Those that disliked TFA because it was too much like the Originals and those that disliked TLJ because it was too different. These are used to attempt to show Star Wars fans as fickle and not knowing what they want. The assumption being it was the same people saying both.
And that's what they get for ASSuming.
I hated TFA simply because it was weak. And I was consistent when I hated TLJ. My inconsistency came when I was actually entertained by my second viewing of TROS.
I liked TLJ better. ROS was superbly shot, acted, directed. The combat sequences were brutal. The cast came together exactly as I would have hoped for making their third film together.
Some (major) sticking points with me. All just a matter of preference:
1. I really liked the idea that Rey was nobody special.
2. I would have liked a lot more dirt/explanation of Palpatine’s whereabouts/story in the gap between ROTJ and this final reveal. It would be a tremendous Star Wars Story, and one I’d get in line to see.
The epilogue gave it an honest feeling that a saga was ending in some ways, but that the future of Skywalker had plenty of story left in it.
With Rogue One proving that there are some fantastic stories to tell besides the Skywalker saga, they can take us about anywhere from here.
1) Genetics prove nothing. Otherwise, why don't we ever hear about more siblings in the Jedi Order? Or more so, why aren't there Jedi
families? And as I said earlier, in
Darth Plagueis, Palpatine did not come from Force sensitive parents. But, fat chance Jar Jar would have known that when he wrote TROS. Rey is a lame Mary Sue. Plain and simple. But I won't disagree that there is a powerful theme behind this notion: one doesn't have to be special in order to do great things; that nobility is born in the heart, not the genetics of the bloodline. I believe that the idiot idea of genetic legacy is the single greatest #$%& up in human history.
2) In keeping with the traditions of the 2nd Great Purge, the Disney canon ends up causing more questions to be asked than it answers because you have a bunch of nostalgic chuckle-heads writing the scripts.
I've seen this quite a bit, and while I personally don't agree, I understand why so many would think this way, and will never bash anyone for it. However, the biggest reason I don't (besides the fact that she is mega powerful), is that between TFA and TLJ, Rey had nothing that was genuinely making her struggle and grow. Abrams started to set something up with her family in TFA, but Johnson threw that away. JJ had to somehow give her an obstacle worthy of her power, and so he went back to Family. Literally the only thing at that point that could have made her think twice was finding out that she still had family, and a family that wanted to be with her at that. In that moment she didn't care if her grandfather was the worst, most evil person in the galaxy, she was excited for a brief moment to have a grandpa. That allowed her to struggle (a little bit) for almost the first time in the entire trilogy. I would have preferred her to be a Skywalker by blood, but the more I think on it, the more I see how after TLJ, this was really the only thing left that they could have done.
Far be it from me to argue that she should have been a genetic Skywalker, but nobody ever said they HAD to make the sequels. If you wanted the Skywalker saga done, just simply let ROTJ be the end.
I do agree that (as much as I hate saying it) Chewie should've died, as that would have provided an even greater struggle at the end, but that is whatever.
Bring on the RVB memes: "You killed Chewie, you team-killing #$%&tard."
Thought of the day: