The casino planet actually added quite a bit to the story and for what is to come. Little threads in the film that lead up to the ending and also showed that not everything is black and white (the resistance is dealing with the same people who deal with the first order). The resistance has now become the rebellion and is all but gone at the end of the film. Something that was said earlier on (and again later). “We are the spark that will light the fire that will burn the first order down”.
Canto Bight is a planet where the rich and elite congregate in luxurious overindulgence while the rest of the inhabitants live in extreme poverty and slavery, including the children. Finn and Roses interactions with those inhabitants is a major factor here. they show the willingness to fight for freedom. At the end we see the children telling their story and then a single child use the force to grab the broom, he has the rebellion ring. The seeds of rebellion are planted. So Finn and Rose are that spark that will light the fire that will burn the first order down.
There are so many little details that are easily missed on a single viewing. I’ll write a proper review once i have seen it again. So far i liked it.
Very much agree.
I think a few people may have missed that the boy at the end used the Force to call the broom to him, and that it is the events at Canto Bight - as well as other places that the Resistance have been - that will likely inspire others (the light that sparks the fire) to fight the good fight.
That’s not to say I thought the Canto Bight scenes felt a little ‘off’ amongst the cutting between other events - but thought the scenes on the whole there were fine. (I think the CGI was a little off in certain shots but look forward to watching it again to see).
Am definitely going to need a few more viewings to take everything in - damn you Disney taking my money this way by making an interesting and layered Star Wars film (insert a Fry ‘take my money’ style pic here) that I want to go back and see again…
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