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Post #1540225

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daveybjones999
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What do you think of the Sequel Trilogy? - a general discussion thread
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Date created
21-May-2023, 8:27 PM

Servii said:

The supposedly “new empowered crew” literally screws up and gets nearly everyone in the Resistance Killed whereas if Poe had listened to Leia and Holdo in the first place none of that would have happened but apparently them failing so hard that they almost singlehandedly destroy the entire resistance is them saving the day? The only reason the entire Resistance doesn’t die is because Leia wakes up from her coma and shoots Poe into unconsciousness

If Poe had listened to Leia, the Dreadnought would have followed the Resistance fleet through hyperspace and killed them all anyway with its super mega “fleet killer” cannon. Also, Leia stunning Poe was completely overkill.

As for Rey, she basically doesn’t get trained in this movie. She teaches Luke more than he teaches her. And she still kicks the Praetorian guards’ butts and lifts a mountain of boulders seemingly effortlessly. And Kylo refusing to turn to the Light is moreso just a reflection of Kylo being a PoS, not Rey failing at something. She’s utterly morally superior in every situation. It’s not like with Luke and Yoda where Yoda is the source of wisdom and power that Luke needs to emulate. Rey is simply better than Luke, already. She didn’t need him at all.

Yes Rey does remind Luke of what he was fighting for, and acts as a moral guidepost for him, but Yoda is the one that convinces Luke, not Rey. But how is Rey doing that somehow make her a better and more powerful Jedi than Luke. Also, I wasn’t talking about the Dreadnaught I was talking about Holdo’s plan and I roped Leia into it because she agreed with Holdo’s plan. If Poe listened to Holdo the First Order wouldn’t have destroyed the resistance that is a fact. And how is Rey’s inability to turn Ben to the light not a failing of her and just Kylo being a PoS. Luke literally tells her that she’s wrong and won’t be able to turn Ben to the light side when she explains it to him, that’s 100% a failure of Rey. Also Rey does not kick the pretorians guards butts Kylo does you need to rewatch the sequence if you think that. There are like 8 of them, Rey kills 1 of them near the beginning, then spends the rest of the fight dealing with 2 of the others while Kylo Ren singlehandedly fights the other 5 guards only managing to kill 4 with Rey saving him from the 5th one by throwing him the lightsaber. Also How is Rey lifting rocks some powerful Jedi feat, but projecting yourself onto another planet isn’t.