Without meaning to, Lucas had taken his original, childlike trilogy, and made it a series that really was for kids. The only ones who had enjoyed them, it seemed, were those aged 7-14. The reviews and fan reaction to the turn of the century films had been scathing. When the prequels ended in 2005, Star Wars was all but dead. Ticket holders flock to Hollywood's Chinese Theater for opening night showings of "Star Wars: The Last Jedi." Andrew Gombert / EPA There is no such thing as happily ever after. Heroes aren't perfect - they can be as weak and small as everyone else. Good people do terrible things, and bad people do small acts of kindness. Darth Vader in "Return of the Jedi").īut that’s not the way life works. When a “bad” guy felt a decent impulse and followed it, they were no longer “evil” (i.e. When someone felt a decent impulse and followed it, they automatically became a “good” character (i.e. Good and bad were unequivocal, wins were forever, and everyone lived happily ever after. When the original trilogy came out in the 1970s and 1980s, many current fans were children.
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