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Originally Posted by Hellboy
I'll reserve my judgement on whether KK is good for the franchise until after I see TLJ. If that film is original and not another rehash of a previous episode she's good for the brand in my book. While TFA borrowed far too much from Ep. IV for my tastes it still very much felt like Star Wars to me and I think she is largely responsible for that.
I also think it was Lord & Miller on Han Solo and Treverrow on Episode IX who were the difficult ones to work with. Not all directors are cut out for helming a franchise/tentpole film with limited control. I applaud Lucasfilm for trying to bring in fresh talent but ultimately they weren't a good fit because they couldn't check their egos and work within the established parameters. The fact that KK isn't afraid to cut them is proof to me that nothing is more important to her than maintaining the established look, feel and tone of Star Wars and I for one applaud that. I haven't seen anything yet to indicate she is a problem.
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The Force Awakens had the Star Wars feel to it because of the old cast, the story itself was pretty dreadful even if it heavily borrowed from the original formula. The whole Idea of a Death Star Planet was just silly and stupid. Not to mention it needed a sun in order to shoot which in return would destroy the sun, so it could only shoot once. And the story about finding the hidden path to Luke was just lame. If he wanted to disappear he wouldn't leave a "treasure map" behind so everyone could find him.
The only thing that made TFA fun was seeing Han Solo and Chewy again, watching the Millennium Falcon fly again along with Han's mischief brought back a lot of nostalgia. Sadly Princess Leia had an extremely boring part and was sidelined most of the movie... Luke was only shown for about 15 seconds, the movie was carried by Harrison Ford.
I thought the Rey character was decent and likeable but Kylo Ren was all Emo and whiney and Finn acted like he was hopped up on Caffeine the whole time. At least in the end Kylo Ren started to act like a true Sith so hopefully that continues over to the next movie and we won't see him pout and whine anymore.
I really hope the next movie is good but it's defiantly going to be handicapped without Harrison Ford in it.
KK wasn't afraid to fire the directors because they wouldn't do what she wanted them to do. Because of that whether the movies are good or bad falls on her shoulders as she seems to micro manage the directors.