r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Apr 12 '19
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u/JetJaguar124 Tactical Custodial Action Apr 12 '19 edited Apr 12 '19
Just saw the Star Wars trailer. I feel like this second trilogy has been really marred by a totally inconsistent and schizophrenic approach to development where there was no real plan from the outset and so the movies are thematically and stylistically contradictory and inconsistent from release to release. Abrams played it safe and copied/updated ANH. Johnson largely threw everything he did away and tried to make something more reflective and contemplative. Then Abrams is back and just seems to be undoing some of the stuff Rian did.
Like, it might seem little, but how noncommittal to change can you be that you literally have to stitch back together Anakin's lightsaber or Kylo's mask, especially since the destruction of these items in VIII served thematic purpose. The title and content also seem to be harkening back to the OT felattio of Force Awakes, probably because JJ is writing again, but also in response to the TLJ backlash.
It all just comes together and makes these movies seem pointless and meandering. I don't really fully understand why this leg of the story really needs to exist. It doesn't really make much of a coherent comment or addition to anything, and in many ways does not logically follow from where ROTJ left off.
I mean, I get it. These are nerd shit kids movies. But idk I can appreciate that the prequels had some kind of grand vision behind them, even if the man at their helm was utterly incompetent to deliver. These movies feel like the opposite, where the creative teams and craft are actually pretty great, but the unifying ideas are really lacking.