Oh dear… Star Wars went full on Marvel-mode. Just saw it today.
Darth Vader is entirely misused here, everything he does is wrong. I felt like I was watching somebody’s fan film, which in a way I suppose I was.
Digital Peter Cushing is vaguely unsettling, bringing to mind questions reminiscent of Jurassic Park.
Callbacks to the original only work some of the time, but only get me excited for a film I’d much rather be watching.
The new characters are boring, only existing to serve the plot, but I suppose if they were developed any more then we might have actually felt something when they died, which is a big no-no for big blockbusters.
The planet names didn’t need on-screen text, they were distracting and I forgot the names anyway. It serves no purpose other than to be different from the other Star Wars films and more like the group of far inferior Marvel films.
The last 30 minutes are good, barring anything Darth Vader does. It gets you pumped to watch the original. It’s a shame that seems to be its end goal, rather than getting me pumped to rewatch this new one.
This is about on par with Return of the Jedi for me. I don’t understand how this could possibly be better than Force Awakens, I was much more invested in the characters of that film.
I’m glad to find I’m not alone in thinking Darth was misused here.