PINK SMOOTHIE'S THOUGHTS

A Complaint Letter
for Star Wars CEO Robert Iger

The Lit Writing Lab Headquarters
The Land of Books
December 16th, 2018


Mr. Robert Iger
CEO of The Walt Disney Company
500 S Buena Vista St
Burbank, CA 91521
USA

Dear Mr. Iger:


I’m writing this letter to complain about how the last three Star Wars films have changed my opinion over the entire saga.


I want to thank you, Mr. Iger, for everything Disney has spent, both time and money, to keep alive the Star Wars legacy.


However, my complaint is based on the script analysis, between the Star Wars scripts George Lucas executed vs the ones made while on Disney.


In The Last Jedi, the fanatics have gone disappointed, not just because there were scenes they didn’t like, but because the writers of this particular film killed a legendary movie character, who was the original protagonist in the first three movies.


The depth the Star Wars saga has, makes us realize that George Lucas made Episode IV to VI before the first three films… why? Maybe he thought that there wasn’t enough technology during 1977 to execute the saga correctly, from the beginning.


According to an article at Forbes, Disney could lose a little bit over $20 million, because the audience, thanks to The Last Jedi, has grown disinterested.


I think that fans can also overreact but killing Han Solo in The Force Awakens shattered the hearts of the spectators. Murdering Luke, however, in The Last Jedi, since he was the major protagonist and the essence of the force, crossed the line.


It wouldn’t be bad killing them, but if they had mentored their new successors, and made the transition between them correctly, it would be okay, because they did their job, and they know their legacy is in the right hands.


In The Force Awakens, Rey is capable of controlling The Millennium Falcon, and she gained Chewbacca’s respect, to my eyes. However, it wasn’t shown that Rey was going to be Han Solo’s successor. Perhaps Han could have mentored Rey on how to convince his son to be away from the Dark Side? Would it have enriched the plot?


Since Luke inherited outstanding powers from his father, he could perform the marvelous gift of ubiquity. However, it was not necessary to extinguish him, because he could have trained Rey to become a great Jedi… and sadly, that did not happen.


About Solo… I am not criticizing Han’s actor’s acting, but that the screenwriter did not establish the personality we know thanks to the first Star Wars films. Solo did not define Han’s origins, or why he acted like that from Episode IV to VII. It wouldn’t have happened if there was a structure about how the story is going to be narrated from now on. The screenwriter should have included flashbacks, because for someone that has never watched the Star Wars saga before, they should know some specific facts about Han while watching Solo.


I read that Disney has been planning on making a new generation of Star Wars heroes, but what about the old fanatics, who grew up watching the characters in the original films? Those are the ones that have maintained the saga’s essence for more than 41 years. I was induced by the 1970’s generation… you partially lost me, too.


I think that Disney could lose a great portion of the 2000’s audience. How could I motivate someone to watch a saga that started in the 70’s, if today, the new films give the impression that the story is being more of an improvisation than a structured tale?


The new generation, the one that begins with Episode VII, will not remain the way the old one did 41 years ago. From my point of view, this generation, is not going to be loyal to the saga because it’s not a tale that is connected or well-structured to the first.


Thank you for your consideration in expanding the Star Wars universe. I appreciate all your efforts, but I think that you need to go back to the basics, and make a logical progression on screenwriting, just like George Lucas did.


Sincerely,

©2019

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