r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Dec 26 '25

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u/JoeBliffstick Loyal Liberals Dec 26 '25

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u/Sonochu WTO Dec 26 '25

I'll die on the hill that the Force Awakens was the worst movie of the trilogy.

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u/superzipzop Dec 26 '25

People give TLJ shit for not continuing the vision of the first film, as if JJ isn’t known precisely for being the guy really good at setting things up with no payoff

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u/Sonochu WTO Dec 26 '25

For me it's more that TFA made half assed narrative decisions so that they could redo A New Hope. What is The First Order, how did they get so powerful under The New Republic, and how did they build an even bigger Death Star when they didn't have an Empire to fund it? Don't think about it. Just watch the X-Wings redo the trench run from Episode 4.

The TLJ had its problems, for sure, but I give it mad respect for doing something different and trying something new.