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hear me out: knives out movie starring daisy ridley, adam driver, john boyega, oscar issac, kelly marie tran, and domhnall gleeson about the director of a really bad final movie in a trilogy dying and the actors and previous film’s director are all suspects
To YOU it’s bad writing. To ME it’s a very nuanced piece of work that explores subtle intricacies without outright saying it. And also it’s bad writing
resistance pilot needs a break
i can’t get them off my mind.. ✨beloveds✨
i hate the star wars sequel trilogy for having so much story potential, fantastic characters, amazing concepts and not utilizing any of those things
like.. there are so many things out of place. so many characters with either arcs going no where or non-existent arcs
and i hate that disney basically doesn’t touch those films and the lore around them.. like we’ve had the resistance show (but it’s not even good) and we’ve had the comics and novels (which not that many people relative to the size of this fandom even pick up and read) and now this most recent era in the timeline is sort of abandoned/ignored..
i love how in the comics (haven’t read any of the star wars books yet, sorry) the evolution of the rise of the first order is portrayed. but how about more stories taking place in the middle of the sequels movies? media exploring the lives of characters from those films? maybe some retroactive retconning? clone wars did it and it elevated the prequels! i hope one day we’ll get more stuff that elevates the sequels too (and hopefully retcons stuff to make them better because in their current state they not that good lol)
mind you tho; i love the sequels actually. i just hate the reality of them - i’m disappointed - but i love the potential they held - still hold
the sequels are only real so Luke can adopt Rey and thats it
(ko-fi requests are open!)
We all agree that the original script for Star Wars Episode IX was wayyyyy better than The Rise of Skywalker, right?
I mean even the title is cooler... “Star Wars: Duel of the Fates” smh
A summary of what happened in the original script for those that haven’t read it:
Kylo went to Mustafar to a sith temple called Mortis
Kylo became a real Sith Lord, trained by Darth Plagueis’ master
Kylo’s face was mutilated and he had a permanent mask made of beskar (Mandalorian metal)
Rey had a double-bladed blue lightsaber and continued to learn from Luke’s force ghost
Luke’s force ghost haunted Kylo
Hux was the Chancellor of the First Order
Hux committed suicide with a purple-bladed lightsaber on Coruscant (possibly Mace Windu’s)
First Order base and most of movie located on Coruscant
Finn convinced First Order stormtroopers to join the resistance and give them something good to fight for
Chewie flew an X-wing in battle
Lando helped bring pirates and smugglers to join the fight for the resistance
Rey and Poe made out???
Rey killed the Knights of Ren
Kylo blinded Rey
It is revealed that Rey’s last name was Solona and Kylo and the Knights of Ren killed her parents
Rey lost to Kylo twice, but Leia convinced Kylo to give his life for Rey’s, him dying as Ben Solo
Medal ceremony: Finn, Poe, Rose, and Chewie get medals of honor
Ends with Rey teaching a new generation of Jedi
like???
I’m literally about to cry because I thought of one of the saddest things I can imagine happening in The Mandalorian season 3 or beyond.
So we know that Kylo Ren destroyed Luke’s Jedi temple on Ahch-To, killing all but a few of Luke’s students (that were killed shortly after). With this in mind, Grogu probably didn’t survive the slaughter.
When Din let Luke take Grogu to be trained, Luke told Din that “I will give my life to protect the child, but he will not be safe until he masters his abilities.”
Evidently, that didn’t happen. Luke was trapped under rubble from when Kylo dropped a hut on him. When he pulled himself from the wreckage, the temple was already burning to the ground and the padawans were dead.
Luke was probably unable to protect Grogu. Imagine Luke having to tell Din that he was unable to protect Grogu and he was killed at the hands of another student.
If Din was still the owner of the Darksaber ~17 years later, wouldnt it be really heartbreaking of Jon Favereau to have Din hunt Kylo down and duel him, only for Kylo to win and kill him.
I gotta draw this or something...😭
Just thinking about how Maul’s last words before he died were “He will avenge us.”
On his deathbed, Maul finally gives up on trying to defeat Obiwan long enough to realize how similar they are and how wronged they were.
Now, whether the Chosen One is Luke or Anakin is debatable because of the context, but either way, they did both avenge Maul and Obiwan.
Luke was able to convince his father to help save him from Palpatine’s force lightning, throw Palpatine to what should have been his death, and damage his breathing system which is probably what caused his death.
If Palpatine had truly died, the prophecy would have been fulfilled. Maul, Obiwan, and countless others would have been avenged.
