I remember watching the first season of the Mandalorian right before the movie got released, and wondering how it was possible that a TV series completely outdid a full feature film, in script, directing, pacing, acting, action, and visual appearance. That show made me FEEL genuine emotions, and I felt like I was…

I’ve always said that the Prequels are a good story told badly and The Sequels, with the exception of TLJ, are a bad story told really well. 

Longtime Star Wars fan, and massive enthusiast of the EU.

Honestly, it feels The Rise of Skywalker gave me some semblance of peace. Not because I liked it, of course, I hated it, but because it broke me out having to care about Star Wars and its fans.

It’s easy to pretend that it’s fanfic.

TRoS was a giant missed opportunity. TLJ set up a mechanism to greatly expand the Star Wars universe. Star Wars did not have to be limited to Sith (Bad Ass + Big Bad In Background), Jedi (consumed by Skywalker squabling with wasted Obi Wan potential) and various cool but underdeveloped characters (Fett, Chewbacca,…

My take on RoS remains that it is is the only Star Wars movie that truly doesn’t deserve to exist.

The best thing that can be said about the Sequels is that they make the Prequels look better by comparison. While the Prequels were pretty sterile, flat and often cringe-inducing, at least Lucas made the effort to have the characters and stories develop over the course of three films instead of each succeeding film…

It also kind of retroactively ruined all of the sequel trilogy for me. I have no desire to watch them now either. Or spend any more time with the first order or the resistance.

Frankly, any SW media that runs up to that era and then past should just skip over it with an interstitial that says: “And then some stuff…

I hate it so much. I don’t think I’ll ever watch it again. Which I can’t say for any other Star Wars film.

But what this means in the world of the movie is that Leia refused to give Chewbacca his medal until after she died. Like, she know the Wookiee deserved it, but she couldn’t bear the idea of giving it to him herself, so she carried it around with begrudging instructions that Chewbacca could only be given his medal…

Charlie Jane was why I started reading IO9 because I loved her articles about writing, especially when she’d indulge us with examples of bad writing. Look at her now. I hope the series happens and it’s magical.

If your overwhelming success hasn't stopped you from reading the comments, CONGRATULATIONS CHARLIE!!!

Congrats to our former overlord!

Weyland, eh?

Counter-counterpoint: New Zealand PRETTY

I have to admit, Mobius’s “YOU FELL FOR YOURSELF!” line was a true laugh-out-loud moment. Owen Wilson delivered it perfectly.

They better not wuss out.

Fuck it, I’m here for it.

#letthelokisbone