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OK. It's after Christmas and the honeymoon's over. Here's your Episode 9 Stars Wars pinata thread...Bash away!

 

For me it's the expansion of the Force powers that drags everything down. Things like Rey and Kylo switching places or materializing light sabers for each other unnecessarily jumps the shark. Seems like lazy writing.

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For me it's the expansion of the Force powers that drags everything down. Things like Rey and Kylo switching places or materializing light sabers for each other unnecessarily jumps the shark. Seems like lazy writing.

 

It was a valid plot device, IMO. It was a continuation of the storyline from The Last Jedi. Rey and Ben were a Dyad - two Force wielding people who were joined as one in the Force. Soul-mates, so to speak. The bond was evident in The Force Awakens and it continued through this last Episode.

 

If anything dragged me down, it was Finn. There was nothing useful about Finn becoming Force-aware, and his constant running after people and yelling “REY!!”, or “POE!!” was a bit annoying.

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For me it's the expansion of the Force powers that drags everything down. Things like Rey and Kylo switching places or materializing light sabers for each other unnecessarily jumps the shark. Seems like lazy writing.

 

It was a valid plot device, IMO. It was a continuation of the storyline from The Last Jedi. Rey and Ben were a Dyad - two Force wielding people who were joined as one in the Force. Soul-mates, so to speak. The bond was evident in The Force Awakens and it continued through this last Episode.

 

If anything dragged me down, it was Finn. There was nothing useful about Finn becoming Force-aware, and his constant running after people and yelling “REY!!”, or “POE!!” was a bit annoying.

 

 

Finn has been totally sidelined.

 

Honestly - remove Rey from the storyline completely, and make it about Finn! That's what I thought it was all going after seeing TFA.

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For me it's the expansion of the Force powers that drags everything down. Things like Rey and Kylo switching places or materializing light sabers for each other unnecessarily jumps the shark. Seems like lazy writing.

 

It was a valid plot device, IMO. It was a continuation of the story line from The Last Jedi. Rey and Ben were a Dyad - two Force wielding people who were joined as one in the Force. Soul-mates, so to speak. The bond was evident in The Force Awakens and it continued through this last Episode.

 

If anything dragged me down, it was Finn. There was nothing useful about Finn becoming Force-aware, and his constant running after people and yelling “REY!!”, or “POE!!” was a bit annoying.

 

 

Finn has been totally sidelined.

 

Honestly - remove Rey from the storyline completely, and make it about Finn! That's what I thought it was all going after seeing TFA.

 

I did like the way Finn developed into a confident leader with strong tactical skills. However, his relationship with Rey was mishandled. It just struck me as awkward and incongruent with the story.

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No explanation of how Palps survived. Nor how he made his way to Ex-lax-ogol.

 

Happy for the fan service though. Jawas, Tatooine Homestead, and The Ghost. The Ghost survives to the end of the movie. I'm pretty sure that I saw Hera for a split second in the celebration at the end.

 

Great shot of Red 5 with the Falcon near the end too.

 

No tie in to Baby Yoda or Mando - but we did get Lando. Finally.

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No tie in to Baby Yoda or Mando

 

Which is a good thing. The Mandalorian takes place about five years after Return of The Jedi. There is no connection.

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Loved the expanded force use as in the comics! Rey using lightning to her surprise showed her true lineage before the actual reveal. In Episode III the sith being able to cheat death was talked about. I've only seen it once but was thoroughly entertained.
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Great shot of Red 5 with the Falcon near the end too.

 

 

That shot was f***ing epic - it looked 100% real.

 

Future desktop wallpaper for me. As soon as the HD digital comes out.

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No tie in to Baby Yoda or Mando

 

Which is a good thing. The Mandalorian takes place about five years after Return of The Jedi. There is no connection.

 

We don't know the little guy's destiny though. He's almost certainly still alive at the time of Rise of Skywalker. So who knows?

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No tie in to Baby Yoda or Mando

 

Which is a good thing. The Mandalorian takes place about five years after Return of The Jedi. There is no connection.

 

We don't know the little guy's destiny though. He's almost certainly still alive at the time of Rise of Skywalker. So who knows?

 

He's 50 years old in the series, so that would make him at least 80 during Rey's time. He's still a youngster! Not even in middle school yet.... ;)

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Cheesiest line: "I am the spy." No shit? Just shot three stormtroopers. How about kill the stormtroopers then, "Follow me!" I think that would've been a better holy shit moment.

 

"I don't care if you win. I just want Kylo Ren to lose." Was pretty close in cheese coverage.

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This movie..........oh boy this movie.

 

it's FILLED with fan service-y retcon-y bullshit.

 

There are so many to list. but......asshole piece of shit i am. i had so much fun, lol this film had so MUCH scrambling to fix things and please people and ass kiss. but i loved it. not cause it's great. it's a mess.

 

but at least it was fun. which is WAAY more than i cas say for TLJ.

