Quote:
Originally Posted by GreenLantern
I am guessing IX will be good, but it won't be enough to save this trilogy. RoTS was almost enough to salvage the prequels.. IX won't be able to do the same though.
|
RoTS had an easy job. its checklist was mainly 1. kill/scatter the Jedi, 2. put Annie in the robot suit and 3. make Palpatine's face wrinkly. the execution still sucked, but at least going into it you knew there was a clear path.
Episode IX has to somehow re-establish the First Order as a threat worth taking seriously, as well as re-establish interesting arcs for the big 3 good guys:
Rey - needs a challenge that can't be overcome on the first try
Poe - needs to recapture leadership/heroism that was taken away
Finn - needs purpose and love interest resolution
all of this while trying to tell a real Star Wars story, with emphasis on Wars as opposed to "Angsty kid in black with big ships chases a dozen resistance members aboard Millennium Falcon". this is like sleeping in the day of the final exam and having an hour to cram. it could theoretically be pulled off, but the direction/production/writing team is going to have to conjure up something close to miraculous.