I do, and always will, appreciate the Star Wars movies. They (the good ones at least) were magical and gave me plenty of enjoyment, especially when I became obsessed with them all over again as my kids became enchanted with the movies (and, of course, all the toys). And I also appreciate everything Lucas did in the industry as far as sound and lighting and special effect. But I will always feel like he turned away from the fans who made the original trilogy the phenomena it was – the people who went back to the theater again and again, who bought all the figures and went to Burger King day after day to get the whole set of glasses, who bought every edition of every movie on every available media. I don’t begrudge him any money he made – I’m not one to take a swipe at people for getting rich and famous. I just feel like he had a legacy to follow up on and he ignored that legacy and changed the entire tone of the series. He also forsook his storytelling ability – one of the best things about him – and opted for thinly veiled social commentary instead – to the point of it looking and sounding forced.
The ewoks were just the beginning. It was the Han/Greedo thing that really pissed me off.
Well, I’m certainly glad to see I’m not in the minority. I really excepted a lot more people to take an opposing viewpoint. You have warmed my heart.
And yes, Star Wars Lego rules.
