Seeing this post reminded me that I used to devoutly follow GoT/asoiaf until the show ended and...yeah it's crazy how that finale took me from consuming fan theory threads on a daily basis to basically not thinking about the series for years at a time
I emerge from my lurking, adamant that the two problems with the Last Jedi was that it wasn't episode 7 and it was too much of a you know what to actually act on its thesis by taking advantage of Carrie Fischer's death to give her a traumatic death.
See that's the thing: it's like they chickened out of a obvious solution to the actor's death. She should have stayed blasted off into space, it would have given Kylo a valid reason to turn on his master after hesitating.
Maybe Disney forced him to do it, maybe he was deadset on the Holdo struggle/deconstruction of what made Poe and fighter pilots cool. (idk, the Rose thing about protecting what you love versus destroying what you hate was pretty lib) I'm convinced that the writers are simply not allowed to do based things like having sand people invade urban centers (cough Algeria/Iraq, Afghanistan) or have Admiral Ackbar (allahu) suicide bomb the british sounding people.
How is Rose's line lib? Its the same sentiment as Che had.
“At the risk of seeming ridiculous, let me say that the true revolutionary is guided by a great feeling of love. It is impossible to think of a genuine revolutionary lacking this quality.”
The Last Jedi is uniquely bad because it tries and fails to rebel against the two movies it is sandwiched between. (that and they could have cut out casino planet, talking about war profiteering was ideologically beneficial but essentially pointless given that they ended up still losing the codes to a character who never showed up again) Look up Disney's Anti-trilogy, it basically explains most of the issues with the sequels. (one thing i should add is Disney's bizarre decision to ignore some of the terciary ip it just bought which led to needless rebranding of what was in retrospect just a poor adaption of Dark Empire, which itself was one of the worst parts of the EU. Don't mind me, I'm still mad that Naboo wasn't the gungan word for Alderaan)
Motherfucker it's a space opera based on magic and trusting the goodness of the universe, rejecting the force is literally rejecting the trench run lol. If anything the constant training and turning into wizard jannissary corps is what fucked the Jedi, it's pretty obvious that everyone is in touch with the force and ignoring the masses because you think they have a low power level was a terrible prequels idea. (you could rationalize the stuff about Luke being too old by just saying he was set in his ways like his uncle and too much of podunk town dick with wander lust to really be ready to sacrifice for a cause)
Last Jedi had Finn and Poe decide to be aware of the space opera and get others killed.
Like if you run around going “magical thinking will save me” you will lose.
The Jedi’s problem wasn’t the training or being detached, it was being formally part of the system.
The Jedi should be roaming the universe as heroic agents of intuition. But becoming a branch of the government, and then becoming an actual army. The Jedi should not have been an army against separatist ideology as they should have been seeking out the injustice at the heart of the problem.
Last Jedi is the only good Star Wars movie since 1983.
It’s the only movie that really considers maybe the heroes are fucked by apathy and allowing the first order to Happen in the first place.
Miracle moments happen for both sides, and Star Wars logic is also defied.
It’s very much about asking God to let you win the lottery requires you to at least buy a ticket.
I adore TLJ, but TROS did that for me. I feel bad for my friends I made through star wars, like I just cant motivate myself to talk excitedly with them about this stuff anymore.
it was episode 7 that did it for me. I quite literally read every star wars book from the Timothy Zahn one up through like the 10th Yuzhan Vong book. I was obsessed. And the canon reset + the shittiest of The Force Awakens + franchise fatigue from Disney churning stuff out means I literally haven't even bothered to see Solo or episode 9 or the bad batch or the mandalorian or the Boba Fett show or whatever the fuck else they've made in the past 7 minutes.
See, I had that experience with Star Wars: The Clone Wars (the animated movie released as a pilot to the first 3D cartoon). Went into that theater reading every novel and comic that came out, left it barely ever thinking about the franchise at all.
Seeing this post reminded me that I used to devoutly follow GoT/asoiaf until the show ended and...yeah it's crazy how that finale took me from consuming fan theory threads on a daily basis to basically not thinking about the series for years at a time
Lol thats what 'The Last Jedi' did for me. Left the theater never having to give a fuck about Star Wars again
Be careful saying that round these parts
I emerge from my lurking, adamant that the two problems with the Last Jedi was that it wasn't episode 7 and it was too much of a you know what to actually act on its thesis by taking advantage of Carrie Fischer's death to give her a traumatic death.
