Well put.  It’s difficult, at times, to remember that the new movies are largely aimed at a new generation of fans.

So does Trump, tbh.

I see where you’re coming from, but I just can’t agree. Star Wars, to me, is a story about Skywalkers and the Jedi. But it’s still gratifying that it’s actually had some successes ditching those sort of things - I loved Stackpole’s Jedi-less X-Wing books (2019's Alphabet Squadron scratches that itch pretty well) and I…

I didn’t make my point clear enough, and that’s on me. I’m totally glad that you took more from Star Wars than space wizards with laser swords. Without a doubt, ANH is my favorite movie, and that’s because a lot of the same reasons you listed. Take the movie seriously.

So I didn’t clearly make my point, which is totally my fault. Fuck yes, Star Wars should be better and not just a nostalgia machine.

I really don’t understand what the Gloomhaven people are doing with Frosthaven and Jaws of the Lion.

Oh man, I hope this ambition includes producing a coherent third act that doesn’t rely on Shyamalan-esque twists!

I don’t think I’ll ever understand why so many self-proclaimed Star Wars fans hate Star Wars. How many Harry Potter fans threw down their copies of the later books because Voldemort was back again? How many Trekkies are pissed that, instead of pushing a Romulan version of House of Cards, they’re doing another Picard…

Germain tends to hyper focus on a few things that don’t really impact anything, in part because he’s the sort of reviewer who thinks that one thing about a movie can explain the entire thing.

He said those positive things in 2015, and in 2019, he has a different opinion.

I agree to an extent, but I’m still really curious why it wasn’t easier to ignore the racists and sexists and engage in a meaningful conversation about the movie without finger-pointing.

Back in 2015, right as The Force Awakens was coming to theaters, J.J. Abrams’ good friend Greg Grunberg said the following. “[J.J.] read [Episode VIII] and said something he never, ever says. He said: ‘It’s so good, I wish I were making it.’”

Okay, so every decision that Johnson made, good or bad, belongs to JJ Abrams? So it’s Abrams’ fault that Johnson sidelined every single actor of color in a meaningless sidequest that served only to prove how shitty they are at being the Resistance?

-That “new generation” in the final shot is one kid, but okay.

Bending over backwards to handwave away legitimate criticism of TLJ is a weird take.

So there’s already a Stargirl in the Arrowverse continuity - she was on Legends of Tomorrow a few seasons back.

And Steele bristles at the notion that his dossier—which infamously birthed the “pee tape” —would demonstrate political bias either.

I feel like I’m missing something major here, if only because I refuse to believe there’s a case where I agree with Gorsuch and Boof Kavanaugh and disagree with Breyer.

positions that would have been impossible to achieve without the first strides of Dr. Welter and Sarah Thomas

Bond always operates on a pendulum. Diamonds are Forever is just as goofy as much of the Moore years, and everything grim about Craig’s turn was done equally well during Dalton’s years.