Colin Trevorrow Exits Star Wars Episode 9; Disney will announce new Director at a later date

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KLAMarine said:

Insidb said:

Disney also brungs much better directors than Lucas to the series, so the newer films should be much better than the OT. I grew up on IV-VI, but the VII's execution is absurdly better than those. When Lucas completely took over I-III, his incompetence (as director) only became more glaring. I'll be forever thankful for his creation, but his limits are quite evident.

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...Is there a particular reason why you feel this way?

Yeah, before VII came out, I watched IV and V again; after I watched VII, I watched VI, VII, then I-VI again.

I loathe I-III for many reasons, but re-watching the original trilogy (in tandem with VII) made me question so many of the bizarre scene cuts and dialogue. In hindsight, it was probably my nostalgia that allowed me to gloss over such directorial ineptitude, but it made the inanity of I-III decidedly less surprising (as Lucas shed the directors from IV-VI). Nothing will shake my fandom, but JJ is just better at his job than Lucas.