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Sephiroth1288 posted...

Being better than the prequels is nothing to cheer about.

And yes, it absolutely ruined space battle logic. If you could always destroy multiple Star Destroyers by ramming a ship into them at hyperspace, then why did no one ever think to kamikaze droid-controlled ships at enemy battlestations before? That would have made the Battle of Yavin really easy, wouldn't it? And since it's such a useful tactic that was used in the previous film, we should expect everyone to be doing that in Star Wars 9, right?

Useful tactic in the previous films? Oh, you mean like when they stopped Leia or the Death Star plans from getting away by blowing them up? Or when they sent drones to attack the Death Star trenches? Or when they used drones on Hoth from orbit?

Sephiroth1288 posted...

Luke Skywalker was the guy who multiple times stood face-to-face with the second most evil guy in the galaxy, the guy who cut off his hand, who kidnapped Leia, who killed his friends, and insisted there was still some good inside him. And in the end, he was right for believing that when Vader turned on the Emperor.

But in the NT, when Luke thinks that his nephew is going to turn to the dark side, he tries to murder the kid in his sleep.

I don't know about you, but that was just about the best way you could take a character who once stood for hope and make him completely unlikable.

It's been 30 years and he was absolutely traumatized by how bad Vader got by turning to the dark side. He saw the same power again and worried that it would happen all over again. Considering it actually did, his fears were at least a little bit justified.

Seriously, though, you'd prefer Luke went into exile for a non-dramatic reason? Like, they ran out of blue milk and Tattooine and he was just like, "fuck it, I'm not training anymore Jedi"? Or would you prefer he had just showed up and killed the First Order in the first scene of TFA?