Originally posted by Neon Ignition
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So, to a fair extent I'd say the most common issues are correct. The films two most jarring elements are the first half's pacing and the aspect of pulling force powers out of thin air for seeming convenience sake. The film is breakneck paced and in many places it feels poorly done. I don't mind it cutting to chase on several fronts, this many films in I don't need 30mins going on set up, but it's definitely a case of cramming too much in at the expense of story telling.
The second half of the film is better paced even if much of it comes down to them being on the run the whole time. The things I'd expect to be common issues would be:
-The extent of Rey and Kylo's powers
-The Emporer's return
-The Force Healing
-The continued reliance on Death Star weaponry as a key threat
-Rose's sidelining
-Rey's reveal
There's a few other elements but along with the pacing but when it comes the films biggest issues I can't help but lay most of the blame on the obvious elephant in the room...
The Last Jedi
A lot of this comes from that film. Well, that and Disney's pointless stubborn sticking to the idea of this being a trilogy where an Episode X would have really come in useful to do this storyline properly. Broadly though I think a lot will rest on what the viewer wants from the franchise. To me Star Wars has never been anything other than a very simple adventure film in space, like Indiana Jones with space ships etc. There's little depth to them or plotting and by that simple measure TROS delivers a lot of fast paced Star Wars action with a lot of fan nostalgia (which is perfectly fine in this case given this is the final Skywalker arc film) and enough of an ending even if it would be incredibly easy to do Episodes X-XII on the back of this given the plot doesn't actually stop the end of the Empire, First Order or Emporer etc.
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