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Originally Posted by acdcguy

What crawled up your butt? I just stated the obvious. I didn't call anyone's opinion stupid, unlike you. Yes Star Wars became a merchandise beacon in the 2000's. George Lucas wanted to milk it for all its worth. That doesn't mean the movies were all that great. Plus the toy sales peaked during the Clone Wars TV show. Which was a popular show for the franchise. I didn't get into it but I acknowledge it's popularity and impact on the franchise.

Last I checked, saying "Star Wars was killed by the prequels" was objectively wrong, considering it's still around, especially when you're acknowledging the popularity of Clone Wars right there. Just because you think it, doesn't make it "obvious". And George Lucas has been "milking" it since it began, there's a reason he took a cut of merchandise sales back from Star Wars. It's one of the reasons people saying Disney are making films "for the money" just makes me laugh - Star Wars has always been about making big toy bucks.

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A purely hyperbolic statement. You speak from emotion instead of the objective reality that The Last Jedi is no where near as popular or beloved as The Empire Strikes Back. It's your opinion that you liked the film. No one can take that away from you. But just as there are fans of The Room, at least they can accept objective reality that it's not a good film. Narratively, The Last Jedi is a piss poor film and adds nothing to the franchise. As a stand alone film it's an ok popcorn flick when you are looking to watch bad sci-fi/fantasy. But as a part of a franchise, well at least The Room didn't have anything to live up to.

Ah yes, a piss poor film... with 91% on Rotten Tomatoes, 7.1 on Imdb, greatly enjoyed by many people that aren't you. Seems legit. And if you really think it adds nothing to the franchise, you obviously missed all the stuff with the Jedi backstory, or the evolution of Luke's character. Not to mention all the sequel characters who the movie's actually about.

Look, you can hate TLJ all you want, fine, for whatever reasons. But saying it killed Star Wars is just whining that because you didn't like it, no-one else is allowed to and anything else they make is just "money grabbing".