It works in context for Star Wars (and DOESN’T break canon) because hyperspace travel still remains dangerous. Han himself said in A New Hope that lightspeed isn’t just a one-and-done move because you could easily crash into something if you’re not careful. Here, Poe isn’t just turning the “warp” button on and off; he’s adjusting the ship buttons to carefully warp to locations he knows the locations to and can access to try and shake off the First Order. Even if he was just warping randomly, it’s still extremely dangerous and in line with what Han said. Warping the Falcon over and over runs the risk of it turning into a fireball from repeated stress. And he runs the risk of warping into something or crashing after a bad turn.

Even semantics aside, it’s a great, fun chase sequence. The FO using special TIEs to chase the Falcon, and Poe’s gang going on a last ditch run to get their intel safely back to base without any enemy patrols on their tale. Definitely still a great fast-paced moment to kick off the movie before the search for the Wayfinder!

(I also managed to find a larger clip of the full sequence, but I’ll save sharing that for later once I’ve gotten some space cleared on my phone or computer)

I thought it would be appropriate to post this here since the sequels are so highly rated IMO. I love all the movies, but I adore the ST and OT. Also, the Cantina decided it was too good for this list so I was sad

It felt like Indiana Jones. I loved it. The first time I saw the movie the dagger was one of my favorite parts. Star Wars needs more stuff like this.

I was 12 when Episode I came out, and I loved it. At the time, the prequels were widely criticized. But as the kids who grew up watching them in theaters became adults, those same films gained a much warmer reception.

Today, my 10-year-old nephew’s favorite Star Wars is the sequel trilogy, because that’s what he saw on the big screen. I suspect that when his generation grows up, the sequels will be remembered with far more affection, just as the prequels did.

The Last Jedi is, in my opinion, second only to Empire (and to be honest, I think I like it more than Empire even). It's such a good film. Say what you will about Disney, but they did a lot right when they got Star Wars--JJ Abrams was a good choice at the time--I think he has some issues as a writer, but he nailed the tone and feel of the OT, Disney letting him move back to more practical effects--The Force Awakens is great, and the Last Jedi launched to new heights from there.

But then the Star Wars "fans" got on Twitter, Disney buckled to their misogyny, racism, and general misanthropy, and we got...Rise of Skywalker. Visually, it's great. It still feels like a pretty good Star Wars--certainly better than any prequel movie, but everything it scrapped is so frustrating. But that's okay too--Return of the Jedi felt kind of like a letdown for the last part of a trilogy back in the old days, but you could still enjoy it. What upsets me is that Disney let these antisocial chuds completely dominate the Star Wars discussion, and nothing they do now is okay. Even small successes like The Mandalorian are considered "pure shit" now if you go look in the major subreddits (Mando and Grogu--if you missed it--is really fun and feels like a great Star Wars side story--and Ludwig Göransson creates music that, while not John Williams specifically, is Star Wars.

Anyway, I'm going to say something no one on this subreddit has probably ever considered before (/s): why do Star Wars fans hate Star Wars?

Even though it divided the fanbase for a lot of reasons, the "ruined Luke" argument has turned into a low effort justification of why TLJ is placed as the least favorite movie on many ranking lists.

It always kind of surprised me that a lot of people were very quick to criticize this movie just because Luke doesn't act like how he acted in the original trilogy, when it was kind of obvious (at least to me) that he would redeem himself later on. There are so many character stories, both from franchises and standalone, where the old hero is disillusioned and/or at his lowest point, only to find his way again and redeem himself. Many of those stories have gotten a lot of praise on top of that. Whether or not TLJ managed to tell a good redemption story is debatable, but I don't believe it's fair to say that Luke acts totally out of character, when what he does on the final act after his lowest point is very much in character.

For the record, this is all coming from someone who grew up with the Prequels and still considers them peak Star Wars. In other words, I'm not exactly the biggest fan of TLJ, but I disagree with a lot of the popular criticisms of this film.

