Star Wars Thread: Episode II

There was no mention of training with Luke, but she did mention feeling like she could watch a battle unfold in front of her through the Force. Honestly, that might be why I had such a hard time with the scene. I love Leia using the Force like this: sensing others and seeing paths laid out before her. Maybe I never wanted her to physically use the Force. But my last post sums up why I kinda settled myself with it.

Also fucking yes, I loved Holdo and nobody I was with understood why

Rose and Finn's story but it's really grown on me. I like the overall theme of failure and learning from it of the film. And when you think about it, how many times have seen seen a few plucky heroes go against their superiors on a mission and come out right? This feels like the first time that happened where they were wrong. Pretty much everything Finn, Rose, and Poe did resulted in a lot of people dying, and now they'll have to learn from it in the next film. That's bold.

I’m shocked at the amount of people who had no idea what the dice were about. They’ve been the whole time, they even hit Chewie in the head once

I was a bit bored by the resistance/First Order stuff tbh, but I can't hate DJ. Honestly one of the best parts about the film. I couldn't help but feel it introduced a few too many characters and expected me to keep on following and care about all of them. I would have enjoyed a far more tighter narrative based around Finn and Poe. That said, it was okay... I just felt it could have been better.

I liked the film overall, but there were certain parts that just don't feel right as a Star Wars film to me. I really feel like I need to rewatch the film to form a real opinion. Though I can't help but feel like a lot of the hate directed at the film comes from the fact that it's not what we were expecting. Like I've said, it doesn't follow a traditional Star Wars narrative. If it was then Rey would be Luke's daughter, and Snoke would be a malicious all powerful Dark Lord yadayada...

Rian has really gone against a lot of the cliche Star Wars stuff and took a more gritty, dark look at the Star Wars galaxy. I think the biggest problem with the film is that it's not what people were expecting, and with something as beloved as Star Wars, everyone feels like they have a say in what happens.

I'm starting to lighten to some ideas. I'm still not a massive fan of Rey being nobody if it's true, but maybe because that was the exact same plot twist used in another film this year. I loved Luke in the film though. It reminds me a bit of Jolee Bindo in KOTOR, someone whose seen all of this before. And also what Yoda was meant to be in the Star Wars universe before the prequel inexplicably made him a hopping lightsaber twirling, poorly choreographed jedi master. Luke has been down the path of opposing and destroying the Dark Side before and if it worked that time, there wouldn't be a First Order. It makes sense that his story is about finding clarity, as opposed to fighting. In fact, that's the whole Jedi mantra. Besides, it was never going to be about Luke taking on the bad guys, any more than the Original Trilogy was going to be about Obi Wan taking down the Empire. I love the parallels the films draw between Luke and Obi Wan, the Jedi Exile living in seclusion, who needs to be found, who is the only hope and I love how they chose to play his story out.