Maybe this time things would be different. So this last Memorial Day weekend, I decided to give it another college try. Maybe I would have to turn in my Geek Card. I couldn’t keep up with what was going on and I felt, in some way, that I had failed. I have tried to watch them many different times and yet found my mind wandering. So sorry, but I just didn’t like the prequels. So when George Lucas announced, many years later, that he would be releasing the prequels to Star Wars, I was soooo excited.īut please don’t hate me. I grew up ankle deep in action figures, and logged so many gaming hours on Atari’s The Empire Strikes Back that even my dreams were pixilated. I still remember being 3 years old standing in line with my father and uncle for hours as we eagerly waited to see this new epic film… Star Wars. Trekkie conventions, RPGs, Renaissance festivals, you name it. Tolkein and played Dungeons and Dragons all through high school.
Episode 8 has to bring more substantial storytelling, character development, and most importantly a payoff that makes all that borrowing and fan service seem like it was worth it.I am a serious nerd. This had that aftertaste but it wasn't impossible to for me to swallow.
etc.), but at least it didn't leave an aspartame aftertaste. They might have "tasted" like shit (awful scripting, acting, storytelling, etc. I think that's why some people still think of the prequels somewhat fondly or still defend them. I think that the prequel trilogy was complete shit and it deserves every scrap of vitriol that its received but I will say this: Lucas wasn't doing fanfic, he was trying to produce backstory. IMO, that's why this installment feels a bit like a calorie-empty experience despite having characters that are no less fleshed out than the original installment (arguably moreso in some ways, given that it apes and borrows so much from the original trilogy including half of its characters). the work of engaging Coleridge's "temporary suspension of disbelief" and doing immersive storytelling. However, that level of fan service, meta-textual reference, and legacy world-building weight means inevitable problems re: film narrative expectations i.e. I think building Episode 7 that way was a sound decision on Abrams & Company's part. I'm certain that I wasn't the only one feeling that vibe. They're real." While I was watching Poe/Finn and Rey/Finn's gunner & pilot scenes, I thought of me and my childhood best friend playing Star Wars Tie Fighter on 32x - he was the gunner and I was the pilot. Han Solo isn't really talking to the characters when he said that "It's true. Like Kunlun said, basically Finn (and Poe, and both Kylo & Rey until their scene together) are all just Star Wars fan proxies getting to live out a fanfic on the big screen. That's not entirely correct in that the film is still all about the Skywalker family but it does point to something. The best comment I heard about the film from the pre-movie interviews was "This is basically a Star Wars film about people that would have been extras in previous Star Wars films." I can't remember who said it but I think it was Oscar Isaac talking about playing Poe.
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