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Disney Star Wars in a nutshell
Also was it just me or did it seem like they focused way less on including aliens/having alien characters in the background?
You can’t call them “aliens” they are unidentified humanoids.
Han shot first
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I still have a copy of the original version of Star Wars (1977).
Han is the ONLY one who shot.
Because he's not a fucking moron.
Rittenhouse rules. If you shoot before they can finish aiming, you won't get shot.
I bought bootleg copies of the demastered versions of the original trilogy on Blu-ray on eBay just for that reason, right before the "maclunky" edit got dropped on all the streaming services. That last change by the house of the mouse further cemented that I had made the right decision. Screw Lucas's "theatrical vision" and screw Kathleen Kennedy's further destruction of the classics.
There were aliens in the background, but none that would really give you a reason to care. The Mon Calamari were established as a group with agency in RotJ. They had their own fleet of ships of Mon Calamari design, crewed by Mon Calamari - they weren't just part of the Imperial melting pot before they rebelled. And races like Wookies and Twi'leks that don't have this are still distinctive and interesting in a way that the DT's various potato people aren't. Nobody's a fan of the Abednedo the way they might be fans of Twi'leks, the Klingons or the Turians.
Jaku in the first movie seemed to be the only real alien planet, and then there were less and less from there forward.
The only even named ones I think were the guy who raised Rey, the orange barlady and Babu Frick. And the fact that I can't recall their name explains their level of importance.
Yeah there weren't by much of aliens in my perception either and if there were it was really awful use of them in certain scenes. They replaced all that with making sure they got their asians and black people in there for the SJW points.
Outside of all the SJW stuff, Disney just has no idea how to do good character development or atmosphere. One of the first things I remember is comparing the cantina scenes. In the first Star Wars, they head into this scummy dive bar. It's dirty, there's weird creatures all around, you've got a grumpy bartender that isn't friendly or welcoming at all. For God sake, in the matter of what?, ten minutes there are TWO deaths and apparently it's so commonplace that the other patrons stop for a few seconds then just go right back on doing what they were doing.
Then in Disney #1 you've got the same setup--going to a supposedly creepy cantina that has more of the vibe of a Buffalo Wild Wings than a dive bar. Run by a friendly orange thing that makes a perfect stuffed animal and isn't really hostile at all. Then there's a big scene that's supposed to be a bunch of suspense from a pile of rubble in what is I guess the hallway that leads to the kitchen and the restrooms?
I didn't mind the first Disney movie and I didn't pick up on a lot of the SJW and perfect-woman stuff until later. I just was disappointed because the world development that I always loved about Star Wars wasn't there anymore. It was replaced with something from the Avengers.
Because I have a feeling that the SJWs overlap heavily with the types who think that any sapient character who isn't human-looking enough to be sexually attractive is "silly and childish" and would probably prefer to get rid of the Wookiees, too.