That's a lukewarm take tbh

the last jedi is a top 3 star wars movie

id put it right above empire, with rots as number 1

It's mediocre fantasy with star destroyers instead of dragons. Also muppets. So. Many. Muppets.

The best stories are revan and bane. The bane books and Kotor 1. Thats my take on it anyway

The Last Jedi, especially if you don't take into account The Rise of Skywalker's sloppy reaction to it, is the best Star Wars movie since ROTJ, and maybe since Empire.

TFA was the only good sequel movie. Shit was cool, don't care if derivative.

Mine is that Star Wars is lame as absolute fuck as an actual lore-heavy universe. There are exceptions (Andor, some games) but overall it's just lame. It was always meant to be a kids focused world and the new movies were just absolute dogshit and seemed like they were made for 5 year olds. The 3 new movies were legitimately some of the most boring and stupid movies that I have ever seen in my life. Also holy fucking shit Boba was so fucking bad. The actual fuck even was that show?

What bothers me the most is the absolute inconsistency for how powerful Jedi and Sith are. Sometimes they seem like Goku from DBZ. Other times they seem weak as shit. It just doesn't make sense.

I find the Dune and Mass Effect universe to be infinitely more interesting than Star Wars.

Edit: ugh the ewoks from episode 6..... completely ruined the mood, just like Jar Jar and baby Yoda. It just pulls you right out of the vibe and slaps tou in the face with the fact that this is for little kids and not for you.

To summarize, Star Wars sucks and is dumb. I also think Harry Potter is lame as shit but that's a hot take for another day..

Solo wasn't terrible, especially considering how much the sequels leaned into the nostalgia factor. Everyone hates on it because Han isn't as much of a "scoundrel" as they had inagined when he shot Greedo and then fell in love with Leia. But those characterizations are mostly headcanon. I have no trouble watching Solo and Rogue One as the bridge between the prequels and the OT.

It has some interesting parts, but I prefer hard sci-fi over science fantasy. Just my preference.

The whole turning off the lightsaber in combat being seen as dishonorable by the sith. The sith lie, cheat, steal, torture, and murder people to get what they want but somehow this is where they draw the line?

I think Acolyte would have been a good show if they had ditched the kung fu gimmick and concentrated more on the writing. I think the overall story was a good idea that got buried under a mountain of marketing crap.

I loved A New Hope and thought The Empire Strikes Back was brilliant. I never recovered from the Muppets in the opening act of Return of the Jedi. None of the movies since then have gotten as high on the scale as "good". The series have been a mixed bag, but none of them have had the grandeur of the first two movies.

they shouldn't have made the sequel series without George as a consultant.

That is a lukewarm take at best.

My lukewarm take is that the original Star Wars should have been a one and done movie. Perhaps, a longer movie with some elements from Empire Strikes Back to wrap some storylines, but not more.

I never found the original trilogy to be that great or influential as it is made out to be. In my opinion, it does not fully deserve the level of reverence and importance it receives.

A new hope was only good to the extent that a mediocre remake of a Kurosawa film is still good. Empire was slightly downhill from that (sad ending =/= good movie). Everything after that struggles to remain watchable.

I like the prequels, probably because I grew up with them

I didn't mind Episode 7. It wasn't very original, but it was still entertaining imo. Episode 8 had a good message behind it, and the cinematography was great, but that's about it. Episode 9 had Babu Frik and that's about it.

As for the newer series, I like pretty much all of them, though Obi-Wan and BoBF left something to be desired.

I really enjoyed The Acolyte in spite of its imperfections. I think a second season could have totally given writers a chance to work out some kinks in the story. I also think it would have benefitted greatly from being 10 or more episodes instead of eight.

You asked for hot takes, I've had some unpleasant things said to me for some of these.

Edit: forgot about spinoffs: Rogue One was phenomenal, Solo I didn't like at first but it's grown on me a little bit. Still pissed they never went anywhere on screen with the Maul cameo.

The Obi Wan show should’ve had more seasons and every single finale should’ve been him beating the shit out of Darth Vader every single time.