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Post #1418455

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sherlockpotter
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The Rise of Skywalker: Ascendant (Released)
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Date created
18-Mar-2021, 4:16 PM

My issue with the Leia scene isn’t so much that she doesn’t say anything; there’s far too much on-the-nose, plot-driven dialogue as it is for my tastes (such as Maz’s lines in this very scene). I just take umbrage to the fact that she just hobbles away like some decrepit, old woman, only to die for reasons that are vague at best. (“She has lost the will to live.”) (If she dies because of “communicating with Ben,” A) That’s dumb, B) That doesn’t happen any of the times she connects with Luke from far away, and C) She’s weakened before she even reaches out to Ben; she just feels him, much like she feels Luke or Han.)

It just really leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Doesn’t Carrie Fisher deserve a stronger send off?

Regarding the clothes, it just feels to me like the Tatooine scene should be about putting the past to rest, hence her burying the old lightsabers, and walking away with a new one. She’s wearing her an outfit very similar to her TFA one; let’s change it up a little. Of course, that’s all kind of shot in the foot by “Rey Skywalker,” and it would make more thematic sense to change her clothes the rest of the film, but ehh… What can you do?