Disney knew a backlash was coming. They knew the Solo Flop wouldn't be the end. They needed some strategy to stop this ship sinking. That's why the whole setup smells not like a story, but much more like the result of a board meeting, making decisions on how to save this movie. And with respect I must say, J.J. Abrahams put quite some smart effort into making this happen.
Many strategic strings were pulled, that were probably not planned at the time they started TFA. - A large number of old characters were cramped into the movie, just to get more attention from fans - References were added to decline badly received events from TLJ - 2.5h of fast paced action was filmed, so that viewers don't have the time to realize how broken the story actually is
For people who just casually watch Star Wars and don't care too much about it, this can totally work. For people who have passionately followed the story lines, games, books etc. this movie is a desaster.
One can only hope that Disney learns from this mistake and in future hires directors/script writers, that are actually passionate about Star Wars.
Review by leed-daveBlockedParent2019-12-27T12:15:04Z
The best way to name this movie is Damage Control
Disney knew a backlash was coming. They knew the Solo Flop wouldn't be the end. They needed some strategy to stop this ship sinking. That's why the whole setup smells not like a story, but much more like the result of a board meeting, making decisions on how to save this movie. And with respect I must say, J.J. Abrahams put quite some smart effort into making this happen.
Many strategic strings were pulled, that were probably not planned at the time they started TFA.
- A large number of old characters were cramped into the movie, just to get more attention from fans
- References were added to decline badly received events from TLJ
- 2.5h of fast paced action was filmed, so that viewers don't have the time to realize how broken the story actually is
For people who just casually watch Star Wars and don't care too much about it, this can totally work. For people who have passionately followed the story lines, games, books etc. this movie is a desaster.
One can only hope that Disney learns from this mistake and in future hires directors/script writers, that are actually passionate about Star Wars.