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- #1371928
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- <strong>The Rise Of Skywalker</strong> — Official Review and Opinions Thread
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In my opinion, the idea of Palpatine returning is something that had to be addressed if they want to move on from these characters. Clones and cloning have been a part of Star Wars from the beginning. Obi-Wan mentions the Clone Wars when we first meet him. In a universe with cloning, whenever an evil mastermind is destroyed, it isn’t gong to take long for the idea of a clone to be mentioned. Especially if that mastermind has previously mentioned extending life and is strong with the Dark Side. Even the old expanded universe novels had clones of Palpatine.
The Rise of Skywalker isn’t perfect. No movie is. But if you look past the flaws and focus on the good time, I think it’s a lot of fun. It’s probably the last time we’ll see Luke, Leia, Han, and Lando. At least portrayed by the original actors. It was really great to see them again.
I disagree. That would be equivalent to arguing, if we clone Hitler, there would be another Nazi Germany, which is ludicrous. The clone would have Palpatine’s DNA, and Force potential, but he would not have lived Palpatine’s life, or have his experiences, which involves being trained by a powerful Sith Lord. He would just be a guy, that looks like Palpatine. In either case TROS completely glosses over the nature of Palpatine’s return, so I don’t really see how it really addresses cloning, or how it adds a sense of finality to his death. He returns somehow, and then dies again in a rather lame fasion. As with everything in TROS it’s pretty half baked (imo). I will agree it can be entertaining if you shut down your brain, but to me that sadly puts it in Michael Bay territory for me. In that context seeing the old gang just isn’t worth it to me.
That sounds like The Boys From Brazil.
I’m just saying, in a fantasy world that includes cloning and Dark Side Force users who talk about extended life and cheating death, it would be more odd in my opinion if there wasn’t an attempt for Palpatine to return. TRoS wasn’t the first time the concept has come up. Also, Hitler didn’t have the Force.
I’m not necessarily advocating the shutting off of brains, just the forgiving of imperfections. No movie is perfect, and true, some are more imperfect than others. “Your focus determines your reality.” There’s a lot to enjoy in my opinion.
