Star Wars Episode 8

[Spike Spiegel]

Originally Posted by Vegita-San

it wouldn't fit the men are evil agenda, and thus would be ignored.

Bruh, I don't particularly like online SJWs and Hollywood virtue signaling either, but I don't let it stop me from enjoying media on my own terms.

Nothing about TLJ is so bad that it's worth getting yourself all depressed over it. It's a guilty pleasure at the very worst. If you don't like it, buy some novels/download some games and choose-your-own-canon. Marvel's current comics are as good as any of the old Dark Horse stuff. My local Half Price Books has been stocking a lot of EU novels, and I've personally started a scavenger hunt of sorts for the ones I want to read. If anything, it's increased my love for the franchise overall.

Originally Posted by dl316bh

The prequels, too. Hell, all three films are essentially about the rise of authoritarianism and a fascist government. With bombast, of course - it's still a space opera with laser swords, space dogfights and mystic powers - but some of it's really on the nose. Hell, at the time, some outlets in the news were flipping out about them because they were perceived as pointed shots at the then-ongoing Bush administration and the direction of the country at the time.

I've been thinking about the political aspects of the original six films and Clone Wars as well, and I would have to agree with this. I think Lucas made that part of the narrative something a little more subtle that the viewer has to internalize and think about on their own rather than overtly throwing it in our faces. It's ironic when you consider the stylistic choices within the prequels' storytelling.