I did say followed the same beats of A New Hope. The actual story is different. But it uses the same plot beats to construct itself. You have someone entrusting plans that everyone wants to a droid that falls into the hands of the main character which drags them into a fight against the villains. You have the enemy super weapon wipes out random planet and then threatens the actual base of the heroes. Different things happens in the movie and the story is different. But the beats of random person on desert finds droid with something important and then goes off on an adventure is the exact same setup. The prequels had familiar and similarity, but they didn't take the same beats so heavily that you felt like you were watching the same thing already. Paying reference to or fan service is one thing and that happens a lot in Star Wars. I'm fine with that. Making it feel like a reboot of Episode IV I'm not.
I enjoy plenty of things. Just because my opinion doesn't match with the group census doesn't mean I don't enjoy things. It just means we like different things.
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