Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2017 1:24:49 GMT
Dec 16, 2017 1:03:04 GMT @winterssuicide said:
You know, I'm glad you brought that up, because that was another major failure of this movie. Did Rian Johnson even view TFA once before he started making this movie? They're called THE RESISTANCE. There is NO REBELLION in this movie. That was the OT. Yes there was and you're missing the point. I have no problem with them introducing astral projection, in fact, I applaud that decision. The problem I have with it is that characters in the EU did this all the time and it didn't "sap them" of their very lives. I don't care that it wasn't thoroughly discussed or explained. That's fine too. What's not fine is acting like using that power took so much energy to perform that Luke died from it. That spits in the face of the ho-hum way it was used by characters in the EU. Even if they decided to change how astral projection works in new canon, fine, I got no problem with that either, unless, of course, it results in death. That just made no sense whatsoever. It was an idiot coming up with an idiotic way to kill off an old hero because that idiot doesn't know jack shit about Star Wars. It was a miserable failure.
Corellian Jedi in the EU were the only ones that had that ability (unless they changed that). It was a trade off because they didn't have telekinesis. Wait... did you cry? I mean... "kill off an old hero". I mean he went out on his own terms being a hero. And died with the Force. And I'm sure he will Force ghost his way back into episode 9. No worries, kid.
Did I cry? No, but I feel like it. And not because Luke died. That was to be expected, and as I've previously stated, I've never been a fan of Luke. He's not even top 15 on my list of SW characters.
I'm upset because the movie was terrible and it both ruined TFA and any potential for future films. If TLJ had sucked, but its suckiness was able to be contained in one film, I wouldn't be as upset. But this movie fucked the future of the franchise. You'll see. Box offices sales in weeks 2, 3, 4, etc. won't match (even relatively-speaking...first movie vs. sequel) what TFA did and Ep. IX is going to make about half of what TLJ will make.
I hope Rian Johnson isn't getting too comfortable with the idea of directing the next trilogy, because by the time Disney counts down the depressing sales for Ep. IX, there ain't gonna be a new trilogy, kid.