Yes, they are. Look at the viewer scores on Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/franchise/star_wars_saga

“The problem with a backstory that portrays Han in a sympathetic light is that it will taint the later experience. If the audience knows that Han is going to be a hero then his hero making decision in the sequentially later film is blunted.”

“The Last Thing I Want Right Now Is Another Nostalgic Star Wars Movie”

Star Wars Pulp Fiction, with random conversations laid over scenes that loosely tie together, possibly presented out of order?

And yet even the prequels are more liked than TLJ.

Agreed

I did like the themes Lucas tried to touch upon in the prequels: Fall of a Republic, rise of the Emperor, arrogance and indulgence of the Jedi. People can fight me here, but I also liked the world building in general. It was new yet remained familiar and Star Wars-y on certain levels.

Well, I think Solo could be an Indiana Jones in space kind of adventure.

Most people critical of TLJ didn’t care much for TFA either so not sure where you’re getting this from.

I’ll forever be curious on where George Lucas would have taken Luke Skywalker as a character.

Episode 8 killed my enthusiasm for Episode 9.

I can guarantee that he wouldn’t have had Luke contemplating nepoticide. He could have had Luke and Jar Jar running a train on a bunch of Ewoks and I would have said that was more in character for Luke.

I’m confused. James says that he’s had enough of the Republic/Empire battle, and that he loved TLJ because either was something new, or setup something new. But my main problem with TLJ and what it sets up is that resets the story line to a scrappy band of rebels fighting against a super powerful Empire. They call…

Yeah, well the last thing I wanted from The Last Jedi was an angsty version of The Empire Strikes Back but look at what I got.

The whole Disney Star Wars project is kinda schizophrenic. It was obvious from the start that the new trilogy would be the last outing for the original human characters, that there would have to be a new cast and stories, but at the same time the sequels are slavishly devoted to the style and themes of the OT. And at…

I’m not sure why you expect this to be good. It’s a prequel. A Star Wars prequel.

Han isn’t actually a great character. Han is a great PERFORMANCE, one for the books, introducing in Harrison Ford one of the top five most charismatic leading men in movie history, easily. Take that character away from that actor and…

Except the Light didn’t do that for the 30 years after Vader snuffed out the Jedi Order. The whole new series is a hot bloody mess plot wise. Excellent production value and special effects, average acting, but awful script writing.

Shit, i must have had the PG13 version. Where do I get the one where she handles 2 dudes at once?

Depends on who directs the next film. I guess Maybe?

I’m sure someone will address it eventually. She obviously knew how to fight from a young age. You see her handling two dudes at once in TFA. It’s not as if there is zero logic. But it is poorly handled.