LogFAQs > #892914550

Ok, Star Wars master Han has watched the movie.

First of all, Rian Johnson is a shit director and should find a new career.

Force users popping up as kids all over the galaxy MAKES SENSE. The PT showed that. Force sensitivity shows in children and it's not an uncommon thing when you have a big galaxy to look around. Besides, it makes sense that, under Palpatine and Snoke, such force users were not allowed to awaken (after Luke's Jedi Order failed, nobody was around to protect or teach emerging force users).

The Leia in space scene is really bad, but not for science or lore reasons. It's a pointless fake-out that takes advantage of a real person's death for effect. It's pointless. It provides nothing other than to take Leia out of the picture for a bit while still keeping her alive for whatever reason. (Lopen said this and good)

What was almost the best part of the movie got ruined by the need for a dumb scene - when Luke was first slashed through, that was AMAZING. Luke was dead the whole time. He was always a force ghost, holding on through his failure. But then "no, he was just meditating on the island, lol NOW he's one with the force" like fuck that bullshit. Just so you can do a callback to the Tattooine suns? What a shitty decision.

Therefore, the absolute best scene of the movie is when Finn is going up to fight Phasma and he just fucks over the random stormtrooper at the side. In fact, Finn's primalism really made for a lot.

The main issue with this movie is that it makes the great mistake of not answering the cinematographic question of "why?" Why did Finn and Rose need to go to the casino beyond a need to get them onto the flagship? Why did Poe have his mutiny beyond a need for some pointless tension? Why does Rose exist aside from throwing a wrench in the Finn/Rey ship? Why does Benicio Del Toro's character exist beyond... star factor? Why do the Imperial Guard have a bunch of dumb ninja weapons (toys answers this question)? Why include Yoda but not Obi-Wan, who was equally important as a mentor to Luke, especially through the force?

It felt more like a kid playing with his action figures than a movie. But it still had its moments and its plot that made for... something.
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