What Happened to STAR WARS? 

As a 52 year old fan who has been there since 1977, 80 and 83, gosh does this video hit it on every single point.

That should be the tagline for Andor! "Andor: I Heard It Was Good"

Disney is a hard working company with dedicated leadership. Imagine the effort it took to make Star Wars ,Indianna Jones and Little Mermaid hated by the masses ....

I'm just thankful Disney got a hold of "Wars" and not "Trek".

Sounds about right, I was twelve in 1977 and saw the original at the cinema, I'll never forget the sight of that Star Destroyer coming over the top of the screen at the start. The originals were good and fun, the prequels were a logical extension that suffered from average acting and the Disney movies were where I gave up on it. All they seemed to want to do was tear down our childhood heroes so you could consume their new improved super sanitized ones.

Disney destroyed Star Wars. 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

Disney managed to do what Jar Jar and the Ewoks (and Bob Fett's ridiculous death in JEDI) failed to do: cure me of my STAR WARS fandom. If it ain't Lucas, it's just the DARK SIDE OF THE FORCE.

The Sith couldnt destroy Star Wars, but Disney sure could!

Yeah I was 10 when Star Wars came out, waited 3 years for Empire, waited another 3 for Jedi. What a time for movies. Kennedy doesn’t know this audience at all.

"Somehow Palpatine has returned." Uhhhh...😂😂😂

“Star Wars” movies not only used to be awesome-but they were also an event to dream about for years…

What Happened to STAR WARS? DISNEY

Disney lost the magic. And just forget about us.

The reason why Ripley and Sarah Connor were such successful characters is because the writers focused on making a strong character FIRST, before they considered the gender. Ripley was originally supposed to be a man, but then they screen tested Sigourney Weaver and they went with it. The character was already written, they just changed some terminology and names. Princess Leia was a great collaboration between Lucas, the writers, and Carrie Fisher to focus on making her a cool character, not a cool female character. Hollywood today focus too much on making a female character cool, rather than making a cool character that happens to be female.

Absolutely agree with you. They don’t care about the characters or even telling a good story. Just care about money!!

Mate, this is an amazing channel, so glad I found you. I'm a child of the 50's (56) and grew up with all this stuff, Saturday afternoon space movies were my favourite, main one being Forbidden Planet, born the same year as me funny enough, and still looks as good to me today as it did back then. I 100 percent agree with all you say when you compare modern to old, although computer effects look great, I feel they are over done because they can, the classics just look more authentic. I work in a theme park, years a go I was an animatronic specialist looking after about 140 Gremlins and and Looney tune characters. This involved sculpting, making fibreglass moulds, working with, conethane at the time, a 5 part mix to make skins, pneumatics and armatures, so I'm definitely looking forward to the monster part of the channel. These days many of our themed rides are using projected movies rather than animatronics, they are loosing the real feel they used to have as you go through the ride, imagine Thunderbirds done with CGI rather than stop motion, it just wouldn't work, but the modern generation don't really get it. Loved Mars Attacks, old school still works. Absolutely agree with what you said about the Mandalorian, it lost me the same place it lost you. Something I'm noticing these days too, when I was 13 or so, I saved like hell to but my first 45 single record, 50 cents, the carpenters I think, got on a train and travelled 2 stations to buy it, played it over and over, same through the years with my records and cd's, movies had to be good then or they wouldn't sell, your comments about Disney absolutely reflect this generation that knows nothing other than binge watching and streaming anything in front of em, no effort involved. It was exciting watching the Munsters or Lost in space one show a day after school, this kept the excitement, special days. The music Dan is sensational, you and Debbie are amazing, and the editing to make the clip just blows me away, well done. My favourite robot, Robbie of course, thanks for all you have done to showcase him, you can't see my favourite monster, the one from Forbidden Planet, like Alfred Hitchcock does, he puts the suspense in the mind of the viewer, don't always have to show it, that's what this monster did to me, I found it terrifying, especially mated to the music that came with it, and I grew up watching Frankenstein, Dracula etc, Franky is right up there too, again the modern ones lost the plot again. Love your work mate. Ken. Australia

What happened to Star Wars? Disney got a hold of it.

Disney destoyed it ALL. From the penthouse to the outhouse.