Palpatine was responsible for forcing Maul to be his apprentice, training him ruthlessly, sending him to the fight where he was cut in half, letting him rot in insanity, killing his brother and apprentice, literal torture, and probably more terrible things I don’t even know about.
Palpatine was responsible for sending Maul to kill Qui-gon (and Maul’s incessant obsession with hurting Obiwan afterwards including Satine’s death and all the Jedi he killed to get Obiwan’s attention), creating and playing both sides of the Clone War (resulting in the deaths of countless clones created only for this purpose and innocent civilians), grooming Anakin to be the next Sith Lord after Dooku and seducing him to the dark side, ordering Order 66 which almost killed Obiwan (and Maul), and forcing Obiwan to live in hiding under the cruelty of the Empire.
Palpatine used both of them and put them against one another. He was the one that ruined both of their lives, directly or otherwise.
When Anakin threw him down the reactor shaft in ROTJ, that should have been it. After Anakin died, there would be no Sith Lords left and the Sith Rule of Two would be forever ended, restoring peace to the galaxy.
This is one of the reasons why I dislike the sequel trilogy in general (for storyline purposes). By bringing Palpatine back in TROS, they broke the canon Sith Rule of Two, invalidated Dave Filoni’s meaningful end to the Obiwan vs Maul rivalry, disrespected George Lucas’ vision of his franchise, implied that Rey could not have been a powerful Jedi without being related to a strong force user, and made the story even more confusing and pitiful.
And J.J. Abrams had the nerve to admit there was no plan for the trilogy, like, yeah, it was obvious😐
Let me start by saying that I apologize for the coming post. I know a lot of people love the Star Wars sequel trilogy and characters, but I’m angry about this right now.
Disclaimer: This argument is based solely on the movies, NOT Resistance/comics/books/etc.!!
As a Star Wars fan, I am very disappointed in the sequel trilogy. There are many problems with it.
The fact that J.J. Abrams admitted that the trilogy would have been better if they had a plan
The three movies are not very cohesive in telling one story/there seems to be no one superior goal in mind to accomplish by the end of the trilogy
The characters development is nearly nonexistent and honestly pathetic
The characters had so much wasted potential
The amount of fan service was astounding and it still doesn’t make up for the other atrocities of this trilogy
The story wasn’t very compelling
Making money was the primary objective
There are many good things in the trilogy and things that I liked but overall it is my least favorite part of Star Wars. It makes me angry simply because its so repetitive and confusing.
Was Snoke a Sith Lord? If he was, why wasn’t it made clear to the audience in the movies he is supposed to be a major villain in? If he wasn’t, then bringing Palpatine back breaks the Sith Rule of Two. How did he rise to power? Who is he? Where was he throughout the franchise?
These are questions about one character, that anyone might have after just watching the movies.
Who formed the First Order and when? How did it become as powerful as the Empire? How was the New Republic reduced to almost nothing over a couple decades?
The storytelling is so incomplete. There are so many gaps and plot holes.
The antagonist across the trilogy is whiny, not very intimidating, has a poorly developed origin story, and questionable motives that are so vague that it is difficult to inderstand his reasoning and beliefs. In the end, he is redeemed only to die after some slight consideration and persuasion from the main protagonist. So he rethinks his entire life and trauma because a woman told him he could do better? That’s not how real disturbed people think…
The main villain of the third movie wasn’t even present (or even known to be alive) for the first two movies in the trilogy. The movie starts and all of the sudden “somehow…palpatine returned.” That’s it?? That’s the explanation? How did he survive? How did he get to Exegol? How did all of those star destroyers get on Exegol? The Empire was gone, his army was dismantled, few lotalists remained. Was he cloned? Because honestly, I’ve seen the movie several times and I’m still confused. It doesn’t make any sense.
Not only is Palpatine alive, but the main protagonist is his granddaughter. So much for ‘you don’t have to be somebody to be important, as long as you work hard, you can achieve anything.’ Now Rey has force abilities that she never had before (or that didn’t even exist in the franchise before this)?
Rey’s character is so tragic because she had so much potential and it was wasted. She was abandoned as a child and is forced to scavenge around dangerous wreckage to make a living supporting herself on one of the worst planets in the galaxy. Does she hold that against her parents? No, she hopes that her parents will come back for her. She gets anxious when she’s been gone for a while because she’s afraid they’ll finally come when she’s away. She never let herself become bitter or hateful. She was hopeful, innocent, and passionate. However, her character develops to make it her personal mission to take on the First Order and Kylo Ren if it’s the last thing she does and she’s plagued by stubbornness and self awareness of her power and strength as a Jedi.
