These are all true facts. Still doesn’t change the fact that I enjoyed all the new Star Wars movies a lot. If the franchise dies, then it dies but I won’t be wearing black armbands for it.

 

Perfectly fair.
Don't let me or anyone else limit your enjoyment.  

 

I wouldn't go that far by any stretch.

 

I would and prefer them.

 

It's a tough call for me. Since they were conceived by Lucas, I consider them more as being real Star Wars, while the Disney stuff is like cinematic EU. So they have that going for them. But they're so incredibly poorly executed. In terms of a list of plot points on paper, I guess I would prefer the prequels. But in terms of movies I actually have to sit and watch, anything is better than Attack of the Clones. It's the BvS of Star Wars.

When I hear that Lucas didn't even want to direct the prequels and only decided to direct all three after Ron Howard turned down Phantom Menace, I want to punch Opie in the throat. What could have been... Other directors might have at least tweaked dialogue on set, and might have known how to block dialogue scenes, direct actors, etc. It's painful to think about.

 

I don't think they're as bad as all that, but other directors could definitely have made the same stories more palatable to a wider range of viewers. That would have been a good thing.

 

STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI Actor Mark Hamill Mocks Luke Skywalker's EPISODE IX Absence

 

I think that people are reading way too much into this. Then again, I didn't think that the TLJ leaks were serious either.

 

The only Star Wars thing thinner then Solo's profit margin at this point are the excuses for clickbait articles.

 

That just Mark Hamill being Mark Hamill, he loves to troll people

 

Mark Hamill on Twitter

Hamill is regrowing the beard

 

Maybe since TLJ featured Jake Skywalker, this movie will have Larry Skywalker

 

So who would have been Shemp?  

 

New Star Wars 9 Rumors Include George Lucas, Lando, Lightsabers and Rey

The Yavin Base rumor seems fitting, for this trilogy.

The lightsaber explanation... Please, please, PLEASE be true. When JJ has to answer one of his 'mystery boxes' it usually comes off sounding like something out of Robot Chicken.  

 

They started shooting? That's cool, but I'm surprised there wasn't much fanfare for it, like a picture of the film slate on Twitter or something. Guess they're laying low after recent reactions.

While I personally think it would be cool if the rumor that Lucas helped with the script was true, it's highly unlikely.

 

They probably had him read over it quickly and cut any scenes that made his eyes bulge.