Hey Dan You really nailed it. Star Wars was always an escape, a guilty pleasure I could just sit down and enjoy. Disney has turned it into a chore. You MUST watch all the shows, read all the novels, play all the games or you'll miss some important "character building" fact about some obscure person that might be important down the track. I've been a fan since 77 myself, was Director of the Star Wars fan club in Australia for 13 years AND I've appeared as Vader in TV commercials, TV shows and on the X-Wing tour around Oz and I find it SO HARD to get excited about Star Wars these days. Disney have just tucked the love out of it for me. I still have my collection and all my SW friends, but just can't find the love for Disney's versions. I would have been happier if they had just used the volumes of stories that had already been written rather than just exciling them to "legends" and then picking the eyes out of them. ANYWAY. Great job...love the channel.

You Nailed it! Now that I am "older" (much older- 58) I care more about the story than the ships and special effects and even the acting to some degree! But there is NO story in Disney Star Wars with the exception of Rogue One!

I think what it all comes down to is this.... When George Lucas first set out to make Star Wars, he was doing it because he genuinely wanted to see the final film, and wanted to share with young people the idea of a new fairy tale in their modern era. And yes, as the sequels began, the motivation slightly changed, as the films became the means to finance the Ranch. But still, even then, he was concerned with the fairy tale. When Disney purchased Star Wars, that's exactly what they did: they Purchased It. To them, it was not a means to give audiences (or even the new creators themselves) further new myths to thrill them and open their minds to what was going on around them in life. It was an Investment. Though George's first film has almost been with us for 50 years, Disney seems to be focusing on an age group that came along well after even The Phantom Menace's release. Success, behind closed doors, is not the further expansion of a wonderful galaxy that George and his gang created; it's determined by financial gain. So, thus you have focus groups, demographics, buttons to push in society, etc, all coming BEFORE the story. So, the story has no choice in that circumstance but to become like liquid, forming into whatever container they need for it to fit into. Thus, it no longer is Star Wars in and of itself, but it has become a slew of speakers who have found a means to say what they feel is important about their world, while wearing a Star Wars t-shirt. At the heart, it is no longer Star Wars. I am a forever Star Wars fan. I was 5 when Star Wars arrived. But I have come to the point where I have my old merch, I have Harmy's editions (and now the 4k's), the music, and the memories-- and I have decided that THIS is MY Star Wars, and have learned to be content with it.

I feel the sequels, made the prequels look a lot better, and more appreciated in comparison. Very similar to how Empire got more appreciation later. I think the one who truly understands Star Wars is George Lucas, and the stuff that will be remembered are the stuff that had him involved or directing.

I was 11 years old when Star Wars came out in '77 so we're on the same page. Especially with our love for the OG trilogy. The biggest difference between the original films and the Disney films was that the og Star Wars had a magic that Disney killed and can never replicate.

As a musician you might appreciate this: The first movie had one of the best scores Ever. John Williams at his high point. The musical score is almost a character in the movie itself. It heightens the drama and helps you look inside the characters. Feel their emotions as much as the actors on screen put into them. The dogfights. chase scenes, and battles are tremendous! And even the emotional stuff at the death of Ben and Luke's Aunt & Uncle. Luke's scene looking into the sunset. The score gave those emotional power. The second movie had a lot of repeated stuff, but had some new stuff as well. The walker attack, the Imperial March. The third movie was just repeated themes from the first two movies. No new themes. The rest have had pretty much forgettable scores.

I agree with you 100%. I also love strong female characters that are well written. However there is no room in society for feminist characters that put down men in order to elevate themselves.

I can tell you exactly what happened to Star Wars corporate insanity. The days of George Lucas sold Lucasfilm to Disney the magic guy because there’s a man at the head of Disney he believes in Wolk identity politics ESG and DEI and he let someone run Lucasfilm into the ground without thinking about it and putting feminist ideology before actual storytelling and only that the neutering of all the men killing off of all the legacy characters and pissing off real Star Wars fans to the point where they don’t shell out money to cater to groups that are small and put things in the movies that no one wants and put in the characters that make absolutely no sense. They killed Star Wars by running real fans off and not listening to the fans

Finally, someone else that just says Star Wars. Thank you!

I think you hit it right on the with that single word “boring”. By the way do you make available any of your re-edits? I would love to see them. Thanks for all you do I love your videos.

Disney is what happened to it

If we’re talking strong female characters we must include Rexy from Jurassic Park & the Queen Alien from Aliens.

I was that 9 year old in 1977 too! The toys! The awful knockoffs! Disco Star Wars byMeco! All of it, we just ate it up and it was FUN! Great video!

DISNEY. or how to distoy a world renowned franchise.

