Overall, Has Disney Helped or Hurt Star Wars?

I am an OT guy and was very skeptical when Lucas sold it all to Disney. I had no interest in any sort of remakes or even a new bunch of movies that were just teenage-pandering characters in a new hip version of the galaxy with everything that went on in the first six movies…  MORE q

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Is “The Rise of Skywalker” REALLY the last of the Skywalker Saga?

I had heard the sequel trilogy would end the Skywalker storyline, so I assumed this to be true. That is until I heard JJ Abrams say it. JJ has a long history of misdirection. That is not a bad thing as it keeps people guessing until they see the show or movie he is making.…  MORE q

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How Can a New Star Wars Movie Make All Star Wars Fans Happy?

I think we would all like to think there is a right way to make a Star Ward movie that will grab the hearts of all fans: old, new, casual or crazy-into-it. Thinking through this question, and starting form the perspective that it IS possible, I am having trouble finding any path that leads to…  MORE q

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Why Were Luke & Leia Not Trained As Kids?

Let’s get this out of the way first: For those assuming that the reason she was not trained in the in the story was because George Lucas was not thinking of Leia as Anakin’s daughter when he wrote A New Hope, we need to correct that whole line of thinking right here. While Lucas did…  MORE q

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Is George Lucas is a Bad Screenwriter?

Here is the general rumor that will be challenged: Star Wars was successful because of special effects, timing and other people who stepped in to help, but, otherwise, George Lucas couldn’t write a decent movie to save his life. To put this question in perspective, there is almost no other movie that has enveloped the…  MORE q

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