TLJ is similar to the Prequels in that it's just a soulless cash grab created in a board room whose only goal is to check all the boxes to maximize its box office dollars by reaching the widest audience possible worldwide.
The difference between the Prequels and the new Trilogy is that while the Prequels were confined to an existing plot arc that was already well known (the rise and fall of Anakin Skywalker), the producers basically had a clean slate with the new Trilogy. Yet so far though, they've managed to make two movies of varying quality, one of which is basically a beat-for-beat remake of A New Hope with some new characters and a couple dangling sub plot lines, and the other which decides to completely throw its own predecessor's subplots out the window trying to blaze its own path while further continuing the trend of ruining fan favorite characters in the process.
I get SW fans are fickle (especial the long time diehards) and you're never going to please everyone with the new films, but it's sure starting to look like Disney's going to run the franchise right into the ground with their annual installments of sequels, spin offs, soft reboots, etc.
On 2/24/13, MB1025 said:
You know I was always wondering why no one ever used the dollar sign for $ony, but then I realized they have no money so it would be pointless.
