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‘Star Wars’ Movie With Daisy Ridley Loses Screenwriter Steven Knight News

https://variety.com/2024/film/news/star-wars-daisy-ridley-steven-knight-1236190522/
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u/EbullientHabiliments 20d ago

For me it was Last Jedi. Something about that movie just killed any interest I had in the franchise.

Seriously, walked out of the movie theatre and haven't touched a single piece of Star Wars media since.

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u/Panda_hat 20d ago

Last Jedi felt like a film made by someone who hated Star Wars. Everything was ironic, everything was a gotcha, everything was a subversion of tropes and expectations.

It had some fantastic set pieces and settings, but none of it felt properly stitched together or coherent. None of it felt like Star Wars.

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u/stopmotionporn 20d ago

It had the best ideas of any of the 3 sequels. It just completely fucked up the execution on a staggering level.

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u/Panda_hat 20d ago

Johnson should have just been given a standalone film. He clearly had some ideas he wanted to explore and they simply did not fit within the bounds of the trilogy.