Random Star Wars Sequels Reflections

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I was watching a YouTube video by So Uncivilized dissecting the Star Wars sequel trilogy, and I came across this comment by pacoramon9468, basically agreeing with the video (spoilers, I guess): in the SW Sequel trilogy…

-Palpatine wasn’t killed
-The Empire wasn’t destroyed
-Luke didn’t bring back the jedi order
-Han Solo left Leia and return to be a criminal
-The New Republic was a failure that a group of neonazis ended in a week
-Anakin didn’t bring balance to the force.
The sequel trilogy made pointless the original trilogy…

And I kind of agree. This video/comment made me reflect on my own experiences trying to square the sequel trilogy with the SW in my head. Short version: I still can’t. I didn’t hate the sequel trilogy. In the moment, in the theater, I quite liked most of TFA, loved much of TLJ, and was decently entertained by much of TROS. I didn’t (and don’t) like the rabid hating they all got, especially TLJ. But while I’ve never been emotionally furious about the illogical non-story these three together presented, they have hurt my SW experience. Light spoilers behind the cut and light references to my weird personal head canon.Read more… )

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Arwen Spicer
Arwen Spicer

Arwen Spicer is a science fiction writer and writing teacher raised in the San Fransciso Bay Area, and Northern California will hold her heart forever, even if it turns into a desert. She wrote her doctoral dissertation on ecology in utopian science fiction and is an educator on the concept of workable utopias. Her novel The Hour before Morning was hailed as “A carefully paced, rewarding sci-fi debut” by Kirkus Indie.

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Arwen Spicer

Arwen Spicer

Arwen Spicer is a science fiction writer and writing teacher raised in the San Fransciso Bay Area, and Northern California will hold her heart forever, even if it turns into a desert. She wrote her doctoral dissertation on ecology in utopian science fiction and is an educator on the concept of workable utopias. Her novel The Hour before Morning was hailed as “A carefully paced, rewarding sci-fi debut” by Kirkus Indie.

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