Yep. This looks like the hill on which I've chosen to die. You can imagine I'm walking into this at the very height of caution following Rian Johnson
taking a long and runny deuce all over one of my favorite franchises of all time, bar none. The future does not look bright for the
Star Wars franchise, at least not for me. I know some people enjoy it. I've actually started a charity fund to help those poor souls out who believed that the
The Last Jedi wasn't a horribly made piece of hot garbage, you can find it
here.
But, until I can properly set up the Rian Johnson Is A Talentless Hack Foundation, I do look a bit toward something about the
Star Wars franchise that doesn't depress me to my deepest core: the past!
...no, I'm talking about the Original Trilogy, not the Prequels.
It seems that Disney is still going forward with its "A Star Wars Story" plans despite common sense or loud protests from the fanbase who do not, in fact, want this thing. To be honest, I defended
Rogue One when it came out, but now I honestly just think it was unnecessary. It lacked the necessary emotional punch needed to bring a "Kill 'Em All" story into the realm of a classic. I will say that I still find it better than the Prequels, but only because it's worse crime to be was being completely unnecessary.
It seems that Disney took
that criticism to heart and have lined up something new
Solo: A Star Wars story. For some strange reason, the Star Wars fanbase were split right down the middle almost as soon as it was announced. It's almost like the fanbase is full of people who are highly contentious and easily-angered or something! Jokes aside, I was among the people who gave cautious optimism to it. Even after
The Last Jedi, I'm
still not 100% on it. If anything, I'm less so.
That being said, Han Solo
is one of the most universally beloved characters within the franchise to anyone who isn't Harrison Ford, so it's entirely possible that they might do very well and show respect to both the character and his fanbase. Then I remember these were the same people who said that Mark Hamill drinking milk directly from the source wasn't something that Rian Johnson should be in a psychiatric ward for, so what do I know?
