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The fans are the problem is the narrative the mainstream geek blogs and Disney want to put out. In any fandom you'll never please all fans, especially one as big/ old / hardcore as Star Wars but it's certainly possible to not piss off most types of fans at the same time.
How is TLJ different? Adding comedy where it's not needed? Making a boring movie?
Again, it's the narrative they're trying to dictate, I think most of us loved all the new stuff they've done with the franchise. Characters like Rey, Phasma, Finn were all so cool and yet they've been handled so poorly. They've shoved legacy characters down our throats but given them crappy story arcs that only pisses us off, I think all of us would've been happy with the old cast having a very minor but GOOD role in the movies. TLJ kept saying "Let the past die, kill it if you have to" or whatever that was, I can tell you I was so excited when it seemed Rey and Kylo were going to join forces, this was something NEW, and what happens a few seconds later? Oh wait NEVERMIND let's go back to Empire vs Rebels so it's exactly the same as the OT.
Making these movies without a vision is what has ruined Star Wars, Lucas' flawed vision at least had an end point or sort of progress.
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