You're way over thinking this, but I don't think we'll convince each other.

Dec 4, 2020
10:36:36pm

russkiejedi Intervention Needed

The Empire was overly confident. They thought their tech was flawless. They thought intimidation could get them everything they wanted. None of that story was undermined by RO.

As Mon Mothma noted, the emperor made a critical error. RO explained the details of that critical error. Episode IV was about how the rebels exploited it.

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Unpopular opinion: No Star Wars should have been made after Return of the Jedi

slowhiteguy

12/4/20 9:03pm

False. Not just an unpopular opinion - it’s bad

YIsForBrigham

12/4/20 9:03pm

Especially the Disney-era ones... atrocious.

seacougar

12/4/20 9:36pm

But at least they are diverse and are showing powerful women

Ojiisan

12/4/20 9:38pm

That's the funny part. All the woman but Rey are train wrecks.

Jacksonian76

12/4/20 9:44pm

Rebuttal: Original Trilogy is middle of the pack of all Star Wars material

backprop

12/4/20 9:04pm

RE: Rebuttal: Original Trilogy is middle of the pack of all Star Wars material

slowhiteguy

12/4/20 9:07pm

Thrawn, Rogue One, original x-wing series, KOTOR, the Mandalorian, off the top

backprop

12/4/20 9:35pm

Rebuttal, that opinion is dumb

LakeshowCougs

12/4/20 9:12pm

That’s an even worse opinion.

russkiejedi

12/4/20 9:33pm

If you can't enjoy the others, just pretend they don't exist

Jericho

12/4/20 9:05pm

Rogue One is the best in the franchise.

TheHop

12/4/20 9:06pm

It is certainly the best of the new stuff.

slowhiteguy

12/4/20 9:08pm

Too many diversity hires. I didn't watch it for that reason alone.

BlueFever

12/4/20 9:09pm

Huge eye roll. RO was fantastic.

spugeddy24

12/4/20 9:10pm

Rogue 1 ruins A New Hope. It is no longer the careful

Jacksonian76

12/4/20 9:33pm

LOL. What? Luke still had to make it there to take the shot. The horrible weakness was always there. Now there is just

shimmy

12/4/20 10:01pm

Not a weakness. It was a design. Like just pushed the button.

Jacksonian76

12/4/20 10:03pm

Right. The fact the weakness was a design doesn't change a single thing for Luke's story.

shimmy

12/4/20 10:05pm

It's no longer a man over machine story.

Jacksonian76

12/4/20 10:08pm

I disagree completely. Nothing Galen Erso did undermined anything Luke did, and vice versa.

shimmy

12/4/20 10:11pm

Yes it is. He still can't hit the vent with a targeting computer, has to use the

russkiejedi

12/4/20 10:11pm

I thought the point was that Galon Urso built in a self destruct mechanism.

Jacksonian76

12/4/20 10:30pm

You're way over thinking this, but I don't think we'll convince each other.

russkiejedi

12/4/20 10:36pm

You really think that is a big plot hole? 😂😂

puntersarepeople

12/4/20 10:05pm

The fact that the empire spent that many years and resources building the death star that was capable of being blown up

shimmy

12/4/20 10:06pm

No it wasn’t

puntersarepeople

12/4/20 10:15pm

It made a ton of sense that the Death Star could be brought down with 1 shot?

shimmy

12/4/20 10:27pm

Yes

puntersarepeople

12/4/20 10:41pm

It was never a plot hole. "The Empire doesn't consider small one man fighters a

Jacksonian76

12/4/20 10:05pm

The death star being brought down with one shot is a plot hole.

shimmy

12/4/20 10:07pm

You can call it a bad story telling, but it is addressed specifically.

Jacksonian76

12/4/20 10:09pm

The casting does not negatively impact the film.

DMVCougar

12/4/20 9:17pm

Agreed. That’s TLJ tbh

puntersarepeople

12/4/20 9:34pm

It did for those of us who can't stand revisionists

BlueFever

12/5/20 8:45am

Diversity hires? So in a universe with not only many races but also and infinite

akmewg

12/4/20 9:19pm

Watch Episode 4 and tell me all about those diverse humans. 🙂

BlueFever

12/4/20 9:26pm

Episode 4 was a film made in 1977 in the UK so not really shocking that most of

akmewg

12/4/20 9:34pm

Only that's not the reason for all the white actors.

BlueFever

12/4/20 9:39pm

So you don’t like the new ones because they don’t have an exclusively white cast?

DieHarder

12/4/20 10:05pm

No, I don't like the new ones because crybabies

BlueFever

12/5/20 8:49am

Wow, tripling down on it, did Lucas just get more Woke in 2 years between IV and

akmewg

12/4/20 10:07pm

Yes. There's an interview where Lucas stated that a friend of his once asked

BlueFever

12/5/20 8:52am

This is a really bad take. It really makes you look a bit, you know...........

spugeddy24

12/4/20 10:19pm

Racist?

