StarkillerAG said:
But Yoda was only a joke for one scene in ESB, and he was intentionally acting silly to test Luke’s patience. It wasn’t his entire character for the whole movie, like slapstick Hux in TLJ.I realized what was so “off” about TLJ’s tone: it felt like the prequels–specifically, Phantom Menace.
I agree TLJ has a different tone than the OT and the rest of the ST, and it’s a fact Rian’s a bigger prequel fan than anyone except maybe Kathleen Kennedy, but I wouldn’t really say it’s similar to TPM or either of the two prequels.
I was specifically referring to the forced humor of TLJ, which is why I said it’s most like Phantom. And even Lucas knew better than to ruin EVERY serious moment with a Jar Jar joke. An example is Jar Jar acting silly at Shmi’s dinner table with his Yoshi tongue, Qui-Gon then ends the nonsense, allowing Anakin and Shmi having a serious dialogue exchange about the dangerous Pod Racing uninterrupted. TLJ, on the other hand, has serious moments, like Luke meeting Rey, broken by little quips. Their serious first talk: “Where are you frommmm…no one’s from nowhereeee…OK FINE THAT IS NOWHERE. Ahem, serious mode…whhhy are you here…?”
It’s like…anime. I like anime, but it’s horrendously rife with “serious moment…then you MUST break the tension with sight gag/dialogue.” I’m betting Rian must be a hardcore anime fan.
The best edits I’ve seen of TLJ were those that removed all of those awkward moment-breaking jokes. Anti-Cringe was pretty good, too.
I wonder what would happen if someone edited TLJ the other way, embracing all the comedy and cutting down the seriousness as much as possible.