In honor of Star Wars day, what is your opinion of the way Disney has handled the franchise?

[MrShaun]

An honest opinion -

Did you like the original trilogy?
What about the prequels?
And now that Disney has it, what do you think?

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Hated The Force Awakens. They tried to take the same basic story of A New Hope and refilm it with new characters. Couldn't stand to watch The Last Jedi until just this week. Although it was better than the first, it was far too redeeming. I guess I'll finally have to see The Rise of Skywalker. The one they did right was Rogue One.

I was a huge fan of the original. When Lucas did the prequels, he screwed them up. The casting was horrible, the dialog poor and computer graphics were horrible!

[MarkRet]

Disney did a horrible job with the Star Wars franchise. The Original Trilogy is my favorite. The Prequels weren't as interesting, but at least George Lucas took us to different and new places. The Sequels are a dialed back retread, and going in NO direction. Disney had the idea that they could just cast aside the original characters (except Leia, because she's STRONG WOMAN), and then just expect you to like all the new characters. If you're going to do sequels, you HAVE to show respect for the original characters, and build from there, like Rogue One did. If you're going to bring in your own characters, at least let the old characters smoothly hand off the baton to them.

Instead of building from Episode 6, Disney decided to go retro, dialing everything back to an Empire, rebels, X-Wings, Tie Fighters, and ANOTHER Death Star. Even Han Solo was dialed back to being a selfish, broke, irresponsible smuggler, and once he was no longer useful to Disney, they killed him off. The Force Awakens didn't take us anywhere new in the story, it was just a retread of A New Hope.

Disney had no overall story arch with this trilogy. They just kind of made things up along the way, with a new director changing whatever the previous director had done.

And then there's the wokeness. Every ethnic group is check-marked in the correct box. Kathleen Kennedy wanted STRONG WOMEN, so she had a lot of feminist characters, while at the same time, the men were either weak or dumb. Kennedy had a special dislike of the Luke Skywalker character. I guess the idea of a white male hero to save the day was too much for her. Most of the white males were cast as bad guys anyway. No wonder Luke sits around drinking blue milk from a sea cow!

George Lucas never got an Oscar for Star Wars, Indiana Jones, or even American Graffiti, but Kathleen Kennedy got an Oscar, which shows how woke the Oscars are. When Disney took over the franchise, I was originally hopeful they'd keep the George Lucas spirit going, but they might as well put Goofy in charge.

[MysticDevice]

Rogue One, and the Clone Wars were spectacular. Other than those the Disney staff should be fired and banned from ever touching Star Wars again. Production should be given to a studio that One: actually likes Starwars, 2: is faithful to the lore, and 3: isn't going to flood the I. P. with their stupid woke politics.

[Snsl153]

The word "franchise" sums up what's fundamentally wrong with 'Star Wars' - it's seen as being just another business, a way to make money as easily as possible, as fast as possible.
I'm not a 'Star Wars' fan, never have been, but I've seen the first three films, and a couple of the others, and a noticeable drop in quality can be discerned, starting with 'Return of the Jedi'.
A 'Star Wars' parody song. :)

https://www.youtube.com/embed/qJlbPXZEpRE

[amyisme]

I do like the mandalorian and the book of boba fett

[MCheetah]

I'm not much of a Star Wars fan, but isn't May the 4th the fake, Disney-fan Star Wars day? Because "Star Wars" (Episode IV: A New Hope) was released on May 25th, 1977, making that the REAL "Star Wars Day" and not the fake-Disney BS on May 4th.

www.imdb.com/.../releaseinfo?ref_=tt_dt_rdat

Anyway, I heard multiple people from multiple YouTube channels say Kathleen Kennedy will go down in business school history on how to lose the most amount of money, in the quickest amount of time, with something that should've been a sure-fire success. That Kennedy, and by a lesser extent Rian Johnson and JJ Abrams, are the most incompetent people to ever exist in show business and have lost a projected $10 BILLION in potential revenue in how badly the Amber Heard'ed the bed with Star Wars.

