I think these movies are pretty obnoxiously, surprisingly poor constructed. They’re not even just rip offs of the OT, they’re shoddy to dumb rip offs/remixes of the OT. Only difference is that they lack an overall story and character point to it all to me. TLJ in particular, to me, is removed from even it’s own trilogy in character weight where, boy, does it want to pretend it does things, when it’s more a poor man’s remix of TESB with a twist of ROTJ thrown in at the end. It pretends Kylo is important as a character and a villain, while not giving him anything that makes him either. At least Snoke had gravitas. Kylo has neither importance as a character to the story or importance to the main character in actual writing construction. Atrocious empty black hole of a character, the worst villain in live action Star Wars by a country mile to me. Rey is sidelined in her own movie, made into a stump on a log that mostly just sits there as Luke and Kylo whine about nothing, while she has no real questions or concerns and is only acts out of defense of poor wittle Kylo in a I think somehow worst romance in Star Wars movies mode, which is hilarious when Anakin and Padme exist, but even the PT cleared the bare minimum of romantic engagement between characters to me. reylo alone is worse writing, to me, than any of the PT relationships.
Post #1655102
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- Dagenspear
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- What do you think of the Sequel Trilogy? - a general discussion thread
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- 4-Jul-2025, 10:34 AM