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Hello there. Somehow, Star Wars memes have returned. It's not a trap, this is where the fun begins.

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This is a community for Star Wars memes. This means typically screenshots of Star Wars media with some text or context that's meant to be funny and/or thoughtful. All SW media is welcome: movies, games, comic books, fanart... Other kinds of content, like video links or meta memes (about this community, or Lemmy), are fine as well, just keep it on topic.
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submitted 8 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver to c/starwarsmemes

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[–] themeatbridge 16 points 8 months ago

I think the resentment from fans came out of a feeling of missed potential. What people wanted was what they eventually put into the Clone Wars series: space adventures, complex characters, and the subtle corruption of a great hero.

What we got wasn't terrible, but it wasn't great. There was cheesy dialogue, convoluted storylines, and one-dimensional characters. Star Wars, like a lot of franchise films, benefits from the association with the wider universe. We, the fans, fill in gaps and references to backstory with the things we know without it appearing on the screen. But it also suffers from the comparison and expectations we have.

Take the reveal of Vader/birth of the twins at the end. Seeing Vader rise from the table, and hearing James Earl Jones' voice for the "first" time was genuinely cool because we have all seen the original trilogy. The interspersed delivery scene draws parallels between Luke and Leia being born with Vader being born.

Taken in a vacuum, if you had no idea who Vader was, it would all seem a bit silly, because "Darth Vader" was actually "born" several scenes ago when he killed Mace Windu and then mass-murdered a school full of children.

At the same time, we know what Vader looks and sounds like. Drawing out the reveal feels slightly overdramatic. Then you get the whole "she's lost the will to live" and that "Noooooo!" and people are rolling from laughter instead of wiping away tears.

That's like the whole movie. Anything good or bad is made simultaneously better and worse by association. How you view the movie depends on how that association makes you feel. If you love Star Wars and want to love the Prequels, you will.