Star Wars: The Sequels

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I’m back, and the first thing I see are the porgs. Awful. Thankfully we go straight to Luke and R2D2. It’s a shame this movie isn’t better. Had great potential.

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Now the chase and vice admiral Holdo, and eventually a sort of mutiny. Some really poor choices being made with our time here.

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Started right in the middle of a really rough spot in the movie, tough morning for me.

The Poe, Finn and Rose scenes together are painful to watch.

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Lesson one on Ahch-To. «Every word in that sentence was wrong.»

«That light does not belong to the jedi.»

The darkness part of the island feels a bit cheap to me. But otherwise a good scene.

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I understand why they would focus on the main theme of Canto Bight, but not only is it poorly acted and part of a weak storyline, ruthless greed and slavery is shown in much better ways in other movies.

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Flashbacks in Star Wars are a new thing, but I like it. Wish they had spent more time on it, perhaps even opened the movie with Luke’s schooling of Ben and his other students.

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Benicio Del Toro is awful is this movie.

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This movie is a little worse than I remember.

Now we’re getting close to the Snoke dying scene. Knowing what we know, that scene is even worse than it was.

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The scene with Rey and Kylo fighting the red guards has been praised, but it’s really them fifghting nobodies. It has no real tension. There is no resolution afterwards, just a return to the status quo, and a red herring ln Rey’s parentage.

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Holdo attacking the lead ship is awesome. Weird that it didn’t hurt or kill Finn or Rose at all though.

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Finally we’re at Crait. Some really cool scenes here, and wonderful cinematography.

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The scene between Luke and Leia is perfect. It’s also better in the context of the trilogy.

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TROS really made the Luke scenes in TLJ better. Luke on Crait was great this time.

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And that’s broom boy and a wrap.

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First time putting TROS on at home here. Last saw it twice in the cinema in late 2019.

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We go straight into action, and no silly jokes. Kylo destroys those who stand in his way,

Palpatine is back. Not the best scene, but it does the job.

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Poe, Finn and Chewie in the Falcon is an excellent choice.

Lightspeed Skipping is a cool new concept, building on what happened in TLJ.

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Star Wars on planets woth a lot of forests work really well for me. You get that perfect mix of action, adventure, sci-fi, but the serenity of nature.

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«Dark secrets. Cloning. Secrets only the dark order knew.»


That could have been better.

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The Rey and Kylo connection feels better in this movie. Maybe because it was established, but I think their interaction seems more natural and better scripted as well.

Lando is back.