Han and Leia would have not had the dismal future given to them in The Force Awakens if Abrams had continued the story instead
how long do want tptbs to continue to show old people whose characters really had no further contributions to add to the SW's story?
Han handed off his legacy-as it was- to Rey when he gave her the Falcon
Leia was really never anything more then a damsel in distress turned bureaucrat
no individual in SW's is really actually important, it is the over all story of good vs evil and even the spiritual/natural world (the force) powers used by jedi and sith vs the tech used by the empire and the rebellion
indiv characters are only important for what they contributed to this larger story
Still, those characters are what made Star Wars a saga. They are who the fanbase has been following and buying merchandise for. Of course they had to go sometime, but HOW they went was going to be equally as important as their departures. They should have taken Leia out on the rebel base. Han could have gone out ramming the Millennium Falcon into a cruiser and taking both his ship and his character out of canon. Instead, they let Soylo Ren take him out like a dog on a skewer. And Luke...poor Luke.
Disney made Soylo: A Star Wars Joke because they wanted to make money off a new Han and a new Lando. If the movie had done well, there would have been another to continue that story. It failed mostly because it just wasn't that good and also because of an active fan boycott.
Hi!
The thing is Solo bombed at the box-office. And it was generally received as "meh" after the outright fan revolt over The Last Jedi. I still think with reason that Solo's poor box-office was partly a reaction to how bad The Last Jedi was, just like the disgust of the Trek fanbase to Star Trek Into Darkness negatively impacted Star Trek Beyond's box-office.
Franchises need fan goodwill to succeed in the longer term. And trash like The Last Jedi and Star Trek Into Darkness (and Star Trek Discovery) destroy that goodwill.
Hi!
The thing is Solo bombed at the box-office. And it was generally received as "meh" after the outright fan revolt over The Last Jedi. I still think with reason that Solo's poor box-office was partly a reaction to how bad The Last Jedi was, just like the disgust of the Trek fanbase to Star Trek Into Darkness negatively impacted Star Trek Beyond's box-office.
Franchises need fan goodwill to succeed in the longer term. And trash like The Last Jedi and Star Trek Into Darkness (and Star Trek Discovery) destroy that goodwill.
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this is mainly what I have been saying about Solo
Anyone could have summarized my thoughts on SOLO when I have repeatedly posted "It was an unnecessary movie"
we did not and do not need any more movies about Han or Lando or any other minor sidekick character from the OT
It was like if an entire ST movie was made about the backstory of Nurse Chapel