*THE MESSAGE*

In addition to my previous comment, Sci Fi in general had a magic that's long gone. 2001 a Space Odyssey, Silent Running, Space 1999, the og Battlestar Galactica, and many more.

Just the fact that Disney did not have an overarching plot planned out before making a trilogy of movies is completely insane and simply baffling.

The 90s were a dark time for Star Wars. Until Timothy Zans Heir to the Empire trilogy of books this infused new life in the franchise

I also stood in line to see the first star wars and agree Disney needs to fire kennedy and Iger who have destroyed many creative and wonderful projects to push politics instead of an entertaining story that Disney was famous for its too bad only 2 have the power to make what was magical, dull and hateful.

100% agreed. If you would have told me 20 years ago that I'd not even bother to watch something Star Wars related I'd have told you that you were crazy. While quantity may have a quality all its own, that does not translate into something worth watching. When the originals came out there were all sorts of back stories and histories that were alluded to such as wars, and old republics, sith, and mandalorians that we got to imagine our own versions of before they took absolutely all the romance out of by detailing the universe with the terribly new bland canon. They took away what made it fun.

Andor was some really good TV. Kenobi was interesting in that it showed someone suffering from PTSD. For most of the rest of the Disney era, they put people in charge that are really good at killing franchises.

Was in Westwood National theater 1977 for the original .. blew everyone away .. especially going to ‘light speed’ ..

The true star wars is before disney got hold of it it's not worth watching. I only love the originals 1977, 1980, 1983 versions their the best ones. cheers mate.

It WOKE up and went down!

The problem with Disney star wars is that they are more obsessed with WHO'S telling the story, than creating a true, high quality story.

GenX-er, here. Dan, you nailed my opinion of this & the Indy franchise. Love your videos!

Agree with near enough 100% of that Dan!

As with the Indiana Jones films, I'm old enough to have seen each of the Star Wars films on their debut theatrical runs as an adult. It's impossible for younger people to feel the impact the first film had in 1977. For one thing when people saw films then they went into the theatre having no idea what to expect. I think I had seen ONE television advert, which showed the main characters standing on a stage wearing Olympic medals and receiving applause. There was a big dog-thing and a guy in shiny armour, or something. So in the theatre when that spaceship flies over your head everyone was stunned and instantly onboard for the ride. They threw you right into the middle- we had no idea what was happening- soldiers waiting, a hole blows in the wall and white robots come in shooting, then a black-clad asthmatic robot or knight or something comes in. It was pure movie magic from start to finish. No-one had ever seen anything like it. Alec Guinness' performance was the spiritual heart of the film, a heart everything that came after lacked. I did enjoy ESB and ROTJ, except for the childish corny cheesy Ewok parts. The films which have come after haven't interested me much.

I’m another kid from the 70s… your view absolutely mirrors my own. We are not too old fans… we are the foundation on which the fandom is (was) built. Disney Star Wars outputs are a disservice to the fans and the brand

Wow. I found Dan a few weeks ago and have been telling everyone to watch this guy. This is one of your best so far Dan. Being 12 when I saw Star Wars (in 1977) I can relate to everything you say. I saw a child"s book last year with Darth Vader on the cover in a reading circle with a bunch of kids. Disney has killed Star Wars and have been slowly killing Marvel. Thank you for finally say what some of us are thinking. Great job and keep up the channel love the content!!

Star Wars has journeyed from the penthouse to beneath the outhouse thanks to Disney.

"I don't have any time for that crap" LOL Well said

Dan, I could not agree with you more. I did enjoy Andor although it is actually more of a Star Wars version of life in Nazi occupied France with Cassian Andor being an outsider from the resistance who gets pulled in. It's a great story arc and much more intense on a personal level than most Star Wars. I'm not used to having that much agency in Star Wars character development. The villains are smart and have character and the so-called heroes or perhaps anti-heroes are also very interesting and complex; far more so than in most Star Wars films. I think you will enjoy it

The biggest miss of Rise of Skywalker was the complete reset of Threepio's memory and not even a split second where he "remembers" Anakin.

First of all Dan, thank you so much for Movies, Music & Monsters. You've got something really special here on RU-vid and I appreciate it. Dan, I totally agree with you. Disney is just trying to cash in on their investment and it's getting worse and worse. They don't care about us, just the money. I was 10 in 1977, saw Star Wars in the theater and loved it. I have been a seriously collector all my life when it comes to Star Wars, but really haven't bought anything recently because of the new Disney films and tv shows.

i agree mando should have ended when Luke took Grogu

Nail, perfect hit! Thanks for expressing my pain. now I can move on.

