Yep, Rise isn't the Episode IX I'd have wanted them to make (I'd have at least had an Episode X to not rush the story arc) but it provides some of the light spectacle Solo and Jedi lacked. I could easily do Ep X onward, definitely with a time jump that series can fill in but without the harmful trilogy model applied.
With the prequels, I think I can give them a nod for being distinct in their own way and they feel a bit more relevant to the OT but as films I dislike all three way more than any of the sequel films. They under deliver on every front. Even Rogue One, it's arguably the best individual new era film but at the same time it's not an example of what I want Star Wars to be in general, it's a good one off. It's part of why Solo failed so much, these things were essentially Indiana Jones in space, Star Wars shouldn't be so self-serious.
With the prequels, I think I can give them a nod for being distinct in their own way and they feel a bit more relevant to the OT but as films I dislike all three way more than any of the sequel films. They under deliver on every front. Even Rogue One, it's arguably the best individual new era film but at the same time it's not an example of what I want Star Wars to be in general, it's a good one off. It's part of why Solo failed so much, these things were essentially Indiana Jones in space, Star Wars shouldn't be so self-serious.
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