BlueFever

12/5/20 8:55am

LOL, revisionists? It's fiction.

russkiejedi

12/4/20 10:24pm

RE: LOL, revisionists? It's fiction.

BlueFever

12/5/20 8:57am

My point is, there was no revisionism. It's a fictional world where they can

russkiejedi

12/5/20 9:01am

You've got this mixed up with Revisionism.

BlueFever

12/5/20 9:04am

Boardname doesn’t check out.

TEXAS

12/5/20 6:42am

Your sources aren't very good. 😉

BlueFever

12/5/20 8:58am

This is an all-time classic "I'm not racist, but..." post

CommodoreCoug

12/5/20 7:47am

This is a better classic, in the spirit of Philip K. Dick:

BlueFever

12/5/20 9:00am

Star Wars is science *fiction*, not a documentary about earth in 21st century

DMVCougar

12/4/20 9:31pm

Sure but it’s a fictional story where race really doesn’t factor in to the

akmewg

12/4/20 9:38pm

False, KOTOR had a better plot twist 🙂

panacablue

12/4/20 9:09pm

Since ROTJ I think Rogue One, The Last Jedi (yeah I said it), Mando, Clone Wars, and Rebels are all at least as good

shimmy

12/4/20 9:10pm

Solo is actually pretty good. TLJ caused people to push back on solo but it was solid.

spugeddy24

12/4/20 9:11pm

Yep. I get why TLJ ruffled feathers. I loved it though.

shimmy

12/4/20 9:11pm

I’m one who hated TLJ and really liked Solo. I think a lot of SW content has been decent despite not liking the latest 3

spugeddy24

12/4/20 9:12pm

I agree with this

puntersarepeople

12/4/20 9:17pm

Solo is a forgettable generic heist movie with a Star Wars add on skin applied.

BYUtka

12/4/20 9:16pm

What do you think is the secret sauce that makes SW movies anything other than a generic hero journey with a sci fi skin

shimmy

12/4/20 9:31pm

Star Wars and Empire both caught lightning in a bottle which doing two times in

Jacksonian76

12/4/20 10:35pm

TLJ is a good Star Wars film? You do not understand Star Wars.

DMVCougar

12/4/20 9:18pm

He said Solo was good

puntersarepeople

12/4/20 9:19pm

You may be right. Not sure the way it's worded.

DMVCougar

12/4/20 9:21pm

He’s saying Solo was good but people didn’t want to watch it after TLJ

puntersarepeople

12/4/20 9:29pm

Correct.

spugeddy24

12/4/20 9:36pm

TLJ was garbage.

spugeddy24

12/4/20 9:36pm

I understand both film and SW.

shimmy

12/4/20 9:25pm

Do lasers shoot straight in space?

DMVCougar

12/4/20 9:32pm

If you have a problem suspending disbelief, you should probably just tap out of

russkiejedi

12/4/20 9:36pm

Suspension of belief only works if the universe follows rules. If not, the

wildeone

12/4/20 9:44pm

Star Wars rules are a nightmare. The force rules are all over the place.

shimmy

12/4/20 9:44pm

They just can't help themselves. Force powers have seen exponential growth.

Jacksonian76

12/4/20 9:47pm

Right, so you either deal with it, or you check out entirely. A race of walking

russkiejedi

12/4/20 9:50pm

Silly yes, but home court advantage is a thing in war.

Jacksonian76

12/4/20 9:54pm

Yeah, home court didn't seem to do much for the Aztecs and Incas. Or even the

russkiejedi

12/4/20 10:27pm

While true, it is more logically inconsistent not only with the OT and PQ,

wildeone

12/4/20 9:52pm

How lasers work in the star wars universe is not what I would consider an

russkiejedi

12/4/20 9:48pm

Why do WWII films represent weapons consistent with the era?

DMVCougar

12/5/20 8:58am

Well, because they're depicting events in relatively recent history and the

russkiejedi

12/5/20 9:04am

I actually am laughing.

DMVCougar

12/5/20 1:15pm

if you are watching for correct portrayals of physics, star wars is not the content for you.

shimmy

12/4/20 9:38pm

May I recommend Mauler's critique on why the movie doesn't work? It's very poor

wildeone

12/4/20 9:45pm

TBH, no I'm not really interested in his opinion. If you want a battle of the experts there are plenty of film folks

shimmy

12/4/20 9:54pm

Well, if you'd like to know why people truly dislike it, outside of the

wildeone

12/4/20 9:58pm

I understand the complaints. I agree with a lot. I think subversion of expectations is great and overcomes it in TLJ.

shimmy

12/4/20 10:13pm

Subversion can be good, when executed correctly, but it was poorly executed in

wildeone

12/4/20 10:27pm

Disagree with a lot but I do agree with the final point. It was horrible execution for a trilogy.

shimmy

12/4/20 10:32pm

It’s a Star Wars question, not a physics question

DMVCougar

12/5/20 8:07am

If you're going to criticize TLJ for plot holes or elements that don't match up with established worldbuilding, you're

durandal

12/4/20 10:14pm

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East1999

12/4/20 9:24pm

No it’s not, it’s a different, contemporary story. That’s like saying

russkiejedi

12/4/20 9:39pm

Talking about Rogue 1 right? More of a true prequel than retread, the episode IV

akmewg

12/4/20 9:43pm

No that’s the force awakens

puntersarepeople

12/4/20 9:52pm

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East1999

12/4/20 9:56pm

The problem is that you think ROTJ is great because of your nostalgia for the film. Plenty of Star Wars content post

shimmy

12/4/20 9:08pm

This could be. The nostalgia is real. However even my kids prefer the

slowhiteguy

12/4/20 9:09pm

My kids prefer the originals to the prequels, but that is because I made them feel that way.

shimmy

12/4/20 9:10pm

Same, but I am happy that more Star Wars is being made. We watch Mandalorian eac

Oceanographer

12/4/20 9:17pm

It's widely considered the weakest of the three.

DMVCougar

12/4/20 9:15pm

Of the originals? Absolutely IMO.

shimmy

12/4/20 9:16pm

Disagree

puntersarepeople

12/4/20 9:20pm

ESB is the best of them all, and ANH is top tier. The original trilogy is by far the best.

shimmy

12/4/20 9:29pm

The original three are very boring. I find the most recent ones to be

LiveCoug

12/4/20 9:08pm

RE: Unpopular opinion: No Star Wars should have been made after Return of the

The Pope

12/4/20 9:10pm

Don't understand why Solo gets crapped on. It is my favorite of the newer stuff.

YNWA

12/4/20 9:12pm

That actually kills the entire storyline. Prequels have little to no tension.

DMVCougar

12/4/20 9:13pm

The sequel trilogy does cheapen a really good ending to the original trilogy

Great38

12/4/20 9:13pm

I’m a hack

puntersarepeople

12/4/20 9:14pm

I hated how the new trilogy essentially just had the same end purpose as the

puntersarepeople

12/4/20 9:13pm

Well one of the movies didn't, and tons of people hated it for it.

shimmy

12/4/20 9:15pm

People hated that movie because it was incoherent and PC

puntersarepeople

12/4/20 9:18pm

Which is precisely why Shimmy loved it

bluelands

12/4/20 9:21pm

LOL. If you say so. I couldn't care less about any PC aspect of the film. I'm also not offended by it.

shimmy

12/4/20 9:25pm

TLJ is the only movie post ESB with anything close to a twist. There wasn't a single thing in the other sequels that

shimmy

12/4/20 9:28pm

Problem with TLJ was there were too many plot twists

puntersarepeople

12/4/20 9:32pm

I agree it did a bad job setting up 9. That was the worst part of the trilogy. It wasn't a trilogy at all. That's all on

shimmy

12/4/20 9:41pm

I completely agree - although I enjoyed the sequel trilogy for the most part.

Oceanographer

12/4/20 9:45pm

Problem with Snoke dying was they replaced him with Palpatine

puntersarepeople

12/4/20 9:51pm

Agreed 1,000%. I hold that against ROS though. Wish they would have had the guts to make Kylo a true villain.

shimmy

12/4/20 9:55pm

Yep. That's all on Abrams and ROS, not TLJ. They had a real opportunity to do something interesting and take advantage

durandal

12/4/20 10:17pm

Yes but the reason they brought back Palpatine was because Snoke didn’t have a

puntersarepeople

12/4/20 10:18pm

Should have made Kylo the Big Bad and flesh that out.

shimmy

12/4/20 10:24pm

Agreed, but they flat out missed opportunities in TLJ

puntersarepeople

12/4/20 10:45pm

Even less popular opinion: No Star Wars should have been made - ever

eoscougar

12/4/20 9:14pm

False, that is a popular opinion, but for a vocal minority.

Jacksonian76

12/4/20 9:36pm

I see terrible opinions on here every day, but this takes it to a whole new level

DieHarder

12/4/20 9:53pm

The Fonz jumped a shark. Leia flew over a squid. Potato Potato.

Jacksonian76

12/4/20 10:02pm

For a long time, I personally enjoyed the prequels more than the originals

SirGus

12/4/20 10:02pm

I like them all, gave me a chance to enjoy them with my kids like my parents

USMCdad

12/5/20 1:26pm

This is the best take. Agree 100%.

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