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don't worry, 10 years from now people will be treating the sequel trilogy the way the prequel trilogy is now.
Disney always wins their molten torch forever burns.
EDIT :
To those disagreeing :
You're probably forgetting how badly the ~~original~~ prequel trilogy was percieved. here's a reminder :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxKtZmQgxrI&list=PL5919C8DE6F720A2D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPt1am18lR4&list=PL56E3EB1DFD4B64A2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYWAHuFbLoc&list=PLJ_TJFLc25JTwinvdLo4PP2rTFfTd9Uhz
see you in 4 and a half hours!
EDIT2 : I'm not saying anything regarding the quality of any of the trilogies (1-3 , 4-6 , 7-9) , people hated and adored them all for different reasons, but the inevitability of nostalgia or disney shills are inevitable.
EDIT 3 : My dad , in the 90s, seeing the 50s, 60s and 70s nostalgia themed stuff was talking about how there was no 80s nostalgia because the 80s sucked. You guys are probably aware of the avalanche of 80s nostalgia stuff from the past two decades, and 90s are coming back at the moment, albeit slowly.
Nostalgia is inevitable. With all the damn kids going to disneyworld's star wars section and the bb8 advertising on everything including oranges when the film came out, you can bet your ass that when those kids grow up, they're going to be nostalgic about star wars 7-9.
And you know what? I'm willing to bet 20 years after Star wars 10-12 comes out, not only are the kids that see it when it comes out will be nostalgic for it, I'm willing to bet they're going to hate on episodes 15-18.
I've been wondering about this for a while. Silly as the prequels were, they were still the result of one person's vision and tried to tell a story. The new ones are neither, theyre corperate and disconnected from each other. So will they be met with the same nostalgia and re-examination that the prequels got? I really don't know
Prequel nostalgia exists because kids at the time liked them, and are now able to push back against existing criticism from older fans. There won't be sequel nostalgia, because kids today simply don't give a shit about Star Wars, so they're not going grow up and decide to push back against sequel criticism.
@TallonMetroid @Lyre The prequels were largely saved by the the Clone Wars animated series as well. I don't see how that happens for the sequel trilogy.
Thats interesting, I was always under the impression that the animated series came out as a response to changing opinions about the prequels, not the other way around. But the more I think about it maybe the timeline doesn't work out so you're probably right