Star Wars IX (spoilers)
Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2020 6:42 am
I remember there being quite a lively discussion about Star Wars VIII when it came out, so how about Star Wars IX the Rise of Skywalker?...
I was really disappointed to be honest. One opening scene in the beginning where they were randomly warping and resting ad naseum to avoid Imperial forces was so quick and jarring that I had not idea what was going on. The duel in the Death Star underwater wreckage looked like Mustafar but with water. I grew up reading the Dark Empire comic series which is where the idea of Palpatine's spirit coming back in a clone body comes from, so I didn't mind that. What I did mind, was his master plan being to have Rey kill him, so he could transfer his essence into her and become "Empress Palpatine". Yes, that is actual dialogue from the film. However, he changes his mind halfway through, and decides to absorb Rey and Kylo's force bond and gain superpowers enough to force electrocute the rebel fleet (Ok that was awesome, if unrealistic.) Also having Rey be Palpatine's granddaughter was just all levels of nonsensical. Palpatine is disfigured and truly evil, not the fatherly type at all. Note that I don't blame Ian McDiarmid at all, he did the best with the lines he had. I think Abrams is just not a very good director. SWVII was kinda good but basically ripped off the plot of SWIV (the original). However, the plot mostly made sense. Not SWIX. The Rey and Kylo kiss was just unnecessary. I liked many returning characters as well as newcomers Babu Frik and Zorii Bliss. As a whole, the biggest issue of the Sequel Trilogy is Abrams' and Johnson's visions clashing, and I think Johnson's vision in SWVIII was better by a large margin.
On a related note, The Mandalorian is amazing.
I was really disappointed to be honest. One opening scene in the beginning where they were randomly warping and resting ad naseum to avoid Imperial forces was so quick and jarring that I had not idea what was going on. The duel in the Death Star underwater wreckage looked like Mustafar but with water. I grew up reading the Dark Empire comic series which is where the idea of Palpatine's spirit coming back in a clone body comes from, so I didn't mind that. What I did mind, was his master plan being to have Rey kill him, so he could transfer his essence into her and become "Empress Palpatine". Yes, that is actual dialogue from the film. However, he changes his mind halfway through, and decides to absorb Rey and Kylo's force bond and gain superpowers enough to force electrocute the rebel fleet (Ok that was awesome, if unrealistic.) Also having Rey be Palpatine's granddaughter was just all levels of nonsensical. Palpatine is disfigured and truly evil, not the fatherly type at all. Note that I don't blame Ian McDiarmid at all, he did the best with the lines he had. I think Abrams is just not a very good director. SWVII was kinda good but basically ripped off the plot of SWIV (the original). However, the plot mostly made sense. Not SWIX. The Rey and Kylo kiss was just unnecessary. I liked many returning characters as well as newcomers Babu Frik and Zorii Bliss. As a whole, the biggest issue of the Sequel Trilogy is Abrams' and Johnson's visions clashing, and I think Johnson's vision in SWVIII was better by a large margin.
On a related note, The Mandalorian is amazing.