“We’ve almost got some of their telecommunications cracked; the front end even runs on a laptop!” The Mac that sunk a thousand ships could have been merely clunky product placement, not a bafflingly stupid tech-on-film moment.
“Senator Amidala is in a coma. Even if she recovers, she will never be the same and may not live long.” But no… George had to have his god-damned funeral scene, even if it demanded Simone Biles levels of mental gymnastics to save Carrie Fisher’s most emotionally resonant moment from ROTJ, as well as one of the more intriguing OT lore dumps.
Bonus points if a scene was scripted or filmed and got cut.
Oh, we can certainly agree about that sort of feeling. I am very much not a fan of the Disney sequel trilogy, for example, and seeing them enthuse about how it’s all part of the “Skywalker Saga” and how Rey is the true “chosen one” and all that rot is just awful. But still, the “let’s see if I can make it make sense” part of me has still had some fun with trying to fix up even small bits of that pile of wreckage.
I’m not even a fan of the prequel trilogy, despite the retroactive “redemption arc” they seem to have received in recent years. I think they’re still pretty bad, they just got a coat of polish in the form of the Clone Wars and a “this is what bad really is” comparison to stand next to in the form of the sequel trilogy.
Shallow puddles are still fun to splash around in. :) Sometimes the shallowness actually gives me more flexibility and fun in theory-crafting about it.
Anyway, there’s room for all sorts of fans, and I’m sorry that you’re feeling alone. I’m sure there’s others out there that share your view, it’s probably just a bit hard seeing them with the current amount of activity from the other kinds of fans.