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The new Star Wars films captures that classic Star Wars feel than the prequels, but going into the sequel trilogy with nothing planned out beyond The Force Awakens as Rian Johnson revealed in a tweet was a big mistake on her part. As much as I like The Last Jedi, it doesn't connect too strongly and follow up on what The Force Awakens left behind that feels satisfying. Two films in, this trilogy feels disjointed.
She has also had to fire several directors during pre-production, but she has gotten along fine with J.J. Abrams and Rian Johnson. Reshoots are commonplace in Hollywood, but re-shooting a majority of Rogue One and Solo does not look good on her business acumen. Despite this, Rogue One was a reasonably enjoyable film.
Lastly, I'm all for strong female characters, but Rey (and everything the character stands for) is a betrayal of the lore. She is suddenly gifted in the Force by being able to do Force techniques despite having no prior training and knowledge that we know of, and is accomplished in lightsaber combat although she never held one before. She doesn't struggle to get what she wants unlike Luke did in the OT. A majority of this could be chalked to Kennedy's decision-making.
9.5 Her only job is to make money. She's killing it.
shareep8 made almost HALF of what ep 7 made...
shareThat's why I shaved off a half point. The numbers for TFA were always going to be greatly inflated. Until the third film is released, we don't know where the bar actually is.
shareBut don't you think they could maybe have made *more* money if they made films that hadn't alienated seemingly half the fan base? This is how performance is measured - it's not what you do it's what you do compared to how people think you should have done. Pretty sure you could put a toddler in charge of Star Wars and it would still have raked in a fuck ton.
George Lucas didn't name her as a successor just to make money. He wanted her to continue Star Wars lore while maintaining quality. Therefore, I give her a 3.
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5 and dropping.
shareThat's being generous, I would give her a 3. The only movie I can tolerate is Rogue One, and I would says its the least offensive in the Anti-White, Anti-Male, Globalist propaganda machine she has turned Star Wars into. I don't trust her that Solo can be any good, as I'm sure Emila Clarke will be there only to cut down Han's Alpha Male Character.
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