this is the most honest behind-the-scenes documentary that i've ever seen. they address the issues, they show the not so positive stuff, they actually talk about the more controversial aspects of the movie and try to explain the motives behind those decisions instead of just brushing them aside like the skywalker legacy (2020) did. it's not just cheaply trying to sell you the movie.
"it's heavy on him. he thought he's gonna be the luke skywalker of this trilogy. it's just the realization that, in this trilogy, he's not luke skywalker. he's obi[-wan]."i think that right there is the perfect summary or sort of explanation for luke's arc in the sequel trilogy. these movies are not about him and neither should they be. i understand why a lot of people are disappointed and feel like his characterization isn't true to the original trilogy but at the end of the day people change and so do characters. rian johnson's decision came from a story telling perspective, the desire to stick true to the myth of luke skywalker comes from a fan perspective.
(and talking about characters who were ruined by the sequel trilogy, what about the implications of leia and han solo being the worst fucking parents possible? to me that seems like a far worse insult to their characters than luke struggling with the legacy of the jedi and one mistake made on impulse. anakin fell to the dark side because the ways of the jedi failed him, because he had no proper support system. what's the excuse for leia and han failing to provide a proper support system for ben? difficult marriage? too much work? in my opinion being a shitty parent is far worse of a failure than losing your way…)
"whereas, with kylo, it's almost like rey and kylo are two halves of the protagonist. and, if this is all about the transition from adolescence into adulthood, kylo is that anger of adolescence. […] and how those two are going to develop and affect each other, and play off each other, being two halves of this whole."i will forever be grateful for rian johnson for introducing the force bond between rey and kylo ren/ben solo. i love every single one of those scenes and i think it's one of the few things that the rise of skywalker actually kept from this movie and even built on it. the character of kylo ren/ben solo is the most interesting part of the sequel trilogy and i was looking forward to hearing adam driver talk about his thought process behind is performance in this movie.
however, my only issue with this documentary is the lack of exactly that or in general the lack of adam driver, more specifically the omission of the fact that adam actually flew to ireland to be off camara for daisy's force bond scenes.
“Every single time we shot one of their sides, the other person was off camera,” he explains. “Even to the point where Adam flew to Ireland just to be off camera for Daisy’s stuff, which was essential because they’re such intimate conversations." (here's the full
article)
