SpenceEdit said:
I personally like that Kenobi is so hesitant. He’s been packing meat for 10 years, not used the force, not been in a fight. He’s depressed and feels useless. It would absolutely take a lot to get him back in the game.Agreed
Oddly, I find a lot of the Star Wars community doesn’t like seeing their heroes struggle. I wonder why that is? It’s a really interesting story for these powerful characters like Kenobi and Luk.
I’ve found that too. I think there’s kind of a kneejerk reaction to seeing our archetypal heroes brought low, because we look up to them, and their inflappability give us courage when our own lives aren’t going great. But I’d argue that the highs are nowhere near as impactful without the lows. Anything that makes our heroes more flawed and human is a good thing in my book.
With Luke I also feel like a big part of it is wanting character arcs to continue in a forward trajectory. Return of the Jedi very much ends with “And they lived happily ever after”, so seeing the Luke that rejected the dark side and turned Vader to the light fall prey to the very doubts and fears that he successfully resisted may seem counter to expectations. However, real life is full of regressions, relapses and setbacks. People contain multitudes, and personally I prefer my characters to be messy.
szopman said:
-The infamous chase scene on Alderaan. I know its a very repetitive feedback but it can really end once we See a suspicious guy in the Forest saying hello. Its well too obvious they re there to kidnap there.
I keep seeing the suggestion but I’m not sure how it could be convincingly pulled off. When the bag is pulled over her head she’s in a completely different location than where she’s initially found. I also find it hard to believe that Leia, as feisty as she is in this series, wouldn’t at least try to escape. Personally I agree that the original sequence feels a bit goofy but the version in Spence’s cut works just fine for me.