Not to belabor this point much longer, but while I agree there has been a bit of gatekeeping on both sides one side is usually louder and more guilty of it, at least in my experience. SW is just one of those topics in which the old skool fans feel they have to protect "their" version of SW at all costs. And that anyone that is perceived to threaten that needs to be "dealt" with.
Possible that template doesn't work anymore for newer generations, which is why they are trying to find a new template. We'll see how it turns out now that they are moving into High Republic and other time periods and stories outside of the Skywalker saga.
Star Wars needs characters that are as charismatic as Ford and Hamill, just electric on the screen together. Someone who chews up the screen and you can’t wait to watch them again.
That assumes they can get Harrison back for one more go at the character he literally asked them to kill off so he didn't have to play him anymore.
Review Title: A Deep Disappointment: The Mishandling of Luke Skywalker in The Last Jedi
Funny, you just posted a review that is exactly what I just touched upon in this post from a bit ago.
Such a huge missed opportunity. Boyega and Ford had great chemistry, and seeing Ford and Hamill getting into trouble one more time would have been epic. If they had offered Ford $30 million for Episode 8, I bet he wouldn’t have said no.
I’m talking about MCU…it was right there
When since he specifically asked JJ to kill Han, that seems pretty final to me. I know he is known in Hollywood for just being a paycheck player, but I doubt another paycheck would have brought him back again in this case.
Whether its the MCU or SW, the same template can only be used so many times before it becomes unusable. You have to be willing to change it up to fit the ever changing audience.
Because they were completely wrong
It wasn’t about Luke getting old or needing to be a superhero. The real issue my friends and I had with the film was how it portrayed Luke quitting on the Force, shutting himself away from the galaxy, and abandoning his friends and family. It wasn’t the idea of him going into hiding that bothered us; he could have gone into hiding while still preparing to train Rey and studying his new nemesis. The Force Awakens even hints that Skywalker was watching over Rey. The disappointment stemmed from how drastically his character was changed.
And with a 5 second google search…you can hear Mark hamill hammer away at it
He came back for ep.9 for a scene. Anyway, point is huge missed opportunity. Did Disney ask him back for 30 million and he said no? I don’t think anyone asked him to come back for ep. 8.
You can argue this til the cows come home, and not disagreeing with you, but it still doesn't change the fact that the actor who made the character famous didn't and still doesn't want to play the character anymore.
