dan350zr
Super Freak
Yeah after TLJ I could careless about anything Star Wars related, except the 7th season of Clone Wars I am excited about that, but the movies are pretty much dead to me for now...
Of all the complaints about TLJ that get repeated over and over, this one probably confuses me the most. Going into Episode IX, the First Order still hasn't been defeated. In fact, having Kylo be the Supreme Leader now actually makes it more relevant to the Skywalker Saga since he's part of the Skywalker bloodline. We left off with a Resistance on the run and needing to regroup (similar to how the Rebellion was in ESB). We had Luke pull a Kenobi (which happened in the first act of the OT). And we had Rey learn more about the Force - and about her opponent in this trilogy - to set up the deciding conflict (like Luke in ESB). Heck, the topic of this thread is about Rey's lineage, so even that is still perceived as being up in the air. And we still know next to nothing about the Knights of Ren. So, what exactly got resolved already?
The PT was the Anakin trilogy. The OT was the Luke trilogy. The ST is the Ben/Kylo trilogy. Three generations of Skywalker bloodline building, reshaping, and ultimately defining the Skywalker legacy. Anakin and Luke both still have a role to play with Kylo, and with that lasting legacy. Does Kylo die trying to fulfill his grandfather's ambitions? Or does he redeem himself in the spirit of his uncle's example? Which way he goes, and what influence his Skywalker predecessors will have, will determine how the Skywalker Saga ends. The ghost of Luke will almost certainly play a role. Will Anakin's? I'm not seeing how TLJ answered or concluded anything in a way that leaves Episode IX with nothing left to resolve. Quite the opposite for me, actually.
For all we know, Rey ends up being a Solo . . . not by birth, but by marriage. Nothing has been resolved yet.
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Is that your version of "I know you are but what am I?"
It will be what it will be. I wouldn't be surprised that the main ideas for the whole story were set in stone from the beginning, but only two or three people know them.
As pointed out by other posters (not blinded by fanboyish "I don't care anymore" and "star wars is dead" attitudes), The Last Jedi leaves the actual answers to these questions wide open.
Waiting and seeing is the best approach. Having huge (baseless) expectations leads only to disappointment when not realized.
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Of all the complaints about TLJ that get repeated over and over, this one probably confuses me the most. Going into Episode IX, the First Order still hasn't been defeated.
It will be what it will be. I wouldn't be surprised that the main ideas for the whole story were set in stone from the beginning, but only two or three people know them.
As pointed out by other posters (not blinded by fanboyish "I don't care anymore" and "star wars is dead" attitudes), The Last Jedi leaves the actual answers to these questions wide open.
Waiting and seeing is the best approach. Having huge (baseless) expectations leads only to disappointment when not realized.
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Actually, its the rest of the Republic that's lucky the few Resistance fighters were able to cause so much damage, because they're practiccally defenseless now, otherwise.They damn well should be on the brink though. They've suffered unbelievable losses over the brief period that TFA and TLJ are set. They're fortunate that they managed to use Starkiller Base that one time before it was destroyed, thereby reducing their primary enemy to something seemingly so small with the remaining Resistance in TLJ.
Yes... it could go either way.Both of them are. Both of them would now be easily subdued by an outside force for example. One would think anyway.
There's no choice for "I'd rather watch IW2"...?