![]() ![]() The discourse around things like podracing, the Sith Rule of Two and even Jar-Jar Binks changed when the kids who grew up with these films began to occupy adult spaces. However, that narrative changed with time, peaking when The Force Awakens hit theaters 16 years after The Phantom Menace. Whether it was the completely different visual aesthetic, the more nuanced political themes or weird Lucasian details like "midichlorians," many adult fans hated the prequels. While they want to write the entire trilogy off as a failure, the legacy of those movies are for the children who grew up with them to determine, just like it was for the prequel trilogy. As Prinze said, some adult fans are simply angry Star Wars hasn't aged with them. ![]() With the new film, and whatever stories that follow, the " sequel trilogy plot holes" are just space meant to be filled in with new stories, also for different kids. The Rise of Skywalker had to tell, arguably, too much story in a single movie to maintain the trilogy structure. In fairness to some adult fans, the third trilogy is a bit disjointed because of the second movie, but only because two-thirds of the trilogy takes place over a week's time. You're just pissed off Han Solo gave the…Millennium Falcon to a girl." Star Wars: The Last Jedi took it a step further, with how it depicted a Luke Skywalker who lost faith. ![]() "The second three were for different…kids, and are for kids. summed it up best in an episode of Jeff Dye's Friendship podcast, "The first was for…kids," he said. ![]()
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