I have never really been the biggest fan of Star Wars, I always preferred Star Trek, I’m not the biggest fan of that either. I will gladly watch the films if I am looking for something to watch to fill the time, when I am grinding for shiny Pokemon, or I am doing something boring and repetitive and would like to just have something on in the background to fill the void.
However, I am writing this blog because I do not understand all the hate that the Star Wars films are getting? I understand that the plot across the new trilogy is muddled and confusing and is very disjointed but none of them were in any way bad films. I may not have liked The Last Jedi compared to the other films in the franchise but there were certain parts of it that were outstanding. As usual, the settings in all Star Wars films feel alien and mysterious, they always have amazing visual effects and certain scenes make you take a second to appreciate how stunning it was. (The lightspeed ship destroying the Supremacy, or the battle in Snokes chamber with Rey and Kylo).
I will say, that The Rise Of Skywalker felt the most “Star Wars-y” out of the three films. I was not bored during that film for a single moment, having seen it twice I believe I can say that with confidence. I liked the return of Palpatine as he was a much better villain than Kylo ever was, Kylo’s arc was all over the place. He was never able to convince me he was the evil mastermind behind the trilogy and had he been the final villain I believe I would not have liked the film as much as I did.
A lot of people seem to dislike Rey as she is considered a “perfect” character as she seems to be able to do everything, do I consider that a bad thing? No. She is the main hero, they made it very clear that the time of Han Solo, Luke and Leia are over, the new trio is obviously Finn, Poe and of course Rey. I think people clearly forget that Luke seemed to be able to do everything during the original trilogy. Anakin as well during the prequels, he won a death race as a child which he clearly should of lost. Luke had the courage to storm an empire ship mere moments after meeting a hermit Obi Wan and being told his dad used to be a Jedi.
The film has a lot of fan service, but yet, it seems to be a negative thing within the community and online? Since the previous film, The Last Jedi, shook things up in the lore of Star Wars I personally think J. J. Abrams did a great job with what he had been left with. Had I wished Palpatine’s return been explained more? Of course. Does it ruin the film for me? No, it was a question I certainly asked though. We all knew the dark side had the power to resurrect, we were told this in the prequels, so I used my imagination and put the two together.
With news that another trilogy is being planned, I certainly hope they take the time to draft the whole story they plan on doing, rather than telling multiple stories across three films whilst trying to somewhat maintain a main story line. Recent rumors have surfaced that the new trilogy will be set centuries before the original trilogy, when Master Yoda was just younger, this of course is speculation and could be incorrect.
I do hope in maybe 20-30 years time we get a new trilogy within the main series of films, one in which, Rey, Poe and Finn are older and Rey has trained a new generation of Jedi. Hopefully the villain will be a bit bigger on a universal scale rather than a galaxy sized scale.
That is all I have to say on the new trilogy of Star Wars, maybe I will do an actual review on the films at some point, but I am very drained with Star Wars and all the controversy behind it.
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