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Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda
I agree with her, except Han dying was one of the "bright" spots of the trilogy, in terms of emotional weight. Plus I'm sure that's the only reason Harrison Ford agreed to come back, so it was kind of necessary
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Yeah, I'm with you, that was the best part of that first movie. It did add gravity to it, though the problem is they didn't capatilize on it as Kylo making this choice to serve his darker nature and become a true villain. Instead he as it went on became a weaker villain.
But the in terms of the filming of it, where the star is drained and the scene goes darker and then Kylo murders his father was a really nice piece of a combination of setting, lighting, mood and it was decisive.
Kylo Ren could have been so much more then he was and the next movie pretty much wrecked him. Also I had hope because when Ray and Kylo fought, Ray fought with anger and Fury, and they smartly used some Palpatine and Vader light sabre techniques in the fight which made me think she was a secret child of Vader or a clone of Palpatine. Instead later we found out that she was the child of a clone of Palpatine who was pretty much working as a waiter at Chucky Cheese.
I actually liked the first movie, did it beat the OT, not really, Did it give me hope for the next two, absolutely.
Killing a character like Han Solo does take some story telling guts though.
I mean look at Star Wars fans when they dropped a moon on Chewie in the novels. People were crushed. It was a great plot development piece for Han and made him a better character that finally lost.
Instead Han was basically forgotten about by the time he hit the bottom of the pit, and he didn't even get consoled by Leia, which was a weird choice.