726845, i liked it a lot. i think it will depend a lot on ix. Posted by rob, Sun Dec-24-17 11:45 AM
my biggest problem with vii and this is that the galaxy feels really small. space isn't empty but things are close together, so han and chewie just happen to be in the neighborhood, adepts can force skype, starkiller can take out the republic with one shot, a resistance that's out of resources can send a shuttle to hop to grab a dude, come back, and then hop down to a moon.
i think one of the least appreciated things about empire is that the galaxy does feel big and empty, and the power of the empire is that it does have the resources to send all those droids out looking for hoth, disrupt lando's fiefdom on cloud city, etc. and there's still room in that universe for yoda to be all alone on dagobah. the ending of empire through the last shot still gives me chills (the one bit of nostalgia i wish was in this one would have been just to end it with the last shot in the falcon).
the reason i didn't like the prequels is that it did try to build out the galaxy, but it all focused in on the skywalker clan to the point that the people in the galaxy didn't matter. i feel like rogue one and the animated series did great work in rectifying that, but i'm nervous about whether they can pull it off with the tent-pole films.
i did not like how snoke got got, but the next 15 minutes were probably the best star wars has ever been for me. it was epic space shit and laser sword fighting.
i liked the planet and what they did with luke there. i do think they would have played it differently with the fate of the twins if not for the timing with carrie fisher's passing.
i get the casino/benicio/boy...but i do with it could have been executed better. that part reminded me too much of the special editions and prequels. but maybe it needs to be on the nose for the kids.
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