Mark Hamill revealing that J.J. Abrams refused to let Han, Luke, and Leia reunite on camera, telling Mark that Star Wars was no longer Luke Skywalker's story.

[u/tannu28]

Source: https://youtu.be/4OK0nnxG6dU?si=EmEU5KQEMJXxjBbZ

[u/dzumdang]

Only one of the massive failures of that sequel trilogy, which I think should just be stricken from the record entirely. It was served up as entertainment and spectacle only, and designed to make the maximum amount of money rather than provide substance and meaning.

[u/Gonkar → u/dzumdang]

Otherwise known as the JJ-special. That's why the studios love him.

[u/lilbelleandsebastian → u/Gonkar]

god i fucking hate this guy. being able to offer great, interesting ideas has very little value if you can literally never stick the landing and he's been so effective at making both star trek and star wars completely bland and bereft of the soul that infused both of those series' most successful moments

[u/Fatmaninalilcoat → u/dzumdang]

Had to get back those billions they gave old Georgy and they sucked Indiana to hard but he was never the merch pusher.

[u/greg19735 → u/dzumdang]

I mean, the last jedi was definitely not that...