For any "tl:dr" types (and those who can't deal with anything beyond 140 characters) present, allow me to distill all this down for you in an easily-digestible little nugget:
The Entire Planet, from 1983-2015: "Would it be asking too much to see Luke Skywalker tossing a Star Destroyer or two out of the sky and otherwise engaging in some full-tilt Jedi Master shit, 30+ years after we last saw him...knowing good and well he'd be fully capable of such awesomeness at this point?"
J.J. Abrams, Kathleen Kennedy and Disney: "Yeah, yeah...we could do that, but we honestly think everyone would enjoy it much more if, instead, we made Luke a crusty, disillusioned quitter who acts like a complete loser and an unrepentant twat across the barely one movie we decided to put him in. Oh, you'll love it...trust us!"
The Entire Planet, post-2015: "F*************** YOU!!!"
There, does that make it a little clearer?
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