Maybe if they didn’t waste so much time reintroducing Palpatine they wouldn’t have needed two parts!
??? They don’t spend any time introducing him. They instantly bring him into the plot, don’t give any time for the characters to reflect on his arrival, and expect you to watch a fortnite clip to understand.
I don’t think RL literally means that they wasted time on his reintroduction. Just that the fact that he was reintroduced meant they wasted a lot of time on him. I mean, honestly the whole plot is based on the fact that he is back. Instead of just following up and concluding what they set up in the last film(s), they decided to graft on a whole additional story.
And, personally, I think the complaints of the Fortnite clip are silly. I listened to it, it doesn’t tell you anything. More likely than not it was either a deleted moment that got cut out because is was unnecessary, or it was created separate from the film as purely a piece of marketing.
That’s a fair complaint. I don’t want to go around in circles, but I still feel as if bringing back Palpatine or some new big bad was their only option, at least for an action blockbuster. A Kylo vs Rey learning the only way to stop the fight was through unity is interesting, but not something you can do without being “boring” to the general audience. I suppose that’s why I’ve never considered it an option. So the thing I was most fearful of was a classic Kylo bad story where there’s no tension because Kylo has already lost.
Snoke’s death was cool and shocking in TLJ, but I think we can all agree it had some serious consequences on the ST as a whole.
Because apparently Lucasfilm & Disney considered making this film even MORE of a cash-grab cliché by doing the Harry Potter two-part finale thing.
“I wish that we could have that, but George always said it was nine movies.”
Except for when he said it was going to be twelve…or six…or three. They should have done their homework.
I think Ep 10 could have worked, but only if it was the end to the Skywalker Saga. I still don’t buy we’re done with episodes, and wouldn’t be shocked if 30 years down the line we see Episodes 10, 11, and 12.