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Originally Posted by blankall
I actually though TFA had great potential. I really liked a lot of the characters initially, and they all had, what seemed like, really great potential for various arcs. It would have been really easy to set things up for a simple, yet satisfying storyline. The characters were all pretty great in the TFA.
I think Rian Johnson recognized how simple the setup was, and due to this felt the need to "subvert" the storyline as much as possible. Problem was he didn't have enough knowledge, or seem to care about, the SW universe as a whole.
I have gone back and re-watched TFA, but the major problem is that it doesn't have much substance. It was purely a setup film, so it's hard to enjoy by itself, even if you can block out the next two films while watching.
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I think that TFA was ok, it was a basic reboot of ANH, and they weren't even subtle about it.
I just don't understand how they wouldn't have laid out the whole trilogy, a work book that directors would get the story beat on. Instead we got a mess of a second movie that completely ignored the first movie, and just wrecked any chance of a coherant storyline.
For its warts, the PT, had a coherent story and if you look at the major beats. Obiwan's ascension, Skywalkers fall, Palpatines rise, the end of the Jedi, was a cool idea. There were a lot of poor choices. Having Anakin as a 9 year old was one, the clumsy love story in AOTC was another. I still think they should have Harry Potter'd ROTS and made it two movies.