Don’t look at me, I LIKE the prequels.

Almost as if there is some in-between point that doesn’t require either a carbon copy or a complete reset.

I was transported back to 1999 with that Matrix scene and it brought no joy what so ever.

What scene I’m curious because I have no idea what your talking about. His hologram matrix wire fu fight?

I disliked the film as well and for similar reasons. It was a long time ago...but I still remember seeing Episode IV in the theater followed by episodes V and VI years later. My attachment to the characters (Han, Luke, Leia,C-3PO, R2-D2) were the only reasons that I continued watching I, II, III, and VII. My…

I feel you and share a lot of the same feelings. People point to the OT as having many of the same problems as people complain about with the new movies. I agree with that to an extent. However, one big difference is that the original films were brand new, operating with a completely blank slate.

Exactly. If the next movie were to start ten years later with Kylo Ren on the run because there was some new hitherto unknown bad guy running the show, I’d like to know who the hell he is and where he came from.

Snoke’s story matters because it’s an exception to be explained.

TBF, Palpatine’s rise was the most interesting aspect of the Prequels.

Eh. I mean it was annoying creating so many dangling threads, but I would have preferred to see them fully resolved and not just cut off.

It IS the Lost finale all over again - people shitting on others for not enjoying something the way they do.

Yup, hit the nail squarely on the head. Luke just tossed his lightsaber over his shoulder and called it a laser sword. How wacky and irreverent! This ain’t your daddy’s star wars!

The difference is that when Palpatine was introduced we literally knew NOTHING about the backstory of the galaxy far far away. Lucas was just creating an entire galaxy that we were being plopped into the middle of, so we had to accept that certain things are unknown. But by TFA we DID know the backstory that led up to…

I disliked this film when I saw it on Saturday. Now, with some time to reflect, I’m really hating it. Who was Snoke? Fuck you, it doesn’t matter. Who’re Rey’s parents? Screw off, it’s irrelevant. Here’s some wacky hijinks at an interstellar casino, suck it up and enjoy that, you dipshit Star Wars fan.