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CaptainCrunch · 01-29-2020, 08:36 AM

Like I said before, I didn't mind the Rise of Skywalker, but it just felt that a lot of elements of the earlier movies were disconnected and this movie felt like a bunch of it was to fix the corner that TLJ jammed them into.

To be honest while I really loved that Ian was back, and Palpatine is one of my favorite characters from the OT and PT. It felt like he was jammed in as the ultimate fan service and to ensure ticket sales from the more die hard elements of the fanbase who were disenfranchised by the last movie.

At the end of the day, a massive cult of the Sith Eternal goes against the Lore. The Sith don't believe in large followings, the rule of two protects the Sith Lord from weaker undeserving people combining their strength to over throw the Dark Lord of the Sith. The whole idea of Palpatine being all the Sith and using essence transfer to jump into Rey was rather strange, and a Sith would never say sacrifice me so you can have all the power. Giving power away is far from the Sith way. The expectation is that the Master has the power the apprentice covets it, and has to earn it by beating the master.

I just hated the way that they killed Palpatine with two light sabers crossed, it was unsatisfying. I was hoping for something more epic. This almost felt like JJ was running low on paper and his pen was running out of ink.

I did laugh at the fact that they pretty much Jar Jar'd poor Rose. The girl has been through hell since she got the role in TLJ, I almost felt sorry for her.

The other thing that kind of baffled me was at the end of TLJ nobody showed, the FO was too powerful nobody answered the call. Then Lando goes out and even though the Final Order is more powerful and lead by a evil emperor that has literally come back from the dead suddenly you see a fleet of thousands of ships, that would have probably overwhelmed the first order in TLJ. But Leia couldn't convince them but Lando could.

The question that I had after the movie was the whole palpatine paradox. I'm expecting that at some point we'll learn that the Palpatine that we saw in the movie was not the Palpatine from the OT and from the PT. It was a clone controlled by Palpatine from the Sith Temple. This Palpatine never fell down the well and bonked off of the reactor. It would also answer the question about Palpatine's appearance in the OT.

Just my two cents.

01-29-2020, 08:36 AM	#431
CaptainCrunch Norm! Join Date: Jun 2002 Exp:	Like I said before, I didn't mind the Rise of Skywalker, but it just felt that a lot of elements of the earlier movies were disconnected and this movie felt like a bunch of it was to fix the corner that TLJ jammed them into. To be honest while I really loved that Ian was back, and Palpatine is one of my favorite characters from the OT and PT. It felt like he was jammed in as the ultimate fan service and to ensure ticket sales from the more die hard elements of the fanbase who were disenfranchised by the last movie. At the end of the day, a massive cult of the Sith Eternal goes against the Lore. The Sith don't believe in large followings, the rule of two protects the Sith Lord from weaker undeserving people combining their strength to over throw the Dark Lord of the Sith. The whole idea of Palpatine being all the Sith and using essence transfer to jump into Rey was rather strange, and a Sith would never say sacrifice me so you can have all the power. Giving power away is far from the Sith way. The expectation is that the Master has the power the apprentice covets it, and has to earn it by beating the master. I just hated the way that they killed Palpatine with two light sabers crossed, it was unsatisfying. I was hoping for something more epic. This almost felt like JJ was running low on paper and his pen was running out of ink. I did laugh at the fact that they pretty much Jar Jar'd poor Rose. The girl has been through hell since she got the role in TLJ, I almost felt sorry for her. The other thing that kind of baffled me was at the end of TLJ nobody showed, the FO was too powerful nobody answered the call. Then Lando goes out and even though the Final Order is more powerful and lead by a evil emperor that has literally come back from the dead suddenly you see a fleet of thousands of ships, that would have probably overwhelmed the first order in TLJ. But Leia couldn't convince them but Lando could. The question that I had after the movie was the whole palpatine paradox. I'm expecting that at some point we'll learn that the Palpatine that we saw in the movie was not the Palpatine from the OT and from the PT. It was a clone controlled by Palpatine from the Sith Temple. This Palpatine never fell down the well and bonked off of the reactor. It would also answer the question about Palpatine's appearance in the OT. Just my two cents. __________________ My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings; Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!