The Star Wars Sequels' Biggest Failure Was Wasting The Original Cast's Chemistry
The biggest way that the Star Wars sequel trilogy failed was how it wasted the chemistry of its returning characters. The Star Wars franchise is by far one of the biggest and most beloved of all time, becoming a pop-culture staple since its first installment was released in 1977. However, the franchise's record of disappointing its fans is also well-established. First, George Lucas's prequels went wholly unappreciated until their eventual reconsideration in contemporary culture, before Disney's sequel trilogy missed the mark and proved generally disappointing.
The Star Wars sequel trilogy was criticized for several reasons. Star Wars: The Force Awakens failed to start the trilogy off with any genuine originality, and the change of directors for Star Wars: The Last Jedi led to a general lack of any narrative consistency. Finally, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker proved to be an unsatisfying ending to the trilogy, with countless criticisms leveled at the final entry into the Skywalker Saga, the largest of which was arguably J.J. Abrams' and company's decision to reveal that Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid) had "somehow" returned and recycle an old Star Wars villain.
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However, many of these myriad criticisms can be boiled down to that the sequel trilogy failed to live up to the high expectations set by the Star Wars franchise. Nowhere is this particular point more evident than in the handling of the beloved original trilogy characters Han Solo (Harrison Ford), Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), and Leia Organa (Carrie Fisher), with each dying one by one throughout the sequel trilogy. By failing to give Han Solo, Leia Organa, or Luke Skywalker a meaningful ending,
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