We were lucky enough to be around when all this was new. I used to watch Star Wars nearly every Saturday morning on VHS.

How do you make a multi-million dollar franchise? Give Disney a multi-billion dollar franchise.

Disney ruined a good thing. It became a never ending story 🥱

Spot on Mr. Monroe. And I remember the 2nd worst day of my life. When I lost the light saber for my original skywalker action figure.

Dan, I can't think of a thing you said that I would disagree with!!! Great Video!!!

90% of Disney Star Wars is total garbage.

The sequel movies had one big issue, which J.J. Abrams admitted in interview: J.J. Abrams did NOT fully plot out the sequel movies. J.J. Abrams admiited that he had no freakin' clue what to do after The Force Awakens. Without having the sequel trilogy fully plotted out gave Kathleen Kennedy the room to completely f**k it up. In regards to Kathleen Kennedy, she really, really, really hates Luke Skywalker.

Agree 100% I hate that I now no longer feel the excitement of something new, now I just wonder how bad it will be.

Dan you are completely correct and did not rant anywhere near enough.

At 10:44 you hit the nail on the head "It started to becoming something it was never meant to be." That something is a platform to push a toxic ideology. The people that did that couldn't create something compelling to push their ideology. Instead they hope to rely on something that was popular to 'candy coat' their bitter poison. Any good or positive nugget of a thing that they think is worth embracing, was ruined by the act of trying to hijack beloved franchises. I hope they're proud they are ruining everything.

Disney ruined Star Wars

I was ten back in the summer of 1977 and was fortunate enough to see it in 70mm in a huge theater. We had to drive 120 miles round-trip, but it was definitely worth it. I was a sci-fi fan, like my dad, but my mother was the one, after the lights came back on, to suggest we stay and see it again. We saw it about 30 times in the thirteen months it played at that theater. I feel exactly the same about the original three films. Star Wars is still my favorite movie to this day. I believe that most people who think that Empire is the best film, probably never saw Star Wars in first release. For whatever reason, I had all the models but never any of the toys. The magic was not quite the same with the prequel trilogy, although I did enjoy them. I saw TFA and thought it was garbage. I saw "Rogue One" and enjoyed it, although it's still not genuine Star Wars. I have seen any of the other Disney abominations, as I don't intend to allow talentless hacks, most of whom were not even born when SW first came out, to continue to crap all over my memories.

Yes, Force Awakens was a great comeback that captured the fun and invention of the first three. It’s all been a growing up for my son as he is seeing for himself what show business and shareholder demands are about.

What happened was Disney killed 'our' heroes' to make room for the younger generations 'heroes"...

You hit the nail on the head. Saw Star Wars the day it came out. Remember seeing the early photos in Starlog. Love the trilogy. Down hill from there.

Dan! You hit the beats of all my feelings on the topic. Like EXACTLY! Keep up the great content.

U R the Best Dan !! Could not agree with U more !!

Unfortunately, it wasn't just Star Wars that suffered at the hands of Disney. All "new" productions were failures. Partly due to lazy scripts, partly special defects, partly directors who don't direct, partly the issue of vomiting these questions of political ideologies onto the audience. This is because they are not interested in making money from their fans, but rather shoving rotten ideologies down their throats. I'm "fed up" with Disney. Cheers.

I think Disney figured they could make anything with the Star Wars name on it, and the fans would just eat it up. They were right, up to the point of when people tried to rewatch "The Force Woke". Then people saw it for what it was, crap thrown together from old story ideas George had and abandoned.

In 1977, I saw Star Wars for the first time right before it blew up and the lines became blocks long. I was obsessed. Every cent I could beg, borrow, earn or steal went to Star Wars. Managed to see it 33 times that summer and I even snuck in my Fisher Price tape recorder so I could listen to it. My mother made a Han Solo costume for Halloween, and my dad made me a wooden blaster. Like you, I was one of those kids that got the empty box with the certificate for Christmas and was ecstatic to have it. I was equally blown away by Empire, although I was rocked to my core by the ending. And Jedi was just plain awesome. As to the prequels, I liked them. The weren't as good, but how could they be? But to see Euan McGregor channel the spirit of Sir Alec Guinness? To see Yoda Finally kick ass? I can't be there only one who had a squealing fanboy moment when his lightsaber went spinning into his hand and he jumped into the fight. And to top it all off the fall of Anakin Skywalker and the creation of Darth Vader? Genuinely chilling. However, I was so deeply disappointed by the Force Awakens, I didn't see the sequels. I still haven't, and I probably never will. I did love the animated Clone Wars, but that's it. I have seen clips of the Mandalorian on RU-vid and it looks amazing, but I'll be damned if I give Disney a dime for it.

