Lewis Butler : People talking about seventh ` ` Star Wars movie '' do n't get it 's bad sci - fi . He loved first installments , but franchise evolved into worst thing ever for rich literary genre . There are , for example , no light sabers , spaceships or Death Stars in the 1979 novel `` Kindred , '' by Octavia Butler , who won the Hugo and Nebula , sci-fi 's top awards , and was also awarded a MacArthur Foundation `` Genius '' Grant . Hollywood only wants movie - ready sc - fi plots , skips complex greats like Butler , Asimov . Butler : Few real sci - fi movies made . New ` ` Star Wars '' promises to be empty of surprises .
Lewis Butler : People talking about seventh ` ` Star Wars movie '' do n't get it 's bad sci - fi . He loved first installments , but franchise evolved into worst thing ever for rich literary genre . Hollywood only wants movie - ready sc - fi plots , skips complex greats like Butler , Asimov . Butler : Few real sci - fi movies made . New ` ` Star Wars '' promises to be empty of surprises .