Sometimes in life things are meant to end. When the ending wraps a perfect bow on top of the story, it is meant to stay there; not to interfere with. However, something that Steven Spielberg and George Lucas created was the idea that removing this bow on top, changing the story, and adding onto this to bring in the mass amount of revenue that it promises. Some of prime examples of this are the fourth Indiana Jones and the Star Wars “prequels”, both of which we are going to ignore due to how bad these movies actually are.

Now, Star Wars is faced with this problem again as J.J. Abrams wants to revive the dead series into a form of “The Walking Dead” that is due to wander the earth. The once promising ending of The Return of the Jedi is now gone as the dashing yet old Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher try not to break a hip as they teach a young girl, with a pole that somehow can block lightsabers and an ex-stormtrooper who does not know what to do as he tries to redeem his past mistakes.

Even though the story appears to be unique, it is not. For example, there is a new story with a old mentor trying to teach a young jedi, with not only new companions, including a new droid partner. Now they must fight against a new Sith Lord where he has a new lightsaber style that was shown in the trailer; also to get the fans pumped for a movie that will revive the series after a time of break. The question is, what movie am I talking about? I am not talking about just the Force Awakens, but the Phantom Menace and how both movies have these similar styles. J.J Abrams., if you’re going to make a new Star Wars, do not model it after the worst one there is, okay?

In the end, we are continuing a series in the worst fashion ever with a director who already made Wrath of Khan an insult to Star Trek fans. Who says it will not pull the same thing at the Phantom Menace did? The series has already lost a lot of credibility due to the prequels, is it worth a risk losing more credibility? For people who became Star Wars fans when the new episode was announced, it is a risk because they have not been there watching their favorite movie series further ruin itself. However, for the people that have, the risk is too great. The series ended perfectly with the Return of the Jedi movie, so let it go Star Wars fans.