If anything, the director has overcompensated, practically tripping over himself in a mad-dash effort to deliver the expected goods and then some. Abrams back at the helm after having efficiently relaunched the franchise four years ago with The Force Awakens, there was little doubt that the serious business of keeping Disney’s most valuable acquisition well-tended would be responsibly managed by the man who previously relaunched Star Trek on the big screen. How many film franchises have lasted for 42 years? Who will be surprised if Disney, the adoptive parent of George Lucas’ remarkable baby, doesn’t keep siring new offspring for the seemingly inexhaustible intergalactic mother ship known as Star Wars for longer than anyone connected with the original series is still alive? Will movie theaters still exist when the children, biological or otherwise, of Rey or Poe or Finn are old enough to fly? Has the property now become too Disneyfied? Will even more of the core fan base that angrily turned on The Last Jedi continue and amplify their vendetta in the wake of the new entry?
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