This annoys me deeply. Her character never really progressed from this from TLJ to ROS either. It’s almost like its a different person from TFA Rey, despite TLJ immediately following TFA in the timeline.
I’d also like to point out that Poe’s character was also shit on by the writers, especially in ROS. For the first two and a half movies his entire character can be summed up as: I’m a hotshot flyboy; I want to fight no matter the consequences; I fly X-wings; I have an adorable droid that I am highly protective over. That’s it. And then, in ROS, suddenly its revealed that he was a former criminal and drug smuggler?? Poe? Poe Dameron?? What?
How about Finn’s character only being in the background to yell “REYYYY” whenever she puts herself in harms way (which is often). The amazing lightsaber duel against Kylo Ren? In which Finn held his own for a decently long time considering he had little to no training with a weapon of that kind against someone proficient in the ways of the dark side (which typically made force users more ruthless in their attacks)? Doesn’t matter. The hints of his force-sensitivity? What hints? Finn, a Jedi?? Hahaha, no.
Dont even get me started on Rose. Great backstory, sister sacrificed herself for the cause during a desperate hour and saved the day, but in doing so left her grieving sister behind. Beautiful. Rose was such a big part of TLJ’s plot and then she’s just kinda there for ROS...it’s sad. Not to mention the romance between Rose and Finn that was never developed??
You know what, all of the protagonists were done dirty, as well as their actors. It’s clear what Disney’s goal was: making money, and lots of it. How do we convince people to buy movie tickets/merchandise/toys/etc.?? Well, let’s cast some minority actors/actresses to make people think they’re going to be represented only for the white man‘s character to be the most developed by the end of the trilogy. Daisy Ridley (a woman), John Boyega (a Black man), Oscar Issac (a Latino man), and Kelly Marie Tran (an Asian woman) were cast as protagonists. And who got the most attention/praise/development? Adam Driver (a White man). Dont get me wrong, Adam Driver is a great actor and he did an amazing job with what he was given, but really?
Even the returning characters were poorly handled. Luke’s character development is controversial so I’ll stay away, but Han?? So they decided after ROTJ that Han was the type to leave his wife and son to travel with his best friend?? Uh ok
The sequel trilogy’s plot, if you can even say that, is so repetitive to the original trilogy it’s embarrassing. A force-sensitive main protagonist, whose parents abandoned them and left them to live on a desert planet to avoid the truth about their family heritage, met an old guy that was significant earlier in his life, went on a quest with him which effectively roped them into fighting the fascist dictatorship controlling the galaxy that they previously didn’t give a shit about, teamed up with an ex-imperial deserter along the way, was trained by a different old guy that was also significant earlier in his life but decided to exile himself and live in seclusion because some of his padawans were murdered by the Skywalker villain, learned the truth about their family and the darkness within their blood, became a great unofficial Jedi knight anyways, destroyed weapons capable of obliterating entire planets, and eventually defeated Palpatine by teaming up with the main Skywalker antagonist that sacrificed themselves to save the main protagonist’s life. Sound familiar?
It’s truly sad. If you look into George Lucas’ plan for the sequel trilogy before he sold Star Wars to Disney, you’ll find that it’s much better different from what we got and it is actually pretty similar to what The Mandalorian is trying to portray. (Maul was brought back from the dead to be the sequel trilogy’s big bad guy but we never got it)
that one trend on twitter but i don't know how to draw
The Bad Batch 1x09 spoilers⚠️
(regarding the bacta tank person)
Is…is that…?
S n o k e ?
Kaminoans have longer necks and thinner faces
It’s the same…
The master antagonist, the apprentice antagonist, the antagonist kiss-ass, and the main protagonist…
me remembering that luke and rey didn’t even have a good relationship and we didn’t get to see them as a parental relationship or even as friends
When rewatching The Rise of Skywalker and it comes to this part, this is what’s running in my head haha
5/07/2024 | #Bible - Verse of the Day | Ecclesiastes 4:12
Together We Are Strong 🍊 :)
Love Rewatching Star Wars Movie 🍿🎥🎬 this might be a little oh oh but for us our favorite sequel movie is The Rise of Skywalker 💫 Yes it has things were like oh but other than that it’s the one SW movie where happy tears comes on you know like ahhhh 🥹 for the Prequels it’s Attack of the Clones and Original Trilogy it’s Return of the Jedi. Also love the morning Movie Day✨
5/11/2024
6/12/2024 | #Bible - Verse of the Day | Matthew 5:6-12
Just Rewatched The Rise of Skywalker🧡💫 for the 6th time and when Rey is confronting Palpatine it reminded us of Matthew 5: