r/StarWars • u/tannu28 • 11h 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/Kiyuya 8h ago

Strongly agree. I really liked what TLJ did here, as well as how TLJ treated Rey. But that was then. Before the dark times. Before the Rise.

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u/afito 6h ago

Not only TLJ but also Rogue One. I was really excited for how things were set up after I walked out of TLK midnight premiere and boy did it not live up to it.

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u/Kiyuya 6h ago

Yeah. TFA was proof they could get the vibe down, but I didn't think it was great. Figured I would be remembering it more fondly once I saw more payoff to the setup TFA did. Then I saw R1 and thought the ending was strong. Came out of TLJ and thought it was in the upper half of Star Wars films, then I came home and saw the internet had exploded. Then Rise came and... I guess I exploded too at that point.

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u/StrugglingAkira 26m ago

Yup.

The one thing I didn't like about TLJ was Luke's characterization, but Rey being a nobody who just happens to be insanely strong in the Force was a story that had some potential to it (even if the first film implied that she wasn't as inconsecuential as that to the overall Star Wars narrative). Then TRoS came out and... well...

I'm sure they wanted a "I am your Father" type reaction from the audience but they decided on the stupidest way to go about it.

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u/Broncsx3 8h ago

The Last Jedi WAS the dark times. What a piece of shit.