Now that we’ve finally seen Vader full on wreck some shit, I hope they leave him well alone going forward. I thought he was fine in this, but James Earl Jones just sounds tired these days. I really appreciate how plodding and un-acrobatic he was in his slaughter scene at the end.
Yeah, I agree. I think most of us deep down kind of always wanted to see him just go fucking nuts so it was good to to finally satiate that, and in such a way that doesn’t totally embarrass him. But yes, I think it might be time to put the character to rest (especially now that we finally have that one last piece, I mean, what more do we really need? We saw his house too for chrissakes).
I thought the score didn’t use nearly as much Williams as it should have. Liberal use of the rebel fanfare and a few more Force themes could have anchored this to the saga more firmly.
I thought the amount of Force theme was just about right but I think the Rebel fanfare really should have been felt all over. And while I’m glad the Imperial march was kept to a minimum, am I wrong in saying we heard it only once? Surely that can’t be right, but either way for a theme that I had hoped would be underutilized it was so probably more than it should have. And I was SO happy to hear the original Imperial theme from SW, but, again, just once? If you remembered it, why not a bit more? And where’s that four note Death Star motif? Surely this was the exact time and place to bring it back. I liked the score in general (will need to listen to it to form a better opinion) and while I’m glad Williams wasn’t relied upon, this seems a bit too far?
Retconning the exhaust port into an intentional sabotage was kind of brilliant. I’m glad they found a way to put that to bed once and for all.
Yes! It’s rare that I not only welcome a retcon, but greet it with a “wow, that’s so perfect!”
Also, hilarious that they kept in the same faulty schematic from the original with the misplaced dish. That gave me a good laugh.