So. The Star Wars Sequel Trilogy. Ten years.
People really hate the Sequel Trilogy and its not hard to see why. Now, are they as bad as everyone says they are?
IDK, maybe. I'm not as much of a Star Wars Mega Fan as some others are, so maybe they are.
But in 2015, I was taken to see the Force Awakens, and I was around 7 at the time. It thought it was good, though I did question why look was listed in the credits despite never speaking (I used to think you needed to speak to be credited because of getting used to animation crawls smh).
Now call it coincidence, call it destiny, call it fate, but Star Wars Episode 7: The Force Awakens might have played a role in my emergence of creativity. Maybe the Force Awakens releasing around that time encouraged me to blend it with the beginnings of my creativ arts of ANOTHER legacy film about a popular brand that sparked my love for creativity. While also coming with a certain LEGO Toys to Life video game.
The Force Awakens, even if just as an astetic or something like that, still played a role in sparking my creativity, and yes it is pretty derivative of previous entries, but there is still stuff to value in the movie that took us back to the galaxy far, far away. Star Wars has inspired millions of people for many generations, and Rey, alongside Lord Vortech, Captain Underpants and Charlie Brown, has inspired me, just like how it did for the fans before me, and the fans that will follow.
I really do love Star Wars, as if dressing up as Boba Fett and still have Bladebuilders is anything to go by. Star Wars, despite how it is now, will always be a part of not only pop culture, but our world as a whole...even if we lose a part of it.
And the LEGO game was pretty cool as well.
And so against my better judgement, and at the cost of being permanently banned from being a Star Wars Fan, I choose to give Rey Skywalker, and the Sequel Trilogy as a whole, a very slight pass. Its very, VERY valid to hate, but I think there's a bit to much of that going on already.
Because even if its ended (for now), Rey Skywalker's story will live forever.
For better or worse.
