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Originally Posted by Gravedigger
VIII derailed everything for Star Wars. It'll still make billions for Disney through parks and movies, but if they're expecting these Star Wars Stories to make Marvel money, they're only fooling themselves. You can blame the director shake-up for the film's decline in profits, but the film was really good all things considering. It's kind of ironic that Critics praised VIII, and it's effect on the Star Wars brand, and then Critics are luke-warm on this film and it was much better than VIII and utilized it's canon properly to bring back feelings of nostalgia instead of diminishing it's heritage.
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Yeah, it's almost like the critics are umpires making up for a blown call.