[quote=@IceHeart]


The sequels are essentially, Disney's Fan Fiction written by two different authors that hated each others' writing.

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Except it's more like one author collabed with an actual author who was [i]super[/i] familiar with Star Wars, then an author who had a singular vision that, love it or hate it, was at least a unique voice, so then the original author decided to collab again only this time with an author who wrote one decent thing and considerably more bad things and together they blamed literally everyone else when their project was roundly jeered up to and including Carrie Fisher. 

JJ Abrams is the guy you get to direct the pilot episode of a television show. He only has one storytelling style and that's introducing mysteries but never concluding them. His Star Trek reboot was flashy and loud but his sequel was a mess. Super 8 wanted to be an 80s Spielberg movie but it lacked the heart, and Mission: Impossible 3 is remembered only because of Phillip Seymour Hoffman because the movie doesn't even bother explaining the thing Tom Cruise and Pals are out to protect because mysteries are cooler when you don't have to think about them. 

Given how nonsensical TROS turned out it's probably no secret that the reason TFA wasn't more bonkers was because of Lawrence Kasdan (and the more cynical but probably somewhat true thought that the movie had to play it 'safe' given that Star Wars still had the 'stink' of the prequels at the time) being a co-writer. 

It's pretty telling that the sequel movie that people still talk about is also the only one where it was clear the director had a vision. It's also no coincidence that the one that uses the most of what Lucas originally intended for a potential sequel was also that same movie. 


What I'm saying is the one time the sequels let a director stick to his vision we got the most interesting one. 


[sub]And also the best Star Wars movie they've ever made[/sub]