When I was aged 11, 1977 I watch star wars 5 times in the cinema will never forget that I was just blown away with robots and so futuristic space ships.

Absolutely spot-on take on this. I was 16 when Star Wars came out and lived through the same ups and downs of this franchise as you. Couldn't have put my own feelings about it any better than you just did. Thank you!!!

I pretty much go along with this. I was 11 when Star Wars came out. Loved all the original three, still do, although Return of the Jedi has lost a lot of its lustre. The prequels were in instant decline. Perhaps because of the wait for new Star Wars content, I actually enjoyed Phantom Menace. Attack of the Clones is still my worst Star Wars theatrical movie ever made. Revenge of the Sith had its moments. I very much agree about The Force Awakens; I really had fun watching it, but it was a HUGE missed opportunity not to have the original cast in a scene together. The Last Jedi wasn't as bad as many make out, and while it introduced some interesting ideas, it wasn't a proper sequel to TFA which led to Rise of Skywalker throwing all logic out of the window to retcon Last Jedi which retconned Force Awakens. Those three movies could have been great if they had worked out a general story arc and stuck to it rather than make it up from scratch with each episode. Rogue One was excellent, I thought Solo was a lot of fun and recaptured the tone of the original three. The TV shows have been basically ok, but Mandalorian outstayed its welcome by the third series, Obi Wan was not too bad but should have been half the length, and Andor was the best Star Wars on TV if you stuck with it. It was a slow burn but paid off wonderfully. We do need a hiatus from Star Wars, give it some time to rebuild its reputation and get some momentum and excitement going. Hopefully Disney will do that, but I somehow doubt it.

Empire was my favorite. I remember graduating in 1980 from H.S. and I went into the military 3 months later. I saw The Empire stikes back 2 times befor going to basic traing and what kept me going through that was the soundtrackj! I still remember the music of the Walkers nd waking up every morning in a cot...

Spot on, you and I are from the same era. You fell a sleep where I begged my parents to see it, after all it was a PG movie and I was 6. I did finally get my chance and it just made me go WOW, I grew up watching reruns of Star Trek with my brother but Star Wars was an all new level of excitement. Disney took that excitement of fast exciting new ships and robots and characters that were "almost" heroes and they almost recreated it. A good example the excitement I got when I saw the Millennium Falcon take off for the first time in years. That character was BACK and I was excited, I may have even let out a little cheer. However the rest of sequels I just found myself saying "What have you done?" I tried to like them but just could not.

When George Lucas was a kid, he day-dreamed about being Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon. He brought those dreams to Star Wars. When J.J. Abrams and Rian Johnson were kids, they day-dreamed about being George Lucas and Steven Spielberg. They didn't inhabit the fantasy worlds they wanted to make movies about. So, when they made their movies, the content of those movies were secondary to their dreams of being famous movie makers. When I was a kid I inhabited those worlds and they had a certain reality and they had to make sense. That is not the case for Abrams and Johnson. That, I think, is part of what happened to Star Wars.

I love the original trilogy, I really like the prequels. It bugged me that The Force Awakens went out of its way to ignore the prequels, which was a mistake Disney realized very fast and corrected the issue. But that was also JJ, who then basically went full prequel with Palpatine's return. Your views with Disney Star Wars is about the same as mine. Force Awakens a good start. I enjoyed The Las Jedi more than most. However, over time that movie shows its weakness. And Rise of Skywalker makes no sense. What you said about the Disney shows is exactly the same even to the point where I did not watch Andor yet myself.

Here's the thing about sci-fi and the majority of sci-fi fans I know... If you have a good story, and you have good actors to perform that story, you can have sets made of cardboard and props made from garbage or garage sale cast offs and it will make little difference, the majority of audience will go along with a wink and a nod so long as they can enjoy the storyline; adding good effects is putting frosting on an already well baked cake. However, if you don't have a good story or good performances then all the best frosting in the world won't save the cake. Everyone seems to understand this except movie executroids who seem to think the frosting is the cake without understanding what is needed to create the batter to begin with.

