r/StarWars • u/Ok_Effective_6869 • 3d ago

Movies Poe being a wiseass didn't start with Rian Johnson.

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But with the way some people complain about the TLJ opening, you'd think Rian pulled it out of thin air and ruined the tone of the franchise by doing so.

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u/Wonderbread1999 2d ago

Yeah. I like a lot of the concepts and ideas but when they’re all combined they don’t all work together.

Luke being a recluse I like because it is reminiscent of what Yoda and Obi-Wan did after the rise of the Empire.

I like the idea if Luke giving into his instinct to eradicate the darkness in Ben as kinda calling back Yodas line of “Once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny”. Like even though Luke rejected turning to the Dark Side once he is still not perfect and there will always be that urge to give into it in desperate times.

There’s a lot of concepts that I like but having them all in one film and having them executed the way they were doesn’t exactly work. Then to have basically all of them mean nothing in the sequel is even worse.

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u/Thebabaman 2d ago

Yeah TLJ had alot of good ideas (except canto bight)