JakeRyan17 said:
If the Red Lightning is more dangerous, that should impact the stakes of the film, and be reacted to as being more dangerousHow could it have been perceived as any more dangerous than it is? He saps their life force and then single-handedly disables an entire fleet of thousands of ships.
The film as is doesn’t present him as more powerful, just directing that power to other places. If we see something new and different, our characters should react as if it’s new and different.