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Originally Posted by blankall
I really don't think he nailed the lore. He made up a bunch of stuff that was totally outside of the lore. New ships that were totally inefficient, running out of gas, hyperspace ramming, new force powers, force ghosts interacting with the real world, etc... These were all points that were key to his narrative, but totally inconsistent with established lore. Additionally, the tone was way off. For example, the bad guys walking around like monty python characters. This may have been the thing that bothers me the most about TLJ. The tone is just so far off any other installment, to the point of it feeling like a parody.
The future of the jedi religion? He just said it didn't exist anymore. What future? How is that even creative or well thought out?
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I think there is a pretty long history in this series of adding powers and lore out of nowhere:
Force Healing
Midichlorians
Super Agility
Force Ghosts
Telepathically Projecting your physical across the galaxy
From the movie viewers prospective, all of this lore came out of nowhere in prior sequels, and was layered in over time. I don't see why adding lore in itself is a valid critique.
In terms a the crappy ships, I think it was a interesting commentary on the contrast between the prequels and the sequels. Clearly in the star wars galaxy any non-death star / non astrodroid technology has been in decline for a long time.
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Originally Posted by Fuzz
I'd really like to know where Rian thought the next episode was going to go after his "setup".
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I think he left the series with two really strong opposing characters and a blank slate. Great if you can do something with the blank slate. Terrible if you just say same old / same old.