How is this shit so popular. Genuinely, i cant figure what masses see in it
Laser swords
>>219407069I hate it. But I know people who like it tend to be intelligent. I can accept that I'm too dumb to appreciate it.
It isn't, not anymore anyway.
George Lucas' vision>Disneyslop
>>219407069>How is this shit so populardude, 2005 was 21 years ago
>>219407069It was big in the late 20th century and had been downhill ever since as IPslop.>t. Xboomer prequil disliker, but i get it.
>>219407069The very first movie is based and was fairly different for its time, then it all started to go down hill. Return of the Jedi is also pretty shit since it was the early signs that George Lucas was retarded.
>>219407069Perfectly executed heros journey in perfectly built world. So basically very simple and stereotypical story with perfectly done effects and props to be total escapism at the time when Hollywood still was the New Hollywood that made realistic, bleak and gritty stuff by default.
>>219407069The first two movies were pretty good. Everything else is shit, but these two kickstarted the fanbase
>>219407430At least the OG fanbase were pretty normal, it was all nerds and normies. I was growing up before the prequel trilogy hit and my dads favorite movies to watch with me and my brothers were the OG trilogy on VHS and all the James Bond movies that had come out up to that point.Seeing his enthusiasm and excitement completely disappear when we went to see Phantom Menace was really something. The only thing he liked about it was Liam Neeson kek.
>>219407704Phantom menace has awesome soundtrack. Duel of the Fates is probably best piece of work from John Williams. First two prequels sucked. I saw Phantom Menace in midnight premiere, only good thing about queuing to get tickets was seeing random action movie called Matrix after getting tickets for Star Wars. I didn't bother to see Attack of the Clones on theater, rented DVD when came out. I went to see Revenge of the Sith in theater and I was positively surprised, because my expectations were pretty much zero.
>>219407985>I went to see Revenge of the Sith in theater and I was positively surprised, because my expectations were pretty much zero.Same, the much darker aspect was a welcome surprise from the first two movies. That trilogy still isn't great but it's at least more enjoyable than the latest trilogy.
it's probably the john williams music like how ET is schlock and nonsense but beloved by the masses
>>219407069space ships! really big space stations! mission!
>>219407985SAAR
>>219408030First two films are bad movies made with good intentions. Overall story is good, but execution is bad and tone of the films isn't consistent. Disney trilogy is just cynical money grab and perfect example of modern corporate franchise slop.
>>219407069You zoomies missed the window, simple as that. Stop being angry because you can’t force a specific time and place into being.I grew up in the “second wave” of the 90s (Thrawn trilogy, “Power of the Force” toyline, X-Wing/Tie Fighter, Shadows of the Empire, the “face” trilogy box set, the Special Editions, the hype train leading up to Phantom Menace, etc), and it was a kino time.
>>219407985Attack of the Clones was the first pirated movie that I ever saw. My friend’s autistic cousin got a postage stamp camrip from somewhere, and in 2002, being able to watch something that’s still in the theaters on my Gateway was kind of impressive.
>>219407311>It was big in the late 20th centuryThat shit in 2017 made 2 billies
>>219407069This but capeshit
>>219407069The three originals are fantastic. Then the prequels were a disappointment, but won new fans who were kids. Then the sequels disappointed everybody and Disney still isn't sure where they're taking this property.
>>219407069My boomer mom who saw this shit in theaters in 1977 will go on a whole rant about how revolutionary it is (she doesnt even like it). She will also go on a rant at how great Ghostbusters is. Boomers are another breed
>>219408032>Half of your millions should go to John Williams
>>219408860It's the sequel hype effect. They liked the originals and felt let down by the prequels, and the sequels' promise was to bring back the Star Wars of the original trilogy, so all the fans showed up hopeful and excited. Now, most of the excitement is dead altogether.I maintain that the only two actual fan groups are those who were kids during the OT or OT releases. I CANNOT imagine the sequels getting the same kind of future reappraisal, I really can't.
>>219407069pew pew stormtroopers laser swords space ships blue babes super powers aleins beep boop
>>219407254>>219407069In 1000 years when film as a medium is gone, people will still remember Luke and Darth Vader in the same way we remember Hector and Achilles today.
