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demmiblue

(36,893 posts) Wed Apr 6, 2022, 03:45 PM Apr 2022

your unpopular star wars opinion? GO

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your unpopular star wars opinion? GO (Original Post) demmiblue Apr 2022 OP

The whole thing has been overrated... First Speaker Apr 2022 #1

Star Wars sucks Tree-Hugger Apr 2022 #2

I like the prequels and the sequels. BlueTsunami2018 Apr 2022 #3

I know it'll be hard to believe, but Episodes 2 (Attack of the Clones) and 3 (Revenge of the Sith) Earth-shine Apr 2022 #4

First Speaker

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1. The whole thing has been overrated...

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Wed Apr 6, 2022, 04:09 PM

Apr 2022

...oh, I've enjoyed the films. But as a life-long SF fan, I can't help wondering how the great American public would have reacted to seeing Dominic Flandry, or Dorsai, or Lazarus Long, or even the Lensmen--if done right. Since Dune, probably the most famous written SF series of all, has had mixed results on the screen, who can say... Having said that, I would have loved seeing Timothy Zahn's Thrawn books done up right. But Zahn was a veteran SF writer before he ever touched Star Wars...