Hell, all they needed to do to make it worse was cast Brie Larson as Rey. What's worse is, Episode VII wasn't even THAT bad. They could've surprised the audience and made Finn out to be the true hero and successor to the Skywalker jedi and made Rey the villain protagonist, who gets killed in episode IV. Yes, even AMONG the sh*tshow that was Disney Star Wars, there were still chances to salvage it by just setting up Finn to be the hero, Rey to be the villain, and Kylo to be the anti-hero, at the end of a competent, very different script of what episode VIII could've been. Then IX would've ended with Finn truly transforming into a jedi hero, Rey defeated and killed, and Kylo having had his redemption arc. (Oh, and no Palpatine returning bullsh*t.)

But you know; that would've taken actually giving a sh*t, not being woke, and having some minor bit of storytelling talent.

[crossdressingrihno]

I definitely liked parts of the prequels and I do like the original trilogy but actually out of everything my favorite is the original Star wars comics before Disney took over

Disney has taken over now and they have done some good things that I liked and they did some things that I hated but if we're just going off the Disney movies then there is nothing to like about them I hate the Disney movies with a passion and I feel Disney has ruined Star wars as a movie franchise and what they did with Ray and palpatine just was garbage they could have done better with snoke and kylo Ren could have been a lot better he had potential that they just did not use because Disney is uncreative and has horrible movie writers and let's be honest all the best Disney movies weren't good because of the writing of The producers but instead because of the flare their actors made the most drastic example of this has to be pirates of the Caribbean. I mean really did you like pirates of the Caribbean or did you just like Captain Jack Sparrow? Let's all be honest here pirates of the Caribbean would have sucked but Captain Jack Sparrow was awesome and made it a franchise. And who made Captain Jack Sparrow? Was it Disney? Nope. Was it the writers? Technically yes but no they didn't really make Captain Jack Sparrow. Was it Johnny Depp? Why yes in fact it was the personality of Captain Jack Sparrow was of Johnny Depp's own design and he is the reason why pirates of the Caribbean had any major success it was literally just Johnny Depp and his character he created although I guess I did like Will Turner he was cool too in his own way.


Disney rarely manages to make a good movie where it didn't actually take a actors intervention to make the movie good. I think frozen might be one of the only ones where it was good and it didn't take actors taking creative liberties to do it and even then there was a lot of inconsistencies and I wouldn't say it deserved as much success as it got.

[RolandCuthbert]

The problem is they never figured out an overall strategy for telling the Star Wars story. It is all haphazard like the DCEU. You have some good hits like the Mandolarian. But then on the movie side, the story telling just sucks. Then you have all these movies and games coming out just in a nonsensical chaotic way. They did the Book of Boba Fett which just looks horrible.

I, for one, never understood why they didn't go back and just do the Knights of the Old Republic. There are so many interesting stories to tell. There was no need to try to do the before/after stories of the original series. Just do something totally disconnected. The Knights of the old Republic would have been fun because you could have thousands of Jedi and Sith on the screen in these giant climatic battles.

But they screwed up.

[normalice]

Honestly hard to say. The thing that made the original star wars so interesting was the light saber. But the novelty of it has worn off. If you take out the light sabers the original star wars trilogy, as a story, was pretty bland. And the new trilogy is pretty bland, too. It was always a franchise that hung a lot on the visual spectacle. Rogue one is the only star wars movie that I thought really recaptured that spectacle, and the story was actually good.

But the new star wars series seem alright. Baby Yoda is obviously just another spectacle, of course, but the plots seem decently enough written and the acting so far has been fine. Bill Burr was a little bit jarring to see in a movie, but he still did fine as an actor.

[kuladiamond]

Compared to literally everything else it feels soulless and empty, disney just wants to make money with it rather than making good stories, they had even more movies planned untill they realized it was not making any money, thats just... Ughhh.. please stop no one actually wants more star wars anymore

[ArtemisSilver]

It's basically another wokester propoganda dummy with a starwars paint job. The mandolorian was alright, and the book of boba fett was passable, which I found a pleasant surprise.

