The original three are pretty good movies but that's because they didn't and didn't need to try to worldbuild beyond implication that there's more. And they do this very, very well.
Every subsequent movie barring Rogue One falters because of the need to explain everything and how it relates back to the establishing trilogy and that can work pretty well on a longer TV series format but 3 movies just ain't enough
Han Solo was also like 80% “lucas tier pulp” good and 20% “claw your eyes out and fill the bleeding sockets with glass shards” bad.
Watching Donald Glover play Lando was some of the most fun I’ve ever had publicly drunk in a movie theater without getting arrested.
The film offhandedly mentions he is pan/omnisexual, that he’s been fucking a communist robot, and he flirts with han when they first meet. It gives zero fucks about trying to wink at queer-coding, Lando is just queer. It’s fucking tight.
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The addition of Darth Maul at the end was clutch and I wish they’d done even more with it. Ron Howard had to fight Disney to let him add the amount he did, though.
It’s also impressive the movie made it to theaters at all since they had originally given the director’s chair to two frat dudes known for literally improvising through all of their movies…
Which two frat dudes? Were they the banker failsons that got the Game of Thrones property and made adjustments to the material, such as adding more rape?
The original three are pretty good movies but that's because they didn't and didn't need to try to worldbuild beyond implication that there's more. And they do this very, very well.
Every subsequent movie barring Rogue One falters because of the need to explain everything and how it relates back to the establishing trilogy and that can work pretty well on a longer TV series format but 3 movies just ain't enough
Han Solo was also like 80% “lucas tier pulp” good and 20% “claw your eyes out and fill the bleeding sockets with glass shards” bad.
Watching Donald Glover play Lando was some of the most fun I’ve ever had publicly drunk in a movie theater without getting arrested.
The film offhandedly mentions he is pan/omnisexual, that he’s been fucking a communist robot, and he flirts with han when they first meet. It gives zero fucks about trying to wink at queer-coding, Lando is just queer. It’s fucking tight.
spoiler
The addition of Darth Maul at the end was clutch and I wish they’d done even more with it. Ron Howard had to fight Disney to let him add the amount he did, though.
It’s also impressive the movie made it to theaters at all since they had originally given the director’s chair to two frat dudes known for literally improvising through all of their movies…
Which two frat dudes? Were they the banker failsons that got the Game of Thrones property and made adjustments to the material, such as adding more rape?
no it was the two frat dudes who made the 21 jump street movies.
I’m sorry they added more? what the fuck
Yes, they did.
More than that, they changed some female characters from the book from "women with some vague authority or position" to "prostitute, lol."