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CMV: Star Wars fans didn't get the sequel trilogy they wanted, but they got the one they deserved

I haven't seen The Rise of Skywalker yet, and most of you haven't, so no story spoilers here, thank you. 

But from what I've read from reviews, is that it's a mess that tries too hard to course-correct after the last movie, while over-relying on your nostalgia for the series. 

I'm a very casual fan of SW, but throughout the course of the new movies, I've been perplexed with how strongly other fans have reacted to each film. And now, if the reviews are true, with the mess we have in our hands, I gotta say, maybe you earned it. I'm not talking to every single fan out there, I'm mostly talking to the vocal minority. Those that made five hour rant videos about how much The Last Jedi sucked, and all those people watched and cheered them on. 

Let's look at the big picture. After the disappointing prequel-trilogy, that fans loved to hate (before we got prequel-memes), we get the most fan-servicy movie yet, with The Force Awakens, that is basically a remake of the New Hope, with a touch of modernisation. The implied message being, forget the prequels, this is what you loved, right? Brought back the old characters/actors too. Most fans liked what they got, but there were also a vocal minority that deemed the movie too safe. Personally, I tend to agree, but I didn't mind it too much. 

Studio listened to the fans, and we get most bold SW-movie yet with Last Jedi. And fans hated it. Like, I have never seen a movie that got so much hate than the Last Jedi. Like, holy shit, seriously? There are hundreds of videos and blogs online analysing every single frame of that movie, picking it apart and destroying it. It wasn't what the fans expected of a Star Wars movie, it didn't take the legacy of the film series too seriously, etc. It wasn't a perfect movie, it had its flaws, but it didn't deserve the beating it got. 

Side note: I know that it might not be the same fans that complained about Force Awakens being too safe and Last Jedi being too bold, but I'm honestly betting lot of them were the same. 

Lo and behold, the studio hears your cries, the first fan-boy director gets rehired for the next one, and apparently we have a movie in our hands, that actively tries to undo the last movie, while doubling down on the nostalgia. And it's apparently worst of the bunch. 

And now we get back to the headline of this CMV. That this sequel trilogy might not be what the fans wanted, but it sure is what they deserved. Bitching and moaning with every movie, every plot point, every actor and character choice. From Mary Sues to Holdo and bullying the actor of Rose out of social media. You were loud enough and they listened, and this is the result. I hope you're happy, but I think it would have been better for all, fans included, if they had just shut up, not take it so seriously, and tried to enjoy the movies as they were along with everyone else.
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The idea that people who love something passionately "deserve" the object of their love ruined completely *just because they've reacted negatively to previous attempts at ruining it* is quite insane to be honest. It seems a lot of people are unable to comprehend that this is a free world where it's people's prerogative to give their hard earned cash to whoever they choose, and the job of the entertainment industry is not to try to shame them into giving up their money for soulless unentertaining bullshit but to compete with each other **in serving the customers the best**. Some large corporations and the journalists in their pockets seem to operate on the illusion that customers owe them praise and money regardless of how shitty their products are, but for some strange unfathomable reason this doesn't seem to work out too well for them. It's not the customers who are 'entitled' for expecting quality products, it's the industry for expecting praise for absolute turds they shit out.

Oh, and the idea that Disney 'listened to the fans' and 'this is the result' is absolute bullshit, if Disney cared about the fans at all the sequel trilogy would look totally different. Disney's plan was to inject a large dose of progressive political messaging into the SW franchise from the get-go, regardless of if the fans liked it or not, and this is the price they are paying for that.