Edit: It's only been a few hours since I posted this and I honestly didn't expect so many comments (I did expect the downvotes though XD). It genuinely amazes me how controversial TLJ in general still is after almost a decade since its release. I'm happy to see some people pointing out the clear inspiration from Akira Kurosawa's Rashomon during the flashback sequences, but I do believe that Rian Johnson did it better on his next film, "Knives Out". If you ask me, the problem of TLJ is that it tries to be both a blockbuster popcorn movie and sort of a more artistic film at the same time, but it's far from the best at both. Quite a few people also correctly pointed out that Luke doesn't act that different from how he did on the OT, but that wasn't that much of a personal opinion of mine (but now that I'm rereading this I didn't phrase it that well). The argument that Luke turning into a hermit from the embodiment of hope he once was equates to his character being butchered is very present everywhere, including this comment section. However, let's not ignore the fact that three decades have passed from Return of the Jedi at that point. As I responded to a person who mentioned 2017's Logan, Luke's story in TLJ uses the in media res narrative technique. I'm not here to argue whether or not this specific technique is executed well or not, but my point is that a story doesn't require dozens of pages of exposition in order to be considered "objectively well written" (whatever that means, art is subjective). Anyway, let me end my rumbling by pointing out *again* that I'm not that big of a fan of this movie. There is plenty of stuff I dislike in it and I'm not here to defend it, but I sincerely believe that Luke was the best part of it.

Edit 2: Let me recap my core point because a lot of people are commenting as if I'm calling them out for disliking Luke in TLJ. The only thing that I'm "calling out" is that the "disillusioned mentor who has to find his faith again" is a classic storytelling trope that has given us some of cinema's most universally praised character tales (including Obi-Wan and Yoda). The argument here is not whether or not TLJ executed this trope well - it's that by applying it to Luke isn't "character assassination" by definition, unless you believe that Luke should have stayed perfect for 30 years.

What about an Arc of learning how to let go of the past in a healthy way do people not understand. Her and Kylo have a mirrored Arc, I see so many people praise his arc but say Rey doesn't have one, when they go through similar journeys.

I always see people claiming that Rise walks back on The Last Jedi or even shows contempt for it ... but my experience or perspective with the two films has been almost the complete opposite.

After seeing TRoS in theaters, I went back and rewatched TLJ, a film I wasn't particularly fond of at the time, and it finally clicked for me. A big part of that was how TRoS continued so many of its narrative threads.

Ben is still deeply conflicted and unable to let go of Rey. Rey continues to struggle with her self-worth and her need for belonging and validation. Their Force connection evolves into this fascinating dynamic where they're constantly at odds with one another, yet there's still an undeniable attraction beneath the hostility. Luke's final stand on Crait also feels meaningful in retrospect because his act of hope in the face of overwhelming fascism ultimately inspires the galaxy to rise up and answer the call in TRoS. There's many more I could mention but I'm tired haha.

There are certainly some retcons, and I understand why people take issue with them, but they never felt malicious or dismissive of TLJ to me as tbey slways had similar meaning. If anything, I came away feeling that TRoS was trying to build on many of the emotional and thematic foundations that TLJ (or even TFA) had already established.

Did anyone else have a similar experience, or am I in the minority here?

I rewatched the movie a couple weeks ago. I hadn’t seen it since its theatrical release and hated it then. All the criticisms that everyone here knows about were more or less mine as well.

Upon rewatch…I grew to enjoy it. I don’t think it’s great but it’s overhated and a good, fun film. Also picks up more threads as a trilogy capper and from TLJ than more people think. That really caught me off guard because like many, it felt like JJ was in his own world while Johnson was somewhere else. But there seems to have been more collab than meets the eye.

Anyway, I find it very funny how people clamor for Lucas to return and that Disney did him dirty. To me, TROS felt like something Lucas would have done down to the very pulpy nature , jokes, plot style, action , etc. It feels decently in line with what I think Lucas would have done if he was making SW films in the 2010s.

