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Star Wars Sequels: Worth the Watch?
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They would be if they were good.
Disney should have known to create an overall writer/producer for the sequels; they had done it Marvel and the thing that set Star Wars above other sci-fi was Lucas creating a deep universe for the stories to exist in.
Abrams was a shitty choice to control writing of VII; he basically made a Star Wars fan film and reset a lot of VI to keep the same kind of conflict as the original series. Johnson had some interesting ideas, but he broke a lot of previous world building for VIII, like the Resistance militia leaders keeping their plan a secret and the kamekaze ship. Then, somehow, Abrams returned.
It says something that, while the prequels aren't seen as good as the original series, they still resonate in a way that the sequels haven't. A lot of that can be attributed to why Lucas was a great producer.
Fucking gold.
I truly could not believe my eyes when I saw "Somehow, Palpatine returned" on the opening crawl...
Just awful.