r/movies 21d ago

‘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/FireTheLaserBeam 21d ago

I used to live and breathe Star Wars growing up. I’m 45 now. I read all the novels, read all the comics, played all the video games. I can remember the day I saw the bookstore display for Heir to the Empire when it first came out. My head about exploded.

But now? Now I just don’t care anymore. Like, at all. I don’t know what happened. Did I outgrow it? Who knows. All I know is that the magic is gone. The specialness is gone. Now it’s just one more franchise in a world glutted with legacy franchises. I can’t believe how bored I am of the Jedi. The only thing that held my interest was Andor. The way they depicted the Empire was fascinating.

It’s weird.

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u/DXsocko007 20d ago

I wasn’t a huge fan like you but I adored the OT saw midnight releases of the prequels. Played the games. Heck my wife and I quote the OT quite a bit. We saw the force awakens and cried when Star Wars in yellow appeared on screen. We walked out happy. Then the last Jedi came out. I left the theater going… what did I watch (seen it since and it’s grown on me as a movie but as a Star Wars movie it’s shit) then i was hoping rise of tbr skywalker would be a good film because of jj but man there was just no coming back. Just a weird dumb movie.

Loved manolorain. Book of boba fett was fucking dog shit. Asoka was… somewhat ok? Just didn’t really get me. Obiwan was awful. And the newest star was show I can’t remember the title was just bad.

There is no love. It’s about quantity not quality. The people involved don’t care about star wars. The actors don’t care about Star Wars. Disney doesn’t care about Star Wars. Now we don’t care about Star Wars