‘Star Wars’ is back on the big screen, but there is no innovation to be found.
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Hell must have frozen over, because no one seems to care that there’s a new Star Wars film currently playing in theaters. Imagine telling that to audiences who lined up in droves to see The Force Awakens in 2015. That film went on to gross more than $2 billion worldwide and was intended to start a new era for the franchise.
Oliver Jia is a freelance writer based in Kyoto, Japan. He has produced commentary on culture and East Asian geopolitics for The Spectator, UnHerd, NK News, The Japan Times, and other outlets. He also runs his Substack, Foreign Perspectives.
