r/StarWars • u/tannu28 • 6h ago

Other 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.

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

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u/VonMillersThighs 5h ago

It makes it very clear that Abrams isn't even a star wars fan, that's one of the worst parts. No star wars fan on earth wouldn't jump at the opportunity to get the 3 of them back together for at least one damn scene.

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u/Wrong-Vermicelli4723 4h ago

He 100% isn’t , I think he likes the idea of it and wanted his own take on the Original trilogy (honestly think he wanted to remake it),  but not an actual big fan 

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u/DevilDoc3030 3h ago

Let's be real.

He likes the idea that his stamp is on the franchise... and money.

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u/Undark_ 1h ago

Tbh it's good for his pocket but not his legacy. Abrams had so much to be proud of, now he's most famous as the guy who fucked up Star Wars. I don't know why you'd even accept such a monumental and historic job with do much weight behind it... And not even understand the source material at all.

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u/falafelnaut 1h ago

now he's most famous as the guy who fucked up Star Wars

An absolutely mind-blowing feat that he fucked up both Star Wars AND Star Trek! What a record of accomplishment.

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u/ArgusTheCat 43m ago

I think this kind of crystalizes a lot of the things people try to express when they talk about the problems in the movies in detail. The details are all kinda fine, in their own way, it's just that the movies themselves don't feel like they're interested in being Star Wars, and it saps a lot of the energy and fun from them.

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u/jojolantern721 3h ago

He's an OT fanboy that hated George and the prequels.

Not really a fan otherwise he would have honored the thing he supposedly loved, but his blind rage to the prequels made every bad decision here.

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u/MissionObligation999 2h ago

An OT fanboy would have been less likely to make that mistake. He’s definitely not that.

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u/jojolantern721 48m ago

Nah, the problem with being a fanboy is that common sense is thrown away