04-30-2024, 03:56 PM
At the risk of sounding like an apologists, I think a lot of people don't really understand "George Lucas." And they certainly underestimated him after the prequels when it came time for Disney to make the sequels. What Lucas does intentionally looks like "pulp" fiction from his childhood on one level. But its also meticulously constructed, inspired by tradition, and deliberately taps into and pushes a lot of very real 'buttons' that are part of the human psyche. Its not easily recreated, period. But in the course of underestimating it, those who have tried have also had to contend with how we've all changed as people and civilizations since the original films were released. A lot of people thought/think they want 1977 all over again, without even realizing that they are no longer who they used to be. New Star Wars needs to be a progression from old Star Wars, not a monument to it. That's why, warts and all. the prequels work better than the sequels.