Controversial opinion here, but I don't think the 8th film would have been much better received even with those changes.
Nothing in the entire 8th film movie makes sense. You touch on the Luke plotline, but nothing else in the story makes sense or even has object permanence. The entire story is just pretty scenes put together without any though on plot, consistency, or even relevance to the story. Viewers would have still caught on that it was a giant pile of shit.
I think if a handful of parts were changed to be better recieved it would have worked just enough to make people just consume product. They'd have their gripes, but they wouldn't wake up to the greater issue.
The same way that TFA was pretty well recieved and liked until TLJ came out, then suddenly everyone was rushing back to complain about how much of it was wrong.
That movie could have done two things and been successful. It could have taken the plot threads from the first movie and expanded upon them while introducing some new supportive elements, or it could’ve gone all Temple of Doom and just been a random-ass adventure while Rey goes around on some Jedi spirit quest or something.
Controversial opinion here, but I don't think the 8th film would have been much better received even with those changes.
Nothing in the entire 8th film movie makes sense. You touch on the Luke plotline, but nothing else in the story makes sense or even has object permanence. The entire story is just pretty scenes put together without any though on plot, consistency, or even relevance to the story. Viewers would have still caught on that it was a giant pile of shit.
I think if a handful of parts were changed to be better recieved it would have worked just enough to make people just consume product. They'd have their gripes, but they wouldn't wake up to the greater issue.
The same way that TFA was pretty well recieved and liked until TLJ came out, then suddenly everyone was rushing back to complain about how much of it was wrong.
That movie could have done two things and been successful. It could have taken the plot threads from the first movie and expanded upon them while introducing some new supportive elements, or it could’ve gone all Temple of Doom and just been a random-ass adventure while Rey goes around on some Jedi spirit quest or something.