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Post #1144162

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Hardcore Legend
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The Last Jedi: Official Review and Opinions Thread ** SPOILERS **
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18-Dec-2017, 12:42 AM

Would this film have been better served if JJ had ended TFA with Rey flying off to look for Luke?

They could have done a more natural time jump and not made 66% of the ST take place in the span of a week.

Also, while it is cool to see Jedi Master Luke Skywalker in his new Jedi Order days, I still don’t know how I feel about these flashbacks. We didn’t need to see Vader ‘killing Anakin’ when Ben told the story to Luke for it to work for the viewer.

I think the entire ST has a really good story in there somewhere but there have been so many story telling gimics (mystery box, ex deus machina, flashbacks) that all they’ve done is spend the storytelling capital built by Lucas without doing the work of making the two main leads relatable or have their characters grow in any meaningful way.

If anything, Kylo Ren has been put through the ringer to where his character should overcome and succeed in defeating the seemingly invincible foe (Rey). Rey hasn’t had to go through anything. Since meeting BB8, everything has gone pretty well considering she’s an abandoned junker with special powers. She easily escaped capture twice (how did she get off Snoke’s ship BTW), defeated her enemy twice and is 2-0 vs the First Order when in the Falcon.

Furthermore, why should the First Order follow Kylo Ren? I’m not sure what he has accomplished (unless I’ve missed something in the new EU).

I liked the movie and will watch it over and over again, just like all other Star Wars films. I just think the progression of the story in the last two films has been actually worse than the prequel trilogy.