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Star Wars is a spent force. It's time to say goodbye
It’s time to celebrate Star Wars. Then it’s time to forget it.
TL;DR
- Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope will have a 50th-anniversary screening in 2027.
- The 1977 film brought science fiction and fantasy from a subculture into the Hollywood mainstream.
- Following Star Wars, Hollywood saw a brief period of innovative sci-fi films like Blade Runner and Tron.
- The success of Star Wars led to larger budgets and safer, more conservative filmmaking.
- The franchise is criticized for becoming an unimaginative entity that consumes culture without originality.
- Modern blockbuster filmmaking, influenced by Star Wars, is described as infantilizing to audiences.