Yep this entire subplot was completely unnecessary and really ugly looking. Alas more akin to the worst of the Lucas prequels. Well I guess if anyone wanted something more akin to a Lucas movie this was it. Oh it was a plot twist you say? Keep em'.Ĭanto Bight: Ugh! Sorry just raising my head outta my hands. They basically used a powerful emotional moment in the plot for a quick laugh. It was also a pathetic Disneyfied attempt at light humour. I'm not gonna dwell on it.but yes it was totally a 'fuck you' to the fanbase from director Rian Johnson. Apart from milking large alien sea mammals for blue milk and generally being a grouch, there was also the lightsaber tossing moment. The only creature we briefly see that grabbed my attention was the sea monster breaking the surface in the background.Īs with the Leia controversy I'm sure everyone now knows about the Luke controversy. The Porgs merely serve as fluffy comedic relief, whilst the caretakers look like they belong in a 'Labyrinth' sequel. Both races are completely unexplained and are completely useless to the plot. And 'the caretakers', dwarf sized toad-like creatures that appear to dress like century old nuns. The inhabitants of this small island? Small cutesy flightless (I think) bird-like creatures that get everywhere. Oh and they also killed Admiral Ackbar off-screen here too, you bastards!Īnch-To and Luke: Adrift in a cold sea on an oceanic planet, this small windswept circular rocky island houses the first Jedi temple and the tree library of the sacred Jedi texts. But if that's the case it sure as hell limits things drastically. The only thing I can think of is they have a large amount of pre-shot footage which they know they can flesh out into the next story. But apparently not, apparently Johnson thought it better to bring her back and give the next director a real headache. The fact that Fisher is no longer with us surely cemented that.
This scene was the perfect ending for Princess Leia under these circumstances. Unfortunately Carrie Fisher died in 2016 which naturally caused issues for the film. Then there is of course the flip side to this stupid scene. I'm not even sure how those TIE torpedoes got through the ships shields, I guess they were special torpedoes? Oh and while we're at it, she suffered absolutely no injuries whilst getting blown out of the exploding ships bridge. The rebels simply open the flippin' door! Everyone would have been sucked out into space in a matter of seconds for flips sake. To make matters even worse, when she flies/floats back to the ship, there was no airlock. That aside, its still almost impossible to get past how stupid this entire sequence looked and felt. Yes we know Leia has force abilities (as we saw in Bespin), and we know its entirely possible she has grown stronger with the force since then. Princess Leia: Oh boy! Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy! We've all heard about this now but I can't just ignore it.
Also, if you look closely the bomber hangar doors are already open when the pilot triggers the bombs. In the nick of time the rebel pilot is able to drop the bombs, but how can bombs 'drop' when in space? What about TIE Bombers you say? Well I always thought TIE Bombers fired their bombs downward, like torpedoes essentially, but straight down. The rebels have one last bomber and one chance to hit their target. Unfortunately things aren't going too well and the Resistance (Rebels) are being slaughtered. Poe bravely tries to bring down a First Order (Empire) dreadnought during the first space battle. Poe mocking Hux with his communications tomfoolery, or as we in reality call it, a lame mobile (cell) phone gag. The first real dialog we get is an absolutely horrendous back and forth between Hux and Poe. Alas here he has seemingly been reduced to an actual jokey comedic character that could so easily have been torn from the pages of a spoof. Hux was a relatively solid slimy character introduced in the previous movie. General Hux and the beginning: Twas this opening sequence that really bemused and worried me right away (as it did with many). I'm simply gonna list my thoughts in sections and try to keep them as tight as possible. So this time I'm gonna go with a slightly new layout. Thing is, there is literally so much I could say about this movie it could possibly go on and on. Well this was my second viewing and I now feel I can get into this fully. Surely this couldn't be strike two for the new Star Wars trilogy? (I disliked 'The Force Awakens' also). Truth be told I disliked it on my first viewing.but there were elements I liked. The first time I saw this movie I couldn't really review it properly, I needed more time, I needed to see it again.
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