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Originally Posted by SFfan79
I've been a lurker on this thread for quite a while. I'm a big star wars fan, growing up watching the movies, playing star wars games, reading practically every book in the EU timeline (except those that were pre prequel movies). Reading this thread has been interesting and fascinating on the different takes people have had to this movie.
Most of my die hard star wars fan friends did not enjoy the movie. Most of my casual star wars fan friends did enjoy the movie. Why the stark difference? From a stand alone movie... it was ok (at best). If you could get past some of bad logic fails. However, from a die hard star wars fan perspective, my opinion is Disney is ruining Star Wars. Why? It seems to be a hard thing to pin down, even though that's how I feel. Bottom line it didn't feel like Star Wars to me.
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I could keep going.... and maybe i'm nitpicking, but my god, to me, it was bad. Thanks Disney for taking a great story universe and completly ****ing it up. How bad can you make Episode 9?
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We find things and ignore others to reinforce our own views. Your list is no different. The OT is rife with plot holes, inconsistencies, etc, and that's without even attempting to justify everything in light of the prequels.
Fact is, most of the people who grew up with the EU are just not going to like the new stories. It doesn't feel like Star Wars, because this isn't the Star Wars you know.
That's OK. They will be making these until the end of time. They're not targeting the existing fans. They're targeting the kids and the next generation of fans.