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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
Why do we love Star Wars? Because we loved it as a kid. Star Wars has always been about space ships and laser cannons and friggen light sabers; all those things that little kids love. And sure, sometimes they went a little over to top (screw you, podracers, Jar Jar and Ewoks), but the spirit of the movies was generally on point.
This can't be the new normal for these movies. You can't keep making Star Wars movies that resemble Saving Private Ryan just because you and I are now old enough to enjoy them. Perhaps the one-offs are just the right spot for them; a trip back in time for nostalgia's sake that appeals directly to the generation that grew up with those characters.
But when VIII comes out, I guarantee you people are going to get upset if the 'gritty realism' of Rogue One isn't there. For me, that simply misses the point. Make a movie for 9 year olds with a strong enough story to continue to attract the adults. I'd hate to see us run roughshod over the Star Wars universe and snatch it away from our kids. They should get to enjoy it as much as we did.
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The reason "Star Wars" looked the way it did in 1977 was because it WAS 1977. And it was rated PG. Back then, they didn't exactly get visceral or realistic... just like how, on TV, they didn't do it either. Now, you have TV shows like "Criminal Minds" and "Dexter" and whatnot, where torture and dismemberment are de rigeur. You have superheroes who look and act nothing like Adam West and Christopher Reeve.
But let's take a better look at your "kids movie":
- the Empire torches Luke's home, leaving the burned corpses of his aunt and uncle still smoking outside;
- the Empire uses a planetkilling space station to literally obliterate millions of people at once;
- Darth Vader kills Obi-Wan (albeit in a bloodless vanishing act).