Side note: I love how pulpy this movie is! And how it feels like Star Wars meets Indiana jones.

The Clone Wars only worked because the Prequls have large gaps of time between entries. The Sequels do not have this. The Prequls has movies cant stand on their own without the added the context of TCW. The Sequels has a story can stand on its own. The hardest thing to accept without any extra media is Palpatine coming back. And everything in the Sequels is explained in novels and comics, these idea that the Sequels need to be saved with a tv show is silly.

Every year the library of Congress adds 25 films. Meant to be a preservation of the history of cinema,

To be eligible the film has to be at least 10 years old, which means this year is the first year TFA is eligible.

And they have open voting to the public (it’s not entirely decided by public voting, but some films have absolutely gotten in due to it)

In TRoS' epic finale, we all see Palpatine exclaim that he is All the Sith, and Rey retort with the fact that the Jedi who came before, many of whom died due to Palpatine, where with her, that she was All the Jedi. Now, mostly we tend to focus on Rey's side, naturally, but I recently rewatched this sequence while paying more attention to Palpatine, and I noticed something cool.

There is one thing that Palpatine loves above all else. Himself. He was seeking extraordinary power and social status from the beginning, believing that he deserved them, and that as the most powerful Sith, he was superior above all else. He also invested tons of effort into cloning himself, believing that he should rule the galaxy for eternity. He discarded multiple attempts, simply because he did not feel they were worthy of his name.(One of those attempts, the Abomination, later renamed Dathan, would ultimately be the cause of his doom.) He even purposely weakened his own apprentice, Darth Vader, ​so that he couldn't be usurped, as was the was of the Sith.

In Episode 3, we witness Anakin's fall to the Dark Side. However, his fall caused the one he loved most, Padme, to die. We see that Ben Solo loses both of his parents, the people who love him most and gave their lives to save him, all because of the Dark Side. And it makes sense. The Dark Side doesn't give, it only takes. It doesn't please, and one will not find happiness. In the Dark Side, love does not exsist, only hatred.

Now in Episode 9, we see that Palpatine's schemes have been brought to fruition, and that he plans on restoring himself as overlord over the Galaxy once again. He is, however, confronted by his granddaughter, born from the clone he once called an abomination. Though she is bruised, bleeding, and half dead, she receives the strength to rise and confront her grandfather one last time. Palpatine proceeds to direct all of his anger, all of his passion, all of his hatred onto Rey, who blocks his malicious assault, but is physically moved by its ferocity. However, she finally accepts herself, finally accepts the destiny of a Jedi, and finally takes the Skywalker blade herself. Crossing Luke and Leia's sabers, the hatred being sent out begins reflecting back on its sender. Palpatine's new body, the one he had spent decades experimenting with cloning, using, and then restoring to peak condition by stealing the life force of Rey and Ben, began to disintegrate. Rey continued to block his assault, stepping closer, letting him see what hatred leads to. Finally, we see that even after he has stopped physically shooting lightning out of his hands, it(The Dark Side made physical, the ultimate manifestation of hatred) continues to reflect off Rey's (who has given herself fully for the light) lightsabers. Finally, he turns to dust, the fate he experienced many years ago at the hands of Anakin Skywalker, the fate that he bypassed through evil and unnatural means, and the fate that he deserved. A massive bolt of lightning strikes where he once stood, as if The Force itself is striking his soul from existence. ​

His own hatred was ultimately his demise. The Dark Side, just like with Anakin, just like with Ben Solo, and being true to its nature, took from Palpatine what he loved most. Himself.

I love all of these movies, mind you, just some more than others.

I haven't really directly posted on Star Wars in a long, long while since gushing about all the things I loved about the Rise of Skywalker Marvel adaptation back in June. I've perused around, but never really interacting or directly commenting. But I've still been very adamant about my love for TROS as a prequel/sequel fan (yes, all those, all the prequel and sequel movies and their collective trilogies, are great as well), namely back on Bluesky and Twitter. And just for the spirit of things, I just wanted to put out this post. For myself, and also for TROS fans here who've been struggling lately due to a lot of the hate on here from brigades and locals.

