Force awakens: done. Workmanlike balance between history rhyming and themes being reinforced. Let's see if 8, 9 deliver on refreshed premise
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Funny how muted the grumbling is about SW:TFA. Traders masterfully domesticating guardian fanbase and deregulating the media assets.
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It's a terrible movie - designed to sell BB-8 toys to guardian fanbase.
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Hehe, they betrayed people like you, but otherwise made an excellent movie.
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Same reason the Star Trek reboot (also JJ Abrams) is also the same strategy, except in alt. timeline form.
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That was just continuity and getting the "I'm your father!" echo out of the way safely
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I get that - I love the natural recursion (I am your father) - but it was also just poor execution of great concept


