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[rose_griffes]

With time passing as one factor, perceptions will become very different for new fans consuming stuff with a fair number of spoilers already established before they begin. Waiting from week to week (shows) or months or years at a time (films), poring over trailers, actor commentary, and statements from show runners--someone who watches years later will have a very different experience than those engaged “live”. 

Whatever my own grudges and disappointments, the Star Wars sequel trilogy will feel different to new fans in years to come.

• In Defense of Brandon & Markey Part II: How The Last Jedi Consciously Undid The Force Awakens - film editors Mary Jo Markey and Marianne Brandon commented recently in a podcast that Rian Johnson had stepped away from some of the choices made in TFA. This caused an uproar. (They barely mentioned it, but, y’know... Star Wars fans.) Anyway, the article at the link is a solid analysis of how Finn and Rey were dual protagonists in TFA, with multiple parallels in their story--and how Johnson did, in fact, step away from that beginning.
• A whole crew of Star Wars fans review The Rise of Skywalker - with a lot of different takes on it. Fascinating.
• “I Didn’t Take You For a Coward” – An Emotional Response to The Last Jedi. Pretty much just what it says: why TLJ is her favorite Star Wars movie, even though she hated most of it while watching in the theater. (I still cannot stand TLJ, but I am interested in thoughtful takes on media that I have strong opinions about.)
  

Comments

[elperian]

Well, that's certainly one take.

I'm just saying, if you wanted to reinvent Star Wars for a new audience, the capstone to the Skywalker Saga was probably not the setting to do it in.