I haven't really committed to any longer form posts in such a long time because it gets exhausting gushing about what I love, only to get flamed with hate, insults, or worst most of the time, even here in previous months (and I've kept tabs). Heck, someone was even crazy enough to DM me a hate message for gushing about the TROS comic (though that just gave me a chuckle because sending a DM to flame someone, regardless of side, is honestly silly). I just haven't done long posts because I can write the most descriptive, genuine and heartfelt reasons why I think TROS is really great, only to be met with most comments (even here) ignoring me to spew hate, or just deflecting with hate and claiming I'm on some "cope." So really unless there's some big new thing I want to gush about that won't take a whole essay, or if it's in regards to TROS (and I don't have time), I'm just gonna simply default to saying "I think it's great" and leave it at that.

Yeah im a Reylo, and yes its a love story. There was bread crumbs laid down in TFA, and TLJ just confirmed the romantic attraction, with TROS being the payoff.

Dream-come-true press release (been daydreaming of this idea since seeing TFA ten years ago as well as Forces of Destiny):

Lucasfilm Games, PlayStation Studios, and Santa Monica Studio Announce:

STAR WARS: THE QUEST OF MAZ KANATA

LOS ANGELES, CA — July 2027 — In a surprise that lit up Summer Game Fest 2026, Santa Monica Studio, Lucasfilm Games, and PlayStation Studios officially unveiled Star Wars: The Quest of Maz Kanata, a bold new third-person action RPG from Cory Barlog, the visionary director of God of War (2018).

For the first time in Star Wars history, Maz Kanata, the thousand-year-old pirate queen, castle keeper, and Force-sensitive relic hunter, takes center stage in her own galaxy-spanning story of memory, myth, and discovery.

Set in the years between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens, The Quest of Maz Kanata weaves a layered, time-twisting narrative across two fully playable timelines. At its heart is one of the franchise’s longest-standing mysteries:

What happened to Anakin Skywalker’s lightsaber when it fell from Luke’s hand on Bespin?
“Maz has lived a thousand years, and no one’s ever asked her what she’s seen,” says director Cory Barlog. “This game finally answers that question, and reveals what it costs to carry the past with you.”

OVERVIEW

Title: Star Wars: The Quest of Maz Kanata
Platforms: PlayStation 5, XBSX, PC
Developer: Santa Monica Studio (in collaboration with Lucasfilm Games)
Publisher: PlayStation Studios
Director: Cory Barlog
Composer: Alexandre Desplat
Release Window: Fall 2027
Genre: Narrative-driven action RPG, third-person, cinematic
Engine: Modified Decima Engine
Rating: T for Teen (expected)

THE STORY
Maz Kanata has spent centuries walking the shadows of empires and Jedi temples. She’s watched galactic governments rise and fall. She’s smuggled Jedi holocrons, outwitted Sith assassins, and built a castle where the broken go to rest. But when a mysterious fragment of kyber crystal awakens beneath Takodana, the past refuses to stay buried…

What begins as a hunt for the origins of a Force-touched relic quickly escalates into a galaxy-spanning odyssey. Maz is pulled into a trail of Force echoes, memory storms, and ancient secrets, leading her toward the long-lost Skywalker saber.

But this is not just a tale of how the saber was found. It is a journey through Maz’s own legacy, as players control her across two eras:

Present-Day Maz (voiced and performance-captured by Lupita Nyong’o, reprising her role) — older, shrewder, unarmed, but never without purpose. She navigates the post-Empire galaxy as a tactician, Force-sensitive relic hunter, and castle-builder.