 

oh and Palps is here. and he'll say ALL his old dialouge and be BARELY in it........as predicted.

 

i've seen it twice. cause i was in AWE......in AWE......of how fan service-y this is.

 

Bravo.

 

I enjoyed it but i can't get over how non risk taking this movie is.

 

but...........that's my opinion.

 

it's got re-watch value with me........oh boy does it, lol

 

Mick

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This movie..........oh boy this movie.

 

it's FILLED with fan service-y retcon-y bullshit.

 

There are so many to list. but......asshole piece of shit i am. i had so much fun, lol this film had so MUCH scrambling to fix things and please people and ass kiss. but i loved it. not cause it's great. it's a mess.

 

but at least it was fun. which is WAAY more than i cas say for TLJ.

 

oh and Palps is here. and he'll say ALL his old dialouge and be BARELY in it........as predicted.

 

i've seen it twice. cause i was in AWE......in AWE......of how fan service-y this is.

 

Bravo.

 

I enjoyed it but i can't get over how non risk taking this movie is.

 

but...........that's my opinion.

 

it's got re-watch value with me........oh boy does it, lol

 

Mick

Pretty spot on review. If you like Star Wars at all, it delivers, especially compared to the prequels and 7 or 8.

 

 

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For me it's the expansion of the Force powers that drags everything down. Things like Rey and Kylo switching places or materializing light sabers for each other unnecessarily jumps the shark. Seems like lazy writing.

 

It was a valid plot device, IMO. It was a continuation of the storyline from The Last Jedi. Rey and Ben were a Dyad - two Force wielding people who were joined as one

What that has to do with magically making stuff appear, I'm not sure. Seems unnecessary and way beyond reasonable suspension of belief. It begs questions like, "If you can materialize stuff, why can't you fly across waves?"
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This movie..........oh boy this movie.

 

it's FILLED with fan service-y retcon-y bullshit.

 

There are so many to list. but......asshole piece of shit i am. i had so much fun, lol this film had so MUCH scrambling to fix things and please people and ass kiss. but i loved it. not cause it's great. it's a mess.

 

but at least it was fun. which is WAAY more than i cas say for TLJ.

 

oh and Palps is here. and he'll say ALL his old dialouge and be BARELY in it........as predicted.

 

i've seen it twice. cause i was in AWE......in AWE......of how fan service-y this is.

 

Bravo.

 

I enjoyed it but i can't get over how non risk taking this movie is.

 

but...........that's my opinion.

 

it's got re-watch value with me........oh boy does it, lol

 

Mick

Pretty spot on review. If you like Star Wars at all, it delivers, especially compared to the prequels and 7 or 8.

 

absolutly it's not perfect at all. but i had tons of fun. so it's gets a stamp of approval from me. from me. TLJ just wasn't fun. this was for me.

 

and i will be buying the blu ray.

 

Mick.

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For me it's the expansion of the Force powers that drags everything down. Things like Rey and Kylo switching places or materializing light sabers for each other unnecessarily jumps the shark. Seems like lazy writing.

 

It was a valid plot device, IMO. It was a continuation of the storyline from The Last Jedi. Rey and Ben were a Dyad - two Force wielding people who were joined as one

 

What that has to do with magically making stuff appear, I'm not sure. Seems unnecessary and way beyond reasonable suspension of belief. It begs questions like, "If you can materialize stuff, why can't you fly across waves?"

 

It has everything to do with making stuff appear. A Force Dyad is a rare occurrence, as Palpatine said. Rey and Ben's connection was first shown in The Last Jedi. Rain water from Rey appeared on Ben's hand after they touched. They had a strong personal connection in the Force, and could see and talk to each other across the galaxy. They could also occupy the same space to a certain degree.

 

As Rod Serling once said, Fantasy is the impossible made probable. Fantasy is all about suspending one's reason.

 

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For me it's the expansion of the Force powers that drags everything down. Things like Rey and Kylo switching places or materializing light sabers for each other unnecessarily jumps the shark. Seems like lazy writing.

 

It was a valid plot device, IMO. It was a continuation of the storyline from The Last Jedi. Rey and Ben were a Dyad - two Force wielding people who were joined as one

 

What that has to do with magically making stuff appear, I'm not sure. Seems unnecessary and way beyond reasonable suspension of belief. It begs questions like, "If you can materialize stuff, why can't you fly across waves?"

 

It has everything to do with making stuff appear. A Force Dyad is a rare occurrence, as Palpatine said. Rey and Ben's connection was first shown in The Last Jedi. Rain water from Rey appeared on Ben's hand after they touched. They had a strong personal connection in the Force, and could see and talk to each other across the galaxy. They could also occupy the same space to a certain degree.

 

As Rod Serling once said, Fantasy is the impossible made probable. Fantasy is all about suspending one's reason.

 

I guess we just disagree on that last bit.
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I havd to say that the cinematography was great. The Burning Man-inspired desert celebration was great, and the violent ocean was fantastic as well.

 

I look forward to a making-of video.

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