When George Lucas sold his beloved Star Wars franchise in 2012 to The Walt Disney Company for more than 4 billion dollars, I thought he was too greedy and throwing a tantrum for having his ego hurt by legions of Star Wars fans who bashed him in cyberspace over the years for his directorial work on the prequels.
Yeah, George may suck on the directorial job on the prequels. He should have given the job to better directors but you cannot deny that his vision was grand and epic in scope but just poor in execution.
Now the Star Wars sequels and anthology films produced under the management of Disney were well-received by the public but somehow I loved them less than the original and prequel trilogies under Lucas. Here's why:
1. The vehicle designs in the sequels are still the same!
The prequel X-wing fighter's predecesor looked liked this:
Which evolved into the original trilogy iconic X-wing fighters' design.
The sequels' X-wing...the storyline is 30 years later and the changes were only 2 engines that split during attack mode! No major improvement.
Here's another sample focusing on the enemy TIE fighters:
The prequels' TIE fighter's predecesor were still the good guys' V-Wing Starfighter then.
Which evolved into the original trilogy's Imperial TIE fighter.
Now the sequels' TIE fighter design sucks. Where the hell are the changes? I can't see them. You mean the antenna and 2 man crew it carries?
Conclusion: I'll never agree to those crappy designs shown in the sequels.
When Lucas was managing things, there's always something new in every movie.
2. New storm trooper designs are horrible.
The prequels had amazing clone trooper designs and variations.
They evolved into imperial storm troopers - the original designs from the original trilogy.
The sequels' First Order troopers design suck because it doesn't look as menacing and imposing as before.
Conclusion: Talk about lazy costume design, Disney should have hired the designers of the Halo video games Spartan armors.
3. The color palette of the sequel films is too bluish.
Did you notice the original and prequel trilogies had a warm golden tone to them while the sequels look too bluish?
4. The first sequel ending had terrible camera work.
The final scene should not have the drone camera revolving around the actors. It should be damn stationary like the final shots of the original and prequel trilogy films.
5. The sequels' fight choreography is horrible.
The sequels' villain, Kylo Ren, wields a lightsaber like a thug with a big stick. Wasn't he supposed to be trained in the dark side of the Force to be awesome in lightsaber combat like all dark Force users like his grandpa Darth Vader and Darth Maul?
Now enough ranting. What do you think about the Star War sequels? Should George Lucas never have sold his franchise to Disney? Please comment and give your opinions.
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