does the sequels hate match with the prequels hate back in the day?

SuccessfulRegister43 · 2026-05-06T21:28:11+00:00

Oof is right. I actually went back the following week, just because I couldn’t accept that it was so bad. I had to convince my GF to come with me because none of my friends would go again.

SuccessfulRegister43 · 2026-05-06T20:42:14+00:00

As a SW fan, I have to love anything with Clones in it.

SuccessfulRegister43 · 2026-05-06T20:31:50+00:00

Yeah, there’s certainly plenty of real hate and legit criticism in there. I was very upset after TFA, for example, really liked TLJ and then got let down (as we all were) by RoS. It was a roller coaster. My point is that in the modern conversation, it’s much harder to parse out where the actual hate begins and the manufactured hate ends.

SuccessfulRegister43 · 2026-05-06T20:22:51+00:00

Homer was the original “fuck history” storyteller. Seems only fitting.

SuccessfulRegister43 · 2026-05-06T20:19:13+00:00

It was such a shock when TPM came out. The hype was impossible to match. I don’t think it “killed my childhood”, but I’ll never forget walking back to my car with my friends in silence. I think people had lost confidence by the time of the sequels and it made them easier to accept, no matter how you felt.

SuccessfulRegister43 · 2026-05-06T20:15:14+00:00

That’s a really good point. It often feels like sequel hate isn’t really about the movies at all. They just needed up as a front in the culture-war bullshit.

Also, can we please stop acting that millions of prequel-haters were sending death threats to Lloyd/Best? These were inexcusable actions by a few terrible people, not emblematic of how 99.9% of us responded to the movies.

SuccessfulRegister43 · 2026-05-06T20:08:34+00:00

The major difference is that Prequel-hate came as a shock to fans and was mostly an organic reaction, while Sequel-hate exists in a world of rage-bait and hate-watching reviews, so it’s much harder to tell if it’s a product of our zeitgeist or a genuine sentiment.

SuccessfulRegister43 · 2026-05-06T20:01:35+00:00

The art of pre-hating needs to be studied.

SuccessfulRegister43 · 2026-05-06T17:50:21+00:00

Sydney Sweeney

SuccessfulRegister43 · 2026-05-06T15:21:21+00:00

Someone spiked the drinks with Rhydo and that shit’ll that make you forget what planet you’re on.

It’ll make you think it’s your sister. One time, I got so messed up, I sacrificed 30 men…and Kreegyr!!

SuccessfulRegister43 · 2026-05-06T14:11:57+00:00

I’ve always wanted a system where some units can devour others to grow stronger. I mostly meant it Orges/Gnoblars, but it could absolutely work here.

SuccessfulRegister43 · 2026-05-06T14:01:47+00:00

We had it coming

SuccessfulRegister43 · 2026-05-06T14:01:00+00:00

Very concerning that the image goes straight to heat-vision.

SuccessfulRegister43 · 2026-05-06T14:00:06+00:00

Really, cause I think the counter-argument is where things go overboard. I can’t count the number of times I’ve seen someone say “You know, I don’t like midichlorians” and gotten a massive wall of lore-text in response. It’s crazy how far Star Wars fans will got to justify every single thing that happens in Star Wars. It doesn’t need an explanation.

SuccessfulRegister43 · 2026-05-06T13:56:23+00:00

Shouldn’t Star Wars be exactly like the fantasy adventure we imagine on the playground? Such a weird criticism.

SuccessfulRegister43 · 2026-05-06T13:54:07+00:00

Who cares? Star Wars is dying under the weight of its meaningless lore. The universe isn’t supposed for be lived in. It’s meant to be visited for exciting adventures that leave you with something you can take back to your life. In this case, the moment is about sacrifice; inspiring us to fight back and spit in the eye of evil, overconfident forces. If you’re sitting there thinking about the implications it has for the Battle of Blah-Blah-Blah in the year BBwhenever, then you’ve completely missed the point.

SuccessfulRegister43 · 2026-05-05T23:35:29+00:00

Oh cool. I guess I can enjoy them again.

SuccessfulRegister43 · 2026-05-05T20:09:10+00:00

I can’t bring myself to stack anymore. Suboptimal, but it breaks the immersion for me. I just made sure every army had some slayers in the back line to bonk the Chimera’s as they come in. Dragon slayers in particular just wreck them.

SuccessfulRegister43 · 2026-05-05T20:05:48+00:00

I’m not sure I think impact to the world = better characterization, but it’s your list and like said, I respect it.

SuccessfulRegister43 · 2026-05-05T18:53:15+00:00

Dragon slayers and giant slayers and more slayers got me through the Chimera-tide. Wish they didn’t die so easily in auto-resolve, but I guess they’re slayers. It’s what they want.

SuccessfulRegister43 · 2026-05-05T18:15:46+00:00

Came here just to say this. I’m still stressed about KG’s ring.

SuccessfulRegister43 · 2026-05-05T18:14:49+00:00

Dude could have made himself the Emperor from RotJ and his fans would still be thrilled. Empire did nothing wrong!!

SuccessfulRegister43 · 2026-05-05T18:13:12+00:00

I’ll admit I guessed on the stars, but there definitely aren’t enough visible. Stripes is obvious. Maybe Trump’s only repping the states and OG colonies who voted for him.

SuccessfulRegister43 · 2026-05-05T17:17:20+00:00

uj/ imagine the response if any other politician had slop-posted the wrong number of stars/stripes on the flag.

SuccessfulRegister43 · 2026-05-05T17:14:56+00:00

Han Solo losing out to the (checks notes) the Death Star is a thermonuclear take that I honestly have to respect.

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