Disney Star Wars

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I've probably said it in this thread already (I've forgotten if I have), but my primary issue with episodes 7 & 8 is that they try too hard to be like eps 4 & 5 without understanding why SW fans enjoyed 4 & 5.

How can you even say that about Episode 8?? It was a refreshing change to have a somewhat original story in star wars for once.

While I agree that the story of ep 8 is more original than some detractors may give it credit for (I certainly don't remember another Star Wars where the Rebellion crashes the party at Space Monte Carlo to find Neo to help them hack The Matrix ), the vibe of the thing is more like ep 5 than I would have preferred. I don't remember if it was in this thread or if it was a video like one on the Film Theory channel, but describing TLJ as having a vibe of "failure" was a pretty fair assessment, and that overarching failure vibe and how that failure is depicted and progresses is similar enough to ESB in my opinion to at the very least be an homage.