it's good and it isn't significantly poorer than the others.

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"original 6 movies"

Da fuq?

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Since they added the episode IV subtitle to the first Star Wars movie in 1978, or was it 1979, I've always considered those first three movies, no matter how many years it took before they were finally made, to be part of Lucas' original story. Perhaps I should have just said "something had to be worst for the first 6 movies".