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thebluefrog
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Unusual Sequel Trilogy Radical Redux Ideas Thread
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28-May-2020, 7:46 PM

JakeRyan17 said:

A. B.
The other threat needed to be established in that first film. Revealing a new antagonist later on doesn’t work, such as Palpatine in Rise of Skywalker.

C. D.
Goes against The Force Awakens.

E. Goes against The Force Awakens and introduces another antagonist force in an already convoluted and confusing sociopolitical world that wasn’t fleshed out as it was.

Again, your beef with that choice should be aimed at Abrams.

How does anything “Go against the Force Awakens”? Nothing in TFA was established due to JJ’s blank setup. There’s no context at all for Luke’s flashbacks. Snoke is 100% unknown. Kylo has zero history with Luke at the time other than generic hatred. Besides, Palpatine wasn’t introduced until Empire. Lucas himself can introduce bigger threats in the second film.

Nitpicking the details isn’t the point of what I said, it’s to illustrate you can go anywhere.