To be fair, the resistance being flabbergasted and in the dark at the return of their dead arch nemesis is actually quite reasonable. The return itself also harkens back to the prequels when Palpatine mentions Darth Plagueis.

The reason the Disney era movies are so underwhelming is a lack of soul and other writing blunders.

[–] Croquette@sh.itjust.works 17 points 10 months ago (4 children)

The movies feel like toddlers making up the story as they play with figurines.

[–] chaogomu@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

Checklist movies. It becomes more important for the movie to have X element due to marketing reasons rather than plot reasons.

If the movie has more marketing elements than plot elements, it's a checklist movie.

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 3 points 10 months ago

Honestly, I'd rather them have let toddlers make up the story while playing with figurines. I was certainly coming up with better plotlines than what they shat out with the sequels when I was a kid.

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

Episode 9, absolutely.

The Last Jedi is an anarchist critique of Star Wars that somehow got made into a Star Wars.

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 2 points 10 months ago

That got me a chuckle. It does look like that.