shikamaru317 said:
The boycott wasn't the only factor obviously, the high budget due to the director change, poor release window too close to Avengers and Deadpool, as well as fatigue from releasing just 6 months after Episode 8 were all factors as well, but the boycott is definitely a factor for sure.
KK is absolutely responsible for the problems currently facing Star Wars.
1. She tried to forced too much diversity into a series known for primarily white male leads, which caused some backlash (justified or not).
It's not about diversity, it's about them pointing out diversity. It feels like forced diversity versus doing it naturally and story wise. Feels like fake diversity. That is why people are upset. They don't care what sex or race people are. Hell, I was excited for a kickass female jedi. Sadly they haven't given her any character. She is a boring mary-sue.
2. She allowed Rey to be designed as an overpowered Mary Sue character because she wanted Rey to be a feminist role model, because in KK's eyes "the force is female". Rey being a Mary Sue is one of the most hated things about the new trilogy.
True
3. She allowed a trilogy to be made that kills off or ignores most of the original main characters to instead focus on new characters which a large percentage of the fanbase don't even like that much
Yep. There is a big difference between handing off a torch and ripping the torch from someones hands. I felt Han's was fine, but everyone elses was just an insult. Hell, you blink and you probably didn't even notice Ackbar died. Luke, well enough has been said about Luke I don't need to go there.
4. She backed up Rian Johnson's stance on Luke as a character instead of listening to Mark Hammil's ideas, which resulted in the Luke in episode 8 that everybody hated, their childhood hero reduced to being a bitter old hermit.
Again not going to touch Luke at all. We all know they butchered him. It's a sad state when a company ignores an actors thoughts on the character when it's such an iconic character that is synonymous with that actor.
5. She sided with Rian Johnson instead of Colin Trevorrow in regards to the direction for the trilogy (rumor has it that Colin was unhappy with what Rian was doing to Luke in episode 8 and that Rian planned to kill Luke, same as Mark Hamill, among other creative differences)
6. She continues to support Rian Johnson in spite of extreme fan backlash to episode 8 and Rian's unwillingness to admit that he made mistakes while developing it.
What is it with Johnson she likes? What has Johnson done besides this movie? I have no idea on him. But he has to be the most hated person in the entire Star Wars fandom and I don't think anyone has ever said something good about him. Any hatred towards Snyder is dwarfed by the Johnson hate. Yet they seem to not even acknowledge it and just live in their own bubble.
7. She initially picked a comedy duo of directors to direct Solo and expected them to make a serious movie, and somehow didn't expect there to be creative differences. That decision led to expensive re-shoots for Solo which lead to a huge budget for the movie which is part of the reason why it flopped.
Haven't seen Solo, but as for TLJ, I did have some person who I wouldn't take as a fanboy, just some older gentleman who is a guy, thus has seen Star Wars. We didn't say much, but one of the real only things he said about the movie was he hated the little joke quips they had. Said they felt weird, out of place and tacked on. I would have took him as an everyday joe who would have loved those jokes, but he hated em.
8. She gave the go-ahead to release Solo in the crowded May window instead of in the December window that it would have practically had to itself.
Yea never understood putting that movie out when it did. Why not now? What movie is coming out now? Feel like there were lots of better windows for what since day 1 announcement was luke warm at best.
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