I’m a huge Star Wars fan but this one was not really it. There’s a lot in here that just kinda sucks, a lot of it just has to do with the modernization of cinema and politics. Why does Lando act so flamboyantly all the time, he’s not charismatic like in the originals, he’s more off putting. The robot was kinda funny in the beginning but then she got super annoying, they had this whole dramatic death for her and I was more in the boat of thank God she’s gone. The two characters in the beginning died so heroically even though we knew Jack about them. The character development in this movie was so lacking, the only good death was Beckett, that one hit a little different. Also what’s with trying to make all the bad guys “nice guy” bad guys, it’s so overplayed and rarely done right. Give me a strictly evil guy like sidious or maul. Way better villains. Ok so the good, the action and visuals are super solid still. I especially loved the war on the mud planet, Disney needs to serve up more of that. The Kessel run was cool as well, it tickled my Nerd side for sure when they mentioned the maw cluster especially since who’s in there (Abeloth). Darth Maul mentioned, me happy. In the end, it’s meh at best and went a direction I really didn’t enjoy much. So much potential and it just kind of flopped.
I’m a huge Star Wars fan but this one was not really it. There’s a lot in here that just kinda sucks, a lot of it just has to do with the modernization of cinema and politics. Why does Lando act so flamboyantly all the time, he’s not charismatic like in the originals, he’s more off putting. The robot was kinda funny in the beginning but then she got super annoying, they had this whole dramatic death for her and I was more in the boat of thank God she’s gone. The two characters in the beginning died so heroically even though we knew Jack about them. The character development in this movie was so lacking, the only good death was Beckett, that one hit a little different. Also what’s with trying to make all the bad guys “nice guy” bad guys, it’s so overplayed and rarely done right. Give me a strictly evil guy like sidious or maul. Way better villains. Ok so the good, the action and visuals are super solid still. I especially loved the war on the mud planet, Disney needs to serve up more of that. The Kessel run was cool as well, it tickled my Nerd side for sure when they mentioned the maw cluster especially since who’s in there (Abeloth). Darth Maul mentioned, me happy. In the end, it’s meh at best and went a direction I really didn’t enjoy much. So much potential and it just kind of flopped.
5