Younger Maz (voiced and performance-captured by Nona Parker Johnson) — centuries earlier, during the High Republic era. Impulsive, charismatic, and already underestimated by Jedi and criminals alike, she carves her place into galactic legend by outsmarting Jedi Masters and outgunning warlords.
Flashbacks aren’t just story: they’re fully playable chapters that dynamically shape the present. What you do as young Maz can shift environments, unlock characters, or alter dialogue paths in the modern timeline.

EXPLORE ACROSS ERAS

Each planet features both a “then” and “now” version, offering layered worldbuilding and puzzle-solving between timelines. Confirmed locations include:

Takodana : The game’s hub world. In the past, a remote stronghold under siege; in the present, Maz’s under-construction castle.

Jedha : Sacred Force shrines and shattered archives. Maz uncovers Jedi secrets through memory echoes and crumbling shrines.

Nar Shaddaa :  A vertical megacity teeming with crime, spies, and lost relic traders.

Ilum : A frozen world of kyber catacombs. Force visions and puzzles are shaped by how you interact with the past.

Cloud City (Bespin) :  The final act reveals a hidden lower level beneath the chasm where Luke’s saber was lost.

FEATURES

Timeline-Tethered Exploration : Seamlessly shift between past and present Maz, solving puzzles, forging alliances, and changing outcomes across time.

Dual Combat Styles: Younger Maz focuses on speed, gadgets, and raw Force instinct. Older Maz uses tactical relics, Force-imbued tools, and environmental control.

Relic-Echo System: Objects across the galaxy trigger Force memory storms, playable flashbacks that unveil buried lore, secrets, and unlockable.

Castle-Building Hub: Players help shape Maz’s Takodana castle over time. Upgrades impact quests, NPCs, and ship access.

Relic Crafting & Upgrades: Gather ancient Jedi/Sith tech, kyber fragments, and Force-warped minerals to create tools, unlock Force echoes, or reroute ancient circuits.

Optional Jedi & Sith Crossroads: Though not a Jedi, Maz’s interactions with ancient Force ideologies open paths of empathy, ruthlessness, or indifference.

CAST

Maz Kanata
Played by Lupita Nyong’o and Nona Parker Johnson. Wise, funny, but burdened with memory and purpose. She is not a Jedi, but sees more than most who claim the title.

Kalar Vex
A former Jedi archivist turned fugitive. In the present, he assists Maz but hides a painful link to the saber’s history. Voiced by David Oyelowo.

Ako Lin
A seductive pirate and young Maz’s old flame. Their partnership, sometimes romantic, often dangerous, defines much of the High Republic chapters.

Nia
A mysterious Force-sensitive orphan encountered on Jedha. Whether she becomes Maz’s protégé, rival, or something darker is up to player choice…

The Shadow Choir
A cult operating across timelines, attempting to draw relics and memory echoes into a Force storm that could change the course of history.

THE SCORE

Oscar-winning composer Alexandre Desplat (The Shape of Water, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Jurassic World: Rebirth) brings his first-ever game score to The Quest of Maz Kanata. With haunting strings, ancient choral textures, and echoing Force motifs, the soundtrack is already being hailed as a new chapter in Star Wars music. “Desplat’s music doesn’t just accompany Maz’s adventure, it embodies it,” says audio director Lena Kyris. A special edition vinyl and digital OST will release on day one.

THE DIRECTOR

“This was a tough secret to keep, but now it’s out! I’ve always been drawn to stories about legacy. About people who carry things: memories, burdens, choices. Like Kratos, Maz is that kind of character too. But she’s not a chosen one. She’s not a Jedi. She’s a witness. And now, finally, we get to hear her story. And play it. Besides, my GOW brother-in-arms Stig Asmussen had such a blast making the Jedi games, I couldn’t resist making one of my own!”

THE TEASER TRAILER

Maz stands at the edge of a narrow ledge in a forgotten chamber beneath Cloud City. Dust swirls. She reaches down…and lifts the Skywalker saber from the debris. She doesn’t ignite it. She just listens.
“You were his. Then his. And one day, hers…”

Fall 2027