I remember when I first saw Star Wars I was one of those kids who went right back and watched it again the next weeked :)

Everything you said was spot on. I felt like I was listening to myself. Love your channel, big fan of your lost in space and Robby the robot content content. It must be about being born in 1968.

“Star Wars” changed when it changed hands in 2012….

The original trilogy and Rogue One for me. The kiss of death (IMO) for the franchise was when Disney bought it.

The way they hire their writers, directors, and actors these days is mind boggling. They used to hire the best.

Money-money-money-money, M O N E E E Y!

Lost me at Jar Jar Binks. I’ve watched many happy childhood memories tossed in the dumpster for many of the reasons you cited, and a couple more. These days, i try to keep the fond memories alive by avoiding their attempts to remake it. I actually get excited on the rare occasions that i see someone come up with what appears to be an original idea. The last remake i saw that actually thrilled me was the 70’s remake of King Kong. I was a kid brought up on the 30’s version and it brought something new to the table.

I too grew up with Star Wars. I saw the original in a theater summer of 1977 when it first came out. I also saw the first two sequels in the theater. I loved that big screen experience. I agree with your assessment of what happened to Star Wars and the possible reasons behind it. I just recently discovered your channel, mainly due to my love of Lost in Space. For what it's worth, you just got another subscriber.

Dude, you had me at "drive-in". Yeah, my dad took me and my brother in 1977 to a drive-in to watch Star Wars. He had a 1974 Chevy Luv and he backed it up so we could sit in the bed and precariously balance the speaker on the side so as to not scratch the paint. I didn't become a huge fan, but I have appreciated the originals and still watch the DVDs from time to time. Thanks for the memories, my man. Cheers!

Subbed just from this video. I agree with you. We are around the same age. Star Wars has morphed into that ex girlfriend we used to but just don't really care about anymore. It will never change now unless Disney is gutted from within, and they are insistent on triple downing on their "message" , at the expense of good character development.

I think this all started with the Ghostbusters movie, the people in charge started looking down on the fans and dismissed any criticism as bigotry, they cared more about their message than if what they were producing was any good and the result is the audience not watching them because they hate being lectured too.

I was 15 when I saw Star Wars in the theater in '77. I was instantly hooked. When Empire Strikes Back came out, I was extremely disappointed. It ended on a cliffhanger, but at that time, no one was sure that there would be another movie, and I might not ever know what happened to Han. Like you, I now understand the reason for it being so dark and ending like that, but at the time I wasn't a big fan of it. When Return of the Jedi came out, I was awestruck. It tied everything up in a neat package, answered all of the questions everyone had, and was just a great finale to the series. When I heard of the prequel being made, I was somewhat excited. By that time, I had the Star Wars trilogy on VHS which I watched with my kids all of the time. I had the X-wing vs Tie Fighter and Jedi Knight PC games and several books from the Star Wars Universe. And when I say Universe, that's exactly what it was. Every aspect of Star Wars had to be approved by George Lucas, so that it all stayed with the original theme, and that they were all tied together. A quick example is that in the Jedi Knight game, the first mission is to steal the Death Star plans and pass them along. In the W-Wing vs Tie Fighter game, you had to protect Princess Leia's Correllian cruiser while the plans were being transferred to her. It just neatly tied into the entire Universe. Then the unthinkable happened. The Phantom Menace actually came out, and it was horrible. While I understand the purpose of the prequel trilogy, I just had not interest in them. They replaced a great storyline with special effects. I've watched most of the Disney Star Wars movies, and was extremely unimpressed. They lacked everything that the original trilogy had. The only one I found to be half decent was Rogue One, but that was mostly because it filled in some story gaps leading up to the original trilogy. I still have some original Star Wars toys in their original packaging, but I will just give them to my grandchildren one day. Unfortunately, Disney killed my Star Wars spirit....

I hope you saw the Star Wars Thanksgiving special. It was hilarious. The backdrop for the Falcon moved while Solo was on the bridge.

I like strong well written characters..period. Female or Male. Just want well written stories with well written characters.

I appreciate your brutal honesty while remaining open minded. Growing up in the 2000s I LOVE the prequels as that was my childhood. I certainly have mixed feeling about the sequels. Rogue One though I feel may have been the best thing to happen to Star Wars in 20 years when it came out though, lol.

I was one of those kids who had the original Kenner toy figure sets that you had to mail in for. I remember it so well, I was sick with a cold or flu, and it came in the mail while feeling bad! What a treat for that to arrive. Sadly, I dont have any of them anymore!

Loved Empire Strikes Back. I still have my Yoda and Han figures.