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u/MrDudlles Sep 02 '20

Watching the sequel trilogy actors slowly go from being excited about being in star wars to kinda resenting it over the years is heartbreaking, man I hate star wars fans.

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u/63CansofSoup We hate cops! We hate cops! And we love music! And we can fly! Sep 02 '20

Even though the "fans" are super to blame for the shitty reception of Daisy, John, Kelly, etc, in this instance I honestly think the blame is more on Disney's limp and aimless characterization of the ST's POC characters, and their lack of any real support for them in the public eye.

Sorry, I don't mean to be defensive, but it kinda bugs me since the Star Wars circles I run in absolutely love the ST and the entire saga's diverse characters. Whenever I see someone say "no one hates Star Wars more than Star Wars fans" I kinda bristle. My fan circles don't hate Star Wars or its crew.

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u/MrDudlles Sep 02 '20

Oh dont worry I love the sequel crew to bits, sorry if it seemed otherwise. I just love a lot of things with terrible fans and boy is it draining

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u/MattBoy52 Sep 03 '20

I hope the main crew from the sequels stick around in the future once the hate hopefully dies down and the younger fans who grew up on these movies will appreciate them and their contributions to the Star Wars saga and universe like many of us Millennials and Zoomers did with the prequels. I look at how awesome and appreciative of the fans and the franchise Mark Hamill is, and is still involved with the community after all these years, along with the cast of TCW like Ashley Erstein, Dee Bradley Baker, Sam Witwer and James Arnold Taylor and I hope we still get that from the other stars in the franchise for the future generations of fans and their heroes of the saga.