Throwing the source material away, and then using it anyway.
The Last Jedi is the name of an EU novel.
Palpatine comes back
more superweapons
the next Skywalker generation having someone named Ben
Han and Leia's son turns to the darkside
And don't forget:
literal Goonies plot device of an item matching the horizon, somehow, considering it was an ancient dagger and the horizon was less than 30 years old because it was the remains of the second Death Star
Bonus point:
Goonies was also directed by Kathleen Kennedy
None of the material was new to cinema or even their own resumé, let alone Star Wars.
The one that really gets me is Jan Ors, intelligence operative and second fiddle to one of the most fun characters, replaced by Jyn Erso, generic criminal. Naturally, Katarn is simply deleted.
Reusing a few names for very different purposes, ignoring the best of the old plot points, and somehow remaking the stupidest of the old plot points is hardly putting the old source material to use.
Who would have thought throwing all the source material away , so we can watch 3 movies of Mary Sue have no character development, would be a bad idea
Throwing the source material away, and then using it anyway.
And don't forget:
Bonus point:
None of the material was new to cinema or even their own resumé, let alone Star Wars.
The one that really gets me is Jan Ors, intelligence operative and second fiddle to one of the most fun characters, replaced by Jyn Erso, generic criminal. Naturally, Katarn is simply deleted.
Reusing a few names for very different purposes, ignoring the best of the old plot points, and somehow remaking the stupidest of the old plot points is hardly putting the old source material to use.
It's not a bad idea, it completely destroyed everything good about Star Wars, which was the intent.
This is why they fought so hard for infinite copyright on their franchise portfolio; so they could dismantle it.