Not terribly fond of space Aladdin, I mean Rebels, and the bad batch has a cringe kid inset character but was a little better.

[TuxTheAstronaut]

this was my favorite franchise as a kid i had tons of toys video games of it and watched all the movies but now i can barely watch any of the newer stuff they put out because its just so bad. now they seem to worry more about identity politics instead of just telling a good story

[Loveisgirthy]

I think Rogue One is of the better half along with Mando and Hopefully the Kenobi series. I think they are on better paths right now but they've failed the sequels in all potential levels they had. I consider the sequels like a fan made trilogy and popcorn flick but they missed the mark on being legitimate starwars

[Shamalien]

The sequels suck donkey cock. They are so terrible and disrespectful to the lore I don’t even know what to say. Anyone who likes em I basically question their sanity, assuming they are a star wars fan. The original and the prequels, and the clone wars cartoon are awesome

[random_girl95]

@Shamalien personally I think the empire strikes back is the best of the franchise.

[Shamalien]

@random_girl95 ya so does everyone lol. It has the most famous line and scene of the series. If I had to pick a single movie though it’s probably the phantom menace. I really like lore building and the political landscape they set up is fleshed out enough to follow and be interesting. You see a lot of the universe and get to witness a jedi padawan relationship with a wise master. Then you have the best lightsaber duel in the entire series with the best song of the series. Ticks all my boxes

[random_girl95]

@Shamalien you should be a real stars wars fan. Remembering all these movie details is quite the achievement. May the force be with you.

[Shamalien]

@random_girl95 loved it since I was a kid playing with the lego :) and may the force be with you as well my friend

[random_girl95]

@Shamalien Legos... you gave me such a positive flashback lol.

[Shamalien]

@random_girl95 the plural of lego is lego 😤

[random_girl95]

@Shamalien chill lol

[Shamalien]

@random_girl95 I’m coo I’m coo, hey you wanted to talk to a nerd here’s a nerd lol

[random_girl95]

@Shamalien I maybe a nerd myself lol. I don't know. Until I figure it out care to answer my question?

[Shamalien]

@random_girl95 if you are a nerd, answer me this…from which planet did the people of corusant originate?

[random_girl95]

@Shamalien corusant obviously

[Shamalien]

@random_girl95 no…corusant is a colonized planet.

[random_girl95]

@Shamalien well it was a tricky question... better ask me about superheroes, if you are into them.

[Shamalien]

@random_girl95 haha yes I tried to find a tricky one. I don’t consider geeking out on superheroes to be nerd stuff tbh, way too mainstream, any basic bitch knows at the club knows all about em so it’s popular person shit. To be a nerd you must be a sort of outcast, nerds and popular kids cannot mix

[random_girl95]

@Shamalien you consider me a popular kid lol?

[Shamalien]

@random_girl95 maybe you’re just an unpopular kid who doesn’t make the cut for nerd either. You may be a geek

[random_girl95]

@Shamalien hmm interesting opinion. At least you know for yourself you are a nerd 100% lol.

[Shamalien]

@random_girl95 yeah I think I can’t run from it anymore. Tried to shake it in highschool but deep down I was always a nerd. Now I’m a programmer so I really can’t hide from the truth lol

[random_girl95]

@Shamalien first of all why wanting to change into someone you are not and not just embracing your nerd style. second, what does it take to be a programmer?

[Shamalien]

@random_girl95 I’m in my late 20s now, but in the 90s and early 2000s being a nerd was not cool. I wanted to be popular. I succeeded but had nothing in common with those people other than my newfound love of marijuana.

To be a programmer? Dedication, discipline, and intellect. I can help you learn if you want

[random_girl95]

@Shamalien the sideways of popularity lol, you become popular in exchange for a part of you being taken away. About programming yes I would love to, if you could teach me.

[peedy]

They took a great some would say historic or THEE franchise and complete flush it down the toilet

I have a funny feeling that George Lucas is going to get it back because pedophile Disney is going to fall
Right now it seems like Disney owns everything they are huge but what's that old saying "the bigger they are the harder they fall" and they will fall because parents do not like pedophiles coming after and grooming their kids
Can't wait to see this all play out

[ShadezMcgee]

Disney fucked up. To put it simply, my GIF below.

