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OutboundFlight
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Episode IX: The Rise Of Skywalker - Discussion * SPOILER THREAD *
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16-Jan-2020, 6:46 PM

Wexter said:

The weird thing about the new trilogy is that the state of the larger galaxy is just absolutely incomprehensible. While the prequels clearly show the might and fall of the Old Republic, the OT depicts the Rebel Alliance defeating Palpatine’s Empire. The obvious next step would probably be showing the struggles of the New Republic or something along those lines.

Instead we got what seems to be two fringe groups of fanatics and has-beens fighting it out in the Outer Rim while the larger galaxy doesn’t really care about any of that until like the last ten minutes of the story.

This is very true. Imagine watching the Saga for the first time. You finish each movie and are probably like:

TPM: Yay! I wonder what adventures Obi-Wan and Anakin will go on!
AOTC: Oooh! I wonder what this clone war will entail!
ROTS: Woah! I wonder how Luke and Leia will save the galaxy!
ANH: Yay! I wonder what adventures Luke and co will have!
TESB: Woah! I wonder how they will save Han, and if Vader is Luke’s father!
ROTJ: Yay! I wonder what will happen next now that the Empire is defeated.

And sure you’ll have more fun watching TFA then any of the prequel movies, but you will also be a bit confused and disappointed how 180 the direction went. I think everyone was chill with this in 2015 because we were under the impression the mystery box would explain a huge galaxy-changing twist about the stuff between 6 and 7. It really doesn’t.