>>219408331built for getting murdered by a wookiee
>>219409576spoilers anon wtf
>>219407069Totally weird how an extraordinarily well-made movie series about religious knights in fantasy space is popular with them peoples. Really jogs the noggin, eh?
>>219407217>>219409568no kek nobody will give a shit. especially if they still have access to the classic. star wars is shit for retards and doesnt hold a candle to anything remotely intelligent
>>219408860>made 2 billieshow much did they spend to get the IP? how much did they spend to make those films? disney has not made a single dollar from star wars because its all shit
>>219407069Children minds are very malleable.That's why religion starts with children, not adults.
>>219412721yep, thats why all prophets are children, and all the first followers of jesus were children.
>>219407069The original trilogy is really good, the prequels are good, the sequels are shit
>>219407069Me neither. Like yeah I get that the first film was a new thing that audiences felt was novel for its time. But it's basically just a toy commercial. I dont know how middle aged virgins can be so invested in it.>>219407217There's nothing intellectual about it. It's just "Macbeth in space". Very fitting that it was acquired by Disney, the company that rips off old folk tales and repackages them as flashy slop for midwit retards to digest better.
>>219407217>But I know people who like it tend to be intelligentwhich part? this is crucial anon
>>219407069It was popular in a better time when both the material and the people were better. Someone the color of shit born after this period who just repeats faggot memes all day wouldn't get it and couldn't get it, might as well try teaching a dog math. Even this thread is just some faggot ass zoomer/jeet discord setting up a shitpost, and it's the same shitpost they've been repeating day in and day out for over a decade.
>>219407069Manchildren. And there are lots of them
The original Star Wars is the perfect movie. It simply works. You know the dialogue word for word, but it never gets old. It rolls like a good old steam train, with class and momentum from start to end. Superb cast performances, masterful use of music, awe-inspiring cinematography. It's been studied and imitated and parodied, and even after half a century, it remains in a class of its own.
>>219407069Gen Z here who is also a star wars fan>Original trilogy was genuinely revolutionary and is arguably one of the single biggest pop culture phenomenons of the late 20th century>prequely trilogy coasts off this fame and, in combination with some pretty popular games and other media ventures, cements itself into the childhood of millenial/early gen z >all this means the series have a very substantial cultural following and impact>disney has since done their absolute best to ruin this and it's entirely possible star wars will become totally forgotten within two or three generations
Disney is obviously laundering money with that franchise its been dead for almost a decade a decade since Episode 8
>>219407069can't see the forest through the trees, you've grown up with so much slop that this inspired that you can't even distinguish it from the OGbest I can do to help you understand though, is that my friends and I used to pour over ship cross section books on the school bus for months on end before the prequel trilogy was even around
>>219409568Anon. Kids dint know or care about them and Dusnry mishandling of the brand has turned away the people with families and who will start families that will pass on their love of the franchise.
Sincerity
>>219407069I feel the same way about Dragonball.
it was liike James Bondthere was nothing else like it back then
>>219407069it's literally just capeshit slop bro normies have always loved that stuff
Because it stood out in an era of moviemaking where the heroes had to be shades of grey, morally ambiguous, and much like today, all embody cynicism.Star Wars had young and sexy plucky heroes swept up in a whirlwind adventure that seems to go by so damn fast but it was simply things nobody had ever seen before. It encompassed many ethos of storytelling we love by blending it into one; samurai movies, westerns, Knights of King Arthur and all was interwoven in with mysticism and spirituality. What sets it apart is the notion of a higher power encompassing in and throughout the universe it was presenting the likes of which science fiction never had before and hasn't since. George was worried there was an entire generation of kids growing up without any sort of moral anchoring point. There were no rites of passages for boys becoming men where they have to take on grim truths about the world. It speaks to you on a subconscious level to never lose hope, do good by your friends and family and other heroic virtues that permeate deeper than what the surface depicts as it being a silly movie about a bunch of space ships. George endeavoured to make an indelible mark on the collective consciousness of mankind by following the steps laid out by his teacher, Joseph Campbell, the step he deduced that every great hero from virtually all human culture underwent in his journey and condensed it in a way that was both new and old.
>>219407069It's not popular, Disney destroyed it.
>>219408860>in 2017that's one decade ago
>>219407069The world is now full of low test faggots.
>>219429155to be fair I look like the left but I'm still a mentally ill waste
