LogFAQs > #972703073

It's pretty wild that Disney actually greenlit a sequel trilogy that:

• broke up Han and Leia, the original's most popular pairing
• Had Han and Leia's kid be evil
• Had Han and Leia's kid KILL Han, arguably the original's most popular character
• Had them turn Luke (the other most popular character option) into a scruffy weirdo (this one is generally ok with me actually)
• Had Luke fail at teaching and think about killing Han's kid
• Had Han's kid basically kill Leia
• Had Han's kid basically kill Luke
• Had Han's kid be essentially redeemed for all of this

It never bothered me as they were coming out, since I'm not a huge Star Wars fan, but it's no wonder that fans are so let down by the sequel trilogy. It's so unnecessarily dark. All this really does is ruin the happy ending of ROTJ and weaken the original trilogy in general, because you know they just go on to have miserable lives of failure. There's no happy endings in life, but Star Wars is a weird series to try and make that point with.

Not to mention that all the new characters never really reach their potential, so they basically sacrificed the original cast for a pack of nobodies.