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Post #1655310

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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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6-Jul-2025, 1:15 PM

JadedSkywalker said:

I wholly dislike Luke’s arc in Rise of Skywalker. Just pointless really. Key jangling. Ooh look he raised the ship out of the swamp like Yoda. and he admonishes Rey on chucking a lightsaber because that was what he did in episode 8, he did the Jake on an island. It’s time for the Jedi to end.

I was a coward, but Rian didn’t write me that way but don’t tell JJ.

I think he did write him as a coward. He may not have realized it, but I think he did it. Because Luke in TLJ is a petty childish person whose constantly blaming everyone else for his own mistakes (blames the Jedi when they have nothing to do with his wrong actions against Kylo, blames Kylo for just randomly attacking him out of nowhere, as far as he says) and feigning guilt, while never actually admitting what he did, avoiding the actual blame and shame of his actions, and hiding from it all. Only admitting it when Rey confronts him with it.

He never trained Rey the movie pretends he did and acts like Skywalker was her previous master before Leia.

Maybe a little, but also not really much I think.

And Han was the kind of father figure that Kylo killed.

But TLJ disregarded that emotional resonance for Rey in favor of Rey having a romance with Kylo. Though also, TROS has Leia be Rey’s mentor to try and work in that point of Leia being important to Rey.

They hint at Finn’s force sensitivity in 7 and 9 and do nothing with it.

I think similarly. Though TLJ also did nothing with it, in spite of 7 seemingly hinting at it.

These films are endlessly debated and disappointing.

I think similarly.