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Originally Posted by blankall
Yeah, it's pretty easy to make an exciting Star Wars trailer. All it takes is a few X-wing flyovers.
I want to be skeptical about this, as TLJ was garbage, but I'll probably also crack and buy tickets to opening night.
This movie looks pretty dark so far. It's going to be very odd watching all 3 movies in a row. The tonal shifts are intense. Basically Ryann Johnson's bad jokes straddled between JJ Abrahms bleakness.
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Still cringe a little at opening that movie with your mom jokes.
Now it's impossible to take Hux's character seriously. So hopefully he's phased out in this one for palpatine and TKOR rather than continuing to be a walking, painfully unfunny joke. He could've been like Tarkin but instead became Jar-Jarkin.
I do hope they finish strong still so that TLJ can just be "that one off". The clone wars of the sequel trilogy, if you will. Hopefully we get some creative plot turns that aren't a rehash, an epic lightsaber duel(s) that runs for longer than 5 minutes and badass new characters like the knights of ren getting to shine, but most of all having the nine movies culminate in a final conflict/conclusion that feels worth the existence of this third trilogy and the long journey from phantom menace.
I feel like the darker this gets the better because tonally it has been more Disney than star wars. Rogue One being seen as the most nostalgic film as well as being the darkest film is no coincidence. The SW universe is supposed to be dangerous and unforgiving. I also hope they don't go for grandiose spectacle over content and strong dialogue. The duels and intimate, tension-filled scenes shared between characters have been where SW has been at it's best.
I don't think they'll check all those boxes of course, as I've said more or less these same things preceding the last two films, but just put out a solid film with memorable moments that stand out and we can get the bad taste of the last entry out of our mouths.