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(RFGV Report 002) Star Wars Episode 9 and the Disney Experiment, One Year Later

 I did not like Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker. I had my reservations going into the theater around this time last year, true, but the fact is Star Wars Episode 9 just is not a good film. I'm fairly certain I'll get flak for that let's be real, but I don't care; Star Wars fans are just as toxic as Super Smash Brothers Melee fans. I think this editorial should be prefaced by the statement that I am not a Star Wars fan. I appreciate the series and what it has done for Sci-Fi, I did like the original trilogy, and of course Jedi Knight II Jedi Outcast is one of my favorite FPS games of all time; while Star Wars Trilogy Arcade is a game I aughta revisit when arcades open back up. the fact is that there's something about Star Wars to like and nothing I say or do with challenge that status, especially given The Mandalorian. however to understand Star Wars Episode 9, and why I feel Star Wars as a film franchise desperately needs a reboot, we have to go back a f