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Originally Posted by WhisperMagellan
You'd probably be very safe from nerd-ragers or Fandom Menace (a term I'm not happy with) going to the theaters: I expect they'll be nearly empty after the first weekend.
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Unlikely; whatever the vitriolic minority say, both The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi were massive box office smash-hits. Both were good films - certainly by Hollywood's standards - and it actually seems that by most metrics, they were both considered good by the vast majority of people, both critics and audiences.
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Originally Posted by Raistlinmc
I will say this, though: I don't think anyone is going to be revealed to be a Skywalker in the sense people seemed worried about. Not Rey; not Ren. I think the Jedi are gone and whatever new order for "good" arises by the end of this story will be called the Skywalkers.
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I think and hope that that's the way things are going. The Force Awakens was basically a rip-off of A New Hope* but The Last Jedi was way more interesting, with an actual new, different story, and some great character development (Luke, Kylo, even Rey, etc) - having Rey actually be a Skywalker would, I think, be incongruent with that new direction, which is almost a subversion of some of the old tropes.
It does seem that some of the "fan" hate comes from them canning the extended universe - though personally I can't imagine them doing anything else. I guess I can see why that might upset some people but, honestly, who even cares? The whole notion of "canon" is kind of weird and philosophical and ridiculous anyway. Plus, some of the extended universe is awful and the last thing you want when you're creating a new film is to have to worry about that.
*Anyone who liked the latter must surely also like the former or a worst be a bit bored by seeing what is essentially the same story again (with yet another, bigger Death Star - hey, anyone remember Return of the Jedi?).