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The X Dawg
05/05/20 6:15:05 PM
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You could have been the perfect set-up to a good trilogy.

Hux was so badass in it.
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Zack_Attackv1
05/05/20 6:18:50 PM
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Yep. But then Rian Johnson came in and shat the bed.
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lilORANG
05/05/20 6:21:36 PM
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Yeah. It wasn't a great movie on its own but it left open lots of good possibilities. They're was lots of discussion and predictions about where things would go. You didn't see that same level of discussion after TLJ.
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Southernfatman
05/05/20 6:22:21 PM
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It wasn't spectacular, but it was a fine set up that made me wanting more...before the dark times...before the Johnson.

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IShall_Run_Amok
05/05/20 6:23:49 PM
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Hux was a sissy weasel who needed a good slap to the balls in the first movie, and Rian Johnson wisely kept his character in tact while making it funnier.

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refmon
05/05/20 6:25:57 PM
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lilORANG posted...
Yeah. It wasn't a great movie on its own but it left open lots of good possibilities.

That's literally every JJ Abrams movie

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au_gold
05/05/20 6:26:45 PM
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https://youtu.be/VtwrlAdCOMQ

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lilORANG
05/05/20 6:31:23 PM
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refmon posted...


That's literally every JJ Abrams movie

Yeah, he's good at that. And it's a smart way to start a trilogy.
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CelestialVoices
05/05/20 6:32:38 PM
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movie was bland af
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ChuckSDeuces
05/05/20 6:33:12 PM
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It was the serviceable, safe Star Wars movie that was needed at the time.

I never thought it was great, but it wasn't terrible like some people retroactively started acting after The Last Jedi.


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IShall_Run_Amok
05/05/20 6:34:48 PM
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au_gold posted...
https://youtu.be/VtwrlAdCOMQ
Literally the first second is worthy of the finest Star Wars related japes of a memetic nature.

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p-m
05/05/20 6:35:34 PM
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It's a solid 7/10 movie that serves as a good opening, The Last Jedi is the best Star Wars film and expands and improves on it. I'm about to watch Rise of Skywalker for the first time, got a bad feeling about it

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GameGodOfAll
05/05/20 6:37:06 PM
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Third best Star Wars movie and it's still like a 7.5.

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NinjaBreakfast
05/05/20 6:38:41 PM
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lilORANG posted...
They're was lots of discussion and predictions about where things would go
Lol

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Southernfatman
05/05/20 6:40:03 PM
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au_gold posted...
https://youtu.be/VtwrlAdCOMQ

I forgot about him Flair flopping there at the start. lol

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The X Dawg
05/05/20 8:03:31 PM
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ChuckSDeuces posted...
It was the serviceable, safe Star Wars movie that was needed at the time.

I never thought it was great, but it wasn't terrible like some people retroactively started acting after The Last Jedi.

Absolutely. Ease your way back in to a new story in a way that would be appealing to fans.

Disney should have literally contracted him for all 3 movies and then we wouldn't be in this debacle.
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Shablagoo
05/05/20 8:06:18 PM
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Yeah, it was as good a start as I could have hoped for. I enjoyed the 2 sequels for what they were (expensive fan fiction) but the ST could have been so much more.

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Suchomimus
05/05/20 8:08:40 PM
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The Force Awakens took zero risks

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The X Dawg
05/05/20 8:23:46 PM
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Suchomimus posted...
The Force Awakens took zero risks

And literally no issue with that.

But also I mean, there was a pretty big death....
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Suchomimus
05/05/20 8:34:05 PM
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The X Dawg posted...
And literally no issue with that.

But also I mean, there was a pretty big death....

Disagree. Recycling the rebels vs. empire conflict was a big mistake.

Han Solo dying was a big death but has been telegraphed since 1983

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bulletproofvita
05/05/20 8:38:50 PM
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p-m posted...
It's a solid 7/10 movie that serves as a good opening, The Last Jedi is the best Star Wars film and expands and improves on it. I'm about to watch Rise of Skywalker for the first time, got a bad feeling about it this

Fixed


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lilORANG
05/05/20 8:39:24 PM
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I hate that im defending TFA now when I was bashing it when it came out lol. It just looks so much better compared to what came after.
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Polycosm
05/05/20 8:39:54 PM
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The slapstick stuff with Hux really didn't do it for me. On the other hand, Hux reaching for his blaster when Kylo was on the floor of the throne room, then backing off... that's when the character was at its best.

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IShall_Run_Amok
05/05/20 8:55:38 PM
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Shablagoo posted...
Yeah, it was as good a start as I could have hoped for. I enjoyed the 2 sequels for what they were (expensive fan fiction) but the ST could have been so much more.
I think the big problem is that TFA and TLJ are basically one story, roughly speaking - chapter 1 and 2 of the first part of a larger series - but there is no chapter 2 and up, just a haphazard ending. When people are saying "where can they go after TLJ threw everything out?!", they're really complaining about "how is this supposed to end in the next part, when this was just the beginning?". That's my head canon, anyway.

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