Also that scene where Carrie Fischer turns into Mary poppins was something else
See that's the thing: it's like they chickened out of a obvious solution to the actor's death. She should have stayed blasted off into space, it would have given Kylo a valid reason to turn on his master after hesitating.
Yeah that was really weird. Seemed like the perfect opportunity to kill her off and then she opens her eyes and floats away lolol
Maybe Disney forced him to do it, maybe he was deadset on the Holdo struggle/deconstruction of what made Poe and fighter pilots cool. (idk, the Rose thing about protecting what you love versus destroying what you hate was pretty lib) I'm convinced that the writers are simply not allowed to do based things like having sand people invade urban centers (cough Algeria/Iraq, Afghanistan) or have Admiral Ackbar (allahu) suicide bomb the british sounding people.
How is Rose's line lib? Its the same sentiment as Che had.
Now that would’ve been cool. Return Star Wars to its anti-imperialist roots! The good things never happen
Well, she hadn't died by then
That's fucking worse God was trying to save the franchise and they said no
The franchise died in 1982
We stan the Bacta War in this household
I have no idea what that is and don't care to know
Stackpole is our god and you WILL respect him
Absolutely, return of Jedi was when it started to decline.
Idk I used to think last Jedi was uniquely bad but now that I am no longer under the spell, I realize it’s all shit and Last Jedi is not unique
The Last Jedi is uniquely bad because it tries and fails to rebel against the two movies it is sandwiched between. (that and they could have cut out casino planet, talking about war profiteering was ideologically beneficial but essentially pointless given that they ended up still losing the codes to a character who never showed up again) Look up Disney's Anti-trilogy, it basically explains most of the issues with the sequels. (one thing i should add is Disney's bizarre decision to ignore some of the terciary ip it just bought which led to needless rebranding of what was in retrospect just a poor adaption of Dark Empire, which itself was one of the worst parts of the EU. Don't mind me, I'm still mad that Naboo wasn't the gungan word for Alderaan)
This is wrong. The casino planet is there to show that relying on magical thinking and just trusting the force is dumb shit.
The Jedi trusted in the force but also trained constantly to be ready.
Last Jedi is the best Star Wars branded movie of the last 30 years.
Motherfucker it's a space opera based on magic and trusting the goodness of the universe, rejecting the force is literally rejecting the trench run lol. If anything the constant training and turning into wizard jannissary corps is what fucked the Jedi, it's pretty obvious that everyone is in touch with the force and ignoring the masses because you think they have a low power level was a terrible prequels idea. (you could rationalize the stuff about Luke being too old by just saying he was set in his ways like his uncle and too much of podunk town dick with wander lust to really be ready to sacrifice for a cause)
Last Jedi had Finn and Poe decide to be aware of the space opera and get others killed.
Like if you run around going “magical thinking will save me” you will lose.
The Jedi’s problem wasn’t the training or being detached, it was being formally part of the system.
The Jedi should be roaming the universe as heroic agents of intuition. But becoming a branch of the government, and then becoming an actual army. The Jedi should not have been an army against separatist ideology as they should have been seeking out the injustice at the heart of the problem.
Last Jedi is the only good Star Wars movie since 1983.
It’s the only movie that really considers maybe the heroes are fucked by apathy and allowing the first order to Happen in the first place.
Miracle moments happen for both sides, and Star Wars logic is also defied.
It’s very much about asking God to let you win the lottery requires you to at least buy a ticket.
Same. I hated it for not being gay enough. Poe and Finn were supposed to be a thing, dammit.
This is why the only media I consume is different adaptations of mo dao zu shi
I adore TLJ, but TROS did that for me. I feel bad for my friends I made through star wars, like I just cant motivate myself to talk excitedly with them about this stuff anymore.
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Literally had Palps return in fortnite, absolute disney hellworld
When I told my friend about that hit I was legit worried he would have a heart attack. It was his joker moment really
it was episode 7 that did it for me. I quite literally read every star wars book from the Timothy Zahn one up through like the 10th Yuzhan Vong book. I was obsessed. And the canon reset + the shittiest of The Force Awakens + franchise fatigue from Disney churning stuff out means I literally haven't even bothered to see Solo or episode 9 or the bad batch or the mandalorian or the Boba Fett show or whatever the fuck else they've made in the past 7 minutes.
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Why would the best star wars movie do that
I just knew i had been to the mountain top.
See, I had that experience with Star Wars: The Clone Wars (the animated movie released as a pilot to the first 3D cartoon). Went into that theater reading every novel and comic that came out, left it barely ever thinking about the franchise at all.
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