I sort of agree. TFA was tolerable if derivative. TLJ was fairly stupid and pointless, and a bit pretentious im a ‘look I’m a different star wars’ kind of way. 9 was… Yeah.
The prequels are generally garbage but III is okay. I and II even have their moments, few and far between. Would have been interesting to see those in the hands of other directors.
Last Jedi was the one I like the most even if it mostly never really nailed the execution it was looking for. I would rather an ambitious flop than Episode IX: Reddit Writes Back.
For sure, but an ambitious flop is still a flop. It’s not good. I didn’t hate everything in it though. I think RJ could’ve made a decent Disney+ show about rebel soldiers or something.
Yeah, the line was stupid and a better explanation could have been given but… episode 9 did have Palpatine. The other two were like… why is this all happening?
Hell, that was the main reason I loved the prequels. Palpatine was all over them.
The line was neither stupid nor intended as an explanation for how Palpatine came back. Everyone jumping on that one line as if it was even relevant just annoys the hell out of me.
Oh, I’m not saying it’s what’s wrong with the movie, like everyone else does. That’s just like that whole Martha nonsense in Batman V Superman. But the line itself really is stupid. Not only is it said in a way that the guy sounds like he’s bored just filming the scene, but who talks like that? If he were a Jedi, I’d get it, they talk like 19th century scholars. But this guy was just a rebel who would have been an average working Joe if they weren’t fighting a rising evil empire. The line should have been something more like: “Palpatine’s back, I don’t know how.” Saying “returned” sounds like he’s reading a line of exposition from a book, and saying “somehow” indicates that a proper explanation isn’t going to be bothered with and they wanted to make that clear early so we wouldn’t be waiting for it. That scene needed some better writing.
All of the writing in Star Wars has always been stilted. Mark Hammill famously complained about George Lucas’ writing all the way back in 1977 so it’s not like there isn’t precedent. Poe had no reason to have any info at all about Palpatine’s return so “somehow” makes complete sense. Plus, the movie did provide a proper explanation so the “somehow” line is still irrelevant except for people who want to complain about it.
Except Lucas didn’t write this one. But that’s still true, which is why I never understood why people said the dialogue in the prequels sucked. I’ve always been like: have you listened to people talk in the originals?
I Think the strongest response I can muster is “meh”
It reminds me of Miami Vice and that I could listen to Crocket’s theme or In the Air tonight instead. It doesn’t really fit. But to be fair it’s not really theme music, but in world music, like the class.
Every now and then I’m surprised at the revelation that this game actually contains music in the first place. I mean of course it does, but I never hear it.
* - meaning that you have a hair but don’t bother with brushing it, doing a haircut or taking care of it in other means (in a good way ofcourse, I don’t expect any scruffs among us)