[BCRanger10]

Go watch the Critical Drinker's videos on it. That about sums up my feelings about it.

[TuxTheAstronaut]

yeah same. Critical Drinker sums up my feelings about all modern movies really

[gabby100]

I found myself losing interest in the films, after the originals. Then came the sequels , then the prequels. It was like watching the same film just played with different people.
The Story line , seems to have had its neck rung , too many times..

[Zeldaismyqueen]

the new ones are just like the old ones, none are "smart", they are dumb movies for young boys, what do you expect?

[devilish-cutie]

completely disagree, i actually like prequels the most, then new films than original triology, but generally love star wars films

[genericname85]

they are milking the shit out of the franchize, adding nothing of value and abuse it as a vehicle for their morbid ideas of gender equality and racial justice.

[WhitneySnow]

I like all the Star Wars movies and I love the Mandalorian so yeah I think Disney is doing a good job

[OddBeMe]

Like I expected. Squeezing every last drop of content out. I think the utter failure of young Han Solo movies and alike they’re taking it easy.

I think most of Disney’s profits are Lego Star Wars.

[Curmudgeon]

They took a wonderful thing, and they RUINED it. And Mr. Lucas sold out. :-(

[FakeName123]

My opinion? Disney Star Wars doesn't exist in my headcannon since it destroyed ALL of the original Star Wars

[DuskEmbrace_X]

Disney completely killed the franchise and Mickey Mouse is wearing it's flesh as a skinsuit.

[Sevenpointfive]

the only ones since they took over that i like are SOLO and the MANDALORIAN/BOBA FETT

[exitseven]

The first 3 Star Wars movies were good. Anyting after that was just a money grab.

[Fromdusktilldawn]

-The originals are classics and great
-The prequels are mediocre but revenge of the sith is a master piece
-the disney movies are a trainwreck and terrible, except rogue one (Solo was mediocre)

[shortster]

JJ Abrams was a terrible choice. I liked the original trilogy and the prequels (most people forget that Lucas made Star Wars for an under 18 audience).

[Imsmurter1]

For the sequels I only like the parts where Palpatine shows up cause I think he is a cool villain. Other than that I’m ambivalent. I don’t hate them though I just don’t care for them.

[JosyJosy]

Laughable which is one of the reasons why I went to see it, to laugh.

[LilyByte]

they have made it way worse. I've pretty much lost all faith in the franchise.

[Anonymous]

Total garbage.

Just another reason to hate Disney, like the pedophila wasn't enough already.

[tartaarsaus]

Sequels are not good but they made a lot of other good additions

[Birbman]

Generally speaking, Disney has handled it horribly, except for The Mandalorian and the animated series.

[ManHater]

Garbage. They need to make this new Obi-one some trans homosexual cis binary cuck. just to fit in with todays agenda.

[CuriousMufuxka]

Please make Obi-Wan Kenobi great going forward! Bring balance back to the force.

[captain_voidwalker]

Starwars needs to die. It hasn't been good since the 1970's

[McKellar]

You should really direct that question of yours towards Kathleen Kennedy.

[will34]

Better than 343 owns Halo that’s a fact because they always cancel there’s shows and lack of content in gaming

[Alix29]

I think Mr Lucas should of had more say In it
I think Disney has ruined it

[josephinelcajon]

Destroyed it completely!

[Yucy_Gluttony]

The trilogy was a letdown! I liked The Rogue!

[NorthwestRider]

Love Star Wars very much

[Pudsmucker]

I'm disappointed in Disney.

[Agape93]

They ruined it.

[dragoblack]

I think they have done well with the tv series

[Jltakk]

All they had to do was ADAPT THE NOVEL SAGAS.

[Ringstretch]

What's star wars day, is that a film

[Zealconsumesme]

Hah nerrrrrrd

[Beerluvr]

Absolute shit