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me: so you see star wars can be understood as a hero story for every generation each trilogy was released in. the og being released in the 70s means it's both hopeful and cynical, it tells the story of a hero who does good despite how close evil is to him, who's kind no matter the circumstance, even when everything seems bleak. his goodness doesn't exactly fix everything or everyone but it does set the universe a little more straight, a little closer to an ideal people aren't even sure exists. the prequels are actually a cautionary tale: this is what will happen to your heroes if you do not give them proper attention and care, this is what will happen to the best of us if you only teach them repression and violence, this is what will become of your youth if you don't give it a fair shot at being good. a very 90s/early 00s message if you ask me. now the sequels never stood a chance at being the hero story this generation needed—